"Sure! I love some!" Ash replied. Jake led her back to wooden house. He opened the door and let her through.
"Thank you!" She told him. Jake could feel his knees going weak and his face starting to turn red. While Ash talked to Everest Jake hurried to make to the hot coco. Laughs broke out from the living room. He walked in with a mug in each hand.
"Here. Careful it might still be a bit hot!" Jake handed her a mug.
"Thanks. Smells great!" Ash took the mug watching the steam rise. Everest looked at Jake seeing the pink in his face.
"Well I'm going to take a nap. I'll be outside if anyone needs me." Everest excused herself. Jake watch Ash take a sip from the mug.
"Wow this is really good! Do I taste peppermint?" Ash asked with a smile on her face.
"Yea. I think it adds a bit of flavor." Jake replied with a smile of his own. Ash took a seat on the couch, Jake was quick to sit down next to her.
"It must be so cool working here all day. The snowboarding, the rescues, Everest, the hot coco!" Ash complemented him. Jake took a sip to hide his reddening face.
"I also teach snowboarding on the side." Jake told her when he couldn't hide behind the mug any longer. Ash gave him a no way look.
"It's true. Sometimes I teach my pal Alex." Jake said. Ash let out an impressed chuckle.
"I don't normally do this but do you want to see some of the pictures I already taken of Adventure Bay?" Ash asked setting the mug on the coffee table and grabbed her camera.
"Sure!" Jake said excited. He moved over closer to her so his leg was touching hers. He could feel his heart beating faster again. She was so close Jake could see each individual hair and the light reflecting off the side of her eyes. Ash turned on the camera and started skipping through the pictures until she found the ones she was looking for. She showed him pictures of Adventure Bay itself and those who lived in it. Jake recognized the bridge, Lookout tower, his mountain, Wally swimming in the bay. He took in every word Ash said about each picture. She stopped showing him when he saw himself and Everest playing fetch from a few minutes ago.
"Wow these are really good!" Jake complimented.
"Thanks but I still haven't found the right pics I want to turn in to my editor yet." She gave a weak shrug and smiled. He gave her shoulder a gentle bump with his own.
"It must be so cool getting to travel all over the world, taking awesome pics like these!" Jake said taking another sip of his coco.
"Yea but it gets kind of lonely. That's why I think it's so cool you and Everest have each other." Ash told him turning off the camera and replacing it with the mug.
"You travel all alone?" Jake asked feeling bad for her. She took a sip out of the mug.
"Well not totally alone. I have Eli." Ash said leaning back into the couch.
