Bob was the first one up the next morning. Helen was sleeping next to him with her hand in the cradle that Jack-Jack was in. Violet was sleeping peacefully in her bed, in her hands a stuffed teddy bear. Bob then looked over at Dash. He wasn't sleeping peacefully. It looked like he was having a nightmare. Bob reached down and took out the book he was reading on the air plane. He flipped though the pages until he found what he was looking for. It said,
No matter how old your son gets, they can still have nightmares. If your son is 1-8 just let him sleep. The nightmare will be over soon and they won't even remember it. If your son is 9-15, wake them up if they had had a scary time in their life they might be dreaming about that.
Bob didn't read anymore. He knew what Dash could be scared of. Synedom. It was a scary adventure on that island and Bob knew that Dash could be scared of it. He walked over to his sons bed and looked down on his sleeping face. Bob could remember the first time he had seen the little sleeping face. Yes, he could remember it well.
Flashback
Violet rushed up to them when they got home.
"Can I see him, can I see him!" she yelled.
Helen knelled down to her daughter so she could see what was inside the little blue buddle she was holding.
"Is this my new baby brother?" Violet asked.
"Yes, Vi, this is your new baby brother Dash." Bob said smiling.
Once everyone else was in bed, Bob walked over to his sons cradle and looked at his little sleeping face. He thought it was the most beautiful face he would ever see. Then he kissed his son goodnight and went to bed.
Flashback end
Bob though about how much Dash had grown after that. The first time he walked. His first word. (That word was dada) And everything else. Then he remember that dash was having a nightmare. He shook his son lightly on the shoulder to wake him up. Dash screamed and sat up quickly breathing heavily.
"Dash, your all right, son, your all right," Bob said, "You just had a nightmare."
Dash looked at him with a set of big, blue eyes.
"Thanks for waking me,dad," Dash whispered, "I didn't think I could take that anymore."
Later that day everyone was doing there own thing. Helen was cooking lunch, Violet was playing with Jack-Jack, Bob was out on the patio painting a picture, (that wasn't turning out real well) and Dash was sitting out on the patio with his father, bored.
"Dash, you have to find something to do," Bob said accidently smearing his hand in blue paint.
"Dad, this is Italy, not America. I don't know what there is to do here." Dash said putting his face in his hands.
"Well, go out and explore the city then. Just where your supersuit under your cholthes and be home be 11:00"
Dash was about to say no when something, or someone, caught his eye. A girl about the same height as Dash, with long, wavy brown hair and stunning bright, blue eyes came walking down the street. Dash guessed she was his age. She was heading toward the market that was right next to the hotel. It was love at first sight.
"You know what dad, I think I'll do that." Dash said standing up.
"Good, now remember, be home by…." Bob was going to finish his sentence but Dash was already inside the hotel room. Dash quickly changed into his supersuit and put his cholthes over.
"Mom, I'm going out," Dash said. He was about to open the door but then he had a great idea.
"Hey mom, do you need some more food." Dash asked running over to his mother.
"Yes I do, would you mind picking it up for me?" Helen said
"Sure!" Dash said quickly. He took the basket and the list from his mom and was out the door in a heartbeat. Dash ran as fast as he could, without being caught, toward the market. The girl was by the oranges. Dash looked at his mom's list and saw she needed oranges. 'Yes!' Dash thought. He took a deep breath and started to walk over to her. This was etiher going to work perfectly or it was going to end very badly.