Chapter 2
I do not own 'Little vampire'.
The next day, Gregory woke to the sound of a few seagulls squawking and the waves rolling onto the shore as the sun shone into the room. Gregory sat up as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes with one hand and pulled back the covers with the other as he stood. He gathered a few clean pieces of clothing as he changed and then headed out of his room towards the kitchen where Mila was already making breakfast. Fredrick was seated at the kitchen table reading the newspaper and drinking a mug of coffee as Gregory sat down on one of the tall stools once more and Mr. Kane was nowhere in sight as he hadn't woken yet.
"Just wait until I start cooking the bacon" Mila said as if reading Gregory's mind, "Only then will that lazy brother of mine get his butt out of bed."
Gregory stifled a laugh as Mila prepared to place a few pieces of bacon on the pan and within a few minutes of them cooking, sure enough, Mr. Kane's bedroom door opened and he walked out of the room and looked as if he was sniffing the air for bacon.
"About time." Mila said and Mr. Kane chuckled as he came up and kissed his sister's cheek.
"Good morning to you to." Mr. Kane replied as he reached down and stole a small piece of cooked bacon and ate it.
Everyone soon ate breakfast and Mila and Gregory began cleaning up the remains as Fredrick and Mr. Kane left for their business work. When everything was cleaned up, Mila soon shooed Gregory outside once more despite him wanting to remain in his room but Mila wouldn't have it as she practically shoved him out the door. Gregory had no choice but to give in as he pulled out his IPod once more and placed the ear buds in his ears as rock and metal music began to play. He walked down the beach once again for a short while and watched as a few seagulls flew by and he headed towards the dock. Gregory stepped onto the dock, being cautious of the few loose boards as he made his way towards the end of the dock and stood there gazing out at the ocean view. The water was only a few feet from the end of the dock and a wooden ladder was attached to the end for someone to climb up out of the water if need be. After some time of just standing there, Gregory thought he heard a small squealing sound as he removed one of his ear buds and he turned and looked around for the sound but didn't spot anything. He returned his gaze back to the ocean view as he placed his ear bud back into his ear and continued to listen to his music. He didn't even notice the gray figure in the water as it swam next to the dock towards the boy. Gregory was never warned as the figure leaped out of the water behind him and pushed him into the water with its tail causing Gregory to scream as he plunged into the blue water. Gregory gasped for breath as he broke through the surface and managed to pull his IPod, now broken, out of his pocket.
"Dammit." Gregory cursed as he tossed his broken IPod up onto the dock.
What the hell just happened? Gregory thought and he suddenly heard a squealing sound and he frantically turned and spotted the exact same dolphin he had helped yesterday. He was sure of it and the dolphin began to swim towards him as Gregory remained where he was.
"Holy shit…" Gregory gasped as the dolphin swam up close to his face.
He slowly reached out with one hand and stroked the dolphin's snout and the dolphin made a friendly squeal. The dolphin began to swim around him and as it did, Gregory discovered that the dolphin was female as he lightly splashed his hand on the surface of the water and the dolphin followed his hand. The dolphin then ducked underwater and Gregory looked around trying to spot her but found that he didn't need to for long as she popped up beside him. He soon discovered that his hand had found her dorsal fin and the dolphin squealed as if telling him to hold on. Gregory had no idea what exactly was going on but obeyed as he gripped onto the dolphin's dorsal fin and she began towing him through the water. Gregory managed to just hold his breath as the dolphin ducked underwater again towing Gregory along with her. Beneath the water seemed as if there could be a whole new world under the water as Gregory managed to just barely see a few fish swim by and few strands of seaweed twisted and turned in the water. Gregory couldn't hold his breath as long as a dolphin could as he let go of the dolphin's dorsal fin and swam up and took in a breath as he broke the surface. The dolphin popped up in front of him and squealed in a friendly way and Gregory found himself laughing as he stroked the dolphin's head.
And that's how Gregory spent the rest of the morning and afternoon. Swimming out in the water with a dolphin at his side. While he was out there, Gregory figured he might as well get rid of his shirt and shoes as he swam over to the dock and pulled himself up onto the dock and sat on the edge as he removed his shirt and shoes and set them to the side. The dolphin swam up to the dock and squealed before squirting water at Gregory and he laughed as bits of water hit him. Gregory then got an idea as he began clapping his hands together and the dolphin understood as she clapped her fins in the water creating large splashes of water as she did so. Gregory stopped clapping and so did the dolphin as she casually swam in front of him and Gregory then held his arm straight out palm facing down and the dolphin jumped up and pushed her snout in to his open hand making the young teen smile as the dolphin splashed back into the water.
"How in the world did I get so lucky?" Gregory said and the dolphin just looked at him, "I don't even know if you can understand me at all."
The dolphin rolled over on her side exposing her stomach and Gregory reached out as he stroked her stomach. The dolphin turned back over and Gregory looked at the dolphin for a moment.
"Don't you have a family around here?" Gregory asked, he knew a few facts about dolphins and one of them mentioned them always traveling together and almost never by themselves. "You gotta have something; I mean, you can't just be alone out here."
Gregory stopped for a moment as he thought about what he was saying and he quietly chuckled to himself as the dolphin looked at him in curiosity. "What do I know? Look at me; I'm talking to a dolphin for god's sake."
"Talking to a dolphin is a sign of intelligence." A voice said and Gregory turned to see Mila standing on the dock a few feet away as she stood with her arms crossed and a smile on her face. "Found something interesting to do, I see." She said and Gregory stared at her not knowing what to say.
"I was just, um… I mean, I…" Gregory stuttered and Mila laughed as she shook her head and walked closer to Gregory.
"No need for any explanation" Mila said as she moved to sit next to Gregory on the edge of the dock, "I'm just surprised that she warmed up to you so quickly."
Gregory looked from Mila to the dolphin and the dolphin squealed as she nudged Gregory and he reached out and began stroking her head, "How did you know about…?"
"Moana here has been around for some years now only approaching ones she trusts and the ones who need her. I believe you seem to be a bit of both, kid."
Gregory blinked as if he didn't know what she was talking about, "I don't need anybody I'm just fine by myself."
"So how is it that she came to trust you so much, huh?"
Gregory silently sighed as he looked at the dolphin, now named Moana, and she seemed to look at him back as if to say 'tell her'. Gregory gave in as he turned to Mila and told her everything that had happened yesterday on the beach. When he was finally finished, Mila smiled as she looked at Moana.
"You definitely know how to pick 'em, don't ya girl?" Mila said to the dolphin and Moana squealed as if in agreement. Gregory thought for a short moment before turning to Mila with his own question in mind.
"How did you meet her?" Gregory asked Mila and the woman sighed.
"I was just in my twenties when I was traveling on a fishing boat for my research. I was a beginning marine biologist at the time and I was sent out to study the healthiness of the fish fishermen pull in. One afternoon, it got rather stormy and we tried to make it back to land in time but we didn't make it. A large wave must have hit me because the next thing I knew, I was in the water struggling to just keep my head above the surface. It was Moana who saved me and kept me safe until I was able to get back onto the boat and return to land. She even followed our boat back to the docks just to make sure I was alright and she's been sticking around ever since. She's not a problem for the authorities at all, she feeds herself and comes around once in awhile so there aren't any problems whatsoever."
Gregory nodded as Mila began to stand, "lunch is almost ready by the way" she said, "I'll call you when it's ready."
Gregory thanked her as she began to walk off but then stopped and turned back to Gregory. "Don't you swim out too far" Mila warned, "don't want to lose you to the sea though I have a feeling Moana will take care of you just fine."
Gregory smiled as Mila turned and walked back towards the cabin house and Moana squealed to get Gregory's attention as she splashed him with water again and Gregory laughed as he jumped back into the water. Eventually, Gregory had to get out of the water at some point as Gregory pulled himself up onto the dock and pushed a few strands of hair out of his face as he heard Mila calling him for lunch. Moana squealed as she nudged Gregory's leg and he smiled.
"Sorry, girl" he said, "I gotta go eat, I bet you do too."
Moana seemed to understand as she took off under the water and Gregory stood as he gathered his shirt, shoes, and broken IPod together. He heard a faint squeal in the distance and he looked up just in time to see Moana leap out of the water and dive back down making Gregory smile as he turned and walked back towards the cabin house. As he neared the cabin house, Gregory then spotted Mr. Kane's car parked near the house and Gregory realized that Mr. Kane and his father had returned from their business work. Gregory took a small deep breath as he stepped up onto the porch and was about to walk inside but was suddenly stopped by Mila.
"Ah, ah, ah, no you don't" Mila said as she stood in front of the doorway, "You're not coming in here dripping wet like that. At least wait until I get you a dry towel."
"Sorry, Mila." Gregory said and he remained on the porch as Mila turned to go retrieve a towel for the boy.
Fredrick and Mr. Kane had been sitting on the couch discussing something when Gregory had shown up and Fredrick looked at his son. "What were you doing, Gregory?" Fredrick asked.
"Um… swimming?" Gregory replied not knowing whether to tell his father about Moana or not and Fredrick looked at Gregory for a moment before Mila showed up and handed Gregory a towel. Gregory thanked her as he began to dry himself off and once he was dry, he was finally allowed to step inside as he headed towards his room to change into some dry clothes. He soon stepped out of his room fully dressed once again and they all gathered at the kitchen table to eat lunch. It was quiet between them all for a few moments as they began to eat and then Mila spoke.
"Did Gregory tell you what happened today?" Mila asked Fredrick and Fredrick turned to Gregory with a certain look on his face and Gregory practically froze in his seat.
"No, he didn't" Fredrick said, "What exactly did you do while we were gone, Gregory?"
"I… uh…" Gregory stuttered as Fredrick waited for his response, "I… went swimming is all."
"That is all?"
Gregory nodded but Fredrick still stared at him somehow knowing that there was more than what his son was saying and Mila turned to him and gave him a look indicating him to tell his father the whole truth. "Go on, Gregory" Mila said, "Tell him."
"You didn't do anything to cause Mila trouble, did you?" Fredrick asked, "Because if you did-"
"I didn't do anything!" Gregory finally said and he quieted his voice down to almost a whisper as he looked down, "I swam with a dolphin."
"What was that?"
Gregory spoke a little louder, "I swam with a dolphin." he repeated and he slightly looked up at his father.
"You swam with a dolphin?" Fredrick said, "Mila took you to an aquarium with dolphin swimming?"
"No… I-it was right here. By the dock."
"Wait a moment… You swam with a wild dolphin?"
"Y-yes."
Fredrick was silent for a short moment and Gregory watched his father waiting for his reaction. When he finally spoke, Gregory was shocked by his response.
"I don't want you swimming with any wild dolphin" Fredrick said, "Wild dolphins can be dangerous and you shouldn't risk it."
"But father, I-"
"I will not hear another word of this. You will not interact with any wild dolphins!"
"You don't even know anything about the dolphins here!"
"I know enough to know that wild ones can be dangerous. Now enough of this and eat your meal."
"I'm not hungry, excuse me."
Gregory stood and immediately headed straight for his room almost slamming the door behind him.
