After an hour-long shower from Wally, and a short night at the motel, the three boys finished the ride to their destination.
Dick fell out of the car and ran towards the house.
"I told you to go before we left!" Roy yelled as he threw the keys to the small boy standing by the locked front door.
"That was like 4 hours ago and I didn't have to go!" He yelled as he unlocked the door and ran in.
The two left laughed at the boy's childish acts. They started unpacking the food and luggage from the trunk.
"So your friend is letting you use his house, his boat, his jet ski, and his water sports with two guys he doesn't know?" Wally asked. Roy nodded and put the strap of his bag over his neck.
"Why would he let you bring us?" He asked, eating one of the candy bars in the bin of snacks.
"He actually trusts me. Now stop eating and carry some of this stuff in the house."
Once the three heros unpacked the car and settled in and had lunch, they headed down to the beach.
"I call driving the jet-ski!" Dick yelled as he ran into the boathouse and put on his life vest.
"I'm not letting you drive while I'm tubing!" Wally said. Roy and Wally put their life vests on while Dick dragged the tube out and tied it to the end of the Jet Ski.
"Okay, who's going tubing first?" Wally asked.
"I wanna go first if I'm not allowed to drive." Dick stated.
"Well I drove you guys up here so I think I deserve the first ride." Roy reminded them.
"Well how bout Roy goes first, Dick drives, and I spot you?" Wally suggested.
They all agreed and went out in the water. Dick whipped the Jet Ski around the lake, and successfully threw Roy off three times. After the third fall, he swam over and pushed Wally off towards the tube.
Dick scooted to the edge to let Roy drive.
"Dick your vest looks a little loose. You might wanna tighten it." Roy mentioned. Dick tighten it the best he could, but it wasn't much better.
After Wally's turn was done, Dick dove in the water and hopped in the tube. When he was ready in the tube he looked towards the jet and saw Wally ready to drive with an evil smirk on his face.
"This is gonna be for drawing on me in the car!" Wally yelled back at Dick. He sped up as fast as he could and whipped around the lake. Dick flew off four times before he got one last round on the tube. Wally cackled as he revved the jet faster than before, and he quickly whipped around and drove past Dick. Once the rope caught up, Dick was sent flying through the air and back down into the water with a crash.
They laughed until Roy noticed Dick's life vest floating without Dick in it, and the boy nowhere to be seen. They both dove into the water. Wally swam over to where Dick fell and unhooked his vest. He dove down, but it was impossible to see in the lake water. He swam blindly until he felt a hand hit him. He grabbed it and pulled the boy to the surface.
Wally looked at Dick as he swam back to the Jet Ski. Dick wouldn't open his eyes and he kept coughing up water. Wally hauled Dick up and straddled him backwards so his back could lay on the handles.
Dick finally stopped coughing and muttered an ow, gripping the side that hit the water. Roy swam back, holding the life vests that had been floating in the water. Wally put his on and Roy carefully helped Dick get his on. Roy drove back, with Wally holding Dick against Roy so he wouldn't fall back in the water.
Roy parked the Jet Ski back in its place while Wally led Dick to the sand.
"Are you gonna be okay? Can you hear me? How many fingers am I holding up?' Wally nervously asked Dick as he draped a towel over his shoulders before Roy pushed Wally lightly out of the way.
"Dick, are you okay?" Roy asked slowly, holding the boy by the shoulders. Dick shrugged his shoulders and nodded.
"What hurts?" Roy asked.
Dick cleared his throat and spoke with a raspy voice. "My right side."
"What part of your right side? Be specific." Roy asked.
"My shoulder and my back." Dick said in a quiet tone. The boy had swallowed too much water.
"Do you want to relax in the house for a while?" Roy questioned. Dick shook his head.
"What do you want to do then?" Roy asked.
"Ice cream shop?" Dick suggested. Roy remembered there was an ice cream shop that was accessible by the lake.
"Okay, ice cream it is. Lets get in the boat." They all sat in the motorboat as Roy steered it to the other side of the lake. The shop had a dock to tie up the boat, so Wally tied the boat as Dick and Roy went up to the shop.
Wally joined them in a second and looked at the different flavors.
"I'll take a single scoop of the French silk." Roy said to the young girl working behind the counter.
"Single scoop of the blueberry cheesecake please." Dick said, his voice starting to get better.
"Guys, they have Superman!" Wally exclaimed. The boys looked over to the tub of ice cream Wally was talking about.
"Oh yes that flavor is very popular. It's vanilla ice cream with blue and red bubble gum flavoring swirled in." The girl explained.
"I'll take a double scoop of that." Wally said eagerly.
They all sat out on the bridge going over the lake, looking at the sun that was setting over the lake.
"You feelin' better?" Roy asked the thirteen year old in the middle. He nodded as he kept licking his ice cream.
"How's the cheesecake?" Wally asked as he muffled a laugh as he looked at the ice cream all over Dick's mouth.
"Is good. How was the Superman?" Dick asked, pointing to the red on his nose and the blue on his tongue.
"I've had better. And the French silk Roy?"
"Better than yours." Roy said before popping the last of the cone into his mouth. Once Dick finished his ice cream, they piled in the boat and drove back to the house.
"Sorry about whipping you off like that. I didn't think it would hurt that bad!" Wally commented. Dick hit the back of Wally's head.
"Ow!"
"I didn't think it would hurt that bad." Dick joked. Roy laughed at the two teenagers. He looked at the clock hanging on the wall. It was already 8. He opened the fridge door and pulled out hot dogs.
"Hot dogs over a fire for dinner?" Roy asked. Wally and Dick eagerly gathered the condiments from the fridge and ran out to the fire pit. Wally grabbed the fire starter fluid and the matches, but Roy snatched them out of his hands before he dumped the fuel on the logs.
Roy started the fire and handed each boy a hot dog and a stick to roast it on.
"Roy, I think yours is on fire." Dick pointed out. Roy pulled his hot dog out of the flames and blew out the fire.
Dick put his hot dog on a bun and loaded the top with onions, relish, tomatoes, a pickle and mustard. Wally stared at the boy like he was crazy.
"Where are you from? New York?" Wally questioned.
"It's a Chicago style Wally. I got one when we stopped in Illinois and it was amazing." Dick said before taking a bite out of his dinner. Wally just shook his head as he ate his hot dog.
Dick finished his hot dog and slouched back in his chair.
"Uh, now I'm full." Dick said, putting a hand on his stomach.
Roy got up and walked towards the house.
"Then I guess you're too full for smores."
Dick almost fell out of his chair as he whipped his body around.
"I'm never too full for smores."
Roy laughed as he grabbed the bag of marshmallows, the graham crackers, and the chocolate bars. When he walked outside, he threw the chocolate to Dick and the grahams to Wally.
Roy handed each boy a marshmallow.
"Dude! These marshmallows are huge!" Wally said in excitement.
"Its bigger than my hand." Dick said as he grabbed two graham crackers from Wally.
"I got them when I was in New Mexico last month." Roy said. They stuck their marshmallows in the fire until Wally's started on fire, and the other two were golden brown. By the time Roy and Dick were halfway done, Wally had already finished his first and prepared a second.
Wally laughed when he looked at Dick.
"What?" Dick said after swallowing his last bite.
"You have marshmallow all over your cheeks and chocolate on your nose." Wally stated. "You always make a mess when we eat junk food."
Dick ran inside and came back out with a clean face and a long sleeve shirt on.
By the time Wally had eaten his fourth smore, Roy could see Dick rubbing his eyes from the smoke and from exhaustion. The archer grabbed the bucket of water he brought up from the lake and doused the fire.
"I think it's time for bed." Roy said as he went to grab the youngest. He went up over Roy's shoulder with a surprised yelp.
"I can still walk you know." Dick complained.
"I know." Roy stated while carrying the boy in. Wally ran in and jumped onto his bed.
"You know I'm not gonna fall asleep after all those smores." Wally said as he burrowed under the sheets.
"As long as I don't have to hear about it tomorrow, I don't care when you fall asleep."
Roy said as he tossed the small teenager into his bed. He smiled as he bounced into his bed and got comfortable.
Roy closed the door and went into his room. He slipped under the covers and instantly fell asleep, thanks to the joys and frights his little 'brothers' gave him that day.
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They really do have Superman ice cream at the ice cream shop we go to! I haven't gotten it yet, but once they put it out this week, I'm buying it.
I love this trio so much! Please Enjoy and Review!