Hey, folks. A big thank you for your reviews.
Sorry for switching between Nathan and Terry before.
I first wrote it with the name Nate and later I changed it to Terry. That's why I mixed it up sometimes.
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"This was my old lego castle, when I was your age", Jay pulled the bricks outside the box.
They decided to end the day by playing with lego, what finally seemed safer than doing garden work.
Terry was sitting on the couch, wrapped in a blanket while trying to put the bricks together with the help of the instruction.
"How is your hand? Does it hurt?"
„It's okay", Terry whispered receiving concerned views from his father who helped him to rebuild the castle, because working with one arm was really difficult.
With the time passing by they finished their construction and started watching TV.
Jay crawled next to his son. Finally the little boy snuggled on his fathers chest and fell asleep minutes later.
Jay already drifted away, when the door went open.
He tiredly got up from the couch without waking his son, walking to the floor.
It was Erin. Unaware of what happened, she smiled at her boyfriend.
„Terrys already fallen asleep? It's just 6 p.m."
Her eyes met with his old t shirt that was stuck into the basket. The floor was still covered with blood splatters.
She walked closer, staring at it with wide eyes.
"Jay, what happened?"
"Listen, don't freak out okay. He had a little accident. He touched the sewing machine while I was speaking to Atwater on the phone."
"He did what? Are you kidding me?"
Erin did a bad job to lower her voice.
Jay closed the door to avoid that Terry would be waking up.
"We just came home from the ER. It's nothing serious. He just needed stitches."
"Stitches? Are you insane? You had to take care of him."
"Erin, he's 9. We can't control him 24/7."
She didnt't anwer, just entered the living room, silently took a seat on the couch.
She looked at her son thoughtfully, gentely stroking his hair.
"My poor baby."
"Dad", the 9 year old whispered in his sleep, tiredly opening his eyes.
"No, big boy. It's Mom."
Jay stepped closer, sitting down on the other side.
"But Dad is also right here. See?"
Terry stretched his little hand to touch Erins fingers.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't want to cause you trouble."
"It's okay, buddy. Just go back to sleep", Jay whispered, sharing worried glances with Erin.
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"Are you still mad at me?"
"Great way to start the holidays", Erin told her boyfriend, crawling into their bed. Seconds later she smiled weakly, running her hand through his hair.
"You nearly got me a heart attack. I was just coming home and the next thing I know is the whole floor looking like a crime scene."
Jay gave her a devilish glance.
"Be lucky that nothing more serious happened. No ones messes with me, when it comes to my son. You better sleep with one eyes open."
"Woooh, I understand."
"I swear to you. No thrills during the next days. Just fishing, relaxing and swimming in the lake. And you're leaving your gun at home. Do you understand me? I'm not ready for another family adventure. No hunting with Terry."
"Let's see."
"Jay?! I mean it."
"I hear you. Maybe", he mumbled into his pillow and giggled when he felt Erin pinching his butt.
"Ouch."
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"Mom, when do we arrive at the cabin?"
"Soon", Erin rolled her eyes, answering the same question for the fourth time in a row.
"When is soon?"
"Two more stories of Tom and Jerry", Jay put another cd in the player, to avoid further questions.
Terry sighed.
"I hate driving. It's boring. And the bandage on my arm is annoying. I want to unroll it."
"You have to keep it on. Your injury needs time to heal and if the wound got dirty, there is a big chance that it gets infected."
"If there is a lake near the cabin. Can we go swimming there?"
"With your wound? How do we do that?", Erin wanted to know.
"When Oliver in my class broke his arm, his mommy used to put a plastic bag around it."
"Let's see, okay?"
Two hours later they took another way that leaded into the forest. Jay smiled when they entered the beside road. It felt like coming home. With him spending a lot of his childhood in Northern Wisconsin, he enjoyed being back with his own family.
"Mommy, Daddy! There is a bear. See?", Terry started to scream, forcing both parents to take a closer look at the area.
"It's a baby bear. His parents won't be far away."
"How do you know?"
Jay laughed, looked into the interial mirror to glance at his son.
"It's like in our world. Just like us keeping an eye on you, this bear family watch their kids to protect them."
" Implied that papa bear doesn't let his protege using a sewing machine", Erin hissed. Although Terry wasn't able to hear it, because she just whispered into Jays direction.
He said nothing, just concentrated on the street, until they arrived at the cabin.
Terry looked outside the window smiling with the toothless face of a thirdgrader.
"Wow, that's beautiful", he looked over the lake whose water glittered, warmed by the summer heat.
"This is gonna be great", he ran to his parents, helping to store the food and equipment.