American Huntsboy: Jake Long
By RandomLegend
Disclaimer: I don't own American Dragon: Jake Long.
Chapter 3: A Day in Huntsboy's Life
A few weeks later…
Jake, Gramps, and Fu were standing on top of Canal Street Electronics Store. Gramps was barking out orders, while Jake trained. Fu was busy sun bathing.
"Left and Right! Human, Human, Dragon! Up! Up! Down! Dragon!" Gramps shouted. Jake followed his orders as he and his dopplegangers jumped/flew through flaming hoops of death.
Finally, Gramps decided Jake had trained enough for the day. "Very good, Jake," he said. "You have grown into a very skilled dragon. I'm sure you will surpass even the dragons of the Dragon Council by the time you are 25."
"Thanks G, the Am Drag is all about bein' skilled!" Jake said. Jake, his Gramps, and Fu walked downstairs. Jake stared at the clock. It was a quarter after 5. "Oh shit, I gotta go Gramps, I had Huntsclan training with Rose at 5 today!" Jake ran out the back door, and turned into a dragon. He flew over to a few blocks outside the Huntsclan's lair, and turned back into a human before running the rest of the way. He was half an hour late by the time he changed into his Huntscostume.
"Jake, where have you been?" Rose asked, frustrated. "You're half an hour late!"
"Sorry, baby, I was with my gramps, ya know what I mean?" Jake said. Rose nodded her head in understanding. Dragon training was more useful to Jake than Huntsclan training.
"It's alright," Rose said. "Well, let's get started."
They started off with a few stretches, then they started sparring hand-to-hand. After that, they moved on to target practice with their Huntsweapons. When they finished, they decided to take a short break, which eventually turned into a longer break than they had anticipated. Jake had just slipped his hands up Rose's Huntstop when they heard footsteps. They sprung apart as the door opened, letting in the Huntsmaster and a few Huntsmen, including Jake's dad.
"I see you've both been training hard," the Huntsmaster said, as he noted the two teens panting from exhaustion from training. "You both deserve a break. Why don't the two of you go the movies together, and maybe grab some pizza? I'm sure you'll both enjoy it." The Huntsmembers stared in shock at the Huntsmaster.
"I- uh- yes master, as you wish," Rose said. She grabbed Jake's hand, and pulled him passed the Huntsmaster out of the room.
Jake and Rose were at the local pizza place. They had just seen Spiderman 3, and they were discussing Peter being corrupted.
"Yo, Peter was such a jerk," Jake stated.
"That was so sad when Mary Jane saw him walk in with that girl," Rose commented.
"Yeah, what kind of asshole does that?" Jake said. Just then, Brad walked in with a pretty brunette.
"Hey Rosalicious," Brad said as he walked over. "Have you met my hot new girlfriend, Samantha?"
Later that night, Jake was lying in bed in his room thinking about his date with Rose. Brad had almost ruined the night. But Jake and Rose made up for it after a beautiful nighttime fly around the city. He was drifting off to sleep when he heard someone knocking on his door.
"Come in," he said. The door opened, revealing Haley. She was carrying her homework in her arms.
"Um, Jake, can you help me with my homework?" Haley asked.
Jake was dumbfounded. His child prodigy sister was asking him for help? "Um, I don't know Haley. Doesn't dad usually help you with what little you don't understand?"
"Well, I'm afraid of asking dad or help," Haley said. Jake had told his mom and Haley about his dad's real job only a few nights ago. They were both pretty shaken. Obviously, Haley had still not recovered.
"Right…" Jake said, as he scratched his head awkwardly. "You know he's not going to hurt you, don't you?"
"I know…" Haley replied. "He would probably know more of this than you…"
"Then what do you need me for?" Jake asked, irritated at Haley's comment.
At this, Haley burst into tears. "It's that. I-I'm s-s-so sc-scared! He's s-s-supposed to be my d-daddy, he's supposed t-to love m-me, but he st-still wants my k-k-kind d-dead!"
Jake started to panic. He quickly pulled his little sister into his arms, and started to rock her back and forth gently. "Don't cry Haley, don't cry. I'm sorry I got mad. I won't let dad hurt you, ok?"
Haley looked up at her older brother. "Promise?"
Jake looked at Haley right in the eye. He paused for a few seconds, before replying. "Promise."
Haley wrapped her arms around Jake. The two siblings held onto each other for a few moments.
"Ok, well how about you let me see that homework you're having trouble with," Jake suggested.
"Thanks Jake," Haley replied sweetly, as she hopped on his bed, and opened her calculus textbook.
A/N: Ok, this chapter is pretty short. I got in a bit of Jake/Haley bonding, which I'm going to be throwing in a bit here and there. We're starting to see how the entire Long family is being affected by Jonathon's secret.
Reviews would be nice, although flames wouldn't.
