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Summer….

I guess it was defined as somewhat enjoyable and different.

Rose flew to New York to see Jake so they got a few days to spend with each other and Rose got to stay at Jake's house.

Summer is the perfect time to spend time with Rose. Unfortunately we separated once again when she leaves New York for Massachusetts. I get to spend only a month with her until she and her family move away for good.

There were creaking sounds when I quickly headed down the stairs and headed to the living room.

Spud, clearly focused seeing his eyes glued on the TV-aggressively pressing down buttons on the controller of MY X BOX.

"How do I look?" I said-Ignoring Spud asking Trixie instead

"Dang" she said, lounging on the couch then immediately got to her feet "You clean up good" she murmured, scrutinizing me- like a vulture circling around her prey.

"Ok?" trying to guess her vague look at me as an answer.

I heard someone come downstairs

"Hey!" she said.

My smile disappeared, disappointed to see my little sister, Haley who was happily prancing down the stairs instead of—

"Hey" someone whispered from behind, a sweet smell that breathed down on my neck.

I twisted my neck, giving her a smile

The rest of us headed to the dinning room for breakfast-hearing sounds of passing of plates and munching on food.

"Mrs. & Mr. Long, thank you very much for letting me stay here" Rose said as she smiled "I hope I wasn't too much of a bother"

"Of course not" My Dad replied

"It was a pleasure to finally meet you Rose and we've got plenty of guest rooms" My Mom added

"You know, you're really pretty, are you really sure Jake didn't pay you anything to pretend that you're his girlfriend?" fortunately I heard Haley whisper to Rose and she chuckled.

"Haley" I groaned at my little sister

"All right, let's get this show on the road!" My Dad said and I groaned again.

"Hey Rose" I said, lightly grabbing her arm as they all exited out the house, leaving Rose and I "Are you sure you want to spend the day with us?"

"Sure, why not?" She displayed a confused expression "I want to get to know your family more while I still have the chance" she gave a warm smile.

I knew what she meant by that-It'll be a long time before I see her again. The hardest thing was is that I love her too much that I couldn't find a way to get over her, no matter what I hopelessly attempt to do. The countless times she left and back again-it made me weak/eager to see her again and the thought of making me stronger that we'll meet again up again someday. I don't regret it though, sure it's been hard to deal, but we love each other, nothing's going to change that fact. No matter what Rose and I do we get separated but somehow we get to find each other again, someday.

"I'm not forcing you to go, ok? It's fine if you don't want to" I said honestly, pulling myself back to reality-letting her hand drop to her side.

"It's more than fine Jake. I wouldn't want to pass up an opportunity spending time with your family, especially my favorite dragon" she said planting a small pecked on my check. I felt blood rush up to my face, making me feel warm inside resulting my face to turn red.

"It's been the best four weeks of my life" I said sadness spread across my pale face.

"You said it"

I pulled her in closer-my arms circling around her waist while her arms rested on my shoulders "Today's my last day here in New York, and unfortunately—"

"You're leaving tonight" I said finishing her sentence both our faces showing a frown. I couldn't even bear to think about the never-ending tug of war in life that keeps pushing us apart and then pulls us back together. I chuckled at my own joke.

"Well let's make it last a little longer" I cupped her face in my hands and in an instant pressing my lips against hers for a short but sweet kiss. Our lips parted then we both headed out the door.

"Let's go guys!" We all grabbed our bags. All of us headed off to the beach.

We were already settled on the beach side, fortunately the beach wasn't crowded today like it usually was, maybe because of the blazing sun.

Haley was making sand castles, Fu dog was listening to music wearing headphones, dad and gramps reading a newspaper while Mom was putting on sun screen lotion "Put some lotion on" she handed the bottle to me

"Mom please, I don't wear lotion" I said

"C'mon hurry and put some on me, Rose, Spud and I did" Trixie said

"Rose? I said incredulously "Where is she anyway?" I said my eyes scanning around the quiet and seemingly empty beach. I suddenly saw Rose, walking towards us wearing a plain T-shirt and under it, wearing her swimsuit.

"Hey!" She said with smile

"Hey" I said

Her hair was brilliantly gleaming like gold along with little diamond-like sparkles because of the sunlight

"Let's go!" she said as she ran out to the shore then jumped into the water, making a huge splash. Trixie and Spud followed and I saw them joining Rose as they dove in the water.

I quickly grabbed the lotion from my mom, squeezed out a big amount and quickly smeared it all over my skin. I gave the bottle back to my mom and ran towards the water.

"Hey, great that you could join the party" Rose said as she flipped her wet hair at me and gave a quick smirk before quickly diving in.

To my surprise-she abruptly jumped out of the water and splashed water at me using her legs-something like Hunts Girl would do when she was about to kick down the enemy-she gave a grin before diving back into the water.


I couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I dove deeper into the water- suddenly someone lightly grabbed my right leg and carried me out off the water and of course that someone was Jake.

"Hey!" I said my body in his strong arms, like a damsel in distress being carried off by the handsome prince.

"Uhu..Hmm, hm" he murmured as he buried his face into mine, pecking me lightly on my forehead.

"Uh, hello?" Trixie said waving her hands in the air. I forgot that we weren't alone-my face flushed "Not in front of us!"

"Sorry" Jake said grinning at me

BEEEEP! BEEEP! BEEEPP!

From afar I heard my iPhone beep loudly inside my bag.

"Jake, can you put me down?" I said, still dizzily flushed

"Awwww… why?" he grinned-wrapping his arms around me even tighter. I raised an eyebrow at him, his lips pressed into a hard line. He knew what my expression meant.

He carefully let my feet touch the ground. I squeezed his hand before walking into a different direction and out of the water. I ran, quickly passed Jake's family when I grabbed my handbag and went to the changing rooms.

BEEEEP! BEEEEP! BEEEEEP! BEEEP!

"Hello?" I answered, forgetting to look at the caller ID first

"Rose, honey" the other person replied "It's your mom"

"Oh, Hi mom. What's up?"

"How are you? We miss you here in Massachusetts"

"I'm fine" I said admittedly "I'm leaving tomorrow, so don't forget to pick me-

"Oh, yes.. about tomorrow. We have a bit of… change of plans"

I felt my heart beat faster at the sound of her tone-the back of my throat felt dry. I clenched my phone, urging to hear more.

"Why? Is something wrong?"


"Now this is my kind of scene!" Trixie said as we looked at the view at the skate park from afar. Jake's parent's headed back to their house while we wanted to enjoy the rest of the day outside.

"Yeah!" Jake said

"You said it!" Spud joined in

All of us charged to the skate park and when I spotted a bench under a tree, a couple of feet from the park.

"Rose, You coming?" He said, looking at me-already seated down on the hard cold metal bench "Don't you wanna skate with us?"

"No, it's not that. I'm staying here, enjoying the wind and what not" I said admittedly "I'll catch up with you later"

"Awww… Come on, don't be like that"

I crossed my arms and raised an eyebrow at him-my expression had a weird combination of half confused and half angry.

"And what do you mean by that exactly?"

"Nothing" He said tucking a lock of hair behind my ear. "I just wanted today to be different, since it's your last day"

I hung my head

"Are you mad?" he said pinching my chin, forcing me to face him.

"No, just" I stopped, hesitating for a second "I just want a few minutes, alone"

"Five minutes, then please" he cupped my face using his hands and our foreheads touched "go to the skate park"

I wanted to tell him so badly but my mom said I should wait until tomorrow before I leave.

His dark brown eyes made me melt, unable to think straight. I didn't want to ruin the moment

"Ok" I gave a half smile instead.

I nodded for him to go.

I didn't want to leave her all alone, but if five minutes and she still hasn't come—I'm going to literally carry her to the skate park. I glanced back at her before heading to the park with Trixie and Spud.

Later on, while Trixie, Spud and I were still skateboarding, I immediately made my board come to a stop, Trixie and Spud did the same. My fists clenched because of what I saw from afar. I left Rose at the bench alone, now a guy was sitting next to her. She got to her feet and they hugged. I quickly took off my helmet-handing it to Trixie along with my skateboard and turned my direction towards the bench. My eyes fixated on the low life hugging MY girlfriend.

"Jake wait" Trixie grabbed my shoulder "Rose is capable of taking care of herself, and you that know she wouldn't flirt with other guys right?"

"Right" I muttered under my breath

I breathed trying to control myself not to explode and rip the guy to shreds. I looked back at the bench where Rose was sitting.


I breathed in the cool air that keeps blowing the strands of my blond hair across of my face. I closed my eyes and leaned back, resting my head as I closed my eyes.

Precisely 5 minutes has passed then I suddenly felt someone's presence nearby. My instincts kicked in-abruptly opening my eyes then got to my feet.

I relaxed a bit but still cautious when I saw a guy with perfectly tousled dark black hair, pale skin, misty grey eyes, and brawny-type sit next to me.

It took me a moment to realize who was that person.

"Hey" he said.

"OMIGOSH! Caleb?" my reaction was instantaneously shocked—he immediately pulled me in for a hug. Tears escaped my eyes, I haven't seen Caleb since when I used the Crystal Skull to wish for the destruction of the Hunts Clan. He was my guy best friend back at the academy.

"Me and my family just moved to a new house" he said after our hug broke "How are you Rose?"

"I'm fine"

His finger wiped my falling tears.

"Ah" I said attempting to wipe it off myself "Sorry… It's just that… I thought you were…"

"Dead?"

"Well… yeah…. obviously.."

"Have you forgotten that I'm not actually a member of the Hunts Clan?" he said tilting his head

I searched my brain for answers. Caleb didn't have the birthmark of a dragon like I do but the Hunts Master accepted him because his mother was once one and that he was a great fighter—Figures he survived.

"What about you? Why are you still here?" he asked

"Huh? What do you mean?"

He grabbed my right hand and carefully caressed my dragon birthmark.

"Oh"

"Never mind, we'll talk about it later" he smiled a smile that I haven't seen in very a long time.

"I missed you" tears escaped my eyes once again, damn girl emotions, making me too much of a drama queen.

"Is that you're way of saying hello?" he grinned at me "The best student at Hunts Clan Academy is actually crying? I must be dreaming" he shook his head disapprovingly

"Eh!" I growled then punched him jokingly

He shifted his head, looked at me for a second and gave me a most heart-warming smile but I quickly pulled back into reality. Poop, I was supposed to meet Jake at the skate park 20 minutes ago.

"Oh, crap, I'm sorry" I got to my feet "I gotta go"

"Where are you going?" he frowned "We finally got to see each other again and you're leaving?"

"I'm really sorry Caleb, I was supposed to meet my friend at the skate park"

"Can I at least walk you there?"

I hesitated for a moment

"Ok, sure" I quickly ran off to the skate park with Caleb following from behind.

When we finally reached the park, I turned my direction to Jake.

His expression was not a pretty sight.

"Jake" I slid his hand into mine "It's fine, he's just an old friend back at the Academy"

"What a member of the Hunts Clan?" he let go of my hand and prepared his stance to attack Caleb who looked bored and uninterested.

"Jake, stop" I grabbed his shoulder

"Hey Jake" Caleb stepped towards him "I'm not a member of the Hunts Clan, theoretically yes but I don't have a the mark of the dragon"

Jake hands clenched

"Please Jake, he's an old friend of mine" I said forcing him to face me and to look into my eyes.

"Fine" he looked at Caleb

"Jacob, Caleb" I said attempting to make peace "Caleb, Jacob"

"Hey" Caleb said

Jake just showed a fake smile

"I'll see you later, Ok Caleb?"

"Yeah sure" he smiled at me—gave a piercing stare to Jake before heading off into a different direction

I shook my head disapprovingly

"This is not working out" I murmured to myself

"Yo! Ok, awkward…." Trixie said

"Let's rotate back to the hotel" Trixie said breaking the silence. Trixie, Spud and Jake gathered all of their gear and we headed back to Jake's house


"I'm tired" I said quickly to lie down on the long soft couch "I missed being Hunts Girl, yep definitely the part about kicking some serious butt"

The memory flooded back to me, My days at the Academy perfecting every skill that I learned, working my butt off to finally work on the field, trying to slay the American Dragon. That was in the past, I completely forgot about that until I saw Caleb again.

"I know what you mean, after all that hunting and kicking and beating Jake's dragon butt must be tiring" Spud sat on another chair beside me "Ah, memories, it never gets old"

"You missed being Hunts Girl?" Jake said ignoring Spud-sitting next to me and putting my feet on top of his lap.

"Kinda, you know the training that helps me to not be lazy, involving endless missions and adventures-minus the whole slaying part. It made my life more exciting. I could never be bored of what I do"

I grabbed a pillow, burying my face on it.

I shrieked out of laughter when Jake tickled my multiple tickle spots.

"Stop it!" I yelled, nudging him laughing and crying at the same time. I

"Ok" he said stopping his outrageous tickling and gave a huge grin

Moments passed I heard a silent creak of the door as it opens. I immediately got up from the couch.

"We're back!" I was relieved to see that it was only Jake's mom and the rest of the Long family coming inside

"It's time for your Dragon training" Lao Shi, Jake's grandfather said

"What? But… Rose….and I!" Jake formed a crease on his forehead his words stumbling.

"Ah, I know, for a change, Rose will be the one training you instead of me"

Jake and I made a puzzled look

"It's be interesting to see you train with an experienced slayer and fighter" Lao Shi explained

"I don't think that— " Jake said

"An excellent idea!" I said cutting him off. All of us headed off up the roof top.


"Are you sure about this Rose?" I whispered to her

"Positive, I hope you're scared of a little Hunts Girl action, Dragon" She taunted. We positioned ourselves a big space between Rose and I. The other simply gave us space and they sat on the ground. Like an audience watching a movie or a show

"Tss… Rose please, The Am Drag's got this in the bag" I smirked

"Then, Go!" She quickly jumped forward, grabbing both of my shoulders and pinned me down, hard on the ground

"First lesson, be quick and never let your guard down, Dragons have weakness that might be used against you. Targeting your underbelly" She breathed but her voice was still stern

"It's all muscle down there baby" I teased

"A clean slay directly behind the left ear" She said flicking my ear lightly. She stretched her hand forward to help me up.


"Very impressive" Lao Shi remarked from behind

"So, are we gonna train or what? I said backing away and prepared my stance

"Lets! Dragon Up!" he said I transformed flying towards me and breathed fire in my direction. I dodged it in time then somersaulted forward and stood perfectly still

"Take your best shot" I said putting my hands on my hips. The red dragon flew towards me, curled into a ball and he transformed back kneeling on the ground. My hands dropped to my side

"You know I wouldn't do that" Jake stood up and fixed himself

"Come on! Just pretend I'm the enemy" I laughed at the irony of my own joke

"It's just dragon training kid!" Fu dog said

"I think Rose is going to win" Spud declared

"Ugh! Spud!" he said

"Concentrate kid!" Fu Dog said

"Hmm.. since you refuse to fight, more or less spar, maybe we could us a simpler method that I learned from the Hunts Clan academy" I snapped my fingers then grabbed my bag

"Now sit down and close your eyes" I ordered and he followed

"Meditation helps you feel the breeze, the sound it swiftness, remember all your training both physically and mentally, rememb—" I was cut off when I felt Jake's lips brush against mine. I quickly opened my eyes and saw him smiling his sweetest smile at me as soon as our kiss broke. I sighed, feeling the blood rushing up to my cheeks making me blush really red, his breath was so warm. He sat back into his position then Lao Shi suddenly hits him with his slipper

"Ow!" he scratched his aching head

"Concentrate young dragon! I will not tolerate such action during practice!" he snapped placing his slipper back on his foot. I still felt flushed from our kiss but I straightened up.

"We'll need to meditate later….For now" I said placing my special crystal box between Jake and I.

"Picture yourself in your dragon form"

"I'm thinking, thinking, thinking—ow!" he scratched he head this time I was the one who smacked the back of his head using my hand

"It's a mixture of thinking and feeling, try it" I said calming down. Both of us closed our eyes


I'm concentrating as I opened my eyes and saw Rose's box open up revealing a purple smoke that looks like me! But in my dragon form

"Cool! I'm in smoke vision!" I said as I imagined myself flying around while the smoke followed, then another puff of smoke appeared this time the smoke resembled Rose as Hunts Girl with a weapon in her hand.

"It's kinda like gramps incense stuff back home" I said "Except it this one smells better" I inhaled the sweet lavender scent, a very invigorating feel.

"Now, use your mind to dodge my attacks" I saw her smoke version run towards mine, ready to hit me with her weapon but I quickly dodged away and released fire towards her direction.

She jumped then knocked me down. I immediately got up as I transformed back into my human form. The both of us prepared our stance. I jumped and kicked her down onto the hard ground. My real self panicked immediately. I literally jumped to the incense which suddenly vanished and accidentally bumping into the real Rose.

"What was that for? You were getting good" Rose said then I reached out my hand to her as I helped her to get up. Dusting the dirt off our clothes.

"Sorry, I forgot that it wasn't really...real, just training" I said she chuckled, crouching down to grab the crystal box on the floor

"What's that thing anyway?" I scrutinized the crystal box

"It's a very special box given to me by the Dragon Council, for helping the American Dragon defeat the Dark Dragon. It can visualize anything you want"

"Visualize? Visualize what?" He kept his eyes on the box, scrutinizing it

"Well, for one thing, I'm not certain yet but it can produce incense"


"That's cool, wait! The Hunts Girl gets a reward and I don't" I said pretending to be offended and looking at gramps. She chuckled and I smiled back at her

"It's the American Dragon's duty, one does not need a reward to accept" Lao Shi replied

"Yeah, yeah, But seriously? Ow!" I said then gramps hit him with a slipper. This is actually the 3rd time I've been hit today. I soothed the pain on my head.


I got up from my sitting position and admired the sun displaying different shades of orange spreading out, such beauty seeing the sunset here in New York City. I sighed

"Today's my last day" I said quietly not looking away from the sun. I felt a gust of wind blew my direction I shuddered, crossing my arms

I felt a warm jacket placed on my shoulders. I looked behind to find that it was Jake who took off his jacket to keep me warm. He kissed my forehead and hugged me tightly. We kept in mind we were being watched but it didn't much anyway, we didn't care. Jake hugged me closer, my head resting on his chest as we both looked out from the roof top of his house, admiring the sun setting as it slowly disappears. THE SUMMER TO REMEMBER :D

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