So wow! I'm a high school graduate! Sounds odd, but feels so well….good! Even better, Ashlyn and I both got accepted to Texas University (TU)! How great is that!? The only bad thing is I won't be able to see Sam because he got accepted to Stanford. So this week at the lake is very important to me.

"Ready?" I asked while throwing my last bag in my trunk and slamming it shut.

"Yeah, I'll follow you in the Impala." Dean said while climbing into the Impala with Ashlyn in tow and shut his car door.

"Let's go!" I told Sam while shutting the car door and Sam put on his seatbelt.

The lake house was about three hours away so to occupy our time, Sam and I asked each other random questions.

"Hmm…..let's see, you favorite color is blue and your favorite animal is a panther, right?" Sam asked me.

I nodded. "Wow, you do listen! Ok let me see your favorite color is green and you like dogs and tigers?"

"Yup"

TWO HOURS LATER

"Favorite ice cream would be rocky road, you?" he asked me.

"Cold Stone's cake batter or cheesecake, best ice cream you'll ever have!" I said laughing.

Another hour past, and then we were here. I parked in the driveway, then got out and looked up at the house that used to be my parents, but was now mine. It wasn't really a house it was huge, but it was on the lake, hence Lake House.

"Wow Jen, this is nice!" Ashlyn said sounding excited.

Without saying anything I grabbed Sam's hand and walked towards the house slowly.

"You ok?" he asked concerned.

I nodded, and put the key in the lock. When the door opened I expected to see layers of dust all over my family's things, but surprisingly it was spotless. The house brought back so many memories. It still smelled like my parents; coffee, lemon, after shave, cookies, and strawberries. I walked down to my parents' old room, and opened the door. My breath hitched. Lying on the bed was my mom's blue satin dinner dress and my father's black suit and tie.

"They were supposed to wear these that night." I whispered then started looking around the room. The pictures were still there so was my mom's makeup and perfume. It's like they never left. I walked down the hall to the last door on the right side, and opened the door to give Sam a peek at my room. We walked back into the living room where Dean and Ashlyn were sitting on the leather couch with all our bags at their feet.

"Ok I'll give you a tour."

We walked down the hallway connected to the living room. I opened the first door on the left.

"My parents' old room No need to go in there." I said closing the door and moving on to the room next to my parent's.

"Dean's room" I said opening the door and Dean walked in set his bag down, and then came back out. I opened the next door.

"Sam's room" Then we walked to the next door.

"Ashlyn's room" Then we walked across the hall to the last door.

"My room" I said opening the door and throwing Sam's and my own bag on the bed.

"Ok the room next to mine is another guest room. The door after that is your guys' bathroom." I said walking back towards the living room.

"Through here is the kitchen. Then through the French doors is the dining room. Then the pool house and the pool are outside. Ok well have fun! Go do whatever, we have some four wheelers and a boat but I'm not sure if they're running. I'll have to ask Mike, our grounds keeper." I said walking back towards my room.

I walked in and lay on my bed. The door opened and closed, and soon after that Sam was laying down beside me. I rolled onto my side facing him.

"This just seems so odd. Them not being here I mean, it's like I'm waiting for them to walk right in the door and say sorry for not being here." I told him sadly.

He just held me tight and told me I would be ok. We laid there for a while until the door bell rang. Sam followed me as I answered the door.

"Ah, Miss Marrow, so good to see you and it is about time you got here! I've been waiting all morning." The lady at the door said.

"Marie! Come in! Thanks for cleaning up the house for me, and keeping it the way it always was."

"Ah well, I wouldn't have it any other way. So how about I fix you kids some lunch?"

"Ok thanks, but do you know if the four wheelers are up and running?"

"Mike told me this morning that he had 'em up and running."

"Ok thanks!"

"Yeah well you kids have fun out there on the four wheelers." She said with her British accent.

"Alright we will"

"Oh Jen, Mike told me to ask if you kids wanted to go to the shooting range tonight."

"Um…yeah sounds good Marie! See you in a bit!" I told her walking outside to the barn.

Sam, Dean, Ashlyn, and I walked out into the yard, and I led the way to the barn/garage. When we were close enough, we heard power tools.

"Who's in there?" Dean asked, and I just smiled and walked in with them following me.

There were tools everywhere and random car parts lying around. Then there were three cars that looked like they were being worked on. You could see a man leaning over the hood of a '65 navy mustang.

"Hey!" I yelled making the man stop working a look up.