Sometimes it's to hard to ignore the calling of the wind. Though it wasn't the first time, it seemed to be calling out to Daphne yet again. It was like a siren call, luring her outside to enjoy it as the day wained into night. Her steps were sure and strong, bounding across the grass that occupied the backyard and she sought out her new favorite spot.

The Hammock.

She could not thank Velma and Shaggy enough for setting it up. It was a wise decision and one of the few Daphne would actually admit that Velma was a genius for. Just, not to many times, just in case her head would get to big with the compliments.

With expert skill, Daphne slid into the hammock, barely registering her movement on the swinging seat. She was giddy to get the chance to enjoy her new CD. With their usual hectic schedule, she had to push off listening to it for a while. Monsters and such won't wait for her to enjoy her music, and it was not the kind of music that went well with chase sequences. It was far better suited for a windy day, hanging out in the backyard and enjoying the eventual sunset.

With the headphones sung around her ears, she snuggled into the weave of the hammock and rocked lightly as she started her CD. The light flute welcomed her, as she sighed in contentment. Today was going to be a nice, lazy day and she was going to enjoy it.

When Shaggy and Scooby came back from their walk, she didn't pay much attention to them. Dozing off a tiny bit with her music, she devoted her attention to that and not the two scruffy forms that peered over at her. It was only when Shaggys head blocked the sun that got her attention. Noticing her listening to music, he didn't want to interrupt, so he just waved in response. In the shade of his poofy hair, she smiled as she looked up at him and waved back.

The large dane was about to open his mouth to greet Daphne, when Shaggy stopped him and pointed at his ears. He tried to sign to the Dane, that Daphne was listening to something and they should let her enjoy her music. Another open mouth was quickly stopped in it's tracks by a frizbee. Nodding his head to the rest of the backyard, Shaggy led the confused Dog to play, while Daphne enjoyed her CD in peace.

Daphne sighed, thankful for the quick intervention of Shaggy. The song was really getting good and she didn't want to stop to talk. There is something about hearing a song the first time, and she really wanted to get the full experience of the song, and not have to pause during the best part and then have to get back into it. The company was welcome though.

With the winds help, the little red frisbee soared between man and dog. Though it wasn't the kind of frisbee most people would think, as both Scooby AND Shaggy caught the frisbee in their mouths. Well, when it was opportune. They also caught it on fingers, paws and toes if they could manage. Tail was optional.

They were fun to watch. There was something about the simple pleasure of enjoying each others company in such a plain way. The frisbee when back and forth, and there was no actual reason why other then 'because it's fun'. A easy game between two friends, to be enjoyed on such a nice fading glory day as they one they were experiencing. A day that you felt like you needed to be outside.

As her CD swung into a moving song, her attention was diverted from the two guys to her music. A memorable melody danced around her head as a well timed swirl of wind blew her hair about as it hung off the hammock. The swell of the background orchestra mixed with the simple but memorable lyrics of the singer distracted her.

With her eyes closed, she didn't notice the small shadow that passed over her body. But she did notice the sudden weight as one, large Great Dane decided to land on her. Unable to sustain the both of them and the momentum Scooby had brought with him as he had chased after the frisbee, the hammock flipped. Dumping both woman and dog to the ground underneath.

Daphne groaned as the weight of the over-sized dog stayed upon her. Sorry for his actions, Scooby had loomed over her to make sure she was ok and then bathed her face in apology when she shot him an unhappy glance. Daphne sighed, unable to stay angry at the dog for just being himself. Grunting, she shoved him out of the way. She gave him a smile, and pushed away his head again as he pressed back under the hammock to make sure.

Worried, Shaggy had dashed over and hauled the dane off Daphne. Give him a stern wave of his finger, he turned back to help her up. Pushing the hammock out of the way, he offered a hand to her. Seeing Shaggy, she smiled and took his offered hand. Starting to pull her to her feet, they had forgotten about the tangle of CD player and headphones. Caught in part of her hair, she twisted to avoid pulling it and instead pulled back on Shaggy. Not expecting the sudden weight, he fell forward and dumped her back to the ground and he landed on top of her.

Shaggy laid there confused for a moment before he realized where he in fact was. Darting up, he tried to get off her and instead banged his head upon the Hammock and rolled to her side in sudden pain. But his action also got himself tangled into the headphone wire which drew her closer to him, trying to save her wire from being stretched or broken.

She was now resting on top of him, the both of them tangled together by the headphones. Tired, she just lay there on top of him, her head resting upon his chest. She could hear his heart beat, which reminded her of the fading rhythm that echo'ed off her headset. Still playing even though the CD player was on the ground next to them. Shaggy rubbed his offended head, but didn't seem to be particularly moving to get up. Then again, it was not uncommon for them to have landed in a pile. Often in their mysteries, they would collide at some point and end up in a heap. Blowing a puff of air, he pushed away a few of her hairs that were tickling his nose.

Leaning up, his eyes followed the trail of the headphones. Tangled in her red mane, the ear piece trailed off to the cord. Wrapped around her arm once, it then led to where he had caught his own wrist and then it went back to catch on her once more, before it ended in the player in the grass beside them. Lightly, he brought up his free arm to de-tangle her hair from the headset. Sensing what he was doing, Daphne stayed still to cut down the hassle of getting it out of her hair. It was starting to get dark by the time he had managed to get it out of her hair.

Pushing up, he pulled her against himself as he settled in a sitting position against one of the trees that held up the hammock. She waited till he got comfortable till she adjusted herself in his lap. Nodding his head, she turned and noticed the sun was just settling over their fence that split their house from the next. Leaning against Shaggy, she settled to watch the sunset. It wasn't so bad.

"Thanks."

She commented simply. Maybe it was for the help up, or getting the headphones out of her hair. She didn't specify. She didn't think she had to.

Grunting again, she was caught by surprise as Scooby had joined them. Feeling left out, the dane crawled under the hammock to flop himself over the two as they watched the sunset. She had to laugh. Ruffling the dogs ears, she gave him a head scratch as the day came to an end. Content to spend the last fading moments of the day, together.

I hope you enjoyed this. And it was not to boring. I was trying to see if I could make a whole story with only one Word spoken. So I made a cute Shaggy/Daphne story, for those fans who enjoy that pair. That and sometimes it's nice to write cute fluff. I hope you liked it.

Toki