Chapter 9: The Humans
"Come on Cody! Come and join us!" Ben called out.
Cody chuckled, "Alright Grandpa, I'm coming." He went and joined his other family around the bond fire. This is one of his favorite things to do. Each year, all his family will get together to go camping and each year would be a different place. This year they all chose the forest. Right now his grandpa was talking about his stories about when he was in the war.
"Yes, it was a scary thought, but you know what made stay brave and fight. The promise I made to the love of my life that I will come back to her," he grabbed his wife's hand, "and a man of my word I made sure it was going to happen. Then what do you know, I came back to her."
Cody smiled at what he said. Sometimes he wondered if he will ever find something like what his grandpa has. A certain girl he is willing to fight for. He's met other girls in the past, but they weren't someone who he can spend his whole life with. He knows she's out there someone.
"So Cody," his grandpa asked, "is there any lucky girl that has captured your heart?"
He laughed, "No, pa-pa, not yet, but I know she's out there."
"Well there was Katie, but he blew it." His father said sternly. Cody didn't really liked what he just said, "oh come on dad, don't tell me you're still sulking about the fact that I didn't end up getting with miss soon-to-be rich and famous."
Unlike his grandpa, Cody's relationship with his father wasn't all that great. His mother had died when he was only an infant, which left his father to raise him. But since he was always so busy with work, he would always be watched over by his grandparents, which caused him to grow a bigger bond with them than his own father.
"Cody, we're just waiting for you to be settled down with the right girl." His dad had sternly said.
"Believe me dad, I'm going to find her, she's just not around right now."
After a couple more hours of talking, making jokes, and singing campfire songs, everyone decided it was time to get to bed, but a certain something was going to keep them up. Someone didn't fully put out the fire and it started to escape from the pit.
So there we have it, the love interest of Miranda, Cody. Well we already know they have one thing in common: they both lost their mother at a young age and their fathers hardly had any time to be with them. So yeah, that's all I have to say about this chapter. On to the next one!
