Jaz studied her surroundings and wondered how anyone could ever talk bad about this place. She hopped up on the kitchen counter, she had just cleaned, and waited for the boy's entrance.
"Rebecca, I know it seems a little rough around the edges but all the summers we spent up here we never once had a bad time. Once we get settled you will grow to like it."
"Whatever. Samuel, why is there a light on in there?"
Jaz winced, she had turned on the light next to the door so that she could see to clean the floor.
"I'll get it," Copper told Jaz reaching over and pulling the small beaded cord. The light flicked off.
Rebecca blinked, "The light went out." She sounded terrified.
Colt was pulling bags from the trunk, he piled two suitcases onto Rebecca, "Whatever."
"Jeff, listen, I'm serious," she dropped the bags and tugged on his shirtsleeve lowering her voice.
Rocky looked over to the cabin, "She's right, the light's off...it was on just a minute ago."
"So?" Colt shrugged, getting impatient. "The bulb blew."
Rebecca became frantic and scared, "But how did the light get on in the first place?"
"I'll check it out for you babe," Rocky eased, kissing her forehead.
Rebecca shook her head and grabbed Rocky's arm, "No, I don't want you to get hurt. Let's just go home."
Rocky shook his head, "We aren't going home."
"Fine, then make one of them go."
Tum tum laughed as he threw his arm around a tall blonde he had picked up a few days back and had taken along so that he might find something to occupy his time, "Rocky, I do believe the little lady has you pegged as a puss."
"Screw you Michael. And I'm not going to tell you again, it's Samuel."
Rocky tried to sooth her, "Rebecca, babe, calm down. The three of us will go check it out. You two stay here."
Tum tum grabbed two beers from the infamous cooler, which has stuck them on the side of the road for two hours, waiting for a tow truck.
"Colt! Heads up."
Tum tum tossed him a beer and Colt back flipped to catch it.
They laughed to one another as they headed for the cabin.
Copper pointed out the window, "Look they are headed this way."
"Come away from there. I swear, you look like a man but act as a boy."
Copper frowned and took his place next to her. Copper asked one last time, "What will you do when you see him?"
Jaz sighed, "Ask him to save the royal family we lost to the barbarians."
Copper smiled, he was glad Jaz and her mother had hatched him 20 years ago. Although they were just humans, they could teach him so much about honesty, integrity and friendship. He nuzzled his head on her shoulder, "Jaz?"
"Yeah?" She asked petting his head.
"Nothing," he smiled. She was comfort to him the way a mother is to a child. Copper was still a baby dragon, and Jaz all he had.
"I hope they agree," Copper finally said.
Jaz nodded, "Me too Copper...me too."
"Rocky, I'd just, personally, like to thank you for ruining this vacation."
"Stuff it Colt. Nothings ruined."
"Rocky, what you see in her?" Tum tum asked taking Colt's side of the argument.
Rocky stopped and turned to face his brothers, "Look, I'm tired of fighting and arguing. Rebecca and I are getting married and there is nothing either of you can do to stop it."
Colt curled his lip in disgust, "Whatever, Samuel."
"Or maybe he prefers Sam," Tum tum laughed popping open the beer top just as he reached the doorstep.
Colt shook his head, "Sammy."
Tum tum laughed. Rocky let is slide, though it hurt his feelings.
Tum tum took a sip before opening the door. He did not step inside, not yet. If anything they learned from Grandpa and ninja training it was look before you leap.
Jaz glanced over to the open door. Without a word she leapt from the counter top and eased over to the door. Tum tum's beer slid from his hand landing with a thump on the ground. She was standing inches from him. He squinted his eyes to make sure he was seeing properly. She had changed little since they last met. She was still just as beautiful, but ever so slightly too thin.
Tum tum's mouth hung open, everyone remained silent for several moments. The tow girls, who had been told to wait, had ventured up to the cabin door. Rocky smiled and Colt laughed mockingly.
Then, just above a whisper, Tum tum asked, "Jaz?"
Then the air truly broke as Holly, Tum tum's blonde, announced, "Who the fuck is she?"
Jaz completely ignored the girl, she was lost in Tum tum's gaze and he in hers.
"Jaz, is that really you?" Rocky asked hopefully.
"Yes Rocky, it is," Jaz broke her gaze from Tum tum, "It is good to see you."
Rocky stumbled forward and embraced Jaz.
"Samuel, what are you doing? Who is she? What is she doing in your grandfather's cabin?"
Colt coldly responded, "She's nothing but a bad memory."
Jaz jumped back and shot Colt a cool glare, "likewise."
"Rebecca, I know it seems a little rough around the edges but all the summers we spent up here we never once had a bad time. Once we get settled you will grow to like it."
"Whatever. Samuel, why is there a light on in there?"
Jaz winced, she had turned on the light next to the door so that she could see to clean the floor.
"I'll get it," Copper told Jaz reaching over and pulling the small beaded cord. The light flicked off.
Rebecca blinked, "The light went out." She sounded terrified.
Colt was pulling bags from the trunk, he piled two suitcases onto Rebecca, "Whatever."
"Jeff, listen, I'm serious," she dropped the bags and tugged on his shirtsleeve lowering her voice.
Rocky looked over to the cabin, "She's right, the light's off...it was on just a minute ago."
"So?" Colt shrugged, getting impatient. "The bulb blew."
Rebecca became frantic and scared, "But how did the light get on in the first place?"
"I'll check it out for you babe," Rocky eased, kissing her forehead.
Rebecca shook her head and grabbed Rocky's arm, "No, I don't want you to get hurt. Let's just go home."
Rocky shook his head, "We aren't going home."
"Fine, then make one of them go."
Tum tum laughed as he threw his arm around a tall blonde he had picked up a few days back and had taken along so that he might find something to occupy his time, "Rocky, I do believe the little lady has you pegged as a puss."
"Screw you Michael. And I'm not going to tell you again, it's Samuel."
Rocky tried to sooth her, "Rebecca, babe, calm down. The three of us will go check it out. You two stay here."
Tum tum grabbed two beers from the infamous cooler, which has stuck them on the side of the road for two hours, waiting for a tow truck.
"Colt! Heads up."
Tum tum tossed him a beer and Colt back flipped to catch it.
They laughed to one another as they headed for the cabin.
Copper pointed out the window, "Look they are headed this way."
"Come away from there. I swear, you look like a man but act as a boy."
Copper frowned and took his place next to her. Copper asked one last time, "What will you do when you see him?"
Jaz sighed, "Ask him to save the royal family we lost to the barbarians."
Copper smiled, he was glad Jaz and her mother had hatched him 20 years ago. Although they were just humans, they could teach him so much about honesty, integrity and friendship. He nuzzled his head on her shoulder, "Jaz?"
"Yeah?" She asked petting his head.
"Nothing," he smiled. She was comfort to him the way a mother is to a child. Copper was still a baby dragon, and Jaz all he had.
"I hope they agree," Copper finally said.
Jaz nodded, "Me too Copper...me too."
"Rocky, I'd just, personally, like to thank you for ruining this vacation."
"Stuff it Colt. Nothings ruined."
"Rocky, what you see in her?" Tum tum asked taking Colt's side of the argument.
Rocky stopped and turned to face his brothers, "Look, I'm tired of fighting and arguing. Rebecca and I are getting married and there is nothing either of you can do to stop it."
Colt curled his lip in disgust, "Whatever, Samuel."
"Or maybe he prefers Sam," Tum tum laughed popping open the beer top just as he reached the doorstep.
Colt shook his head, "Sammy."
Tum tum laughed. Rocky let is slide, though it hurt his feelings.
Tum tum took a sip before opening the door. He did not step inside, not yet. If anything they learned from Grandpa and ninja training it was look before you leap.
Jaz glanced over to the open door. Without a word she leapt from the counter top and eased over to the door. Tum tum's beer slid from his hand landing with a thump on the ground. She was standing inches from him. He squinted his eyes to make sure he was seeing properly. She had changed little since they last met. She was still just as beautiful, but ever so slightly too thin.
Tum tum's mouth hung open, everyone remained silent for several moments. The tow girls, who had been told to wait, had ventured up to the cabin door. Rocky smiled and Colt laughed mockingly.
Then, just above a whisper, Tum tum asked, "Jaz?"
Then the air truly broke as Holly, Tum tum's blonde, announced, "Who the fuck is she?"
Jaz completely ignored the girl, she was lost in Tum tum's gaze and he in hers.
"Jaz, is that really you?" Rocky asked hopefully.
"Yes Rocky, it is," Jaz broke her gaze from Tum tum, "It is good to see you."
Rocky stumbled forward and embraced Jaz.
"Samuel, what are you doing? Who is she? What is she doing in your grandfather's cabin?"
Colt coldly responded, "She's nothing but a bad memory."
Jaz jumped back and shot Colt a cool glare, "likewise."