Disclaimer: I do not own Golden Sun.

Married Couples (Adept Type, Age)

Felix (Venus, 24) and Robin (Saturn, 22)

Isaac (Venus, 23) and Hope (Pluto, 22)

Garet (Mars, 22) and Jenna (Mars, 22)

Ivan (Jupiter, 20) and Sheba (Jupiter, 20)

Piers (Mercury, 150?) and Mia (Mercury, 21)

Chapter 3

Upon returning to the house, Piers went straight down to his and Mia's room. The designers had made a critical error—they'd only built four bedrooms. So his and Mia's were down and elevator that was past a door in the main hallway. Arriving in his room, Piers stripped and hopped into the shower.

"Tsk, tsk!" Mia said as she walked in. "Look at this! Shameful!"

"What?"

"You! Leaving clothes strewn everywhere!"

"Nag! Nag! Nag!"

Mia walked into the bathroom.

"What the?"

SLAP!

Piers sat in the shower nursing his face with one hand and attempting to wash with the other.

He emerged from the shower with a towel across his waist just as Mia finished tidying their room.

She saw Piers come out of the bathroom and rushed to get him a vacuum.

"What's this for?" He asked.

"I cleaned up your clothes, you can vacuum. And mop up the water in the bathroom."

The Mercury Adept was grumbling to himself as he vacuumed and mopped. But he hated mopping most of all!

Curse me shower-taking habit! He thought. I fell in perfectly good water and then I come home and take a frikin' shower! I make a mess and then have to clean it up.

He slipped in a puddle of water that he'd missed, fell, and was reacquainted with his good friend Mr. Floor. And Mr. Vinyl taught some words to Mr. Floor that would make a Tempest Lizard blush. (I give credit to Lady Dracana Greenleaf for that and remember, Tempest Lizards are purple) He rose slowly, every bone aching from contact with Mr. Floor. Mia came running into the room and saw Piers struggling up.

"Oh!" She said. "So that's what that was. Your head sounded like an empty milk just hitting the floor."

"I don't want to hear it," he groaned.

"You already did."

Piers staggered into the bedroom and collapsed. Mia knew her husband couldn't be hurt that badly from head contact with the floor. She stepped into the elevator and left Piers to lie there.

He finally got up and took and ibuprofen for his head. He left his towel on and went to go soak in the hot tub.

Mia figured she'd go and tell the others about the lake. She found everyone in the living room except Piers, of course. Mia pranced in front of the TV and switched it off.

"Piers and I found a lake today."

They didn't seem too enthused, but they listened.

"Where?" Ivan asked. "North, south, east, west. Tell me!"

Mia didn't get agitated at Ivan because he was prone to get impatient.

"I hope all of you know where the bike path is, right?"

"Yes."

"There's a hidden path on the bike trail that leads to it."

"Sorry, Mia. But we really don't care about a lake."

Everyone got up and left except for Jenna and Garet. They were the only ones interested.

"Can you show us this place?" Jenna asked.

"Sure," Mia said. "But not today, it's getting dark."

"Okay," Garet said. "Can you turn the TV back on?"

Ivan and Sheba walked to the end of the main hallway, and took a left into the hallway that led to their room.

"I'm not too interested in this lake, but I guess we could look at it," Ivan said.

Sheba removed her robe and sash and continued with the rest.

"I'm gonna take a shower and then I'm coming to bed," Sheba said.

"I'm going to bed now," Ivan replied, yawning. "And I am going to the lake. You going to go with me?"

"Sure."

Ivan crawled onto his side of the bed and turned his light off.