"Jade, I'll be going out for awhile. Could you tell Jake I'll be back soon?" Rose said as they stopped in front of their house.

"Ok" JR replied and jumped out of the car. She went to the doorway as her mom drove off and pressed the doorbell.

The door opened to reveal a guy, but it wasn't her dad. He was rather tall and had spiky brown hair with light blond highlights.

"Uncle Spud!" JR said in surprise.

"Hey Jade! How's it goin'?" Spud replied.

"Fine, I guess…"

"Where's your mom?" he asked.

"Oh, she just went somewhere"

"Well then, what are we waitin' for? Come on in!" Spud said. JR entered the house and the two went to the living room. JR was having a weird feeling in her stomach, she didn't know what to say to her dad.

When they got there, Jake was sitting on the couch together with a girl with black hair combed into curls.

"Aunt Trixie?" JR asked.

"Yo, hey girl. It's been sometime. Last time I saw you, you were hardly three feet tall" Trixie said as she stood up.

"Really? I could have sworn she was three and a half" Spud said.

"Oh shut up you" Trixie snapped.

"She digs me" Spud whispered to JR who smiled weakly.

"Nice to see you too, Aunt T" JR replied.

"Where's Rose?" Jake asked as soon as he spotted her missing mother.

"She…uh…said she went out somewhere" JR answered without looking into her dad's eyes.

"Enough about that. Happy birthday Jade! You're growing up real fast I can hardly keep up" Trixie said as she gave JR a hug.

"Thanks, Aunt T" JR replied.

"Hey, don't thank me yet. Hey, Spud, you got it?"

"Huh? Got what?" Spud responded, giving a confused look.

"Don't tell me you've forgot!"

"Forgot what?"

"I think she means these" Jake said as he held a pair of roller blades. They were dark blue with a hint of black. Each had a print of a blue dragon on.

"Oh right!" Spud said as he took the blades from Jake. "Happy birthday, Jade!" he greeted as he handed her the blades. "That's from me and Trixie"

"Oh, thanks a lot, Uncle S, Aunt T" JR replied without much enthusiasm.

"Yo, what's wrong, girl? Somethin' wrong with our gift?" Trixie asked.

"Oh, no. They're wonderful, really" JR said with a fake smile. "I just…uh… I'll be in my room" she said then quickly went up the stairs.

"What was that all about?" Spud asked.

"That's what I'd like to know" Jake said.