After breakfast, they went Putt Putting. Sarah won and gloated until Blaise kissed her to shut her up. She just smiled like a Cheshire cat for ten minutes after that.
From there they went bowling and played five games. Ginny won three of the games, Micah won one, and Draco won the last. They snacked the whole time they bowled, but when the left the alley they went to lunch.
Sarah fell asleep on Blaise's shoulder while they were waiting for their orders and pouted when Micah teased her for being the first one out.
When they were done eating, they boys decided they needed to make the challenge a little more difficult. Activity was sure to keep them all awake indefinitely. They decided to go see a movie.
Unfortunately for Micah, this was a bit counterproductive for his part. The cinema was a first for the three Europeans and they were wide awake taking it all in. He fell asleep not long after his sister and got at least an hour's sleep, probably more.
Running out of ideas and energy, the group returned to the house and the Jones' decided that a nice Firefly marathon was called for. Both already eliminated, they fell asleep before the first episode was well under way.
Just before Blaise was about to wake Micah up to ask him how to change disks, he looked over at his competition who had both been awake ten minutes ago and found them sound asleep curled up next to each other. He smiled, turned the TV off, or at least he hoped he did, and snuggled closer to Sarah and went to sleep himself. It was almost six p.m.
Mrs. Jones got home at six thirty to find five teenagers asleep in her living room. She just laughed to herself, turned off the DVD player, Blaise had only turned off one appliance, and went to make herself dinner.
It wasn't until the next morning when she was making noise in the kitchen as she prepared her breakfast that anyone in the living room stirred. Micah woke up to the smell of coffee with a contented sigh. He sat up, blinked a few times, looked around, and started laughing. He got up and went into the kitchen.
Ginny woke up shortly there after and stretched lazily. Feeling someone against she rolled over and smiled when she saw Draco. Careful not to disturb him, she got up and went into the kitchen.
She stopped short. "Oh!" she said when she saw Mrs. Jones.
"Hello dear!" Mrs. Jones stood and greeted the girl. "I'm so sorry we haven't had a chance to meet until now. I hope you slept well?" she asked with a grin.
"Oh! Um, yes, thank you." Ginny really didn't know what to say. She would have been mortified had her mother found her asleep curled up next to a guy like she had been.
"Good!" Mrs. Jones looked at her watch. "Oh!" she sounded disappointed. "I do wish I could stay and get to know you, but I really have to get to work!" She grabbed her brief case and travel mug of coffee. "Say hello to that blonde for me," she winked at Ginny and the poor girl was paralyzed with confusion.
Once his mom had left, Micah chuckled. "Catch ya off guard, did she?"
"I…my mum would have fried me for falling asleep like that!"
He laughed. "Yeah, well, when you trust you kids to take care of themselves without seeing you for weeks on end, I figure you just expect stuff like that."
She cocked her head curiously but shrugged, conceding that he was probably right.
"Besides, yesterday when she called me inside I gave her a pretty basic run down of who those blokes are. Leaving out the part where Sarah picked up Blaise in a club, of course. Oh! And the part where they used to be your enemies." She eyed him accusingly. "Okay, so I told her they were old friends of yours and that you trusted them and that they had proven themselves to be complete gentlemen so far. Which they had," he hastened to add.
She rolled her eyes and poured herself a cup of coffee.
"So, what's goin' on with Draco?" he asked suggestively as she sat down.
She shot a withering glare that said it was none of his business, something akin to the looks she used to give Ron and the twins, but answered him anyway. "Just before I fell asleep yesterday I heard him whisper in my ear 'So, does this mean you're mine?'" She shrugged. "I nodded, so I guess we're together."
He laughed again. "Good for you!" He took a sip of his own coffee. "How do you think your family will take it?"
She grimaced and groaned. "Horribly." She thought for a moment and shrugged. "Not that I really care, that is. I mean, I'd love it if they'd approve, but it won't really change how I feel if they don't."
He smiled with respect. "Again, good for you."
"Yeah," she said in a sigh. "Maybe I just won't go home. Maybe I'll just transfer to Sarah's school."
He leveled her with a critical gaze. "What happened to fighting for what you believe?"
She looked at him seriously. "That's what remaining here would be, fighting for Draco. Look, they won't let me fight. The fact that they sent me here for the summer is proof enough of that. If I go back I'll just sit at the school feeling useless. If I stay here I can help Draco establish a life for himself. I can help him learn to love life. I've never seen him like this before, and from the way Blaise has been watching us, neither has he. Staying with him will be my way of standing against prejudice and hate."
He held her gaze for a moment before smiling again. "You really are amazing, you know that?"
She cocked her head and smirked arrogantly, "I try!"
He threw a crumpled napkin at her, but it didn't reach her. She laughed and stuck her tongue out at him. He rolled his eyes.
The others trickled in over the course of an hour. Before long they were laughing and joking and making plans for the day.