◊ (Summer Doesn't Always Feel Like Summer) ◊

I woke up and walked into the hall. I went over to these two large full glass windows that opened up into a huge like courtyard. It was nice. "Morning Alexis," A voice said. I looked down to see TK sitting on one of the benches in the courtyard.

"I'll be down in a second; I need to ask you a few questions." He nodded and I went down the elevator and stepped into the beautiful courtyard.

"It's really summer isn't it?" He asked.

"Yeah but everything is so busy." I said.

"Where's Kate?" He asked.

"During the funeral for her grandparents, we met her mother and they asked for her back." I said simply.

"I thought…"

"Yes, her father is a horrible person but her mom wants her to be back with us but it's better for Kate to be with her mom. Kate is going to teach her mom how to duel so that she can be free."

"That's great." He said. I nodded.

"How's Kari doing?"

"Fair, well, that would be lying to an extreme point, she's devastated."

"Did they get the divorce?"

"No, they disowned Kari." I gasped.

"How? I thought they wanted a divorce?"

"It was over how Kari was to be taken care of so to solve it for all their sakes, they disowned her."

"That's horrible."

"They were both so sad to tell Kari but they wanted everything to go fine because they felt either way they were hurting Kari. Therefore, they sent us here. They want me to take care of her."

"At least they didn't disown her for anything horrible and they still care about her by asking you to take care of her." He nodded.

He pounded his hand into the bench arm. "She's been through enough with her travels and job. She doesn't need this. They were planning on marrying her off, 2 days ago."

"What?"

"Yeah, to some kid they haven't even met before but Kari beat him in a match." I sighed, well. "I beat her though, so technically when she turns 18, I can marry her." I smiled at him.

"You guys love each other, it's alright like that."

"I didn't beat her because I wanted to restrain her; I beat her because I didn't want her restrained. She almost lost though she's much better then me, when she went up against him."

"Eh?"

"When she started dueling the man, she freaked out, she just couldn't duel right. She had no clue, she was like a 2 year old, it was pathetic and horrifying to watch but I helped her pull herself together but only by 100 life points did she win. She won but she hated that he was so bad and she couldn't even win with something she was so good at."

"I understand that much pressure can mess up anyone, except Jaden most times. I'll talk to her. Make sure she understands, okay?" I asked smiling. He nodded. I stood up and walked into Kari's room where she was holding her hands folded in her lap, she looked up and was startled.

"You alright?" I asked.

"No, TK owns me now."

"Kari, I just talked to him. He didn't beat you to own you. He beat you to save you. You won't have to duel for your rights again. He's there to protect you from being hurt especially since I heard how you duel under stress. It's better that way."

"I don't want to be ruled like this!" She yelled.

"TK has been nice to you his entire life right, and yours right?" She nodded. "You love him, right?"

"Of course I do but it seems so…"

"Stop. He did that because he loves you. He doesn't want you to end up being hurt because you can't duel under pressure. He wants you safe, with him. He loves you too so he wants you by his side, forever."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course I am, don't worry. If TK is as much like Jaden as I know he is then he'll probably free you from the marriage contract as well, to be free. That's what Jaden plans to do. I'm sure TK will too." She smiled and hugged me.

"Thanks Alexis." I nodded.

"Alright, now let's go swimming." She smiled and nodded. "Change into your bathing suit and I'll meet you out there, I'll tell TK and Jaden."

"I need to talk to TK, alright?" I nodded.

"Jaden and I will meet you out there." I said walking into Jaden's room.

"Hey Lex, what we doing?"

"We're going swimming at the beach."

"TK and Kari?" He asked.

"They're going to meet us there." I said. "Get ready and meet me in my room in 10 minutes." He nodded as I walked to my room, changed and waited on the bed.

He walked in and smiled. "Ready?" I nodded standing up.

We dived into the ocean and played around for a while and soon Kari and TK with smiles on their faces walked up to us. TK and Kari bowed. "Thank you Kari."

"You're welcome but get in." I splashed them. Kari dived in after me while TK jumped in afterward.

We hanged around; the guys kept swimming while Kari and I relaxed in the sun for a while. We had lunch and dinner and spent the whole day in the nice California sun. It was great. This year has been wacky but it's getting better.

"Hey Alexis, you up for surfing?" Jaden asked.

"I can't surf." I answered back to him.

"But I can," Jaden answered.

"Neither can I, but we'll just stay with the guys." Kari said.

"Alright then, let's go." I said. We all got on the surfboards and walked out there.

"The waves are nice today." TK said.

"They sure are." Jaden said.

"Surfing, not what I'm good at." Kari said holding on to TK with her life.

"I'm not either but you might want to calm down." I advised.

"Okay then," She said.

"Ready Lexy?" Jaden asked. I nodded and we got up on the wave. I hugged his waist gently so that he would be able to do whatever he needed to without my distraction. He didn't seem to mind. We surfed for a while until Dusk came and the ocean was cleared, we returned to the lobby to play some games.

"How'd you girls like surfing?" TK asked.

"It was alright, I like walking and swimming better though."

"It was great, I liked it. Tomorrow I want you to teach me how to Jaden?"

"Sure." He answered.

"What do you want to do Kari?" TK asked.

"I want to go scuba diving that sounds interesting." Kari answered.

"Then there are our plans for tomorrow." Jaden said.

"I can't wait, this is beginning to feel like summer compared to the crazy summer we'd had so far, isn't it Jaden?" I asked.

"Yeah, this is really summer." He answered.

"Compared to how everything for me has been going so far, this is awesome." Kari said smiling.

"It really is." TK said.

"I can't wait to see what else we do this summer." I said.

"It's totally predictable." Jaden said.

"No it isn't, our whole lives are unpredictable. Just like everyone else's." I answered.

"Lexy, I assure you. I can predict the future."

"Sure you can Jaden, what am I thinking now."

"You're tired and you want to go to bed." I stood up, walked over to him and knelt down to his level.

"Nice try," I kissed his cheek and walked off. "I already said that."

He leaned back in his seat and looked at the ceiling. "So, I still predicted what you were doing. I said you were predictable, I never said that I had to guess what you were thinking out of the blue." I smiled and walked away.

I climbed into bed, snuggling myself deep into the covers thinking of the many events to come. Who know what would happen? Jaden seemed to. I faintly did. While most remained oblivious to those events soon to come, Jaden remembered them and for me they were a distant memory. I knew a few things that were expected. They are:

I would be engaged to Jaden in the next year. Yet married a year after ward or so. Get pregnant with my daughter whose name is Hailey. Live a wonderful life with my husband, Jaden and daughter, Hailey.

It was a beginning to feel like summer but there was a lot of summer left ahead for me. I had a whole summer with just Jaden and I, along with our friends Kari and TK.

The End of This Book

Dear Readers,

This is the end of Jaden and I 2 (Alexis). There will be the final installment soon to come in a few months' time. I just wanted to thank all of you who have reviewed since the start of this. I hope that you have enjoyed this and I hope that you will come back and read the final installment for it shall be quite good. You expect it to be, don't you? Thank you for reading the first two installments of the series so far.

Sincerely; The Writer of Jaden and I Alexis as well as the second and many others,

Girl of Light Writter: Aniecä