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Key:

"regular talking"

'Jake thinking'

Dreams

Chapter 3: Movie Night!

After dropping Lily off, and the two making plans for Jake to bike over ot her house in the morning so that they could go to school together, Jake and his mom picked up Jake's bike from school. They didn't say anything to each other.

Jake reached over and turned up the volume on the radio. Looking out the window, Jake gazed at the passing houses and trees.

"Jake?"

"Mhum?" Jake continued to look out the window. He had his head pressed agains the palm of his hand.

"What happened this afternoon?" Jake's mom asked him.

"Oh," Jake sighed, "Jack, Joe, and Jordan followed us home, I think. Anyways, they chased us, and so I told Lily to run here." He turned to his mom. "When we got to the door, one of them threw a rock, and it hit me in the back of the head."

"Oh Jake." His mom sighed. "What did you do to provoke them?"

"Heck, I don't now." After this response, conversation stopped. The rest of the drive was quiet except for the radio playing.

***

"Mmmm." Jake said, licking his lips. "Great supper mom!"

"Yes," Jake's dad agreeing with Jake. He pushed his chair away from the table, to help his wife with the dishes. Jake got up too, and grabbed a dish towel to dry the dishes.

They were almost done, when Jake's father turned to him, and said, "Jake, can I talk to you for a sec?"

Jake nodded. 'I wonder what this is going to be about…' he said to himself.

"Come, lets go up to your room." Jake's skin prickled, but he followed his dad obediently up the staircase to his room. Jake thought, 'Oh crap! This has to be something about me and Lily.'

Jake opened his mouth to ask his father, but his dad beat him to it.

"Your mom told me about what happened today," his dad arched his eyebrow. "I must admit, that was smart of you to protect Lily in the situation."

Jake shrugged, "A guy has to protect his girl, right?" He smiled, "Wouldn't you have done the same for mom?" He stared at his dad. Under the force of his glare, Jake's dad shifted uncomfortably. "Well?" He kept staring at this dad.

Jake's dad smiled at his son. "Of course. I was just a bit surprised that you would ask me that." He shook his head. "Anyways I wanted to talk to you about Lily."

"Oh, so what did you want to talk about?"

"Well, I just wanted to know what stage," Jake's father told him, "you guys were at." He raised his eyebrows at Jake. "I truly hope that you haven't gotten to the kissing stage yet." He watched Jake. Jake laughed aloud. "What?" Jake's dad said in surprise, at Jake's laughing.

"Well, geeze dad." Jake said after he had calmed down enough to speak. Grinning at his dad, Jake told him bluntly. "I mean, what you think that we have been dating secretly?"

Jake's dad laughed. "No!"

"Then you should know," Jake grinned devilishly, "that we have only gotten to the holding hands stage. But you know, maybe we will kiss tomorrow." He laughed at the shock on his dad's face. He held up his hands in defence. "I was just joking, dad."

"Let's hope so." Then Jake's dad stood up. "That's all I wanted to talk to you about." Together they went down stairs.

***

It was midnight when the movie ended. Jake yawned and stretched his arms and legs, from his spot on the floor. 'That was a really awesome movie.' He thought to himself.

"So? What did you think of Lord of the Rings, Jake?" asked his mom. She looked at him, waiting. She smiled when Jake answered her.

"I thought that it was amazing!" Jake told her enthusiastically. He looked thoughtful for a second. "Y'know, I wish that I could live in Middle Earth. That would be cool. What do you think?"

Jake's mom agreed with him. "I agree, I think that it would be very exciting." Jake stood and headed out the living room door. She called after him. "You are going to bed Jake?"

Turning, Jake said, "Yeah," he yawned. "I am feeling pretty tired." He came back and kissed his parents on the cheek, "'Night. See you in the morning." With that, Jake walked out, and up to his room. Quickly he got his pyjamas on, then went to the bathroom, and brushed his teeth.

Soon after, he headed back to his room. For a few minutes Jake read one of his books. Finally when he couldn't hold his eyes open anymore, he climbed out of bed, and turned out the light. Carefully, he walked back to his bed, and climbed in. He layed on his back, and put his hands beneath his head. He stared at the dark ceiling, thinking about everything that had happened in his day. Smiling, Jake fell asleep, thinking about Lily.

***

"Oh, Jake!" Lily said in panic, clinging to his arm. She looked around in panic; taking in the scene around them. She looked back at Jake, "Where are we?" Her grip began to tighten harder.

Jake looked at Lily. Suddenly he realized that they were both dressed oddly. Lily was wearing a brown dress and a brown cape over it. Her hair was flowing all around her face freely. Jake gulped, wanting to so badly reach out and touch Lily's face. He reached out a cupped Lily's chin. "Don't worry, you have to trust me. I'll protect you."

"EEEK!" Lily shrieked. She was shaking like a leaf, but she pointed at something behind Jake. Jake turned and saw two men standing behind him. He turned, facing them ready to fight. Until he saw, one had a sword and the other a bow and arrow. 'No matter,' Jake told himself firmly. 'If I have to fight them bare-fisted, I will.'

The blonde man, with the bow and arrows, stepped forward. "Do not worry yourself." He told them. "We are good folks. We shall not do harm to you or your friend." He turned to Jake, smiling, "Even though you have good intentions, you have no weapons."

"Did you just read my mind?" Jake asked the man. The man nodded.

"Ummm, what are your names?" From behind Jake, Lily asked cautiously.

Jake sat up, realizing it was just a dream. Slowly he got dressed, thinking about his dream. He realized the men who talked to him and Lily, were Legolas and Aragorn, from Lord of the Rings. Shaking his head, grinning, he thought, 'I wonder if Lily likes Lord of the Rings.' He bent down, and tied his runners. Then he headed downstairs to the kitchen.

When he got into the kitchen, he found his mom sitting at the kitchen table, reading her book. "Hey mum," he greeted her, "What are you reading?" Opening a cupboard, he grabbed a bowel.

"Oh, hullo." Jake's mom said to him. She showed him the cover of her book. It was, The Makings of a Flower, to Jake it looked boring.

"Nice mum," Turning to another cupboard, he opened it, and pulled a box of cereal out. He poured the cereal into the bowl and then put the box back. Jake was carrying his bowel to the table, when the phone rang. Turning to his mom, just about saying he would get it, he realized she was already at the phone.

"Hello?" Jake sat at the table, eating his cereal. "Oh! Hey Lily!" Jake's mom exclaimed. Jake, turning in his seat, watched his mom. "Whoa! Slow down Lily!...What? You want to talk to Jake?" Jake started to worry about what was going on. His mom handed him the phone.

"Hello?"

"JAKE!" Lily sounded terrified.

"What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's awful." Lily cried. "I went to go and get the mail from the mailbox, and I saw Joe, Jack, and Jonathon. They were all grinning, and they were all sitting on bikes."

"Oh, my god." Jake said. "Are they still there?"
"Yeah," replied Lily a minute later.

"So they are in the front, right?"

"Yeah." Lily asked Jake, "Do you have a plan?"

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