Cain moaned as he rubbed his shoulder. Julia gave him a look. "Are you serious, Cain? I didn't even hit you that hard…" she said, rolling her eyes. "Well, next time your going to congratulate me for doing something good, use your words not your hands…" Cain grimaced. "I gave you a slap on the shoulder for 'good job' its not like I was trying to hurt you," Julia said.
"Apparently you're not aware of your own strength…" Cain muttered. "Okay, stop…sit!" she said, standing infront of him and pushing him down on the rock. She began to massage his shoulders. "Ow. Ow," Cain grunted. Julia stopped. "Do you want me to help you or not?" Julia asked. "No, it felt…good…" Cain spoke up. "Then stop complaining! God, your worse than Aiden when we comb his hair…" Julia trailed.
Cain sighed. "Sorry….Mmmm. Where did you learn to give massages at?" he asked. "My cousin used to work for therapy…taught me a lot," Julia said. "Did she…" Cain trailed. "Yes. She's dead too," Julia responded. She stopped massaging his arm. Cain turned around to look at her. "You know my back has really been bothering me," he said with a smile. He loved to agitate people.
Julia shrugged. "That sucks," she said, starting to walk away. Cain raised an eyebrow. Maybe this would be harder than he thought.
Julia and Cain spotted Rodney and Glitch not too far ahead. Glitch waved over to them. "Julia! Cain!" he called out. They both waved back, faking smiles. "He's scaring me…" Julia said through her fake smile. "Me too…" Cain said through his. Glitch walked over to them, Rodney trailing behind. "Were going to go see Aiden, you want to come?" Glitch asked.
"Sure," Julia said with a nod. "Glitch, Julia and I will catch up with you and Cain. I need to talk to her about something," Rodney said. "Okay, come on Cain…" Glitch said, waving Cain to follow. Cain sighed and then followed Glitch back towards the cave.
Rodney turned to face Julia. "What's up?" Julia asked. "You know, when we head towards their kingdom…we'll be passing…Ligark…" Rodney said. Julia looked away. "I know…" she said. "I was thinking…what if they stumbled upon us for a reason?" Rodney asked. Julia turned to face her. "What do you mean?" she asked. "I mean what if they're stumbling upon us is a sign that we are ready to go back?" Rodney asked.
"Rodney, there is no kingdom to go back to…" Julia said. "I know, but we should just swing by and see…" Rodney said with a hopeful look. "If you want to stop by, go ahead…."Julia said. "Stop that. Neal wouldn't want you to be running away. Besides, Cain and you seem friendly…" Rodney said, a smile spreading across her face. "I've known him for almost three days, no…." Julia said, rolling her eyes.
"I think Glitch is really nice…" Rodney added. "Good for Glitch," Julia retorted. Rodney sighed. "You're getting into a bad mood. Which means, something is bugging ya…" Rodney said. "Let's go find them…" Julia said, walking past Rodney. "Ah, why the change in subject?" Rodney asked, chasing after her sister.
"Mr. Cowboy! Mr. Zipper!" Aiden cried up. He stood up from playing with DG, Az, and Jeb and hugged the Tin Man around his legs. "Mr. Cowboy, I missed you!" Aiden said, smiling up at Cain. He hugged Glitch next. "I missed you too, Mr. Zipper!" he said. Glitch knelt down infront of Aiden. "What are ya doing, Aiden?" he asked.
Aiden smiled. "Can I play with you and Mr. Cowboy? Mommy and Mommy can play too…" Aiden said, as soon as he saw Rodney and Julia coming up in the cave entrance. He looked around. "We all can play!" he said. He ran over to Azkadellia and grabbed her hand. "Azzie can be the princess, and Dgwee can be my sistwer, Jweb can be my bwest friend," Aiden said.
He ran back over to where Julia, Rodney, Cain and Glitch were standing. "Mr. Zipper can be a knight and Mr. Cowboy can be a knight too. Now….Momma Rodney can be the dragon and Mommy Julia can be the evil wizard," Aiden said, getting excited. "Who are you Aiden?" DG asked. He smiled and turned to Azkadellia.
"I'm her prince, coming to rescue her from the dragon…" he said. "Aww, thank you Aiden…" Azkadellia said. "Alright, lets go outside and play!" Aiden said…….