Father-Son Talk

"What's wrong, Dad?" Jake apprehensively asks.

"Remember about Rose?" Jonathan asks, now making Jake even more worried.

"What's up with her, Dad?" Jake asks.

"Officer Morton told me she and her uncle were reported missing." Jonathan then places a hand on Jake's shoulder. "He hopes you might know something about her that might help the police find them."

Jake then runs up to his room without saying anything else. Worried, Jonathan goes after him. "Jacob Luke Long, if you know anything you'd better tell me." Jonathan firmly demands.

"Okay, Dad." Jake sadly replies and then takes some breath. "During her life, Rose's 'uncle' raised her to believe her parents died when she was a baby but she found out, don't ask me how, that he actually kidnapped her and that she might not only have still living parents but also a twin sibling. She confided me with this and asked me to keep it a secret because she's afraid of what the cult her 'uncle' belongs to would do."

"Do you mean a dragon-hunting cult?" Jonathan maliciously asks, shocking Jake even more.

"Whaaaaaaaaaaat?" Jake asks, obviously scared for life.

"Back in 1986, I had a dream about your Mom coming from a family of dragons and a son of mine travelling back in time for being tired of living a lie." Jonathan explains. "I've never been sure if that was real or not but I kept my lips tight to avoid being either wrong and crazy or right and damage history even more than you did, son."

"Dad, that dream about Mom being a dragon and you calling her a monster was just this: a dream." Jake replies.

"Then how do you know that part about me calling your mom a monster?" Jonathan sternly asks. "I never told anybody about it."

Jake is now unsure about what to do.

"Jake, when I saw you at that baseball game, I recognized that locket as the one you wore in the past." Jonathan says, noticing Jake wasn't likely to say anything. "When you mentioned how glad you are for your Mom and I being together and you and your sister existing, I suspected you finally came back from your time travel but then I decided to wait until you retold me about all this dragon stuff."

"After all that happened you still expected us to tell?" Jake asks, horrified.

"Of course I did." Jonathan replies. "Despite my initial reaction, I eventually accepted. Sure, you guys decided to trick me into believing the whole mess was a dream but I thought it was just to minimize the time travel damage and that you guys would retell me after you came back to present time."

"After seeing all the trouble you had for knowing, I thought you'd better off not knowing." Jake sadly replies. "Sorry, Dad."

"It's okay, Jakers." Jonathan replies, tears falling from his eyes. Father and son hug each other.

"Jakers, may I see your dragon form?" Jonathan asks.

"Dragon up!" Jake happily says, turning himself into a dragon.

"Cool." Jonathan replies. "By what I recall, it skipped your Mom. What about Haley?"

"She can also turn into a dragon, Dad." Jake replies. "Wanna see?"

"Later, son." Jonathan replies. "First we must think about what to do about Officer Morton. I suggest we tell him what you told me before I brought up the dragon issue."

Jake thinks about it. "Okay, Dad."

"And, Jake, don't tell anyone I already know." Jonathan asks. "I want to surprise them." Jake agrees with the idea.

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