Dragon Secrets

Chapter 8

I can't help but smile back at him. "Yeah,"  I say. "Our parents were cool with it."

Then Jc steps out of the doorway to hug Cam first. After he does,  he comes over to me and hugs me as well. His hug his tight and I can smell the amazing cologne I smelled yesterday. He must of taken a shower and everything to get the beer smell off of him too.

When we part he tells me,  "Mmm. You smell like vanilla."

I smile even wider. "Oh thanks."

"I love the smell of vanilla."  Then we stay standing there, just smiling at each other until he finally says, "Well come on in."

We go inside. I instantly notice how clean his apartment is. And he was right. The apartment does smell like Lemon Pledge. I also notice that the guys have cleaned up as well. They are all sitting around the living room, playing what looks like Mario Kart and Jean is joining them.

Kian is the first one to notice us.  "Hey! Grace and Cam! You guys are back!" He stands up from the couch and comes over to us. He gives us both a hug. But after he hugs Cam,  he tells her,  "You should come play Mario Kart with us. I mean, you won't beat me because I'm the best, but you can still try." Then without letting Cam answer, Kian pulls her by the hand over to where he was sitting. Cam sits next to Jean as well and they say their hellos. Then Jean looks at me and waves. I wave back.

Now it's just Jc and I standing next to each other. "I'm really happy you guys were able to come back." He tells me.

"Mee too." I reply. "I would have really hated not being able to see dragons ever again."

"Oh, so you just want to hang out with us because we are dragons?"

I didn't realize how bad that sounded. "No no. That's not what I meant."

"i was joking. And I understand. I would totally want to hang out with you everyday if you were a dragon and I wasn't. But the thing is, you're not even a dragon and I still want to see you everyday."

There he goes again with his really really nice compliments. He always seems to say the sweetest things. Without thinking, I do that really girly thing where I smile at the ground and put my hair behind my ear. When I look back up at him, he is still smiling at me.

Then, Kian starts to suddenly scream and cheer so loudly. I look at him and his arms are up in the air with a Wii remote in his hand.  "Whoo!"  He cheers. "I win again! Jc, come on! It's your turn to lose again!"

Jc chuckles. Then he asks me,  "Do you want to go play for a little bit? You know, until the sun goes down."

If it means playing with him, yes. "Sure. But I have to warn you, when I play this game, I give no mercy."

"Oh, a challenge. Well let's see how good you really are. Come on."

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We decided to play until sundown. And let me tell you, these boys take this game so seriously. They boys would go so crazy if they won or lost. Trevor overreacted when I beat him and it was so funny seeing him pout on the floor. I had so much fun playing, but now it's getting dark and I'm ready so see some flying creatures.

Ricky turns off the game system and sits back down on the couch across from me. In the middle of playing,  Sam brought everyone a beer, so Ricky takes a sip of his. Then he says,  "So, you girls ready to have some fun?"

"If by fun you mean we get to touch your scaly skin once you turn,  then yes. We are ready to have fun,"  Cam says.

Ricky chuckles. Then he says,  "Okay okay. We'll get to that soon. But first, I think you guys should hear our stories."