+chapter.four+
“Hey, we were just looking for you kids,” Diana informed.
“Cool,” Jenn replied.
“Have you seen the others?” Cathy asked.
“Last time we saw Manda and Tay was about an hour ago. They were going into the Disney Mega-Store. We just saw Zac and Jess. They were in that Lego store,” Ike replied.
“Okay, well, let’s go find them,” Michael, Jennifer’s dad announced.
“Kay,” Ike and Jenn replied. They all began to walk Jennifer and Isaac in the far back, holding hands.
Walked turned around and looked at the two, of which were smiling, holding hands, making eye contact, and talking softly. Walker smiled. “Do I sense a relationship blooming here?”
Isaac and Jennifer looked at the group that was now looking at them.
The two blushed. “I guess,” Isaac replied.
Jennifer blushed harder. ‘This is not happening to me. No way,’ she thought, then smiled. ‘But it is.’
The group continued walking to the Lego store. Sure enough, Zachary and Jessica were in there.
“Hey, you two ready?” Diana asked.
“Yea,” Zac and Jessica replied in unison.
“Have you two seen Tay and Amanda?” Michael asked.
“Um, yea,” Jess replied. “They’re sitting on that bench over there.”
The group turned their attention to where Jessica was pointing. Taylor and Amanda were sitting, Amanda’s head on Taylor’s shoulder, on a bench that was overlooking a lake and just past that, the Rainforest Café.
“And you thought we were bad?” Jenn said sarcastically.
Isaac laughed. Jenn flashed him an innocent grin.
“Tay! Manda! Let’s go!” Zac yelled to the two.
Amanda and Taylor unwillingly got up and walked to the group. “Okay, are you kids ready?” Rita asked.
“Yea,” Zac and Jess replied grimly.
“Yea,” Tay and Manda did the same.
“No,” Ike and Jenn responded. They looked innocently at their parents.
“Well, the boys and Amanda can come in our van if they like,” Michael offered.
“Can we?” Ike, Tay, Zac, and Manda all asked at once.
“Yes,” Walker and Robert sighed.
Isaac, Taylor, Zachary, and Amanda, all silently jumping for joy, walked to the parking lot. Isaac had Jennifer’s hand, Taylor had Manda’s and Zac had Jess’.
“Where are you staying?” Michael asked Walker.
“Holiday Inn, Sunset Beach,” Walker replied.
“Really? That’s where we are,” Cathy spoke.
“That’s good to know,” Isaac whispered to Jennifer, clutching her hand tighter. He raised her hand, fingers still entwined, and kissed it lightly. Jenn blushed a bit.
“You know it is,” she replied, smiling.
Ike grinned and walked to the Summers’ van after saying bye to his family.
The van fit eight people. Zac and Jess were behind the parents, Tay and Manda were behind them and Ike and Jenn were in the very back. “I had a really great time with you guys today,” Jennifer told Isaac after giving a small yawn.
“Me too,” Ike replied. He used the old pretending to yawn bit and snuck his arm around Jennifer. Jenn leaned in and put her head on his shoulder and her left hand on his chest.
In that position, Jennifer fell asleep, serenaded by Ike’s quiet humming of “Day Has Come”.
Isaac looked down at Jennifer. He sighed. ‘Well the day has come to where I never thought I could love anyone quite as much as I love you,’ he thought as he removed his arm from her shoulder. They had just arrived at the hotel. “Jenn, Jenn, c’mon, we’re at the hotel,” Ike gently shook her.
Jennifer rubbed her eyes and opened them. “Already?” she asked.
Isaac laughed. “Yep.”
The two got out and clutched hands. They walked up to the fifth floor with their families. Zoë and Mackie were asleep and Avie and Jessie were close to it. Zac and Jess said goodbye and went their separate ways. Then Amanda and Taylor.
“I guess this is goodbye?” Ike asked.
“‘Til tomorrow,” Jenn smiled at his pouting face.
“‘Til then,” Ike kissed her gently.
Jenn kissed back. “Night.”
“Night.”
They went their separate ways. Jenn walked into her hotel room. She fell onto her bed and fell asleep to the song “Sailing” playing softly in the background.
+chapter.five+
The next morning Isaac awoke to a ray of light in his eyes. He groaned, rubbing his eyes and sat up.
Tay walked in and saw Isaac sitting up on the top bunk. "Oh, good. You're awake. Mom told me to tell you to get up and take a shower. We're having breakfast with the Summers' and Masters'. It seems that all six adults had a great time with each other last night.
Ike was now wide awake and gathering a change of clothes. "So, I get to have breakfast with Jenn?"
"Yea. We might go to one of the parks together too. They're gonna discuss over breakfast," Tay replied.
Ike smiled. "Cool."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Jennifer was just stepping out of the bathroom. "Jenn?"
"Yea, Mom?" Jennifer replied while pulling her wet hair back into a bun.
"Can you run down to the Hansons' room and ask them what time they're gonna want to meet? It's at the other end of the hall. Room 537," Rita asked.
"Sure thing, Mom," Jenn replied, happy to make a trip to Isaac's room.
"Oh, and stop at the Masters' and tell them the time the Hansons' say."
"Okay. I'll be back," Jenn said, picking up a key card.
Jenn walked briskly to the other side of the hall. "533, 535…537." Jenn spoke to herself. She knocked on the door.
"Zac, can you get that?" she heard Diana call from inside.
Zachary opened the door cautiously. "Oh, hey Jenn!"
"Hiya!" Jenn replied as Zac allowed her into the hotel room.
"Oh, hello, Jennifer," Diana greeted.
"Hi! My mom wanted me to come to ask you what time you wanted to meet up with us."
"Um…well, Ike just turned the shower off, so give him about another fifte-"
The bathroom door opened and Isaac emerged, fully clothed. "Hey, Jenn," he greeted, brushing his wet hair.
"Hiya!" Jenn replied as Diana stared at her son in shock.
"You've never gotten dressed and ready to go that quick before!"
Isaac grinned sheepishly. "Well, Jenn, if you wouldn't mind waiting a minute or two, we could walk back with you," Walker said.
"Oh, sure. Um, Mom wanted me to stop by the Masters' too. So we all know what's going on," Jennifer replied in a sweet voice she only used on adults.
"Okay. That's no problem," Diana said as she picked up a few theme park brochures and stuffed them into the bag she was carrying. "All right. We're ready to go." Zoë was in her carriage that Walker was pushing. Diana held Mackie's hand in her left and Avie's in her right. Jessica, Zac, and Taylor followed behind them. Ike was next to Jennifer whom was leading the way.
"Your sister is absolutely adorable," Jennifer said looking at Zoë in the carriage.
Isaac smiled at Jenn who already had a grin from ear to ear on. "Thanks."
"Sure," Jenn replied. By that time, they had reached the Masters' room. Jenn knocked on the door. No answer. She knocked again. Again, no answer. "They must have went to our room," she spoke.
"Okay. That's no problem. Your room is right up the hall anyway," Diana said.
Jenn smiled a golden smile. Isaac slowly and gently took Jennifer's hand in his. He entwined his fingers with hers. She looked up at him and they both exchanged small smiled. Walker and Diana caught sight of the gesture their son had made toward Jennifer. It was sweet of him and they smiled at each other, but each knew they would have to talk to him later. To be careful. Jennifer seemed like a sweet girl, but she could just be putting him on since he was a celebrity. So far though, she didn't seem to be treating him any differently than a girl would treat any normal boy.
Jennifer and the Hansons had finally arrived at the Summers' hotel room. Jenn pulled out her keycard and unlocked the door. She opened it to see Amanda, Robert, Cathy, Jessica, Michael, and Rita coming out.
"Oh, hi," Jenn smiled.
"Hey, we were just coming out to get you guys," Amanda spoke.
Everyone exchanged greetings and they all headed down to get some breakfast.
"Kids under twelve eat free…can I eat free Mommy?" Jenn asked.
"No," Rita breathed a laugh.
"Can I eat fwee Mommy?" Mackie asked.
"Yes, Honey," Diana laughed.
Jenn smiled as she got in line after Isaac.
"Watcha gonna get?" Isaac asked.
"Um, just a blueberry muffin," Jenn replied. "And I'll probably only eat half of that."
"You know, you eat like a bird," Isaac commented.
Jenn smiled. "My dad says the same thing."
"Well, he's right."
Jenn shook her head and smiled. She continued to follow Isaac, picking up only a muffin and milk. Isaac on the other hand, picked up some eggs, toast, bagel with cream cheese and an orange juice. "Now this," he said pointing to his tray, "is a breakfast."
"I could never eat all that," Jenn spoke.
"That's my Jenn," he said, pulling her into a half hug.
"And you're my Ike," Jenn replied, putting her arm around his waist.
+chapter.six+
After breakfast, the three families decided that they would go to Epcot together.
Yet again, they split up into four groups. Ike and Jenn decided on going "around the world", Tay and Manda decided on going on the ride inside the Epcot ball, and Zac and Jess decided on going on the body wars ride.
"This is gonna be so cool!" Jessica exclaimed.
"Yea, it is. It's really cool," Zac agreed.
Jessica looked ahead. "There isn't much of a line either," she smiled.
"Yea, there's only about a fifteen minute wait," Zac replied, pulling Jessica into a hug and putting his forehead against hers. She smiled.
"I love you, Zaccy."
"I love you, Jessie."
Their lips met for a sweet, short, kiss.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Isaac and Jennifer were in China at the moment. "God, I wish I didn't wear these sandals," Jenn spoke.
Ike smiled. "They uncomfortable?"
"Most definitely," Jenn replied.
"Look there's England," Ike pointed.
Jenn smiled. "I reckon I'll take these damn sandals and chuck them in that lake," she said in a British accent.
Isaac began to laugh, at first softly, then getting more hysterical as he thought about it. "I so didn't expect that."
Jenn smiled innocently. "What?"
"Your accent."
"Ohhh, this," Jenn said with the English accent again.
"Hello," said an English man that was sitting at a cart.
"Hi," Ike and Jenn replied looking at each other.
Once they were out of earshot, Jenn burst out laughing. "Did he think what I think he thought?" she laughed.
Ike laughed along. "I think so!"
The two continued giggling, Jennifer using her accent and complaining about her sandals as they walked.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Taylor and Manda were sitting in the light blue cars together. Taylor slowly crept his arm around Amanda. She smiled at him and leaned her head on his shoulder.
Tay looked down at Amanda. 'Wow. She means a lot…What's gonna happen when we all leave? We're going back to Oklahoma. Manda's going back to Jersey with Jenn and Jess…' Taylor thought. 'Long distance relationships really don't work…but I'm willing to try.'
Amanda looked over at Taylor. "You okay?" she asked softly.
Tay looked at her and gave a small smile and nod. "I'm with you aren't I?"
Manda blushed slightly. "Too sweet," she whispered. "Too sweet."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Zachary and Jessica stepped out of the ride, holding hands. Zac grinned. "That was awesome."
Jess laughed. "Yea! It was like all over!"
Zac smiled brightly. "You are so adorable."
Jessica blushed and gave a small smile. "Thanks…You're pretty hot yourself."
Zac grinned. "Naturally," he joked.
Jess laughed and shook her head. They walked outside into the extreme heat. "Whoa, it's really hot out."
Zac nodded. "Yea…let's find another place to go into before we die," he spoke, a small smile playing on his lips. "I wouldn't want that happening to you."
Jess smiled and nodded as they began to look for another-air conditioned- attraction.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Isaac and Jennifer were just about finished with walking around the world. They had both been acting pretty hyper the whole time. After awhile, Jenn dropped the accent. It was kind of boring after a bit. She had also taken off her sandals and put them in her backpack.
Isaac took Jennifer's hand softly and slowly as they were walking. Jenn smiled up at him. He was so sweet, so romantic, so fun, and so…pure. "I really like you, you know," Jennifer spoke airily.
Isaac nodded. "I know…" he trailed. He looked down, obviously contemplating something.
"Ike?" Jenn asked, somewhat worried. "Are you alright?"
Ike looked up from the cement to her sweet, caring face. "Jenn…I think I love you…"
Jennifer stared at him, her mind digesting his sweet words. "A…I…Wow."
Isaac looked at her seriously. "Is that a positive 'wow' or a negative one?"
"It's positive," Jenn gave a small smile. "I'm just kind of…surprised? Flattered?"
Ike returned her slight smile. "You shouldn't be…You're really great. In personality and physicality."
Jenn blushed. "You're pretty fine yourself...in more ways than one."
Ike smiled and put his arm on Jennifer's shoulder. Asking her to be his girlfriend hadn't passed through his head much, but it had nonetheless. He was so comfortable just having her there with him. Maybe he should though. He liked her so much and things were going so great between them. The only thing that would be in the way was their lifestyles. This was a vacation. For both of them. He wouldn't see her much with his schedule. It would never happen. 'I have to make it happen,' he thought. 'I have to.'
Jennifer raised her eyes to Isaac’s. A sudden silence had fallen between the two. “Are you alright?” she asked, her attention not moving from him.
Ike nodded. “Of course.” He smiled down at her gently. “I love you.”
Jennifer’s cheeks turned the fairest crimson. “I love you too.”
Isaac smiled brightly. He was in Heaven. That week, God had opened the doors of Heaven and sent an angel down to him. He was sure of it. She was his angel. Her bright smile, her soft hair, her deep eyes, her loving words proved she was an angel.
He gently ran his fingers through her hair, feeling its softness and loving it. Jennifer leaned closer to him, his touch inviting. They walked back to the gate, talking quietly and walking so closely to one another. Ike kissed her hair gently as they sat down on a bench to wait for the others.
