Leon:
I smirked and said, "Alright. Swimming time, then."

Aletha:
"He was training so hard the last few days. Took it a lot more seriously after what happened to us the first day while training."

Aletha:
"Well... I'm sure you can train him better. I taught him what I was taught." I said getting up to change. "Why did you make me train him though?" I asked curiously. I wasn't angry or upset if anything I agreed with him.  I was just curious why did he change his mind.

Leon:
"Bribe me."

Leon:
I sighed and did so seeing she wasn't playing back. "Here you go. Now... Stay close."

Aletha:
"That does make sense. Well... Moment of truth?" I said after changing into a white jeans and a dark red top.

Leon
"You little..." I said running after her but not closing in too much letting her have her fun even though I could easily catch up with her thanks to being tall.

Aletha:
"Sure." I said as I headed to the kitchen where the kids were and started making him a cold beef and cheese. He needed the energy.

"Daddy's up?" Dustin asked looking nervous.

"uhuh ... heading over here for breakfast now."

Leon:
I picked her up carrying her over my shoulder, "Now let's see how to punish you, oh runner."

Aletha:
"morning, daddy!" Lillie immediately hugged his arm when he sat down and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
Dustin seemed to not even notice he came into the room as he was staring absentmindedly at the blank wall. All of a sudden, he snapped out of it and cheerfully said, "G' morning, daddy!"

Leon:
'Oh no you brought it upon yourself, you sneaky one." I said actually starting to walk with her into the water.

Aletha:
I smiled a bit as I thought to myself, "The reason they wake up early is I send them early to bed so we can have some alone time."

Dustin seemed a bit worried, but said attempting to sound confident, 'Yeah. I trained so hard."

Leon:
'Ooooh yeah!" I said as I flipped her over into the water.

Lillie:
"Yeah daddy. We had cereal."

Aletha:
Dustin looked at him with puppy eyes, "I really don't wanna eat."

Leon:
"That's for making me run after you." I said with a smirk at the splash.

Aletha:
Dustin pouted but he knew better than to object to his dad's orders. I placed Denise's sandwich on a plate in front of him. "Would you like some coffee?"

Leon:
"I did. I also will enjoy this." I said diving and re-emerging under her all of a sudden to carry her upwards.

Aletha:
"Sure." I said as I had already started boiling some water for some green tea for myself. Lillie had handed Dustin a banana while eating hers. She looked up at Denise and asked, "Is the dragon Dustin fighting big?"

Leon:
"I won't." I said bringing her into a bridal position, "You do look like a mermaid, by the way."

Leon:
"Actually not really. According to latest textual findings, mermaids didn't necessarily have a tail."

Aletha:
Poor Dustin visibly tensed as Denise described the dragon. Lillie, on the other hand, seemed ... excited. She most probably figured Dustin was in no threat ... That ... or she really liked dragons. I handed Denise his black tea and said, "Why don't we leave the dragon topic till we meet the actual thing? We are going to see it very soon, anyways."

Leon:
"Why so sure? Oh is it because you are one?" I asked teasingly.

Aletha:
Dustin gave me the biggest puppy eyes I've ever seen and I couldn't help but feel sorry for the little one. "We'll catch up in a minute." I told Denise before taking the two kids to another room so Dustin would warm up. After following our normal warm-up routine, I sat him down and reviewed the most common tips about dragons as well as other pep up talks we've had before. And before he knew it, he was following me and Lillie to where Denise would meet us.

((Poor Dustin :P))