Old Friends

"Dante...?" Jasper said when he didn't answer, trying not to sound worried. "You alright?"

"I'm sorry I just... Got scared..." Dante whispered softly, he had been hiding his fear for a while.

"Why...?" Jasper asked, frowning slightly.

Dante bit his lip, not wanting to talk about it over the phone.

"We'll be home soon anyway," Jasper said, guessing Dante didn't want to talk about it. "So don't worry okay?"

Dante nodded, "Okay, see you then. Love you..."

"We love you too." Jasper replied before hanging up.

"Everything okay?" Artemis asked Dante after he was finished on the phone.

Dante nodded, "Yeah, they went for a walk." He answered.

Artemis smiled and nodded, hugging him close. "So they'll be back soon?"

Dante nodded as he curled close, "Yeah they'll be home soon."

"That's good." Artemis said, smiling.

Jacen was awake again already and was just finishing showering. He'd been in his bathroom for a while before showering though.

Dante nodded with a smile, looking relaxed.

Frankie was still asleep.

"What do you want to do while waiting for them to get back?"

Seeing Frankie was still asleep, Jacen decided to go to his office and sat down on one of his couches, running a hand through his dark hair, which he'd cut short while he was in the bathroom.

"I don't know.." Dante answered with a soft sigh.

Frankie tossed and turned as he slept.

"Are you hungry?" Artemis asked him.

Jacen stayed on his couch, curled up as he read quietly.

Dante nodded, "Yeah a little bit."

Frankie sweated as he sat up.

"Want something to eat then?"

Bored of reading, Jacen got up after a few minutes and went back to the room, looking worried when he saw Frankie. "A-Are you okay?" He asked as he hurried over, crawling across the bed to him.

Dante nodded, "Yeah."

"I... Had a dream..." Frankie said softly before reaching to touch Jacen's hair.

Kari smiled at her father.

Artemis smiled and nodded, leading him to the kitchen.

"About what...?" Jacen asked before raising an eyebrow. "...what are you doing?"

Jasper smiled and kissed Kari's head before putting her down so he could open the door to the Westmore house.

Dante smiled at his father.

"Your hair is different." Frankie said softly.

Kari smiled and went inside happily.

Artemis smiled and quickly made Dante something to eat.

Jacen nodded, wrapping an arm around Frankie's neck after moving closer.

"Let's go find your papa, okay?" Jasper said as he followed, closing the door behind them.

Dante was sitting at the table.

Kari spotted him, "Papa!" She said as she ran towards him.

Frankie hugged him close.

Jasper followed Kari, stopping in the doorway to watch.

Jacen smiled softly and kissed him. "...so what was the dream about?" He asked afterwards.

Dante smiled and picked up kari and hugged her tightly.

"My... Past." Frankie admitted softly.

"Hey." Jasper said as he walked over to them.

"Oh..." Jacen frowned, hugging him tightly. "Are you okay?"