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"Mom! Are we there yet!" yelled my little sister as her constant nagging woke me from my nap.

"Sweetie, we haven't even left the city limits yet," my mom replied, trying to calm my sister.

"Why do I have to go? Its not my fault Anon is going to jail!" she screamed.

My mom and I have this thing, where sometimes we can have a conversation and know what the other is saying by our eye expressions.

"Don't say a word, Anon," Her wide eyes told me.

"It ain't worth the trouble, mom," My apathetic eyes replied.

The ride out of the city was not too bad. The city streets had died down after nine in the morning, when people who would be already at their job sites. Once we hit the freeway it was very light traffic; how my impatient dad prefers. He was playing his country music on the car stereo while I was listing to the music on my phone, trying to drown out his music. After we left the city, and entered the rural areas, my dad pulled into a small family diner. We all got off and made out way inside. It had a country feel with the wooden walls and wooden floors. Even the tables were wooden. After we placed our order, (I got the double avocado bacon cheeseburger with onion rings and a Dr. Pony) my sister and my dad noticed one of the things in that restaurant that wasn't wooden: the video arcade machine on the other side of the room.

They looked at it, and then each other. "So," my dad said to my little sister. "What are we wagering?"

"Bacon!" my little sister screamed as they got up and made there way to the machine.

After they left and taking a sip of her coffee my mom decided to start a conversation with me. "Did you use a condom, Anon?"

My eyes sprang up. "What?! How did you-"

"You have Summer Song's necklace on. You didn't think I would notice that?" she said. She was referring to Summer's necklace I was wearing. "I should be furious that you would put yourself in danger just to see a girl, but I understand if it's Summer. I still remember your first day ever of school and you said you 'met an angel' and showed me the class photo with her," she said giggling before taking a sip of her coffee. "So how will you both keep your relationship?" my mom asked.

I took a deep, depressed sigh before I took a drink. "We are taking a break. She doesn't want me to be unhappy in a long distance relationship."

My mom was confused. "But she is your happiness."

I immediately raised my voice. "That's what I told her!"

"No need to raise your voice, Anon," my mom said. "I feel bad for doing this to your relationship Anon, but I don't want to see my only boy get hurt or worse. look: I like Summer Song. She is a sweet girl. No matter what Anon, don't lose her. Its either my grand kids come from her or I'm drugging you and getting you a vasectomy."

We both laughed as we heard the cursing from my dad on the other side of the empty diner: my sister just whooped his ass in 'Trot Fighter' and had to buy his daughter a side order of bacon.

"Your father doesn't learn, does he?" mom said as she took another sip of her coffee.

"You married him, But yea. Even I learned not to wager stuff against her."

After a pretty uneventful breakfast and an even more uneventful drive deeper in the forest, we finally reached the town of Equestria. After getting off the freeway, we immediately found our self through the heart of the town. My mother was starstruck. "This place is still absolutely beautiful! Why haven't we moved here yet honey?" My mom asked my dad.

"Because this town doesn't have a strip club." he said, cracking a smile.

I felt the warm splash of nostalgia as we entered my grandparent's street and ultimately their house. Me and my sister spent countless summers at that house and loved the hell out of it. We were greeted outside by my grandpa as we pulled up. The first person out and hugging my grandpa was my dad. "Hey dad, hows it shakin!" my father said.

"Good son," My grandfather replied, who was being bear hugged by large, bearded, six foot man.

"Hows mom? How have she been after the stroke?" My father asked concerned.

My grandfather sighed and lead all of us inside to the living room, past the kitchen to the large backyard. On the deck of the backyard my grandmother sat there, staring at the forest that the property bordered. "Hey mom," My dad said, looking at the older, green woman.

"Hey, son," she said as she didn't take her eyes off the forest. "Hows the kids?"

"Their right here," my father cracked, on the verge of crying in front of me again. The first time was six months ago, when she first had the stroke and we all were unsure if she would make it through the night. My father tapped both of myself and my little sister on the shoulder to motion us to give her a hug.

As my grandmother continued to sit there on her patio, and as my little sister and my grandfather sat watching her annoying pony cartoon, the rest of us went to work moving my stuff from the back of the van to one of the rooms upstairs. What I liked about this room was its hardwood floors, the private bathroom, and the fact it overlooked the backyard, which was an amazing view on a full moon.

After we finished my mom began to make sandwiches for everyone while we all enjoyed the sweet tea my grandfather made this morning. It tasted alot like how grandma used to do it. What was supposed to be a simple drop and go became a small family get together. All day we had worked together on either fixing something up or cleaning. In the middle of the action my father finally got some alone time with me.

"Anon, why did you sneak out last night?" My father said, as we were armed with hunting rifles in the backyard looking for any small wildlife that might had taken residence in the uncut grass.

"Because I wanted to see Summer Song one last time," I answered. It was clear my mom told him. I was hoping that she would've told him AFTER they left.

My burly father cracked a smile. "Did you get uhh.. 'one for the road', Anon?"

"It wasn't the reason why I snuck out to see her, but it happened anyway."

I immediately felt the signature sting of one of my father's pat on the back.

I'm really not going to miss those.

"That's my boy Anon. Look son: I know you like the girl and she likes you, but since you both are not that close like you were once, there's no shame of testing the waters here in Equestria."

"I wonder what would mom think if she knew you told me to cheat." I replied.

"There's nothing wrong at looking at the menu after you already ordered, but I'm just joking son. Knowing your mother, if i did cheat she would hit me over the head with the frying skillet." He joked.

Pretty soon it was time to my family to leave and return to Fillydelphia without me. My mom cried, My dad told me to take care of my grandparents, and my little sister was a forced by my mom to hug me goodbye.

I stood on the driveway and waved goodbye as they drove off. Inside I had that desperate feeling like being a passenger that missed the last train home.

"Are they gone? good," my granddad said "I love your mother's cooking, but when it comes to mayonnaise she puts on too much. Anon, go get my card and order a large pizza. Hand me my wallet too, got to buy something at the store."

While my granddad was out doing god knows what, It was getting dark and I had to bring my grandma to the living room. She was still sitting there on the porch and I expected to not get an answer when I went in front of her and knelled down. "Grandma, I have to take you back to the living room, okay?"

The old woman moved her eyes to me and rolled them. "Fine, but can you get out of the way then?"

I stood in shock as she made her way into the kitchen as if she was perfectly normal. Turns out she was.

"Grandma, I thought you were senile," I said. I was still amazed that she could move on her own.

"Oh please Anon, i'm only 58. I just forgot this morning i'm not supposed to mix my stroke pills with alcohol," as she made her way to the liquor cupboard.

"Then why did my dad acted like that around you?" I said, still in disbelief.

"Because your father is a mamma's boy," Grandma said as she put some cheap vodka in her cup of sweet tea.

We both sat there in the kitchen table waiting for my grandpa to come back. She finished her spiked drink in one gulp before continuing. "Anon, do what you can to stay with Summer Song. My mothers" -she giggled- "oops, grandmother's intuition tells me she will be a great wife and mother. Summer Song, my child, is like the puzzle piece in the middle: no matter which way you go she is perfect."

"geez, you and my family all make her sound like a mary sue," I laughed as I took a drink of my unspiked tea. My grandmother would know what a mary sue was, especially being a former romance novel writer. None of her stories were bestsellers but they made enough to afford to be a stay at home mother while her husband spent all those hours away as the town sheriff.

"Maybe she is, Anon. But no matter how you label them: Mary Sues make great housewives."

My granddad came from the store with only a six-pack of beer.

I get to spend my school year with two drunks. This might actually work out.

"Cmon Anon," My granddad said as he shoved a can to my face. "Just drink one."

I was pretty hesitant about trying it, seeing that this might be a trick or something.

"Anon, take the goddamn beer and drink it or else i'm going to disown you as a grandson," my grandma said as she ate her pizza.

The beer was refreshing but it had a funny after taste. Both of my grandparents cheered and we all toasted for a year of us three.

My grandma was in the living room still her wine and watching the news while my grandpa and I were still going to work on the large pizza.

"I envy you, Anon," my granddad began "Young, full of energy, and you have alot of pretty girls in this town. They are alot cleaner than the girls in Fillydephia, minus Summer of course. Tomorrow we can register you for school, so get some sleep. And don't spend all night looking up porn or something," he chuckled.

"Hey babe, we need to talk," Summer Song's first words to me on the phone went

"Are you running away, and joining me here in Equestria?" I joked.

Summer Song giggled. "It's actually pretty tempting Anon. I can label myself as a runaway youth. That would get me more scholarship money. Maybe I can even a full ride scholarship with a book and movie deal to boot. Anyway, My mom knows about what happened last night."

"Did I forget to wipe my feet before I jumped?" I asked.

"No. Your mom told her about you having to move and she noticed me without my necklace, So she put one and one together." She said in her educated guess tone.

"Did I mention how incredibly attractive you sound when you make that tone?" I said flatteringly.

"Is that why you excused yourself to the bathroom every time I had a class presentation?" Summer Song asked

We both laughed for a bit, after that we stopped. We both wanted to say it but we didn't know how the other would respond.

"Hey Summer?" I asked.

"Yea?" she replied.

"I miss you already" I said depressingly

"I miss you too, Anon" She said in a sad tone as well. "You know, my mom was actually angrier that we are on a break instead of the fact we had sex."

"Everyone was telling me today how I should still be with you, too!" I said, hoping maybe that too would help change her mind.

She giggled. "Was it because of that one time you took the there and I thought all girls in the rural areas only wore daisy dukes, so I came in those?"

I laughed. "Partly".

We both laughed again and once again we became silent.

"Hey Anon," Summer Song said after a moment of silence "I have to get up tomorrow morning, I begin Lacrosse lessons."

"Okay. Good night Summer Song, and I love you," I said.

"I-I love you too Anon," she said, sounding like her water works were about to turn on again.

After I plugged my cell phone on the nightstand charger, I closed my eyes and fell asleep, but not before proclaiming in my mind.

If you can hear this Summer, just pretend im sleeping right next to you.