Road games and general discussion.

Chapter 5 – Lake House Vacation. (continued)

Jason followed Helena’s SUV as they got onto the freeway, heading out of the metropolitan areas towards the northbound highway.

“Last night was fun.” Chloe said once they were on the freeway. “Do you think maybe I was a little too pushy?”

“I don’t think so.” Jason assured her, “But I do think it might be a good idea to slow down a little. She’s still adjusting to all this. Heck, we all are.”

“I know it’s just… for a long time I didn’t think I’d ever get to do anything like this. So I guess I’m getting a bit carried away.”

“Hey don’t worry.” He put a hand on her knee, “Alex isn’t the type to be pressured into something she really doesn’t want to do. She’ll let us know if something makes her uncomfortable. She told me what we did last night was nice, but me doing it was more of a turn-on than you doing it. But she still enjoyed what you did, just not in the same way.”

“I can understand that.” Chloe agreed with a nod. “So who would your dream threesome be with?” She added out of the blue.

Jason blushed, “Are we just talking people we know, or can we count celebrities?”

“Both.”

He chuckled, “Well, I’d say it’s between you, Alex, and Heather at this point.”

“Counting you, that’s four.”

“Yeah, but any combination of two of those would be my dream threesome. I can’t pick one above the others. Kate is pretty high on my list too these days.”

“Not Lynn?”

Jason shrugged, “She’s sexy, but I don’t have the same level of connection with her as I do the rest of you.”

“And celebrities?”

He thought for a moment to movies and shows he liked with girls he found attractive. “I’d say, maybe Mila Kunis, Jessica Biel, and…”

“That’s already two.”

“Yeah, but I want to add Rosario Dawson to that list.”

Chloe laughed, “Are those all actresses that you’ve seen naked?”

“They’re sexy.” Jason protested, but then added, “And I don’t think Jessica Biel has done any nude scenes, there’s just something really appealing about her.”

Jason saw Chloe grin out of the corner of his eye, “I think you have a thing for buff girls.”

“What do you mean?”

“I remember you admiring Jessica Biel’s biceps when we snuck into the theater to see Blade Trinity.”

“I don’t like Kate just because she’s buff. But I suppose you may have a point.” Jason acknowledged.

“Well, they are both cute and wholesome, in addition to being strong and athletic.” Chloe added. “Alright, your turn.”

“My turn?” Jason glanced at her, his brow furrowed.

“Ask me a question. Anything.”

“Like truth or dare, without the dares?” He raised one eyebrow.

“Yeah, something like that.” She agreed. “Bit hard to do dares in the car.”

He nodded, and thought for a moment to come up with a question. “So uh… I assume you don’t mind intimate questions.” He asked, and after she agreed he added, “Do you shave down there?”

“Not much to shave, but yes. It’s just easier to keep clean that way.” Chloe answered without a hint of hesitation. “Would you want me to show you?”

Jason blinked, “Uh, not on the road.”

“Of course not on the road, I meant maybe when we get to the cabin.”

“You think you’d be okay doing that?” He glanced at her face again just to be sure she wasn’t feeling any distress.

She nodded, “So long as you don’t touch, I think I’ll be fine.”

“Then yeah, I’d love to see that.” He smiled, “Was that your question?”

“What? No! That was just follow up.” She insisted, then thought for a few seconds before adding, “Okay, gun to your head, you have to either suck a dick or let a girl peg you with a strap-on, which do you choose?”

“Might depend on who is attached to it.” Jason replied. “But probably the strap-on, particularly if it was you wearing it.”

“So you’d let me dom you?” She giggled.

“Maybe not full on dominate me, but you’d be sexy in a dominatrix outfit at least.” Jason flashed her a flirtatious smile. “How do you feel about erotic roleplay?”

“What you mean like our D&D characters having sex?”

“Or cosplay sex, or just playing out a sex scene unrelated to our campaign.” Jason explained.

“I like the idea of cosplay sex, but not sure I’m ready for that. The other two could be fun, though we’d have to keep it tame and vague if we wanted to get Vallen and Aelisha together at the gaming table.”

Jason laughed, “That would certainly spice things up on game night, but yeah, we’d probably just have to allude to anything more than them retiring together at the inn for the night.”

“I like the idea, but let’s only do it if it feels natural for our characters, alright?”

“Agreed.” Jason nodded, “I guess that makes it your turn?”

“Yeah, so uh…” She seemed to ponder for a moment. “Oh, you’ve got a text.” She raised his phone from her lap, “Lena says they want to stop for breakfast. You okay with Mickey Dee’s?”

“Sure. I can order a big and tasty.” He agreed, scanning ahead for the turnoff for the upcoming restaurant. He spotted it a moment before he saw Lena’s car changing lanes into the off ramp. He followed suit.

A few minutes later, their cars were parked and the lot of them were inside the restaurant trying to decide what to order, and who was paying for who. Then the subject of passengers changing cars came up again.

“Can we move some stuff around now?” Percy asked as soon as they’d ordered and before they’d received any of their food.

“But I wanted to drive.” Leo interjected.

“Percy asked first, plus we’re not on the highway yet.” Jason told his younger brother.

“Why don’t you ask Alex?” Lena suggested.

“You think she’d let me drive?” Leo turned to regard their middle sister.

“That’s actually Heather’s car.” Jason informed them.

“Ah, shit. No way Heather lets me drive…”

“Watch your language.” Lena scolded.

“Whatever, mom.” Leo wandered away to where his friend Tristan was chatting with Kate and Alex.

“Come on, Percy.” Jason said after a moment. “Let’s grab Chloe and Lucy and go move some stuff to the Explorer.”

“I’ll come with you.” Lena offered. “Alex! We’re going to move some things between cars; can you grab our food when it’s ready?” She called to their other sister as they moved past them into the parking lot.

It didn’t take them long to get enough bags moved to the SUV to make room for Persephone and her friend in the back seat of Jason’s car. Then, once the food was distributed, they got back on the road.

Percy didn’t wait until they made it to the freeway before she leaned forward and tapped Jason’s shoulder. “I’ve been using some of your old magic books do to some divination.” She informed him.

“She thinks all that stuff is real.” Lucy said from the back seat.

“It could be.” Chloe cut in. “My tribe has a lot of magical traditions. Who’s to say that all of it is just superstition?”

“What tribe?” Lucy asked.

“Navajo.” Chloe answered.

“That’s cool.”

Jason couldn’t help but chuckle, “What have you been divining, Percy?” He asked his sister before Lucy could interrogate Chloe further.

“I wanted to see if Johnny would come back safely, but I’ve not been getting clear answers.” Percy explained. “So I wondered if you have any spare incense I could use.”

“I don’t think incense is used for divination.” Jason furrowed his brow, glancing at his sister in his rearview mirror.

“I want to induce a seeing trance.” She replied.

“You need entheogens for that. And most of those are illegal, especially for minors.” Jason countered.

“But Jason…”

“No buts. There are plenty of other ways you can divine things without ****. What other methods have you tried?”

He heard Lucy snicker and raised an eyebrow as he glanced at her in the mirror.

“Knock it off, Lucy.” Percy muttered before turning back to Jason. “I’ve tried tarot cards, of course, but those are never very consistent for me. I’ve also tried meditation, lucid dreaming, tea leaves, fasting, and throwing runes.”

“Wait, where’d you get rune bones?” Jason asked.

“Oh, I borrowed yours from the attic.”

Chloe chuckled again, and Jason gave her a look. She merely shrugged. “I hope you took good care of them, those were not cheap.”

“I know. But I don’t have a lot of other options left. It’s inducing a trance or blood reading, and I’d rather not do that last one.”

“Yeah, no cutting.” Lucy said in a more serious tone.

“Blood reading doesn’t use my blood.” Percy explained, “It’s like goats or chickens and such.”

“Well, you don’t get to do that either. I’ve never even tried that.” Jason insisted. “Have you tried a divining stone?” He asked as he noticed Lucy making a disgusted face in the mirror.

“No, those are expensive too, and I didn’t find any in the attic.”

“You could always use peyote or cactus juice.” Chloe suggested.

“I said no ****.” Jason repeated, giving Chloe another look.

“Those aren’t ****, they’re herbs.” Chloe insisted, though her playful grin told Jason she was just teasing.

“I didn’t see that stuff in Jason’s magic book.” Percy said.

“Peyote is a Native American ****.” Lucy explained.

“We prefer American Indian.” Chloe turned around to address Percy’s friend.

“Oh, I thought that term was offensive to indigenous people.” Lucy countered.

“Only to white people who are offended by everything on other people’s behalf. We’ve always used Indian in my tribe. Either that or Navajo.”

“Whatever you call it, I still think it’s cool.” Lucy said.

Chloe smiled, but then shrugged, “It’s just what I am. Some of it is cool, some of it is bullshit.”

Lucy chuckled, and Jason smiled. “So anyways Percy, what did your readings so far say about Johnny coming home safe?” He asked.

Persephone sighed, “A lot of mixed signals. The cards couldn’t seem to tell me if he was coming back. The tea told me four to five years. I didn’t get much out of fasting or meditation, and dreaming gave me a panic attack when I tried to look about ten years ahead. The runes seemed to indicate he would come back about five years from now, but I couldn’t get any reading beyond that. Nothing about his safety, it’s like he just stops existing after he comes back; it doesn’t make any sense. That’s why I wanted to try another few methods so I could hone in on something more solid.”

“It sounds like you have an answer. You got five years from at least two divinations, so why not trust in that?” Jason asked.

“I don’t know, it just feels wrong, like I’m missing something important.”

Jason sighed. Percy was a true believer, and even though he had indisputable proof now that magic really worked, he wasn’t confident that his sister was performing the rites correctly enough for her divinations to be reliable; as much as any divinations could be reliable, which they often weren’t even according to his books.

“Hey, Percy.” Chloe crumpled up her empty burger wrapper and turned around to face the two girls in the back. “When we get to the cabin, Jason and I will help you do some of your divinations again, to make sure you’re doing them as accurately as possible in order to get as reliable a reading as you can. Right, Jason?”

“Yeah, definitely.” Jason agreed. “Now eat your burger before it gets cold.” He instructed as his sister sat back in her seat.

“Alright, I was hoping to do something before we got there though.” She said as she unwrapped her burger and began to eat.

Lucy took a bite of her half-eaten burger which she seemed to have forgotten during the heated discussion, “You guys really believe in all this magic stuff, don’t you?”

“Of course, Jason’s been a practicing wiccan for ages.” Percy insisted.

“I don’t really qualify as a full wiccan, but I dabble, and I feel like there must be some truth to it. Millions of people throughout history have believed in it, and practiced it. They can’t all be wrong, or why would they have kept doing it for so long?” Jason replied.

“Well said.” Chloe praised.

“It does sound more plausible when you say it like that.” Lucy agreed.

“Hey, there’s a **** store, can we stop there for snacks?” Chloe asked pointing towards a sign they were coming up on.

“Sure, text the others.” Jason said, already changing lanes towards the appropriate off-ramp.