“What are you guys up to today?”
“We solemnly swear that we are up to no good,” Drakes quoted very seriously.
Savvy shrugged and said, “We’ve been reading the Harry Potter books.”
“We talk about bravery and whether the characters always do what is right and why,” Cat said.
“Wow, that sounds like grown-up lessons,” Rory said.
“Savvy says that as long as we understand what we are learning about she’s going to keep pushing us. If it’s super easy, we ain’t learning,” Drake said.
“Aren’t,” Savvy and Rory said at the same time.
“What are you going to do?” Cat asked.
“I’m going to go on a motorcycle ride with my friends today.”
“We need motorcycles,” Cat said.
“Yesterday, you wanted a horse,” Rory reminded her.
“We want one of those, too. One for each of us. Savvy, too, so she can ride with us,” Drake said.
“Yeah. You can ride motorcycles with us and Savvy can ride horses with us,” Cat said.
Rory looked over at Savvy, who was trying to hide her laugh.
“Is there anything else that you want?” he asked dryly.
“Not today. Just a motorcycle and a horse,” Cat said.
Savvy burst out laughing, while Amy and Rosa giggled. Colby looked around the room as if to say that he wasn’t in this conversation.
“I’ll think about it,” Rory said. “I’m not making any promises or guarantees.”
The kids looked disappointed, as though they thought that the result of his “thinking about it” was going to be a “no.”
He hugged the kids, told them to behave, and met up with the rest of the Griffins at their clubhouse.
It was a beautiful day. The sun was warm and the skies were pure blue. The ride was exhilarating.
Suddenly, several motorcycles, outside of their club, moved in on them quickly. Sebastian signaled, and the Griffins pulled into a rest stop with the foreign bikes following close behind. Rory groaned when he recognized the members of the Silver Fangs Club.
“What’s going on, guys?” Rory asked.
“We just wanted to know who was running through our territory,” Blackjack said.
“There is no territory. This is a public interstate, open to anyone,” Sebastian said.
“No. We own it,” Blackjack said.
Sebastian laughed and said, “You guys watch way too much television. You are nothing more than juvenile, wannabe gangsters determined to create chaos. Go back to your little playhouse and back off.”
Blackjack threw a punch at Sebastian. He ducked the punch, did a leg sweep, and had Blackjack pinned to the ground in a flash.
The other Silver Fangs members postured for a fight. The Griffins stood shoulder to shoulder. Rory grinned and said, “Bring it.”
He crossed his arms, shifted his weight to one foot, and said, “Well, are we going to do this or not?”