Season 2 Chapter 13: A Day with Da Vinci

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Letting out a satisfying yawn I rubbed my sore eyes with my palms. Da Vinci shifted around in bed with her arms tightly grasped around me with a look of contentment plastered onto her face. The room was completely silent except for the ticking clock on the wall which read 10:00 am.

"Guess it's time to start the day.", I thought still half sleep.

I gently removed Da Vinci's arms from around me as to not wake her up. Getting up from bed I lazily headed towards the bathroom. Hopefully Dolly would have time to hang out with me today unlike yesterday.

To be honest I'm still kinda torn up on the inside about how Dolly dipped on me with that Spike guy and left me alone. I'm still concerned about how she cut me off briefly before I could tell him we were a couple. Maybe I'm thinking about all of this a little too much.

After taking a shower, brushing my teeth, brushing my hair, and getting dressed exited the bathroom to find Da Vinci gone. "She must've woken up while I was in the bathroom. I hope I wasn't too loud.", I guessed.

I then picked up my phone to see if I got any unread text messages from Dolly or Dylan. Unfortunately there wasn't any which brought me down, but not enough to ruin today for me.

-The Beach-

I aimlessly roamed the beach like a lost soul. Many thoughts about what I could do today clouded my mind to the point that it bummed me out.

Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Suddenly the sand below me exploded and I came face to face with two crossed eyes. "Ugh! Diesel!", I groaned wiping the sand out of my clothes.

Diesel on the otherhand seemed mildly unaware of his own surroundings in his usual Diesel fashion. "Oops sorry.", The dirt covered pup apologized before blanking out for several seconds and went back to digging. "Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig! Dig!"

"He can be so random sometimes.", I muttered not surprised by Diesel's antics. "But hey, that's Diesel in a nutshell for ya."

I then begun intentionally smiling upon seeing Dolly, but frowned once I saw that doberman Spike accompanying her. Shaking off the sudden uneasiness I mustered the courage to go and talk to the two myself.

"Hey you two!", I waved getting their attention and jogged over to them.

"Aaron!", Dolly swooped me up into a hug and I blushed as always. It felt so good to have my arms around her again even though we've been apart for half a day and a full night. Also yes, I did keep track of how much time we we're apart. "Sorry I didn't hang out with you yesterday. I was too busy catching up with Spike."

"I understand.", I replied with a nod. "So what're you two doing?"

"Nothing much, just scoping the beach looking for Dylan and his girlfriend. Trying to see what they're up to.", Dolly joked. "He also wanted me to tell ya thanks since he's terrible with girls."

"Dylan's the closest thing I have to a brother. I'm here for him.", I approved with brotherly love.

"That's a good message to send to those you care for.", Spike stated. "We're going to a party that's happening tonight, Care to join us dude?"

"Nah I'm good.", I shrugged breaking eye contact with the two. "You two enjoy yourselves. I just want to take in the fresh air and relax for today."

"Are you sure?", Dolly asked noticing my change of tone. "You don't sound ok. Something on your mind you wanna talk about?"

"I'm ok."

"Oh ok.", Dolly muttered before her and Spike began to take off as I watched. "We'll talk to you later!"

I felt like I should've gone with them, for Dolly's sake. I'm not quite sure how to feel about Spike yet. I don't know about any of this, I might end up messing up her flow. It seems I always have a tendancy to overthink things that don't really require much thought.

"Oooooo...", came from the Triple D who'd been watching the seen from a distance.

"I'd step my game up if I were you.", Destiny suggested.

"Or Spike-", Dallas began.

"-Is gonna end up taking Dolly away from you.", Deja Vu finished.

There's no way Dolly would just go and ditch me for Spike. Would she? No! She would never especially after all we've been through together. These three are just trying to get me on edge. "Dolly wouldn't leave me for him.", I disagreed. Then a single important question came to mind.

Did she ever tell him that we're a couple?

-Later that Day-

I guess I did mess up not going with Dolly and Spike. Unexpectedly today was uneventful, but on the other hand I did do some exploring around the beach, mainly the shoreline.

Sucks there wasn't much to be found here. I felt the sand beside me shift as Da Vinci gently planted herself onto the ground next to me. "H-Hey Aaron.", She shyly greeted smiling, blushing a bit.

"Hey Da Vinci.", I replied staring into the sunset. "How was your day? Productive I presume?"

"Y-yeah you could say t-that.", She stuttered. It was then I noticed the small wooden box in Da Vinci's arms. "There was something I've been meaning to give you. I've been working on it all day."

I watched in interest as she opened the box revealing a single baby blue pastel colored bandana. Many spots of all colors were random placed over the fabric. She got behind me and carefully tied it around my neck. Afterwords I got to my feet and stood infront of the water examining my reflection. I've gotta admit, it looks nice on me. This so far was the only good thing that came out of today.

"Do you like it?", Da Vinci asked nervously.

"Like it, is an understatement.", I replied. "I love it. Thanks a lot!"

A look of relief and tenderness swept over her face. She immediately brought me into a gentle heartwarming hug. "There's another thing I want to do with you before the day is over."

"Oh, What is that?"

I was currently seated on a rock that was perfectly alligned with the setting sun. Da Vinci sat a couple of inches away from me her eyes glued to the canvas infront of her. I agreed to let her paint me here as a sort of way to look back on this vacation.

"So where did you get your name?", I wondered suddenly.

"What do you mean?", Da Vinci asked still concentrating on her work.

"Well your name is Da Vinci.", I mentioned. "I believe there was a Renaissance Artist named Leonardo Da Vinci. He was a painter just like you now that I think about it."

"Oh.", Da Vinci sheepishly giggled. "It's a long story really."

"I'd honestly love to hear it.", I implied.

"If you say so.", Da Vinci added. "Back when I was born at first my Mom and Dad didn't really know what to name me unlike my siblings. Since the majority of us are named based on our personalities and personal leisures, my parents would follow me around to see what I liked to do for fun. In their words it was "quite the tasks" since I was so shy and not as open about my interests. They did notice how I loved going to the art museum though. My favorite exhibit overall was the Mona Lisa, still is in fact. So as an experiment my parents left me alone with a bunch of art materials to see what I'd do. Since I was two at the time they expected me to not do much, but to their suprise instead of using the art supplies; I used my own hands to paint. I had created something that looked nearly identical to the Mona Lisa. It even made it on the news, but my parents kept the fact that I did it anonymous for my sake."

I listened intently to her story in astonishment. At such a young age she was able to paint something that made big news.

"Wow.", was all that escaped from my lips. "That's such an impressive feat, and at such a young age too."

"That's how I got my name.", Da Vinci proudly stated. She scooted away from the painting wiping the sweat from her fur. "How's it look?"

I stood up rubbing my sore butt from the bumpy rock and went to view the artwork. Upon setting my eyes on it, my jaw dropped in amazement. She got everything on point! From my different colored eyes, my shadow, and even the sunset itself.

"Ya really put Blood, Sweat, and Tears into this one Vinci.", I commented in awe.

"You really think so?", She repeated.

"Yeah! Of course.", I nodded. "Again, Thanks for the Bandana. You've made this day a whole lot more enjoyable."

"Your welcome.", She blushed.