One morning, Spike got out of bed and got himself ready for a new day back in his old hometown. He sat out on his grandma's porch admiring the sunny day, "Summer weather, ya got to love it," he smiled, while kicking back. He finally stood up, "Well, might as well see what's happening around town." he walked off for town.

As Spike walked through town, he saw various shop owners opening up and customers going in. As he reached the town square, he heard a familiar voice call out, "Spike, hey!" Spike turned and saw Ember rushing over to him, "Good morning."

"Good morning, Ember. Where you off to?" Spike asked.

"Off to the bar to help unload. I promised my dad I'd help out there during the summer." Ember answered.

"Hope he doesn't have you working 24/7." Spike said.

"Don't worry, just a few hours tops," Ember assured him, "You doing something right now?"

"Not really." Spike admitted.

"Then why don't you come by and help me? We could use an extra set of hands." she offered.

"Really?"

"Sure, we'll even pay you." Ember promised.

"Sounds like a plan to me." Spike answered.

"Then let's go." Ember dragged him along.

The two walked through town before stopping in front of a building with the sign reading in neon lights 'The Dragon's Den'. They walked around the back seeing a truck with workers unloading cases of beer and bringing them inside. Supervising them was a tough looking tall man wearing brown boots, jeans, a blue solid colored shirt, with a black vest over it. He had red spiked hair, and a red loop earring on his left ear.

"Be careful with that stuff. I paid good money for it." he told the workers.

"Hey, dad!" Ember called.

The guy being Ember's father turned to see his daughter and Spike, "Ember, right on time," he took notice of Spike, "Spike Drake?"

"Hey, Mr. Torch." Spike greeted.

"As I live and breathe!" Torch laughs, "How could I forget that face," he patted Spike's back before inspecting him, "You're sure not that little boy we used to know anymore."

"You can say that again." Spike chuckled sheepishly.

"Ember told me you were back in town, and what perfect timing. We were running low here on workers at the bar."

"Had to cut loose some employers?" Spike guessed.

"That and some quit for their own reasons," Torch admitted, "Guess they felt too good to work at a simple pub. Probably went off to work at one of those chain ones that have no discernible character." he grumbled.

"I asked Spike if he'd be interested in pulling some shifts here." Ember said.

"Excellent idea, Ember. What do you say, Spike?" her father asked.

"Well, it's summer time and my parents wouldn't want me wasting my vacay by slacking off. So I guess I can help."

"Excellent. Welcome aboard, lad. First thing you and Ember can do is help unload those cases." he motioned to the rest of the beer in the truck.

"We're on it." Ember said, as she and Spike went into the truck and started bringing out cases before bringing them inside the pub.

As Spike carried a six pack case, he looked at the brand, "Dragon Pepper. Ooh, this is a good one."

"How do you know?" Ember inquired, as she carried a case.

"This was the first type of beer I tried during my last year of high school. Couldn't have much otherwise my parents would smell it off me." Spike chuckled.

"You may be out of high school, but even so you're not quite allowed to drink too much." Ember noted.

After unloading and stocking all the cases, Spike and Ember were sitting at the bar counter where Torch was serving drinks to others. The adult spoke to Spike, "So Ember says you and your folks moved back to take care of Tia, eh?"

"Yeah. Grams won't admit it but she needs us." Spike answered.

"Well, she's always been the stubborn one," Torch chuckled, "Though how're your folks doing?"

"Mom and dad are ok. Of course they're readjusting to this place just like I am." Spike admitted.

"Well, you should tell them they should come by here. I've always loved their company." Torch said.

"And they've always enjoyed coming here." Spike added.

"Well, here you go. A little something for first day on the job. On me." Torch sat two glasses of Dragon Pepper on the counter.

"Thanks, dad." Ember said, as she and Spike took their drinks and sipped it.

"Mm, that hits the spot." Spike licked his lips.

"As always." Ember agreed.

Later on after punching out, the two were walking through town before cutting through the forest area. Spike spoke up, "Are you sure you know where you're going, Ember?" he asked.

"Of course. I've been living here for a decade. I know this place better than anyone else you'll know." Ember answered, as they hiked through the forest before coming up by a dock leading to a river.

"Wow. I didn't know about this place before." Spike gasped.

"Well, before you moved we were too young to come out here on our own," Ember reminded him, "But when my dad finally let me start going out on my own I found this spot with the rest of the girls. We'd come here every so often to think and such."

"I can't think of a better place to go to in this town now." Spike smiled, as the two sat down at the dock's edge.

"I'm glad that you came back, Spike. Now I actually have a guy to talk to aside from Thorax." Ember said.

"What's so wrong with Thorax?" Spike inquired.

"Nothing it's just sometimes his impressions can get annoying. Like one time he spoke like Bullwinkle all day."

"Yikes." Spike laughed, "Though didn't you talk to guys while at college?"

"Yeah, but most of them were boulder heads. Not like you that's for sure."

"Like me?" the boy raised a brow.

"Yeah. You're actually smart, fun, and an all around hottie."

"Hottie?" Spike asked with a blush.

"Yeah. Compared to how you looked as a kid you went for cute and adorable to hot and sexy." she said seductively.

Spike watched as Ember slid closer, "Ember, are you drunk?" he asked nervously.

"Of course not, Spike. One drink alone doesn't mess with my focus." Ember answered, as she got closer.

Spike could feel his heart race, as he was succumbing to Ember's charm, 'Oh, damn. Ember's definitely not much like the tomboy I knew back then.' he was cut off from his thoughts, as he found himself kissing Ember with the older girl returning the gesture.

The two started making out on the docks with Ember lying on top of Spike, pressing her bust down into his chest. Spike lost all sense of himself as he held Ember close as their tongues wrestled for dominance. After awhile the two sat up and parted lips for air, "Wow. I haven't made out like that in a long time." Ember panted.

"How'd it feel?" Spike inquired.

"Hot and Passionate. Spike have you done this before?" she asked.

"Actually yes." Spike answered, while thinking of his girls.

"Well, whoever you did it with was sure as hell lucky."

"Yeah. I know." Spike agreed.

Ember smiled as she pulled Spike over and embraced him tightly, "I hope you'll stick around this time."

"I'm not going anywhere." Spike replied, as Ember smiled and pressed her chest into his.

When nighttime rolled in, Spike returned home, "Hey, I'm back." he walked into the living room to see his parents and grandma watching TV.

"Spike, how was your day?" his dad asked.

"All good. I got a job for the summer."

"A job, where?" Elsa asked with joy.

"Working down at the Dragon's Pub. Ember's dad hired me to work unloading and stock duty."

"That's so nice of Torch." Geki said.

"And it's great our son has a job." Elsa added.

"Just be careful ya don't come home loaded." Grandma Tia warned her grandson.

"Mom. Our son will not come home loaded." Geki assured her.

"He better not." Elsa said firmly while looking at her son.

"Relax mom. Wouldn't think of it." Spike said, as he went to his room.

He sat down while recalling his make out with Ember, "Man. Ember was so good at making out. Haven't felt anything like that since my last time with the girls... It felt almost too good," he said in worry, before shaking it off, "Come on, Spike. Ember was drunk and you got caught up in the heat of the moment. Simple as that," he looked at the picture of his girls, "Simple as that." he got up and left his bedroom.

Meanwhile at Ember's place. The girl was in her bedroom drinking bottled water while laying on her bed. As she laid down feeling comfortable, she thought about today, "Spike is one wild guy. If he's that good at first base, I wonder how he'd be in the sack? Maybe some other time." she said dreamily.

Author's Note

As always I'm open to suggestions for what Spike should do with each of the girls individually or together.