Katie could not believe it. How could she have let him talk her into this? It must've been that smile. He was smiling and she had gotten lost in the way his perfect lips turned upward and how she could see a tiny little bit of his tooth sticking out…
Katie shook her head to get rid of the image. It was completely impractical to waste time staring at Travis Stoll's smile. She then remembered where she was and frowned. Stupid Travis Stoll.
* flashback *
"Come on Katie! I have a surprise for you!" Travis smiled and Katie felt intoxicated.
"Sure…"
Travis frowned. "Really? You're just going to agree that easily."
Katie snapped out of it. "You wish. What's the surprise, Stoll?"
"It won't be a surprise if I tell," Travis whined.
"Well then, I'm not going."
"Please!" Travis pouted. Katie couldn't resist that look. He was so cute!
"Fine."
He smiled again, and Katie started to feel a bit faint. "Meet me here tomorrow at noon. And dress comfortable. We are going to have some fun!" He winked at her and walked away. That damn Stoll!
The carnival. There were rides, and games, and sugary, greasy foods that would make your teeth rot and clog ALL your arteries. No cereal. No strawberries. No fruits or veggies or ANYTHING even REMOTELY healthy. In other words, it was worse than the Underworld. There were little kids screaming for cotton candy, and some kind of smell that no one even wanted identified, and the worst thing of all that you could find at the carnival: Travis and Katie.
"Ooh! Lets go on that one!"
Travis was referring to a ride that went straight up, and then shot back down. Katie could hear people screaming their lungs out on the way down. She saw their nervous faces on the way up, wondering what possessed them to go on such a ride. Katie gulped. One little boy got off the ride and promptly puked in a nearby trashcan. Travis grabbed her hand and pulled her on line.
"No. No, no, NO. I am NOT going on that. No way in Hades."
"Please?" Travis looked at her with that sad puppy dog look on his face and her heart melted.
But then the next bunch of people got of the ride looking pale and scared shitless.
"No."
Travis sighed. "I should have known you'd be too scared."
Katie frowned. She grabbed Travis's hand – just like he had done to her a minute ago – and got on line.
Katie regretted in the minute she sat down and pulled the safety bar over her head. She looked up at the ride. It was a long way up…and an even longer way down. She glanced at Travis sitting next to her grinning like a little boy in a candy store. With a credit card. Oh no.
This was awful. First, Katie had let Travis convince her to go to the carnival, and then he had tricked her into going on this ride. Katie was sure she was going to need another pair of pants by the time the ride was over. And underwear.
All Katie could think was SHIT. And that was exactly what she was going to do if she didn't get off and soon!
"Holy-" The ride started moving. It moved slowly and agonizingly up to the top where Katie could see for miles. She felt her stomach turn at how high they were. Stupid Travis Stoll. She was going to make sure to puke all over his shirt if they survived. It stopped for a few seconds and Katie held her breath. She reached over and grasped Travis's hand. And then they fell.
