Who screams louder on a roller coaster

After she'd admitted she /still/ hadn't been to Coney Island despite having lived in NY a few years already, Angie insists on taking her there ("Peg! You have to go! It's so much fun; I can't even believe you've never been! How's that possible? Have you never had a day off or what?"). And by insisting, she means 'somehow convinced her despite her best intentions to not get too invested in this friendship'.

So one Saturday afternoon, in the early autumn of 1949, off they go, arm in arm to the big fair. Peggy must admit that it is indeed quite a lot of fun. Though the cheery company of the waitress probably has a lot to do with it.

Angie takes her around the shows and roller-coasters with an excitement matching that of a 5 year-old. Peggy watches with barely hidden fondness, while Angie tries not to be too obvious about wanting to constantly hold her arm or hand or...whatever. Ya know.

Peggy buys her a toffee apple and wins her a teddy bear at a coconut shy game (and if the owner eyes her suspiciously after three perfect throws in a row, well, he doesn't make any comment). As the daylight starts to dim slowly, the big wheels and roller coasters light up and so does Angie's face, much to Peggy's amusement.

"Come on, English! Let's try this one!" She grabs her elbow while pointing at a huge green one in front of them. "There's King Kong and all!" She pretends to swoon next to the statue at the front, before playfully ushering Peggy after the other patrons.

It's only once they're both seated in their little wagon and slowly ascending that Peggy notices her silence.

"What's the matter, Angie?"

"Nothin' "

"...You're not afraid, are you?"

"'Course not! ...'tis a bit higher than I thought, is all"

Peggy is about to protest that she is the one who enthusiastically had wanted to get in when they reach the top of the first mountain. She barely has the time to register Angie grabbing her hand before the wagon lunges forward.

Angie's scream is without a doubt deafening, high pitched at first, and then turns into a delighted shriek. Peggy grins alongside.