"Caitie's gone blond!" Said Hank to Jamie as Caitie ran off to the bathroom, giggling, with Val.
"We've lost another one to the dark side," Jamie said and shook his head disapprovingly.
"Guys?" spoke up Tyler, "Blond is a light color. You're the dark side."
"Blonds." Said Jamie and rolled his eyes. He and Hank laughed.
It was a hot summer day, and Tyler, Val, Jamie, Caitie, and Hank were spending the afternoon at the amusement park. Due to the heat, Tyler, Hank, and Jamie had taken off their over shirts and were just wearing white wife-beater undershirts, seemingly oblivious to the effects that had on Val and Caitie. The girls ran off to the bathroom to get rid of their giggling fit, prompting the discussions between the guys.
***
Val and Caitie giggled hysterically in the bathroom. They were more nervous giggles than anything else; "Oh-my-gosh-he-looks-so-hot-that-it's-making-me-nervous-so-I'm-giggling –like-a-madwoman " giggles, not "he-looks-so-bad-it's-hysterical-giggles."
"He looks sooo hot!" exclaimed Caitie after they finished giggling.
"You always say that you're just friends, Caitie! You've got it bad, but so do I!" said Val causing another fit of giggles.
***
"What is taking so long?" Tyler wondered exasperatedly.
"They're girls." replied Hank and Jamie simultaneously, rolling their eyes.
***
The girls finally came back from the bathroom (after 3 giggling fits besides the initial one).
Val immediately said, "I want to ride the carousel," earning stares from Jamie, Hank, and Caitie.
But Tyler just said, "Um, okay," and the rest followed suit.
They got in line for the carousel and got on shortly. Val and Tyler went on horses that were side by side. When they thought (key word: thought) no one was looking, Tyler slipped his hand through Val's. Val let the carousel music put her in a very weird trance. Tyler looked at her worriedly.
"Hey, Caitie," Jamie nudged Caitie from the row of horses
behind Val and Tyler, "Look at the little lovebirds." He grinned, a mischievous
twinkle in his eyes.
And all Caitie could do was nod. She was drowning in those eyes. And she didn't want to be saved. WHAT? Caitie gave herself a mental slap on the head. He's your friend. Your friend. Friend. Friend. Friendfriendfriendfriend. Caitie's mental chant blurred together, the words smearing. Oh, heck! Caitie thought. I'll talk to Val. how do I tell him…?
Hank snickered. Overhearing Jamie's comment, Hank looked at
Val and Tyler.
The three of them kept their eyes on Tyler and Val as Tyler
leaned in closer- probably to kiss Val, was the assumption- closer… closer… and
the carousel stopped suddenly, throwing Tyler to the ground, and causing
Caitie, Jamie, Hank, and even Val, to a degree, to erupt in laughter- after
they saw that nothing was hurt but his dignity.
***
A few hours later, it was getting dark, and cooler. The guys had put their over shirts back on about 45 minutes ago.
"Oh! Let's go on that ride!" Val said, pointing to a Himalayas ride, the big diagonal circle
with little hills, where you go up and down. It was very cold outside, and Val was very temperature-sensitive, so she was cold even in her sweatshirt.
Everyone agreed.
There was no line for the ride, so Val and the others ran through and into the ride. Val picked a car and sat down in it, teeth chattering quietly.
"Mind if I sit here?" Val looked up and saw Tyler.
"No, no, I don't mind, yes, just sit down." Val said. It said for larger people to sit on the outside, but Tyler was bigger anyway.
After some garbled general instructions through a loudspeaker, the ride began. Everyone was forced towards the outside. They knew why from science class, but it was summer and their science skills were shot.
Val ended up pressed towards Tyler against her will, and she struggled not to get close, but she looked around and saw Caitie give her a little wink from her position snuggled up against Jamie, giving Val reassurance. She let herself slide towards Tyler. Tyler, being sensitive to Val's sensitivity (and totally unaware of science class, for all his overachieving), mistook this as Val being cold, so he put his arm around her.
Caitie and Jamie read Val like a book, her inner debates clearly expressed on her face, as they watched. They smirked at the oblivious Tyler, and winked at Val, giving her reassurance to make the next move.
Hank watched Tyler and Val, too. Then he looked over at
Caitie and Jamie, who alternated between smirking at the other couple and
making goo-goo eyes at each other.
And then the ride was over, and Tyler was helping Val out of the little car, and likewise with Caitie and Jamie.
***
An hour later found them splitting up at the front entrance. They had come in two separate cars. Hank's car had Hank, Caitie, and Jamie, and Tyler's car had Tyler and Val. So, they went their separate ways.
***
"Okay, Val, we're at your house," Tyler said, breaking an uncomfortable silence in the car.
"Thanks for driving me Tyler. See you at the station." Val said.
"Yeah, bye." Tyler said, wishing desperately that he'd kissed her goodnight.
A/N: I'm not writing a sequel and I didn't add in Jamie, Caitie, and Hank's ending because I thought it was a good place to end at Tyler and Val.
REVIEW or I won't upload chapter 12 of my other story. Oh, I'm so evil.