Dash P.O.V.
I simply stared at Erika's face as she was loudly laughing, her shoulders where slightly moving up and down with every laugh she gave, she also placed one of her hands on the arm rester the bench had while with the other she was holding a soda can.
Today was saturday, the only day none of us had to work at "Annalise" and it was also the awful day that I agreed to go a large fair with Erika and a trio of people I would rather avoid.
-I really can't believe you didn't knew I played for the other team!- she said, tears started to form on the corner of her eyes from laughing too much -I was completely sure you knew!-.
We were both sitting on a bench in front of the entrance to the fair, it was heavily decorated with a lot of balloons and the chubby gatekeeper was looking at us with annoyance as he stated that "he didn't liked to wait only to sell a ticket"
-Well I didn't- I replied to her smiling and placing my right arm on her shoulders, I had already finished my soda, yet she was still halfway through her's -But HEY! Now I like you even more, we can talk about sexy chicks!-.
-HELL YEAH!- she said to me laughing loudly -But you better stay away from my sexy chick- then we both turned to see how a fancy black car stopped on the street in front of us.
Erika got up almost immediately and happily ran towards that car while I remained on the bench and just stared a little anxious how the trio I used to bully so much slowly came out of the black limousine.
Sam (as always) was wearing a black and purple shirt with black pants and black shoes, her hair was again falling free over her shoulders and she was smiling brightly as she saw Erika approaching her, once more I shivered a little when the two girls joined in a deep kiss.
Foley was wearing similar clothes to the ones he used yesterday, plus, he was looking constantly at his phone and every time he did a huge smile appeared on his face and remained there for several Fenton was wearing a plain dark blue shirt and a pair of light blue jeans, he was smiling too as Erika stoked his hand, but as soon as he noticed my presence his small smile turned into a frown, I did my best to ignore that and tried to smile back at the group that now was looking directly at me.
-Hi Dash!- -Hi Baxter!- Sam and Foley said excited and smiling as they approached to me.
-Hi everyone- I said without a lot of emotion as I awkwardly waved my hand, it felt bad how I was such a jerk to them back then and now they just acted like if nothing had happened, well at least two of them did it, Fenton didn't said a word and that strangely made me feel better.
I stood up from the bench I was sitting on and took out a few dollars from my pocket, Erika passed me the rest of the money.
-Five- I said with a dominant tone that scared a little the fat man behind the counter and after quickly counting the money I gave him he handed me back five colourful plastic cards that had written "FUNLAND FAIR ENTRANCE ~ 20$" on them.
I took one of it and gave the other four to the goth girl at my side and she gave the rest to the her friends and her girlfriend. Erika and Sam crossed the entrance running and giggling like toddlers and the two guys where a little behind them trying to look like they didn't actually came with those weirdos.
The group of four was walking and I was far behind them, my hands where in my pockets and in my mind I was thinking if Erika's tips where worthy enough to pass an entire day surrounded by these people.
-Hey let's go there!- Samantha said happily as she pointed at a medieval castle that had written "Royal Winds: Roller Coaster" with a little too much enthusiasm.
-Oh come on Eri- I heard Samantha said as I approached them making a puppy face and with a begging voice -Let's get in now, I bet that girl Wendy isn't coming-.
-Who's Wendy?- I asked confused when I was close enough, they all turned to face me and still Fenton was giving me a "I hate you" look that made me mentally chuckle a little.
-She's a friend of mine- Foley said embarrassed as he looked again at his phone -And she IS coming Sam, she was stuck in a car accident or something but she's here now-.
-Hiii!- A girl screamed from the distance -I'm sorry I'm late, please don't kill me-.
The girl looked just like Foley did, dorky, she was a short girl with a thin body, she had her brown hair fixed into a ponytail, thin glasses similar to the ones a secretary uses, a checkered pink and black blouse and a pair of brown pants that looked a little too wide for her.
She stroked everyone's hand and gave Foley an awkward hug, while I was completely ignored by her, I noticed how Fenton's lips curved into a smirk and without realizing it I smirked too.
-Well Wendy this is Dash Baxter, Dash this is Wendy Baker- Erika finally said a little embarrassed for forgetting about me as we all approached the rollercoaster, instantly Wendy's face turned into a deeper shade of pink than the one of her blouse.
-Nice to meet you- she quickly said without even looking at me and began to walk even faster to reach Foley's arm, Fenton's smirk was now a little more noticeable.
We all reached the entrance to the coaster and we all gave our cards to a young, smiling and good looking brunette dressed as a princess (who smiled a little too much to me) and after she passed them through a small device she told us we had 17 dollars left and encouraged us to continue.
There was a dragon-shaped car with six spaces and only two people could sit in each place, so of course in the first one was Erika with Sam, Foley sat with the other girl on the second and I tried to sit next to a good looking blonde on the fourth, but she told me to move since her friend (another stunning blonde) was going to sit there, the rest of the spaces where already occupied except of course for the one next to Fenton.
-Well I'll wait for the other round- I said since I didn't wanted at all to sit next to Fenton and from his face I could obviously see he didn't wanted either, but right before I could leave Samantha got up and with a quick movement she grabbed my hand and managed to turn me around leaving me a little surprised.
-Look- she whispered to me - I need you to listen, Danny is an important friend of mine and you are the same to Erika, so we really want you two to become friends, or at least not hate each other. I know Danny can be a dick sometimes, but he's a good guy and you where an even bigger dick in high school to all of us, so please, do that as a favour for me-.
I didn't answer to her directly, I simply sighted, walked towards the empty seat and slowly sat on it, I could feel Sam and Erika smiling from their seats and I could also feel Fenton staring at me confused.
The metal bars automatically got down and wrapped our chest, holding us in place.
And so the ride slowly began...
Apparently we were "training the dragons" or something like that and after making some turns inside the "castle" for some short seconds our dragon finally "flew" towards the sky and the fun started.
It wasn't really fast, but somehow it was fun, even though I've been in much better roller coasters this one wasn't that bad, I could hear the blonde girls screaming behind me and Wendy was doing the same, I could also hear Erika, Samantha and Fenton's laughs and I was laughing my ass off too, I saw Erika and Samantha holding each other's hand and I saw Wendy hugging Foley's arm in panic and finally I turned to see how the young man at my left was holding on
I hate to admit it, but Fenton is cute, even in high school I heard Paulina said almost every day that she thought Fenton was indeed cute, but of course I would mock her, or get angry at her, but on the inside I agreed, he has cool icy blue eyes, a funny messy haircut and of course a cute smile; even though we were going really fast on the dragon I could completely appreciate his laugh and how his lips curved into a cute smirk, for a few moments I felt how the other sounds got lower and lower to the point that I could only hear Fenton's chuckles and screams of joy.
That was until he turned to face me...
I felt the colour burst into my face like a slap and my heartbeats reached a top incredibly fast, the panic took over me and made me turn my face to other side completely ignoring what he was trying to tell me, he had just caught me staring at him, oh lord, he would think I'm some sort of creep or something.
I passed the rest of the ride ignoring the pokes Fenton gave me and the same time faking I was having the time of my life screaming and laughing every time the speed increased considerably, but of course, after some minutes it was over.
We all stood up from the dragon but once more before I could leave a hand grabbed my arm and a little annoyed I turned to face who I thought was Sam, but I ended up shocked to see a man holding me on place
-I must say...- Fenton whispered to me, he was looking directly at my face with a dead serious expression that made me shiver a little -I don't trust you...- he added slowly, like carefully thinking his words -And I'm sure I'll never like you, plus I'm also sure that you are just hanging out with Erika for the money and once you got your stupid car you're never going to talk to her again, so if that happens you're going to regret it-.
Fenton then proceeded to walk around me in the direction of a hallway that led to the exit of the "castle" and back to the park, I followed him shortly after. He just had surprised me and confused me at the same time, plus I've never, in my wildest dreams (not that I dreamed of him) have imagined that Fenton could threaten me in any way, or much more, actually intimidate me.
Somehow I began to walk closer to the group after that and they started to include me in their small conversations.
Even though some years before I would never talk to that girl Wendy, now I discovered she was actually really nice and kind of funny (in an awkward way) and even the rest of the guys where somehow cool to talk to, everyone except Fenton of course, who haven't said a word to me or to anyone after the "dragon" ride.
We entered several other rides and games then (I mane NO eye contact with Fenton) but nothing interesting happened there, until we reached a cave-like ride that had pink lights on the inside and a large sign that had written "Couples Cavern" in large, thick cursive letters, instantly Sam looked at Erika and Wendy to Foley.
-Well seems I'm leaving now- Fenton said chuckling a little as his four friends ran towards the short line to enter the cave completely forgetting our existence. He turned around, looking for the exit of the fair and strangely I didn't did the same thing.
-Wait- I told him a little annoyed from what I knew I was about to do.
-If you're going to invite me inside that thing- he said angry, pointing towards the cave -there's no way in hell-.
-What?! There's no way in hell I'm inviting you inside there- I replied with the same angry tone -I was going to invite you something to eat, you know, like a peace offering or some shit-.
He remained silent for some seconds, like debating with himself if he should accept or decline my harmless invitation and finally he nodded, still a small frown was in his face while I was mentally slapping myself from opening my mouth and accepting Erika's deal on the first place.