Hey, guys... anyway, I forgot to tell you, Jara were in their early 20s in the last chapter. In this one, they are still in high-school.

"Guys! Lets go on Colossus!" Alfie cried, pointing at the huge roller coaster.

"How many loops are there?" Fabian asked nervously.

"It's a quadruple cork-screw. You're not nervous, are you?" Eddie snorted.

"No."

"Come on then, let's go!" Patricia said impatiently, and we all rushed off to find the queue.

It was the summer holidays, and the guys and I had decided to go to a theme park for a few days, so that's where we were hanging out at the moment.

"An hour?" Mick asked, sounding irritated. "We have to wait that long?"

"We're in the queue now," I said, gesturing to the people behind us. "We can't leave."

"It'll be worth it guys, don't worry," Nina assured us.

There was a brief murmur of agreement, then evryone started pairing up to have their own conversations.

Now normally, I would join in, but the little couples looked really cute. I didn't want to disturb them, so I just stood there by myself, listening to my iPod as everyone around me started to converse. But after a few minutes, I felt a tap on my arm.

"Hmmm?" I asked, turning around.

The guy in front of me mouthed something to me. Well, it looked like he was mouthing. I couldn't hear anything apart from the music blaring out of my headphones. I quickly took them off and turned to face the guy again.

"Sorry, what?"

He gave a deep sigh and closed his eyes, looking deeply annoyed. "I said hi."

"Oh, Hi." Was that all? "Um, do you need anything else?"

"No."

"Okay, then."

I turned around and was about to pput my headphones back on, but the guy grabbed my shouler and spun me around, making me crash into him.

"What are you doing?" I asked him, bewildered, as he steadied me by placing his hands on my waist.

"I'm Jerome. Hi."

"You said that already."

"What's your name?"

"Mara."

I heard cat-calls and whistles coming from behind,and I turned to see the guys looking at me with big smiles on their faces.

"Cozy, Mara?" Patrcia asked me.

"Huh?" She nodded to my waist, where Jerome's hands were resting, and I jumped away from him.

"Who's this?" Amber asked me.

"His name is Jerome."

"Is he your secret boyfriend?"

"Amber!" I exclaimed in horror. What kind of question was that?

"I am!" Jerome whispered, making Amber squeal.

"How long have you been dating?"

"Three years," he answered before I could say anything.

"Wow, way to go, Mara!" Joy called.

"We are not going out!" I all but roared as I blushed.

"But why did he have his hands on your waist?" Amber asked.

"I tripped, and he steadied me."

"That's so romantic!"

"Amber!"

She winked at me and then turned to talk to Alfie again, and soon everyone turned to converse in their respective pairs.

"What was that?" I asked Jerome, glaring at him. "I've been dating you for three years? Seriously?"

"Well, that 'Amber' suggested it first, I was just playing along."

"Hmm."

"So, what school do you go to?"

"Why?" I asked him suspiciously as I folded my arms.

"Just. Let me start. I'm starting at Anubis Prep after these summer holidays," he told me.

"Reall? That's where I go!"

"Good," he said leaning closer to me. "I'll have the pleasure of seeing you everyday."

"Oh, hush," I muttered, giving him a light push on the shoulder.

"I'm serious!"

"Okay, moving on. Let's play twenty questions," I suggested. As flattering Jerome was, I wasn't used to compliments. They made me uncomfortable.

"Fine by me."

After playing twenty questions, I found out that Jerome and I have quite a lot in common. We both had a great taste in music and movies, and I also found out that he lived a few minutes away frome me, by foot. And that Jerome was really funny. And smart. I quite liked him.

"Mara! It's time for us to get on!" Jerome almost squealed as he grabbed my arm. He must have been really excited...

The rollercoaster had lots of small roads which had consisted of only two seats each, so Jerome and I had decided to sit together, next to Patricia and Eddie.

"Wow, this is scarier than it looked," I whispered.

"We haven't even started yet."

"Yeah, but- oh, we're going now!" I held onto Jerome's arm as we started going up, squezzing with all of my strength as if it would make us go any slower.

"Mara, that really hurts."

"Sorry." I took my hands off of Jerome's arm and he put it around me. I snuggled into his side, feeling petrified.

"Is there any- AAAAAHH!" We started zooming down, and I clung to Jerome for dear life, screaming my lungs out. Jerome was laughing, he sounded as if as if hewas thoroughly enjoying himself. Or maybe he was just lauging at me.

I buried my head into his chest for the rest of the ride, trying to stop myself from screaming.

I'm such a coward.

"Ist it over?" I asked as soon as it felt like we weren't moving.

"Yes. You can let go of me now."

"Sorry." I got off of Jerome and got out of the seat, and he copied my actions.

"That was cool, huh guys?" Eddie asked as soon as the gang were together again.

"Yeah," Jerome agreed. "I enjoyed every second." What, of me squeezing him to death?

"Let's go and look at the pictures!" Nina suggested.

"You can join us if you want, Jerome."

"Okay, sure."

We went over to the picture stand and I quickly looked for the picture of me and Jerome. I blushed when I saw it, it was so embarrasing! The picture showed Jerome, with his head thrown back, laughing. He had one arm around me, and I had my head buried in his chest, and my arms wrapped around his torso.

"Aw, Mara! You and Jerome look really cute in your photo!" Amber commented.

"I wasn't. I was scared to death."

"Well, I'm buying it!" Jerome chuckled.

"I might as well," I said. "It looks quite cute, doesn't it?"

"Yeah, great!"

We both bought matching keyrings and Jerome also bought the A4 version.

"So, are you going to hang out with us?" I asked Jerome when we were all done at the picture stand.

"Well, if you're begging..." He shrugged.

"On second thoughts..."

"No! No!" he said hastily. "I'll come. Sorry." Jerome offered me his hand, and I took it, before walking over to the rest of the guys.