A YouTuber's Love Story
Chapter 4
"Local Park?"
"Nope"
"Monkey Park?"
"Okay, now you're just being crazy. But I could arrange that."
"Toby," he smiled when I said his name, "we've been driving for half an hour now. Tell me what kind of park we're going to." I grabbed his arm with both hands and shook him, putting my head down and begging. He laughed his charming laugh and smiled at me.
"Calm down, we'll be there in a few minutes!"
"I thought you were taking me on a tour of LA."
"I will. Later. But right now we are going to a park of some sort." I grinned at him and released my grip. I leaned back in my seat and looked out the window, waiting for some sort of park to show up. I had been thinking of every park possible for the past twenty minutes then I realized. Amusement Park.
"Toby are we going to Islands of Adventure's?" He raised an eyebrow at me innocently.
"Pffft, no. Of course not that'd be the worst da- uh, I mean. That'd be the worst…. Just never mind." I glared at him. I knew he was taking me to Islands of Adventures. He just wouldn't admit it. And I couldn't help but wonder. Was he about to say date? No, I was just hallucinating. "Okay, you figured it out. We're going to IOF." What?
"Let me guess, IOF stands for Islands of Adventures?"
"Yep. Happy?"
"Yes! I love Island-, ahem, IOF. I've only been there once before. And I didn't even get to ride the rollercoaster's. Not that I would ever want to."
"Aw. Why won't you ride rollercoaster's?"
"I'm deathly afraid of them, that's why! I always get so paranoid when I hear stories of how some kid died from falling out of a roller coaster because he wasn't strapped in properly. And whenever I do ride one, I end up crying." Oh great, I just gave away an embarrassing piece of information he did not need to know.
He grabbed my shoulder and started massaging it. I had to admit, his hands were really strong. "It'll be ok! I'll hold your hand if you want me too!" He winked at me and brought his hand back to the wheel, and glued his eyes onto the road.
"You know what, I might just take you up on that offer!" He smiled, eyes still on the road. The rest of the ride was quiet. Not in an awkward way, but a peaceful way. Toby sang any song that popped up on the radio in his Creed voice and I giggled the entire time. It was going to be a good day.
…
"So, what do you want to do first?" Toby and I started walking around the park looking for nothing in particular.
"I don't know. I guess we just walk around and see what we find. But later we have to go to the Harry Potter place!" Toby nodded his head in agreement.
"Well, how about we head to the west side of the park there are a lot of rides there, and I know you just want to ride tons of roller coasters." He put emphasis on the word "tons" and winked at me.
"Of course! I love how you feel all dizzy afterwards, and you feel like you're about to throw up the minute it starts moving!" I gave a sarcastic smile and he laughed at my enthusiasm. He directed me over to a ride that was tall, long, and scary looking. I wasn't quite sure what the name was, but I made a guess that it would be something scary. My eyes grew wide, and I shook my head no. He nodded his head yes. "That is not happening Toby. I told you, I'm deathly afraid of roller coasters!"
"I don't care! You're coming with me no matter what!" I started to walk backwards. "Oh come on!" He laughed.
"I'm not going to do it!"
"Oh yes you are!" He grabbed my hand and started hauling me towards the ride. I dug my heels into the concrete, but it was useless. He's way stronger than me. We got to the ride and we got to step on right as we got there. The employees strapped us in and told us that it would only be a moment before the coaster started.
When they finally started to count down to, most likely, my death I looked at Toby with a worried expression. He smiled and grabbed my hand. Then, the ride began.
…
The ride was full of screaming from me and Toby as well. But I think his scream was more of an "I'm having so much fun!" scream, whereas mine was an "I'mgonnadieI'mgonnadie!" scream. When the ride came to a halt Toby laughed and looked at me. My face was still covered in fear.
"You were terrified." I smiled. I had to admit, it would have been worse if Toby hadn't been holding my hand. I actually felt safe on the ride holding his hand.
"Aww. I make you feel safe?" He grinned at me. I guess I was thinking out loud again. I smiled back at him and rolled my eyes, not very embarrassed at all.
"I guess I need to work on not thinking out loud?"
"No, I think it's adorable when you talk your thoughts actually." I blushed, and then the people working started unbuckling us. We both got out of our seats and headed towards the exit in silence, which was nice. He led me around the park and we would laugh at each others comments at things we saw. Once we got to the Harry Potter attraction I realized, that we had barely let go of each others hands ever since the roller coaster.