Saturday: Disney


Chloe was so excited to be in Orlando with her best friend for a few days. Their first park was going to be Magic Kingdom, so she and Aubrey spent the evening before planning out their attack on the park. The place was massive so having a solid itinerary was the key to success.

"Space Mountain," Chloe announced. "We have to go to Space Mountain first. It's super-fast, and one of the oldest rides in the area. Iconic. I heard the lines get really long, and I definitely want to go to that one."

"Chloe, Space Mountain is indoors and dark. Why don't we save that for later when it's starting to get super hot outside? We are going to need the break." Aubrey tried to always be the voice of reason with her over-exuberant friend.

Once the girls had the entire day mapped out, they made sure their day bags were packed with refillable water bottles, cooling towels, portable battery packs for their phones, sunglasses, and snacks. When everything was ready to go for the next morning, they excitedly crawled into their respective hotel room beds. Even with the lights out and the big day ahead of them, the friends enthusiastically jabbered late into the night.


The next morning came early, but Chloe and Aubrey were ready to tackle the Magic Kingdom. From the moment they walked through the front gates and down Main Street, Aubrey had to keep her arm looped through Chloe's to keep the redhead from darting off to various shops and loading up on goodies too soon during the day as she was easily distracted by all the wonderous things.

The night before, Aubrey had admitted to an obsession with pirates. Therefore, their first visit was to Adventureland where the pirates were plentiful, and the rides took them to various exotic lands. They also caught the feature stage show Captain Jack Sparrow Tutorial. The blonde was tickled to be pulled up on stage to learn to be a "proper" pirate. The actors even made her take oath of allegiance to Captain Jack Sparrow, and she was awarded an eye patch and made an honorary crew member.


The pair visited another few sections before moving into Tomorrowland. Chloe had been waiting for this part all day. She was bouncing on the balls of her feet as she and Aubrey walked into Space Mountain. The redhead had been fascinated with space since she was a young girl and was looking forward to the hype this ride brought.

Once they got in the doors, both women took off the cooling towels they had around their necks and put them in the zip lock baggie for later and redid their hair ties so that their long hair was pulled back off their necks. As they jointed the line, they filed into a room small, shiny, balls like the ones found in kids' ball pits. There was a star map on the walls, lots of features to keep visitors' eyes busy. As they went through the tunnel, the line moved slowly enough for Chloe to see all the aspects of the entry but not so slowly as to drag on. They also passed cut-out windows which displayed planets and various spaceships of futuristic design.

Finally, they stepped into the space station or the loading area. Chloe was really getting excited knowing that she was about to board. Before queuing up for the ride, a tiny brunette wearing a NASA type uniform approached them. "Hey ladies." She addressed them both but was clearly flirting with Chloe. "Why don't you try your hand at Mission Control before your ride? See how you do with your hands." She gave the redhead a wink.

Aubrey's mouth fell open as Chloe beamed back at the small ride operator. The redhead nudged her friend and mouthed, "she's cute." Aubrey rolled her eyes at her friend and grabbed hold of the controls in front of her and started one of the robot guided games.

"I'm Beca," the brunette grinned as she offered her hand. Without asking, she positioned the redhead in front of her, placing an arm on either side of her, guiding Chloe's hands to the controls. She guided Chloe on how to expertly blast the space asteroids that were threating the departing ships. She gave Chloe hints and talked her through how to destroy the enemy rocks.

Chloe laughed as Beca's voice tickled the hairs on the back of her neck. When Chloe had successfully protected the spaceport, she turned around. "Chloe, I'm Chloe." She reached out her hand to the shorter brunette in front of her.

"Well Chloe, thanks for doing your part today in protecting the universe. I hope you enjoy your ride and the rest of your stay at Magic Kingdom." She turned and walked away leaving the redhead virtually speechless.

Chloe had a huge grin on her face as she turned to her friend. "What was that?" Aubrey hissed.

"That… was Beca," Chloe giggled.

The pair then continued to board their rocket and depart on their trip through space.


Beca strutted over to her best friend Stacie and high-fived her. "Ten points for that one Shortstack. I should have gone with you. The blonde would have been worth at least twenty." They laughed as they continued working. After a few minutes, Beca glanced at her watch. "Break time for me Stace. I'll catch you in a bit."

Aubrey and Chloe were safely loaded in their train and pulled out of the station into the tunnels with the strobe lights flashing around them. The girls were quickly bombarded with sensory effects such as warbling sounds to represent changes in energy and various colored strobes. Stars flashed past them on all sides.

Chloe happily screamed and yelled the entire ride as the train turned this way and that, climbed and dropped all in the darkness, the only illumination coming from the lights of the ride itself. As the train shot through a spiraling circle of red light, Aubrey clamped her eyes shut and ducked her head to her chin to steady her stomach. Need to say she was quite grateful when the train pulled back into the station.

As their train came to a halt and the safety mechanisms were released, Chloe climbed out and then turned to help an unsteady Aubrey out. The blonde was caught off guard by another hand on her other elbow.

"Here let me help." Both friends were shocked to see Beca helping a slightly wobbly Aubrey. "Are you okay? That ride can be a little intense for some people."

Embarrassed, Aubrey shook her head and muttered, "I'm fine."

Once Beca was sure that Chloe's friend wasn't going to pass out, she turned to the redhead. "Hi! How was your ride?"

Chloe squealed as she unexpectedly threw her arms around the smaller girls's neck. "I absolutely loved it."

Not sure if she was uncomfortable or not with such an exuberant response, Beca just went with it and chuckled. "Well it was time for my break, so I thought I'd meet you lovely ladies to make sure you are having a good time." As they spoke, Beca began walking towards the exit with the women.

Chloe tried to stop at the photo display to buy the picture of her and Aubrey on the ride. Aubrey was so terrified by the look on her face that she refused to let her friend buy it. No amount of begging could convince the blonde otherwise. As the three walked off, Beca turned back to the person manning the booth indicating that she'd be back for the picture.

"This is where I stop." Beca pulled up short of going outside the building. "If I get in the sun, I'll melt. Plus, my break is about over." She couldn't stop grinning at the adorable redhead.

Chloe pulled her phone out of her purse and gave a sweet smile. "Put in your number. Aubrey and I are in town for the rest of the week, so maybe we can get together."

Beca complied then texted herself so she'd have the redhead's number. "Ummm yeah, I'd love to show you some of the city outside of the Kingdom." The brunette shuffled her feet as she knew her face was turning scarlet.

"I'm glad I caught you two. It's been great talking to you, and I am sure we can arrange something for later." Beca paused and thought for a moment. She dug around in her uniform pockets and pulled out two cards. "Are you ladies going to still be in the park around seven?" Chloe looked at Aubrey who shrugged. "The Kingdom is making a special video of the ride tonight." She motioned over her shoulder back at Space Mountain. "You get to go through the ride with the lights on."

Chloe squealed and began clapping as she turned to her friend. "Can we Aubrey? Oh please, please, please?" Aubrey rolled her eyes as she agreed but only because the lights were going to be on.

"Great. Meet me at the entrance around 6:30. These are employee passes for me and my friend, but we can walk you through." Beca's face was about to split from smiling so big.

Immediately Chloe got concerned. "We can't take your passes Beca."

"I want you to Chloe. It's really a freaky experience. Stacie and I do it all the time after work. Just don't tell our boss."


A few days after Chloe and Aubrey's vacation was over, and they were back at college, Chloe's phone buzzed. When she saw it was Beca, she grinned and glanced over at the Space Mountain ride photograph Beca had sneakily given her when they had met for dinner one night in Orlando.

[Hot Ride Operator: Hey Chloe!]
[Sexy Asteroid Blaster: Beca! How's the mouse?]
[Hot Ride Operator: Still squeaking. Have you seen the vid?]
[Sexy Asteroid Blaster: What?]
[Hot Ride Operator: WDW released the YouTube of the Space Mountain-Lights-On ride. It's gone viral]
[Sexy Asteroid Blaster: Huh?]
[Hot Ride Operator: Yeah. Check it out]

Beca sent Chloe a link to the promotional article which included the YouTube video. Chloe glanced at the hits before pressing play.

[Sexy Asteroid Blaster: Holy cow. This has over 185,000 hits so far and it was just released yesterday]
[Hot Ride Operator: Just watch it]

Chloe watched the professionally edited video which started out with some narration and then went into showing the ride from several camera angles. There were front mounted cameras as well as fixed cameras that caught the riders' reactions. Chloe finished it then watched it again.

"Aubrey," she called out. "Aubrey!" She went running to her friend's room to show her the video. "Look, look, we went viral!" She played the video for Aubrey.

Aubrey's face blanched as the camera focused in on her and Chloe who were sitting in the first row of the first car. Chloe was screaming and laughing like crazy with her hands waving wildly in the air. Aubrey's eyes were screwed shut as she had a death grip on the safety railing.

"As you can see," the voice over announcer said, "riders had completely different responses to the incredibly freaky ride through Space Mountain with the lights on."

"I'm going to kill your little hobbit. I didn't know this was for a promotional video."

Chloe wrapped her arms around her friend. "But just think Bree. You're famous." She chirped.

[Hot Ride Operator: What'd you think?]
[Sexy Asteroid Blaster: heart emoji roller coaster emoji]
[Sexy Asteroid Blaster: I think we're gonna be really fast friends]