"Thank you," Johnny said to me a few hours later.

"For what?" I looked up at him and he grabbed my hand.

"For bringing me to your little slice of the world." I smiled as we walked towards the Ferris Wheel from the photo booth. I had taken him to that little amusement park by Dakota.

"I'm happy to welcome you into it."

He smiled and kissed the top of my head. Looking up, his eyes widened. "Come on," He pulled me into a dark tent and I rolled my eyes.

Oh no, were my only thoughts as we sat across from Nura Nal herself. Her mouth was in a huge 'O' when she saw us holding hands. "Shut up." I mouthed to her.

"Well don't you two look adorable." She smiled so brightly, and it made the two of us blush. "And what can I do for you?"

"How about just a tarot reading?"

"Alright." Nura fanned the cards out on the table and chose four random cards. Flipping the first one over, she said, "Soul-mates." She smiled brightly as she turned over another card. "Desires." Nura winked at me and I blushed so much. But her face dropped a little when the next card flipped upside down, "Broken Friendship." The next card, which was also upside down, really crushed the spirits of the three of us. "Broken Marriage." She looked up at us. "I'm sorry."

"Me too." My head fell to my chest, and Johnny stood up.

"Come on," He grabbed my hand. "This whole spiel is a load of bull. Don't believe it."

I put on a fake smile. "You're right."

He started to pull me away from the tent and I looked back at Nura who mouthed, "I'm so sorry."

"I know." I mouthed back.


"Don't look into the cards too much." Johnny tried to reason with me as we sat in the Ferris Wheel. "It's not like it's real."

"I know." I lied. "But those cards just made me think, that's all."

"Hey," He moved across the cabin and sat next to me. "Don't worry about it. We are always going to be friends, no matter what. And if we do happen to get married down the road, I won't let it fail."

"Do you mean that?" I stared intently into his eyes.

Johnny smiled. "Yeah." With that, he leaned over and granted me a chaste kiss. I placed my hands on the side of his face and held him there.

"I really want us to stay like this."

He smirked. "Just like this?"

"Maybe not just like this." He chuckled and graced me with another kiss. And then he looked at me. Johnny stared into my eyes like he was staring into my soul. "What?" I couldn't help blushing under his stare.

"Let's go somewhere."

"We are somewhere."

"Somewhere private." He breathed in my ear making me shiver.

It was hard to think when he was doing that. "We could go to my house." I suggested, him leading me out of the gondola and back onto the streets of Adventure Land.

"What about your parents?"

I smirked an evil smirk up at him. "I live alone."

He was definitely on board, and he said, "You're gonna have to explain all of this to me one day."

My smirk turned into a sweet smile. "Today is not that day." And I teleported the two of us to the house that I inherited from my last guardian.


"What do you mean you've never seen Happy Gilmore?" Johnny asked incredulously as we stood in the FYE right next to the Wok and Roll.

"I've never seen Happy Gilmore, don't freak out on me." The people at the Wok and Roll had to make more chicken and rice, so we decided to go next door and make it a dinner-and-a-movie.

He just stared. "We are so getting this." He plucked it out of the rack. "In fact, we're getting the Adam Sandler classics." And so we went around the comedy section, him picking out Little Nicky, Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy, Big Daddy, and Mr. Deeds.

"We aren't going to watch all of these tonight, are we?" He paid for the DVDs, and we walked back to the Chinese restaurant.

"No, we'll watch Happy Gilmore tonight and the rest tomorrow." He smirked at me.

"We'll have two orange chicken with fried rice to-go, please." I ordered for the two of us. "You know, you can't stay at my house forever." I mumbled to him.

"Yeah, I know." He dropped his tone.

Aw, now he's sad. "That doesn't mean you can't stay for the night." I smiled at him, and he couldn't help but smile back. "I'll get this." I paid for our dinner and grabbed the bag. He put his arm over my shoulders as we walked out.

"You know what?" He asked as we walked down the street towards my house.

"What?" I looked up at him and he just squeezed me closer to him.

It seemed as if he couldn't find the right words, but when he did speak, "I really, really...really like being with you."

I couldn't help but blush profusely. "Well I really really really like being with you too."

He squinted his eyes in suspicion. "Really?"

I nodded, all smiles. "Really."

Johnny stopped and gave me this hug. I have never felt so safe and warm in my entire life. Kissing the top of my head, he whispered. "Good."


"Son of a bitch! Gimme my ball! Give it here! Cough it up you dirty bastard, I swear to God I'll rip it outta you!" Adam Sandler screamed at the reptile.

I couldn't keep the smile off my face. I also couldn't keep laughter from escaping me. I tried to by covering my mouth with my hand, but that failed.

Johnny wasn't even watching the movie anymore. He just stared at me, smiling at my reactions. Not only that, he was gently petting my bare calf as it laid between his legs. I know, it sounds a little sketchy, but I felt like wearing basketball shorts, and it seemed natural for us to be close like this.

"Andi," Johnny started a few minutes later.

"Yeah?" I turned to him.

He smiled as he said, "You have beautiful leaves."

Again, I blushed profusely. It seemed as if that's all I could do while I was with him. "Thank you." My smile stretched so wide that he could see all of my teeth.

And so we stared at each other, knowing exactly what was going to happen next. And surprisingly, I was ready for it. Honestly, I never thought that I would feel this way about someone. Jameson and Shannon really fucked me over, no pun intended.

During the middle of the date scene, I stood up from the couch, grabbed his hand, and started leading him towards the stairs. We were about to reach the second floor, when I turned around and faced him. "Will you stop if I say, 'stop'?"

"I wouldn't have a second thought."

I gave him a quick kiss, and took him to my room...