Chapter 14: Life's A Rollercoaster
At the amusement park they split up into groups. Calvin and Daniel go their way, Becky, Henry, Jake go another. Charlie and Ann go off on their own. Nora, Bud and their son Tom go with Kate, Tom B, Nigel and Kyle. Jimmy, Sarina go with Lisa and Robin. Kim and Jessica go off by themselves, Mark and Kenneth go their own way. Sarah and Elliot go another. While Vinny and Lorraine get away from the Bakers and the Murtaughs. Vinny sees Mike by himself sitting on a bench.
"Hey Mike." Vinny said as he walked over to him.
"Hey." Mike replied sadly.
"What's wrong?" Vinny asked sitting next to him on the bench.
"Noone wants me to hanging out with them." Mike told him.
"What about your Mom and Dad?" Vinny then asked.
"I'm eleven not nine." Mike said.
"What about Jake?" Vinny then asked.
"He's looking at girls that walk by. Then, he said I was annoying and told me to go bother Sarah and Elliot." Mike explained.
"Sarah told you to get lost didn't she?" Vinny asked.
"She took me aside and said that if I go with her and Elliot she would pound me." Mike then explained.
"You can hang out with me and Lorraine if you want." Vinny said.
"No thanks." Mike replied.
"Come on it will be fun. Plus, I'll have someone to go on the rides with." Vinny commented.
"What about Lorraine?" Mike questioned.
"With the way she's been feeling lately, I don't think she wants to go any rides." Vinny told him.
"I don't know." Mike sighed.
"Hangout with me and Lorraine. I'm sure she wouldn't care." Vinny told him.
"Ok but, I get to pick the rides we go on." Mike said.
"Deal." Vinny said as he got up from the bench.
Mike gets up and stands there.
"Can we go on that ride?" Mike asked in excitement pointing to a gigantic steel roller coaster.
This rollercoaster has three gigantic loops, a huge drop and two spirals.
"Do you really want to go on that ride?" Vinny asked looking at it.
"Yeah." Mike smiled.
"Are you sure?" Vinny then asked.
"Do you want to go on that ride?" Mike asked as his msiled faded.
"Hell yeah. I was just amking sure that you're man enough to ride that beast." Vinny laughed.
"I'm man enough." Mike laughed.
Vinny and Mike ride that coaster three times in a row.
"What took you two so long?" Lorraine asked when they finally got off the ride.
"We decided to go on an additional two times." Mike replied.
"Mike, you look sick to your stomach." Lorraine said seeing how pale Mike is.
"I'm still alittle dizzy from that monster coaster." Mike smiled.
Vinny, Lorraine and Mike walk the park. Vinny and Mike hit up every coaster they can find. Wooden, steel, feet dangling, loops, spirals you name they went on it. Mike looks like he's about to hurl.
"You feeling okay?" Vinny asked Mike.
"I'm fine." Mike replied.
Vinny sees a roller coaster that does two loops and then goes backwards.
"We have to go on that one." Vinny said to Mike.
"Okay." Mike said trying not to hurl when he saw it.
They get on it and ride it an additonal three times. When they fianlly get off the ride Mike is holding his stomach.
"You okay?" Vinny asked seeing the look on Mike's face.
"I'm fine." Mike replied.
Mike walks a few more inches and throws up in a bush.
"At least you didn't throw up on me this time." Vinny commented.
Mike looks at him.
"I think we should go to the cabins now." Vinny said as he saw Mike's face.
"Good idea." Mike gaged.
Lorraine is waiting for them.
"Let's find the others." Vinny said to her.
"Is Mike okay?" Lorraine asked.
"He threw up in the bushes over there but, he's fine now." Vinny answered.
Mike moans and holds his stomach.
"Vinny, he looks awful." Lorraine said as she saw Mike.
Vinny picks up Mike and carries him to find the others. Mike falls asleep as Vinny is carrying him.
"You're going to make a great Dad." Lorraine said as she kissed him.
"The kid didn't feel well." Vinny replied.
"It was sweet what you did for Mike tonight." Lorraine told him.
"Mike's a good kid." Vinny smiled.
Mike sighs and sniffles. They find the others.
"What's wrong with Mike?" Kate asked them.
"Him and Vinny went on all the roller coasters here. Mike got sick and threw up." Lorraine explained.
Kate runs her hand through Mike's hair. Bud is carrying his son Tom who is also asleep.
"I thought you were afraid of heights?" Tom B asked Vinny.
"I lied. I was hyperventilating because I was out of breathe that time you caught me in Lorraine's room." Vinny smirked.
"I knew it." Tom said to him.
"What's your point?" Vinny then asked him.
Jake, Henry and Becky find them.
"How was your guys night?" Jimmy asked them.
"It was good.." Becky replied.
"A girl slapped Jake across the face." Henry laughed.
"Why?" Tom asked Jake.
"I asked her if she wanted to hangout with me." Jake replied.
"That's it?" Vinny then asked.
"Then I put my arm around her and then I kissed her." Jake explained.
"Jake, you were moving too fast. You have to let things develope especailly when you first meet a girl." Vinny then explained.
"I can give my son dating advice. Jake, you need to slow down and let things develope." Tom told Jake.
"I just said that." Vinny told him.
"I said something completely different." Tom told him.
"You shortened it." Vinny said to him.
Sarah and Elliot are hand and hand when they get to where everyone else is.
"I see that you two had a great evening?" Jake asked them.
"Yeah. It was fun." Sarah smiled.
"First we went on that gigantic steel roller coaster, then we went on the haunted house. Then we sat and talked about everything. Then finally we went in The Tunnel of Love." Elliot smiled.
"We should of went in The Tunnel of Love." Lorraine said to Vinny.
"I hate that mushy crap. You know that." Vinny sighed.
Lorraine shakes her head at Vinny. They all leave. Vinny places Mike in the back-seat of the Z. The Bakers go back to their cabin, the Muratughs go back to The Boulders, Nora, Bud and their son follow Charlie and Ann back to their place. Vinny drives Lorraine and Mike back to the Baker cabin. Vinny takes Mike into the cabin and places him on the couch. He puts the blanket over Mike. Mike shifts in his sleep and sighs. Vinny drives back to The Boulders.