Ayy guys! I'm publishing this chapter early because I'll be gone tomorrow, and I still wanted to have something for you awesome people to read! Another huge thanks to all of you! Enjoy! :D

Ch. 21

Toby had been absolutely right when he said it was a good day. It wasn't too hot, and the wind blowing threw my hair as we dashed down the highway felt excellent.

"So, can I ask where we are heading?" I began to interrogate him. Toby grinned so big, I could see every single tooth in his perfect mouth.

"Now why would you ask a dumb question like that?" he giggled as he looked at the long paved asphalt in front of us zoom by fast.

"Toby, how many times do we have to go over this?" I shook my head and smacked my forehead playfully.

"Fine. If you must know, we are on our way to Santa Monica. You get no more information!"

I frowned. "What? Is that a city?"

"NO MORE!" He bellowed in a voice that reminded me of a sports park announcer. I shrunk in my seat and crossed my arms while I stuck out my bottom lip and pouted.

"Why?" I whined. I hated when he did this. He made have screwed around a lot, but damn, he was one stubborn dude.

"You cannot know what I have planned in store! If I tell you, it would ruin the sur-" he caught himself and cleared his throat. I smiled inside. "It would ruin the sheer amount of epicosity I have in store."

"Fine. It better be worth the wait! Also, it better not involve too much sight, because I am blinder than my grandma in a sandstorm."

Toby chuckled. "That's an interesting simile you have there!" I beamed.

"Oh sir, you have no idea! I have jars of them stored in the shelves of my brain!"

Toby smirked, but left it at that. He let me turn on the radio and our horrible singing blended in with the wind while we zoomed to this mysterious Santa Monica.

20 minutes later we pulled up to a dock filled with tons of shops, tourists, and strange people doing incredibly strange stuff. The air smelled of salt as the shimmering blue ocean crashed on the brown sandy shore.

It was going to be a perfect day, even with the struggle of sight.

"Wow!" I exclaimed as I threw my arms in the air. "Of what I can see, this place already looks and smells amazing!"

"Smells?" A puzzled look appeared on Toby's face. "It smells like salt."

"Exactly! I've never seen the ocean! It's awesome!" I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, loving the sea salt smell. Ah, the ocean. It was absolutely delightful.

"I forgot! Well my dear, I have an awesome day planned!"

I grinned. "Well then, let's get started my darling Tobuscus!"

Toby grinned back and hopped out of the car James Bond style, as in he didn't bother opening the door. Then he quickly dashed to my side and yanked the door open, twirling me into his arms in one graceful motion. He kissed the top of my head while my cheeks turned a thousand shades of pink.

I looped my arm through his and together we walked towards the shops and crazy people.

I've seen plenty of crazy people before, but these people were CRAZY. Random people preformed crazy stunts, danced stupidly, or sold items dressed in strange outfits. I turned towards Toby to see what he thought of all of this, but his expression was not one I expected at all.

My boyfriend was grinning ear to ear.

"Those people have guts," I muttered under my breath. Toby belted out in laughter.

"I would like that to be me one day," he exclaimed, his head bobbing in the breeze.

Well that explained why he wasn't creeped out. I should have guessed. This man had balls.

"You aren't afraid to do anything, are you?" I asked, shaking my head. I already knew the answer to that question. All Toby did was grin.

After a few more steps Toby suddenly stopped and turned towards me. "Have you eaten?"

"No. I wasn't sure if you wanted me to."

"Well, we are going to get some delicious burgers. The epicosity starts in 3, 2, 1…" he paused and I tilted my head forward as a gesture for him to continue.

"BLAST OFF!" He shouted, sending me into the air with a yelp. Several people turned towards us to see what had "rudely" interrupted their lunch.

"Sorry!" I waved at them before pulling Toby away from them.

"Whoops…" he mumbled. I looked at him, and before I knew it we were both laughing.

"Oh, her face was like, 'young stupid adults! Get a real life!'" I choked on my laughter. We probably looked like idiots, and once upon a time I would've cared. Now, standing here with the man who had more courage than a shark, I didn't give a god diggity.

20 minutes later the two of us were sitting out on a bench eating burgers and tossing French fries at random by passers. They glared at us evil like, but Toby apologized and somehow managed to make them think it was an accident.

I took a long sip of my drink to calm down my laughter, and then I sighed happily. "This is excellent Toby. Thanks a billion."

"Oh, it isn't over yet! Listen." I held my head high and turned my ear towards the laughter and screams of tourists and civilians.

I scrunched my face up in confusion. "Why are people screaming?" I questioned. I was granted with the answer of a roaring roller coaster. Frantically I looked around, but without my glasses any object far away was blurry like hell.

I bent down to pick up a napkin that escaped from my grasp while I was freaking out, and when I came back up I was granted with the gift of sight.

I blinked to make sure it wasn't a hoax, and looked all around at how clear everything suddenly was. There was, in fact, a roller coaster, and not only that there was a Ferris wheel. We were at a pier!

Toby stood behind me, his face bright red. Something was up. I pulled off the glasses to see that they weren't my original glasses, but ones that looked like old fashioned 1980's giant square rimmed ones. They even had the tape around the middle. How was it I was able to see out of these? Were they my prescription?

"Toby?" I demanded, putting my hands on my hips.

He smiled. "You said you were a nerd in high school, and I told you I liked you for who you were." He took the glasses from my hands and pushed them onto my face. "You have to embrace the real you sweetie."

Now it was my turn to blush. I kissed him on the cheek and pulled him into a major hug. When he let go, I looked at him.

"Is that what you were doing this morning? You knew were my glasses were the entire time!"

"Pfft, no I didn't!" he grunted unconvincingly as he crossed his arms and looked away. I grinned.

"Toby Turner, you are quite the charmer." I kissed him again.

"I try, he whispered jokingly as he hugged me tighter.

After about three more minutes of an awkward over the bench hug, we both released and pitched our trash in the garbage.

"So, are you ready for some fun?" he asked slowly, making sure to draw out each syllable. I laughed and playfully punched his shoulder.

"I've been ready since we arrived!" Toby beamed.

"Well my beautiful nugget, let us venture on!" He grabbed my hand and dragged me towards the towering rollercoaster.

I'm not sure if you can actually replicate someone's glasses prescription... but let's pretend you can. :)