Chapter 20 – Amusement Park Fun! (Part 2)
As their first night at the park comes to a close and the group heads back to the hotel, Nicky sits next to Kaname on the shuttle ride back. There were less people on the shuttle this time so they were all able to sit comfortably. Aside from the dirty looks Eli continues to give Nicky's rabbit, the ride back is peaceful. As they reach the hotel, Nicky looks over at Aidou and asks, "What are you going to do about a room?"
"What do you mean?" Aidou asks, blinking in surprise as they walk into the hotel lobby, "I figured I would stay in the same room as Kaname-sama and Ichijou. Why?"
"Well, it's just that the rooms only have two beds. If you stayed in the same room as Kaname and Ichijou someone would have to share a bed," Nicky explains.
Eli snickers, "Unless you want to spoon with Ichijou, I'm guessing you'll have to get your own room."
Aidou looks over at Eli, more than a little disturbed by the girl's comment. After thinking he suggests, "Why don't I stay in your room?" After receiving a stern look from Kaname Aidou quickly adds, "I was just thinking you two could share a bed since your both girls and I could get the extra bed."
The girls think for a moment about the boys suggestion. Even if Nicky didn't really feel completely comfortable with sharing a bed, she didn't think the suggestion was so bad. Eli on the other hand replies flatly, "Sleep in the lobby."
Nicky chuckles nervously, as Eli heads for the elevator with Ichijou following close behind. "Um, we could always get you your own room." Nicky suggests, "It probably won't be anywhere near our rooms, but at least you'll have a place to stay."
Aidou pouts, "But…"
Kaname interrupts the boy, "I think that is our only option, unless you would prefer going back to Cross Academy."
"Ah, no! That sounds like a great idea!" Aidou laughs nervously as Kaname heads over to see about getting him a room. Aidou sighs as he looks down at Nicky who gives him a nervous smile. Kaname-sama was never this short with me before he met her…
When Kaname walks back over he hands Aidou a card-key. "Your room is on the second floor. You'll have to find some way to entertain yourself while we're at the park."
"But, Miss Kathy got me a pass too, so I could go to the park with you," Aidou says as they head for the elevator. Nicky frowns, hearing that Aidou had gotten her mother to spend so much money on him. She knew her stepfather wouldn't be very happy about this and it would come back to her in the end.
Kaname picks up on Nicky's expression and can guess what she's thinking, "I'll reimburse you mother later."
"Ah, thanks Kaname," Nicky chuckles nervously as Aidou pouts again.
"It's not that big of a deal, is it?" Aidou asks, looking at Kaname instead of Nicky.
Nicky crosses her arms and sighs, her bunny fit snugly against her chest, "You are inconveniencing my mother." Aidou looks away a bit ashamed. Even if he didn't quite care for Nicky, he did like her mother. The woman was nice and seemed to adore him.
"Will it be okay if I apologize later?" Aidou asks as the elevator stops on his floor.
Nicky nods, "Okay, tomorrow we'll be gathering downstairs at around 8:30 so we can eat and catch the shuttle back to the park. Don't be late."
"Alright," Aidou leaves to go to his room, leaving Kaname and Nicky alone on the elevator. Nicky sighs, enjoying the quiet as the elevator heads up.
"I wasn't expecting to see him there," Nicky says, looking up at Kaname, "The park it big, he's lucky he found us."
Kaname nods, remaining quiet. He didn't exactly want Ichijou and Eli there, having Aidou there was just one more inconvenience. He wanted to get closer to Nicky, which was hard with an audience, especially Eli, getting in the way at every turn. When the elevator stops at their floor, Kaname stops Nicky from getting off. Nicky looks up at the man, a bit confused when he suddenly leans down and kisses her. Nicky was initially caught off guard, but quickly responds, kissing the man back.
After fifteen minutes pass, Eli begins to get a bit anxious. "What are they doing?" the girl mutters to herself, crossing her arms and leaning back against the headboard of the bed. "It couldn't take this long just to get rid of Aidou, could it?" Then again, he is a persistent one. Eli sighs, getting up off her bed and taking a pair of pajamas into the bathroom. While she is changing, Eli hears the door open and close. Walking out of the bathroom Eli casually asks, "What took you?"
"Uh," still holding onto the stuffed rabbit, Nicky looks over at her friend, a big, dopy smile on her face and a light blush on her cheeks.
"Oh, GAWD," Eli groans when she sees her friend's expression, "I don't want to know!"
Nicky chuckles as she heads into the bathroom to change as well, "Sorry, I didn't realize you'd be waiting."
Eli falls face first onto her bed. It really looked like Kaname was going to be putting up a fight and getting Nicky together with Ichijou wouldn't be nearly as easy as she thought it would. "What am I going to do?" Eli mumbles into her blankets as she looks up. She glares over at the rabbit which Nicky had dropped off on her bed.
As Nicky walks out of the bathroom, she looks over at Eli and chuckles nervously, "You want me to put him away?" Eli gives a short nod and Nicky puts the toy in the small closet in the corner of the room. "Better?" Eli gives another short nod and Nicky laughs. Falling back onto her bed, Nicky sighs happily.
"So, what happened with Aidou?" Eli asks as she sits up.
Nicky looks over, "Kaname got him his own room. He's going to be coming with us to the park."
"How?" Eli asks, "He doesn't have any money, does he?"
"He got my mom to get him a pass," Nicky rolls her eyes.
Eli shakes her head, "Great, now we'll have to deal with him."
Nicky shrugs, "Doesn't really matter now, does it? He's here so, let's just try to make the best of it. Okay?"
Eli shrugs, "Alright. Oh! I'll get to mess with him too!" Eli grins, thinking about all the things she could do to mess with Kaname using Aidou. Maybe I can get them on the Tunnel of Love ride together!
Nicky stares at her friend, "You have that look on your face again."
"What are you talking about?" Eli asks, faking innocents, "Anyway, goodnight!" Eli rolls over, pulling the blankets up over her. Nicky sighs at her friend and crawls under her own blankets, shutting off the lights.
During that second day the group begins to go on some of the rides, starting with the less extreme rides. Though, now that he wasn't so worried about finding Kaname, Aidou was able to enjoy the park and wanted to see some of the sights the others had seen the day before. Nicky chuckles at the boy's excitement. He wasn't nearly as childlike as Ichijou was, but it was still cute to see him wandering around.
As the group moves to stand in line for one of the roller coasters, Nicky looks around and spots a familiar face. "Jasmine?" Nicky asks, looking at a girl a couple of people ahead of them. The girl was a little taller than Eli with shoulder length black hair, dark brown eyes hidden behind cobalt blue contacts and cocoa colored skin.
"Nicky? Hey!" the girl moves back to stand near the group, "When did you get back?
"A couple weeks ago, I tried to find you but Megan said you were staying with your brother."
"Yeah, he had an accident and needed someone to help him out while he recovered," Jasmine explains, "So, how are things at the boarding school?"
"Good, actually I'm here with my roommate," Nicky motions back to Eli who steps forward, "This is Eli and these are our friends. This is Ichijou, Aidou and my boyfriend Kaname." Nicky motions to each boy as she names him. Jasmine's eye widen a bit when Nicky names Kaname as her boyfriend.
"Your…? Good for you!" Jasmine smiles, "You finally found yourself a guy!"
Nicky chuckles and Eli snorts, crossing her arms. Jasmine raises an eyebrow and Kaname explains, "Eli doesn't like me. She would rather see Nicky with Ichijou."
"Oh, I see," Jasmine glances between Kaname and Ichijou, "Why doesn't she like you?" Eli mumbles something to herself in Spanish and Nicky chuckles nervously.
"Various reasons," Kaname says simply.
"Ah… Well, if Nicky likes you, that must mean you're a nice guy," Jasmine gives Kaname a smile as the line moves forward. "Your names don't really sound English, where are you guys from?"
"Japan, actually," Ichijou speaks up, moving closer to the girls.
"Then how did you all meet? Didn't your parents ship you off to England?" Jasmine asks, looking at Nicky.
Nicky laughs nervously, "Well, it's kind of a long story."
"We have plenty time," Jasmine says, motioning to a sign saying "Wait from here: 30 minutes."
Nicky sighs, "Well, when I first arrived at the school I was rooming with another girl and I became friends with her and her group. After I was there for a week, they wanted me to do this 'initiation' thing where I had to go from the school dorms to the front gate, touch it and then come back. It was really late and pitch black out and you know how I am with the dark."
Jasmine nods, "Yeah, but there weren't any lights at all? And exactly how far was the gate from the dorm?"
"It was about 200 meters and there weren't any lights aside from a dim one right outside the door to the dorm," Nicky explains. She goes on to explain what happened next. How Chrissie and her friends had locked her out of the dorm, then the gate, including how Leslie had told her she shouldn't have come to England and everything. "And I guess I must have been so frightened I passed out because the next thing I knew I was waking up in the manor Kaname's friend owns."
"Wow what a little…" Jasmine trails off, "What happened to them? I mean, the school must have punished them, right?"
"Yeah, Chrissie and Leslie were suspended. The others didn't really know what they were planning so they were excused," Nicky explains.
"What a way to meet a guy," Jasmine sighs looking at the men in the group, "What happened after that?" It takes the remainder of the wait in line to fill Jasmine in on everything else that had happened, leaving out the vampire part and the fight during Christmas. As they get close to the front of the line Jasmine whistles, "Wow… that's a really amazing story. You know, you're pretty lucky. You managed to snag a really cute boyfriend!" Jasmine grins at Nicky and the girl blushes. Kaname on the other hand wasn't really sure how to respond to the compliment.
After the ride, Jasmine and Nicky exchange cell phone numbers and Jasmine heads off to rejoin her group as Nicky and the others head off to find another ride. As they walk Aidou looks over at Nicky, "So, your friend seemed nice."
"Yeah, it's too bad her girlfriend Tasha is such a pain," Nicky says, shrugging.
"Ah…" Aidou looks away, "Hint taken." Eli snickers a bit at the boy's disappointed look as they get in line for the next ride. By the time they stop for dinner the group has gone on a number of rides. They had decided earlier that morning to take turns letting each of them pick where they would eat. It was Eli's turn to pick and the girl decides on Mexican. The males were a bit on the fence about the food as they look at the menu.
"I know it looks odd, but it's actually good," Nicky assures the men as she orders nachos for the table. "Just make sure to stay away from anything with a lot of spice. If you're not used to it, it'll really upset your stomachs."
"Yeah, and then you'll be in the bathroom all night," Eli says with a grin as she digs into the nachos.
Something told Nicky that was exactly what Eli had intended, at least for Aidou and Kaname. "How about I order for you guys?" Nicky suggests, "I'll make sure you don't get anything that'll be bad for you." Kaname and Ichijou agree but Aidou rolls his eyes.
"How bad can it really be?" Aidou says, looking over the menu.
"Uh, you really should be careful about what you order. You're not used to Hispanic foods," Nicky suggests.
"Don't worry about me," Aidou waves his hand to dismiss Nicky's worry, "I'll be fine. Wasabi is hot and I love eating that, this food should be just fine." As the waitress walks over Aidou orders a spicy platter while Nicky orders the other two and herself more mild dishes.
As the woman walks away Nicky looks over at Aidou, "You're going to regret that later." Aidou rolls his eyes and Nicky sighs, "Well, at least you've got a room to yourself."
Half an hour after the group leaves the restaurant, Aidou begins to feel ill with stomach cramps. He excuses himself and heads back to the hotel early and Eli laughs, "Well, you tried to warm him."
Nicky sighs, "Yeah, but let's just stay away from Mexican food from now on, okay?"
Eli laughs again, "Alright, I got what I wanted anyway."
"Something told me you were planning something like this," Kaname says with a sigh. Nicky chuckles nervously and changes the subject.
The group goes on another few rides before heading back to the hotel themselves. This time Eli made sure to stick close to Nicky. She knew Kaname wouldn't do anything in front of her and she wasn't ready to give him the satisfaction of being alone with Nicky again. Instead she makes sure Nicky goes directly to the room once they get off the elevator.
Nicky and Eli take turns showering before getting ready for bed. "So, how bad to you think Aidou is feeling right now?" Eli asks with a grin as she relaxes on her bed.
Nicky sighs, "You are getting way too much enjoyment out of his misery."
"Hey, he had it coming!" Eli protests, "You tried to warn him but he was still all 'Oh, look at me I am the awesome Aidou! I don't need advice on what kinds of foods to eat.'"
Nicky frowns, "He doesn't sound anything like that."
Eli shrugs, "He does in my head. Anyway, you want to go to the water park tomorrow?"
"Sure!" Nicky smiles. She had let the boys know about the water half of the park so they would know to bring swim trunks. "Do you think Aidou will be well enough to come?"
"Hopefully not," Eli lays back on her bed while Nicky lays down on her own.
"I wonder if he even has a pair of trunks," Nicky thinks out loud.
Eli snickers, "What if he doesn't? He won't be able to go to the water park in jeans."
"Yeah," Nicky looks over at Eli who continues to snicker, "What's so funny?"
"What if he went in his underwear?" Eli asks, picturing Aidou in a pair of white briefs, "You think he wears boxers, or briefs?"
Nicky cringes, "What if he goes 'Commando?'"
Eli goes quiet for a moment, shuttering, "Ew, what'd you have to say that? Now I can't get the image of Aidou's pale white butt out of my head. Oh, gawd, make it stop!" Eli buries her head in her pillows and Nicky chuckles a bit.
"Good night, Eli," Nicky rolls over and turns off the light.
The next morning when the group meets up for breakfast, Nicky tells the boys about their plans to go to the water park. Aidou was feeling well enough, though he was still a little upset about spending half of his night in pain, running back and forth to the bathroom. At the mention of the water park Aidou speaks up, "I don't have a swim suit."
"Then don't come. I'm sure you can find other things to do," Eli suggests.
"Or," Ichijou points out, "we could get Aidou a pair of trunks from the gift shop."
Eli sighs, but doesn't argue as they get the boy's swimwear. After eating, the girls give the men a few minutes to change into their swimsuits before leaving for the shuttle. On the way to the amusement park, Aidou looks over at the girls and asks, "Does this mean you two are going to be wearing swim suits as well?"
"Yes, we have them on under out clothes," Nicky says, "there is a place we can store our clothes at the park."
"Oh, I see," Aidou glances around, "So, does this mean we'll see a lot of girls in bathing suits?"
Eli sighs, "Yeah, as well as guys and fat people and old people and little kids. It's a water park." Eli says the last two words slowly.
"I was just asking," Aidou frowns, not appreciating Eli's sarcasm.