Maya didn't know where she wanted to go for her day out with her Daddy so Dylan said they would go out for a drive even though Sam didn't like the prospect of her daughter travelling in the rusty heap that was Dylan's Land Rover but Dylan managed to persuade her by saying she of all people should know that Land Rovers were perfectly safe vehicles given the fact that they were used frequently in the army.
They were driving passed a huge park when Maya saw it. "Oh Daddy look! A fun fair!" She cried pointing at all the rides that was in the field in the large park.
"Would you like to check it out princess?" He asked and she nodded excitedly. He found a space near the park gates and parked before climbing out. He walked round to the front passenger side and opened up Mayas door. "Out you get then." He said.
Maya looked down at the pavement and then looked up at Dylan. "It's very high Daddy, can you carry me?" She asked when she saw the big drop (well it was a big drop for a five year old anyway). Dylan chuckled, lifted her out and rested her on his hip comfortably.
A short while later they had arrived at the fun fair area. Dylan had to admit that it was rather large for a small town fun fair, they had almost everything from waltzers to a little railway train. "What do you want to go on first then princess?" He asked over the music and screeches of laughter that emanated from every direction.
Maya looked around with a thoughtful expression on her face. Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye she saw Cinderella which of course made her turn swiftly in the direction of the image only to have her eyes land on the tea cups. She gasped and looked at Dylan with a broad grin upon her face. "Princess tea cups!" She said quickly and Dylan laughed. 'Her and her bloody princesses.' He thought to himself. Maya had been with them for less than a week but yet he could have sworn she had watched 'Cinderella' over a thousand times! It had gotten to a point where he knew some of the lines word for word!
"The princess tea cups it is then." He said before wondering over to the line that was luckily, quite short.
They arrived at the front of the cue a few short moments later to come face to face with the ride operator. "Two please." Dylan said although personally, he was dreading going on the tea cups, he hated anything that spun around, even if they were meant for children! Spinning meant dizziness, dizziness meant nausea which only resulted in vomit! But in the end Dylan reminded himself that this day wasn't about him, no, that would make him selfish, this day was about Maya and him proving to her that he would always be there.
"That's a fiver please." The ride operator requested and Dylan resisted the urge to laugh in his face and walk away. Five pounds for what? A four or five minute ride that was going to end u making him chuck his guts up?! It was a joke!
However, instead of telling him to shove his ride up the you-know-what he reluctantly handed over a five pound note. "What one do you want to go in then darling?" He asked looking around at the six tea cups although he knew he didn't even have to ask.
"The Cinderella one!" Maya said pointing at the tea cup with Cinderella on it. Dylan laughed and walked over to the tea cup in question. He sat Maya down on the seat and put the chain across the gap in the cup so that they didn't fall out as the ride was running/ He sat down beside his daughter and put and arm around her.
Maya looked up at him and laughed. "Don't be scared Daddy, I'll look after you." She said between her cute and innocent giggles and Dylan simply nodded as he tried to distract himself from the situation he now found himself in.
"That was so fun! Wasn't it fun Daddy!?" Maya said as her and Dylan climbed off the platform of the tea cups.
"Yeah fun." Dylan mumbled trying and failing to sound sincere. To be honest he felt like he was going to throw up! That was the worst five minutes of his entire life! The only good thing that came out of him going on that ride was that he got to see his little girl enjoy herself. He spotted a hot dog stand and looked down at Maya. "Would you like a drink sweetheart?" He asked deciding that he personally needed a drink of water to calm his stomach which had tied itself in knots.
Maya nodded and the two of them went over to the stand that was reasonably empty. "A bottle of water and erm..." He looked down at Maya who was looking up at him. "What would you like sweetheart?" He asked and she shrugged.
"What is there Daddy? I can't see." She replied trying to peer over the counter in a way that made Dylan's heart melt in a futile attempt to look into the fridge. Dylan laughed and lifted her onto her shoulders shocking her but making her squeal in delight anyway. She peered into the fridge and smiled widely. "Chocolate milk!" She cried when she saw the chocolate Yazoo's in the fridge.
The woman behind the counter laughed and took out a bottle of ice cold water and a bottle of the chocolate milkshake. "Anything else?" She asked with a kind smile.
"Do you want anything else baby?" Dylan asked and Maya looked at all of the different snacks and treats before her eyes landed on the pink candy floss.
"Princess candy!" She said happily pointing at the cloud like treat. Then she spotted the candy dummies, "Daddy we should get Mummy that dummy, it's not fair that she had to stay at home." She said showing signs of sympathy for her mother.
Dylan looked at the woman behind the counter and nodded so she put a packet of candy floss and a candy dummy on the counter beside their drinks. "That's four fifty." She said and surprising Dylan thought the pricing wasn't that bad. He handed over the money before collecting the items he had purchased before finding a bench for him and Maya to sit on whilst she ate her candy floss.
In the end Maya and Dylan had been almost everything except the bigger rides like the twister and the waltzers. Maya had even somehow persuaded him to go on the bumper cars although he was reluctant as he didn't want her getting hurt but one look at her face made him think twice about refusing so he paid for him to go on them after making her promise him she wouldn't tell Sam. Dylan had even managed to win Maya a huge teddy bear from one of those 'Hook-a-Duck' stands. All in all father and daughter had a fantastic time and now Dylan was driving home in peaceful silence as Maya fell asleep in the seat beside him after a long day at the fair with her beloved Daddy. However, his mood was slightly dampened when he realised his words from earlier, when he got back to Sam's flat he was going to have to gather all of his belongings and leave his wife and daughter behind as he was going to have to return to his house boat.