Welp, got a chapter out today because I decided having one today and next week would work out alright. My goal is to finish this story around the summer, because I didn't want to keep it going on for over a year or longer. I thought it'd be too long to carry - so since I started this last year during the summer, that's when I decide to finish it this year :)
Also thank you for all the reviews! I'm glad you're all enjoying this as much as I am! I love writing them and I actually do enjoy rereading it myself too. XD And no, this is not the first day of spring or... yea...it's just the chapter name
Anyways, enjoy this next chapter!
Jay lifted a thick jacket and eyed it carefully before spinning around to ask Cole a question. "Hey, do you think I should bring this along? The weather forecast said this whole week would be warm and sunny, so I'm not sure what to bring and what not to bring…"
Cole finished packing his bag and went to plug in a digital camera he had taken from home with him. Glancing over his shoulder at the coat, Cole shrugged. "I dunno and I don't care."
Tossing the coat to the bed, Jay folded his arms across his chest and walked towards his backpack. He was halfway through packing his things, which was a surprise because usually he'd always have a hard time deciding what to bring. He was always afraid he might've needed something that he decided to leave at home, so he started packing almost everything he could get his hands on.
When he was finally done packing, he kicked his backpack to the wall beside his bed and dusted his hands together.
"Done!"
"Mmm, yeah, that's nice." Cole averted his eyes to Jay's bag. "Uh, what exactly did you bring?"
"Clothes, phone, phone charger, earphones, a few snacks that I've kept stored in my desk drawer, a pen, water bottle, wallet duh, and a few other things that you don't gotta know about," he told him with a quirky grin.
Cole sighed and stuffed a book in his bag. "Okaaay, yeah that's… good. So tomorrow, we meet the others at the Fair and then from there it's off to Monty."
"Er, what's Monty… again?"
"Monty. It's the name of the town near where the Spring Fair is."
"Ohhhhh. Okay, I gotchu."
At last, it was the day of the Spring Fair.
Kids were pulling their parents around.
Parents were pulling them around.
Dogs were pulling them around too. And, vise versa.
One particular teenager, was holding a stick of cotton candy in his hand. The cotton candy was blue, to match his eyes and his favorite color. Next to him stood a teen with carelessly done hair, which was brown and sticking up in all sorts of angles. He was chewing down on a candy bar, the chocolate all gooey and creating a delicious taste in his mouth.
A few feet behind them stood two other teens. One in black and one in white. The last, was sitting down on a bench miles in front of them. He had gone ahead. Obviously.
"Hey, Kai, how's the fair so far?" Jay asked, hugging the plush chicken under his left arm. The chicken was something he had won at the Ring Toss game. He ripped a chunk of cotton candy from the fair snack.
Kai shrugged, "Eh, it's fine..."
"Fine?! It's awesome if you ask me!"
"Well look at what you got! All I got was a candy bar! What kinda game gives out candy bars as prizes?! Zane won a hat, Lloyd won a stuffed animal penguin, and Cole won a... A... Forget it! You all got something!" Kai complained, throwing his wrapper in the trash.
The raven-haired stopped Kai dead in his tracks. "Hey. Hey, hey, hey, I won a unicorn. Now that's... special," he stuck his tongue out and stuffed the unicorn in Kai's face.
Kai pushed it away and scrunched his nose, "Yeah well, we're playing something and I'm winning!" He ran over to a Skee Ball station and took the ball from the basket. Before he started, he looked around at the prizes. There were toy snakes, elephants, shirts, beach towels and more. Kai handed the worker a ticket and aimed the ball for the 100 hole.
He didn't want to lose.
No. He wasn't going to lose.
Not going to lose.
Just swing your arm.
And let. Go. Of the ball.
Taking in a deep breath, he swung his arm and let go of the ball, eyes wide as he watched for which hole it would jump in. Behind him, he could hear Jay screaming.
Jay elbowed Cole and let out a small chuckle. "I betcha he'll get it in the 10 point hole." Cole laughed along with him.
Kai clenched his knuckles till they turned white. Looking back at the man, he raised a brow. "Well, what'd I get?"
"Uh, a 10 point hole," he told Kai flatly.
"Lemme try again," he said and handed another ticket. Kai picked up the ball and aimed again. "C'mon, Kai, you can do this..." He told himself and swung the ball forward.
"Again with the ten points!" Kai growled and handed the guy another ticket. "One more time. Third time's a charm!"
He gave the ball another good and steady swing and eyed it carefully. It did a dance in the air and -
Landed in the 1 point hole.
Kai turned to the man slowly. "Could I just get a prize?" He said hoarsely.
"Sure dude..." He reached behind him and pulled out a whistle.
Kai's eyes lit up. "Ha! Ha ha ha! I got a whistle!" He cried and jumped around, circling the three of them.
Cole raised a brow. "Kai, it's -" Jay clamped a hand over Cole's mouth.
"Let him have it... Let him have this moment, Cole."
The hand slowly slid away and Cole looked down at his unicorn and turned its head toward Jay. "Suurree," he said in a higher pitched voice.
"Guys, why are you still here?! I've been waiting forever at the bench!" Lloyd yelled, running through the crowd of people. He held a lollipop in his hand and stuffed it in his mouth when he caught up to them.
"Well, Mr. Cranky here wanted a prize so badly, he dragged us to another event," Cole explained and rolled his eyes.
"You could've just asked for my penguin." Kai looked up. His jaw dropped when Lloyd had said that. Laughing, Lloyd hugged the penguin close to him, "Just kidding!" Kai's smile fell into a frown. "Come on guys, let's get to the other rides!" Lloyd told them and grabbed Kai's wrist, pulling him forward. The rest of the gang followed behind, Jay picking up the whistle Kai dropped.
About an hour later, they were finally next to ride the bumper cars.
The gate opened and Jay ran in first, hopping into a blue car. The others walked in, careful not to bump into any of the bumper cars and took their seats.
Kai took a red car with flames on the sides.
Lloyd took a grassy green car.
Zane couldn't find a white one, but he did find a pink car and didn't mind riding it.
And Cole found a black car with orange stripes, decorating it on the sides.
"Hahah! It is so on!" Kai declared, the front of his car facing the front of Jay's. They're brows drew in as they glared at each other, feeling confident in winning this round. The man by the gates put his arm up and started to go over a few words. Immediately afterwards, he let his arm drop back down and he blew a whistle.
The cars started moving at a somewhat average speed.
Jay and Kai rammed into each other in the beginning, ignoring that they were currently the center of attention of the nearby spectators.
Lloyd chased Cole around the edge of the arena, while Zane was driving leisurely around the area.
"C'mon, Zane! Help me get Kai!" Jay was saying, his voice growing louder as he came closer. The red car had driven away, bumping into other people's cars but getting as far away from Jay as possible.
"I would love to help but it looks like Lloyd has switched targets," Zane told him, pressing his foot against the pedal to get away from Lloyd, who was coming after him.
"Don't die!" Jay yelled to Zane.
The sound of a car coming up slowly beside him caused Jay to turn around. "You look beat."
"And it was only bumper cars for like five minutes!" Cole complained, dropping his head down to the front of the car. Jay patted his head. Lucky for them, they were nowhere near the center of the arena, or else people would've started running into them. Ooorrr they would've been asked to move.
Cole made a low growl. "You either stop patting my head or I will rip you to shreds when this is all over."
Jay's hand stopped and he slowly moved it away.
"Wanna help me chase Kai?"
Cole lifted his forearm, showing Jay a single thumb in the air.
Beaming, Jay readied his foot over the pedal and searched the arena for Kai.
"Ooh! C'mon, I see him! Let's go!" And just like that, Jay took off.
Cole lifted his head and blinked. "Ugh, hold on a sec…"
After the bumper cars, the entire group split into pairs… or a threesome.
Zane left with Kai, while Lloyd, Jay, and Cole went as a trio.
"Let's play some more games!" Jay and Lloyd said at the same time. "Jinx! - Jinx again!"
Cole's head fell backwards. "I got stuck with the two grown teenagers who act like little kids." He groaned, at the same time, running a hand over the unicorn's head.
"Says the guy who loves his toy unicorn," Lloyd teased.
Cole gasped and hugged the unicorn closer to his chest. "You take that back! Sparkle doesn't appreciate being called the t word."
Lloyd blinked in confusion.
Jay snorted. "Sparkle? Who's - oh… my… did you really name it? Oh my gosh, this is priceless!" He burst into laughter and threw a hand onto Lloyd's shoulder, his other arm over his torso. "He named the - the uni - unicorn!" Lloyd had to admit it was pretty funny, but he couldn't find the guts to laugh along with Jay. He looked to Cole, who stood there with an unamused face, holding the unicorn tighter. His face was almost as red as Kai's hoodie from embarrassment. Jay wiped a tear from his eye. "Wha - what's he gonna do, ay? Sparkle a magical rainbow? Ay, that's actually not bad."
Lloyd brushed Jay's hand off. "Hey, c'mon, Jay. So he wants to name a unicorn. No big deal." He turned to Cole, who's face was already completely red. Lloyd's lips formed a thin line. He quickly punched Jay to shut his laughing up. The ginger instantly stopped. He straightened his back and cleared his throat, smiling shyly.
"Uh, heh… sorry. Um… let's go find a game to play!"
Jay watched as Lloyd went ahead to search for some fun games. When Lloyd was out of sight, Jay leaned towards Cole and smirked.
"What?"
Jay tapped the unicorn on the head.
"Cute."
"So, Zane, whaddya wanna do first?"
Zane hadn't spoke a single word since they split up and Kai thought Zane didn't want to be hanging around him. Instead of trying to spark a conversation with Kai, Zane was oohing and aweing at the different attractions.
"Yo. Zane." Kai waved a hand in front of Zane's face and snapped his fingers twice.
The other shook his head and looked to Kai. "Oh, yes, well what do you want to do?"
"Hmm, me? I…" he looked around to see what else was going on at the fair. A certain booth caught his eye and his eyes lit up. "Let's go to that one!"
Zane's eyes followed in the direction Kai was pointing in. "But that is not a game…"
"Yeah, but c'mon! We can still get cool stuff!" He grabbed Zane's wrist and dragged him there.
Thankfully, there was no line. Kai looked over the sign sitting by the artist under the umbrella. Handing her the money, Kai took a seat on the chair opposite from the artist.
"How do you want me to sit?" He asked the lady.
"Any way you like," she told him.
While she was setting up the equipment, Kai thought about how he wanted to look like on the drawing. "Oh, could you draw me with a flame in one hand - like I'm holding fire? Oh! And add the whistle too! But don't forget to make me look cool."
The lady laughed. "How cool?"
"Mmm… really cool, but not too cool… sooooo like 20% cooler."
The lady giggled and rested an elbow on the easel. "Sure thing."
Zane shook his head in amusement and walked behind the lady. "Do you mind if I watch?"
"No! Not at all! Are you going next?"
At first, Zane hesitated, but when he looked up, he saw Kai nodding with both his thumbs up. So Zane nodded too.
After a few more rounds around the fair, Cole, Jay, and Lloyd waited for Kai and Zane by the entrance to the fair. If they had waited in the parking lot… Now that was a different story. Obviously for festivities like this, the parking lots were huge with cars everywhere. Kai and Zane were bound to get lost, or take forever to catch up to them. At least it wasn't just Kai who needed to meet them. If it was just him, he would definitely get lost; luckily Zane was there beside him.
Cole was leaning against the gate with Sparkle between his arms. Lloyd was nibbling on a couple of cookies he had bought, and Jay was running around the entrance… For some unknown reason.
"So we got like five more days till the end of Spring Break, what are you gonna do next?" Lloyd ask, taking the final bite of his cookie.
"Welp, Jay and I are going to Monty. It's this town not far from here."
Lloyd's expression saddened. "Are you guys leaving straight from here?"
"Yeah…"
"How long are you guys gonna be away?"
The other shrugged, trying to recall how long he planned to stay there in the first place. "Eh… couple of days… shouldn't be too long. Then maybe when we get back…" His voice drifted and he looked at Lloyd from the corner of his eyes, flashing him a smile.
The blonde beamed and began jumping up and down. "Yes! I'll see if I can get some more video games from the store!"
Cole lightly punched Lloyd on the arm and lifted a finger to his lips, a signal for Lloyd to hush up.
"Oh, right right right!"
Cole rolled his eyes with a soft chuckle. No one knew about the game nights he and Lloyd spent together. Once in awhile, Cole would shuffle on quietly to Lloyd's room when his roommate wasn't there and they'd play a variety of games together. From board games, to even games like charades. Funny thing was, Jay was so easily fooled by Cole's excuses that there was more time for fun and games.
"Hey, guys!" Cole and Lloyd both turned their heads to see Kai running towards them, Zane walking behind. "Check it out!" He lifted the paper beside his head as a comparison. "Ey, eyyyy? Pretty cool right? And I'm holding fire!"
"Woah! Did you guys get caricatures?" Jay ran up from behind Kai and snatched the drawing out of Kai's hand, thankful it was laminated. "Woah! Awesooomme!"
The caricature of Kai was dressed from head to toe in a full red ninja suit, the flame in his hands surrounded by a nice glow. Though, instead of a ninja mask, he wore a darker red headband.
"Dude, why a ninja?"
"I wanted to look stealthy," He replied with a smirk.
Cole looked over Jay's shoulder at the drawing. "Pfft… red's not stealthy. Is it?"
Jay snorted again. "Silly question! Of course it is… right?"
"Well, I saw a bunch of TV shows where the main characters are like this team, and each member is a different color. And I like red, so why not a red ninja suit?" He took the paper back and ran a hand over it. "This is my prize from the fair and no one else can touch it. You guys should look at Zane's."
And so they did. Cole and Lloyd both looked over Jay's shoulder at the drawing. It wasn't really as interesting as Kai's. He was holding a plate of appetizers with a pink apron over his body. Jay tried to hold in his laughter.
"Y-Yeah, very nice, Zane," he managed to say, handing it back to Zane quickly before his vision was completely blurred.
"Thank you," Zane said to him.
"I guess it's time to call it a day? Ay?" Cole said finally, turning towards the exit.
Zane nodded and followed Cole out of the fair. Jay turned to Kai.
"Bummer… I wanted a caricature…"
"Next time, Jay. Next time," he told him with a pat on the shoulder.
In case anyone was curious, I actually took the name Monty from Lloyd's name. Lloyd Montgomery Garmadon XD and it sounds nice too.
Fun Fact of the Day: I actually almost typed caticature instead of caricature! Ah, Mabel...
Hope you all enjoyed!
