The beach was warm but crowded until about 3 o'clock. It started to clear out and by 4 there were only a handful of families left. Tempe and Booth built a huge sand castle and dug a moat big enough to sit in.
The wind started to pick up around 5 o'clock so they all decided to call it a day. It took about 20 minutes to gather everyone's stuff and pack them all neatly into the back of the van, but once done Mrs. Brennan suggested they all go out for ice cream.
Naturally all the kids cheered and they decided to walk to the corner ice cream shop.
"I want chocolate." Russ declared as they walked up to the stand.
That started a chorus of "I want cookie dough! I want chocolate chip! I want peanut butter swirl!"
"Can I get a mint chocolate chip?" Booth asked Mrs. Brennan.
"Of course Seeley, what ever you want."
"Oooo me too mom please." Tempe asked being mellow dramatic and clasping her hands together.
"Temperance calm down." Her mother mock scolded and nodded. "Of course you may."
The ice cream melted faster than the kids could eat it and soon everyone was sporting an ice cream beard.
"Uhh, Booth you got a little something right there." Tempe said pointing at her own chin.
He rubbed his with a sticky chocolaty hand. "Did I get it?" It was still there. He had no hope of getting it like that.
"No, can I just…" She gestured.
"Oh sure." Booth nodded.
Tempe took a napkin and carefully whipped the green off his face. Then she smiled. "I got it."
Booth laughed.
"Hey mom?" Russ asked having finished his cone.
"Yeah?"
"Can we go to the board walk tonight?" Russ begged. Tempe's eyes lit up. He had said the magic words. "Yeah please mom please?"
Mrs. Brennan looked at her husband who shrugged. "I think tonight is probably the best night Its warm enough."
"Yay!!" Tempe danced around excitedly. "We're gonna go on the gravitron and the tilt a whirl and the Viking ship and oh the arcade."
Booth had no idea what she was talking about but smiled and nodded any way. He just hoped there were no clowns.
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Around 7 o'clock the entire gang dressed in sweatshirts and shorts to spend some fun time on the board walk.
Mr. Brennan was right and there were almost no lines. Tempe and Russ both agreed the gravitron should be first and everyone else trusted them mostly because they had been there before.
The line was almost nonexistent and they got in the next time the machine stopped.
Booth looked reproachfully at the large spinning room before following his friends on. Booth was surprised to find that the room inside was surrounded by what looked like red leather sliding beds. They were lined upright along the circular walls of the room and a few were stuck at the top of the wall. Tempe ran over to an empty section and waved the rest of them over. Booth stood against the padded board to her left and looked around nervously. Once the door started to close he pressed himself against the wall. Then the entire body began to move.
'Why are their no restraints?' he thought to himself. Then a few seconds later he realized why. There was no need. He couldn't have fallen over if he wanted to. He was stuck to the board and each limb had to weigh a thousand pounds. With a considerable amount of effort, Booth turned his head to look at Tempe. She had a huge smile on her face and was working on turning herself upside down. He was sure if he could have jumped in surprise he would have.
Once Tempe got herself fully upside down she crossed her arms and ankles and closed her eyes with a satisfied smirk on her face.
Booth noticed a lot of the other kids turning at least sideways if not upside down. But by the time ha had worked up the courage they were all right side up again and the ride was slowing down.
Slowly the pressure lifted and Booth was able to peel himself off the wall. Only when he slid a foot closer to the floor did he realize how much his board had moved up. His heart skipped a beat and he fought to catch breath.
Booth heard a giggle coming from behind him and he turned to see Tempe and Angela laughing at him.
"Booth have you ever been on that ride before?" Angela asked.
"Yeah" Tempe added "you look a little green."
"I'm fine." Booth took a large breath and let his chest expand fully. He suddenly felt lot better. "I'm fine." He said again much more convincingly.
"good cuz were goin on that next." Tempe said pointing behind him.
Booth turned and saw what looked to him like a large boat suspended by metal struts to a cross beam about 5 feet off the ground. As he watched, the current riders began to swing forward and back. The ride swept up almost vertical one way then barreled down and up the other side.
"Come on we have to get an end seat. They go highest." Tempe grabbed his hand and began tugging him toward the ride.
"Hey Tempe the line kind of long." Russ said inspecting Booth's face and trying to help (shocking). "How about we go to the arcade instead?"
"Sure. I want balloon hat." She turned to Angela and the rest of the gang. "There's this clown who makes awesome balloon animals and stuff and they're free."
Booth's face turned as white as a sheet. "Great" He muttered.
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See how sorry I am? 2 chapters in less than a week. I'm really proud of the length of this one and for those of you who don't know what I'm trying to describe PM me and I can send you a link for a picture. As always Reviews=Happy me=motivation=more chapters!! Next chapter is Booth vs. the clown
