Disclaimer: I don't own The Weekenders. I believe Disney does. I think I might own the plot...yeah I'm pretty sure I do.

Summary: Lor is given the task of not saying a word all weekend and she has to report back to the teacher about what she learned. And she learns some very interesting things...

Things I'll Never Say

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I blinked as sun filled my room waking me up. I turned and looked at my clock.

6:00 a.m.

I groaned. Why do I always get up so early on the weekends? Tino doesn't get here until at least 9. Well I guess there's nothing I can do about it now. I swing my legs over the edge and groggily try to find my slippers.

            Finally I found them and walk to the bathroom rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I bang on the door knowing one of my brothers will be in there. Just as I expected a short 'In a minute' was the reply. I walked to the linen closet and grabbed a towel. Just as I walked past the bathroom door it shot open almost clubbing me in the head. One of my brothers shot out and ran to his room.

            Once inside the bathroom and turned on the cold water hoping that would wake me up a bit. I stepped inside. WOAH! Okay maybe I didn't need it to be that cold. Well at least now I'm awake.

            Like the now warm water yesterdays events washed over me. The bet I made with Mrs. D was still in fresh my mind. Other events that happened after, namely the museum, kept circling around in my head.

            Mrs. D had made a bet that I couldn't go for a whole weekend without saying a word. And I'm about to declare her right. This not talking thing has really been eating at me. I've been to busy talking all this time that I never noticed the obvious. When Mrs. D dared me to stop speaking I had more time to realize stuff.

            And a lot of that stuff I don't think I should know. But I guess Carver liking Tish is pretty cute. And Tish liking Tino is cute, but defiantly going to create some problems. But Tino possibly liking me! Not good!

            Okay, I just gotta calm down. I bet I just imagined every thing. Yeah that's it. Nothing is going to be different today. I was just a little weirded out about that whole not talking thing. Yeah that's it.

            At least I hope so.

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            Okay somehow I've managed to make it until 9:00 a.m. without a word to anyone. Tino should be here any minute and we can leave and meet Tish and Carver at...where are we meeting those two? Oh yeah at the fair that just came into town. It was the Funville Jubilee, I think. Well whatever it's called I had better get some cash from my piggy bank.

            I grabbed a $10 bill and a few singles before heading to outside to wait for Tino. I placed my hand on the doorknob when...

            KNOCK

            Okay. I take it that's Tino. I'm so glad he's here. My brothers have been giving me strange looks because I won't talk to them. I open the door grab Tino's arm and race down the driveway before he can say hello to any one.

"Okay Lor take it easy."

            I look over at Tino and notice he's blushing a bit.  I'm about to ask why when I notice that I still have a hold on his arm and that some how my hand as mysteriously ended up holding onto his hand. I blush and quickly withdrew my hand. His eyes glazed over in a sad look. But it was gone as quickly as it came.

"Let's go meet Carver and Lor."

            Tino was obviously trying to change the subject and I had no objections. I nodded and quickened my pace. Being alone with was making me very uncomfortable. Which is weird because I didn't feel so uncomfortable yesterday.

            We meet Carver at the ticket line and he told us Tish was trying to see how long the line was. A few minutes later Tish came running up to us saying that we had like a 5 minute wait before we got to the ticket booth.

            Tino asked me if I wanted to walk around and see if we could find the Salt-And-Pepper ride. I accepted and we walked towards the center. I looked back to see that disappointed look on Tish's face and Carver had that same lucky-lucky-me look.

            As much as I hated seeing Tish look so sad another part of me was all flushed and happy that Tino had chosen me to accompany him. It was weird because it was probably something we did all the time. And until now it had never seemed like that big of a deal. But now there were butterflies in my stomach and I couldn't think of a single thing to say. Suddenly I'm very glad I can't talk.

            Finding the ride in the very center of the park Tino gave it the once over, to make sure it was safe, than started back towards the ticket line. When we got there Tish was at Tino's side immediately asking about the ride.

"It seems safe. What did you think Lor?"

            I gave him a thumbs up and smiled. He blushed a bit and smiled back. It sent shivers down my back. This was a really weird sensation. But not a bad weird just drinking milk when you wanted water different weird. I kind of liked it.

            Whoa! That did not just come from me. Did it?  Gotta stop this thinking. I just want to get through the rest of the day.

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            I did! I made it through the end of the day! I'm sitting in my room and the day's over. Of course it was a very interesting day... Once we got into the park we hit every ride in there. And for whatever reason I was always next to Tino. I suspect Tino had something to do with Tino himself. We even ended up in the Tunnel of Love together.

            It was so amazing in there. Romantic music came out of every speaker. Now usually I'm not into the whole romantic thing, that's Tish's deal, but being in there with Tino was so...natural. Like it was second nature for us to be in there. He kept looking at me when he thought I was looking at the decorations. So natural I looked back with I look that asked him what. He shook his head.

"Nothing." He said and looked at me and smiled.

            I couldn't help it I smiled back. And suddenly it was just the two of us. And the music got to us and the next thing I know my face is inching closer to his. If we had had like 5 more seconds we would have kissed but their was this almighty splash and we were both drenched. I think Tish may have had something to do with it. 'Cuz she had this really smug look on her face when we came out.

            Whoa! Okay I'm getting goose bumps from the memory. I think I'll think one more thought about today and then try to put it in the back of my mind.

            Well Mrs. D you wanted to know what I learned right. Okay! I learned that Carver likes Tish. Tish likes Tino. Tino likes me...

And I might like Tino back.

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Okay! People R&R!

Oh yeah. The Salt-And-Pepper is an actual ride. I can't describe it really well but it has two compartments for people to sit in at opposite ends of the metal pole thing and they spin around while the metal pole spins. It makes you really dizzy.