Chapter 4 - Fair
Serena had grabbed both Jack's and Sam's hand and was merrily walking between them as they approached the field where the fair took place.
As they arrived the first thing she did was having a curious look around the place.
"Wow", she exclaimed, "that's all so big and colorful here."
"As is your forest", Jack remarked.
Serena rolled her eyes, "Haha. Could anybody tell me what that huuuge thing over there is?" she stretched out her finger into the air pointing ahead.
"Well, that's a Ferris wheel", Sam explained her, "from up there you're having a great sight."
(AN: To that in a later chapter...)
"U-huh, thank you."
"Boooring", Jack faked a yawn.
"Oh, come on, Jack. Don't you like fairs, too?" Sam questioned a bit disappointed of his attitude, "When I was a kid I just loved them."
"I liked them as much as I liked high school", he sighed.
"I guess, he didn't like it", Serena stated looking at Sam.
She merely rolled her eyes in response and then suggested, "What about having some candy?"
"What is 'candy'?" the little girl questioned, "I've never heard of it."
"Let's see how to explain that to you:", Sam began, "it's sweet, sometimes it's a bit sticky and if you like it, it can make you happy..."
"Like honey?"
"Yeah, you could say that", she replied.
"Let's go, I want to try it", Serena said.
She and Sam went to the next candy stand, but before they got there, they realized that Jack had remained right there where he had been standing before. Both of them turned around on their heel.
"Come on, Jack", they both called out at once.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming", he trotted on behind them clearly making a point of his feelings.
"You could've proposed something else, if this bores you", Sam sighed.
"Didn't know you were so fair-crazed", Jack replied.
"Hey, hey, hey, not like that", Serena intervened, "This is my first fair and I don't want anybody to be unhappy today. I'm sure we'll find something to make Jack happy, too and if it's only that we're all here together."
"First of all we'll get our candy, then we'll see", Sam proposed.
"Hey, I'm gonna invite you." Sam spun around as Jack said that wondering about his sudden change of mind.
"Why's that?" she inquired.
"Dunno, I mean, perhaps I don't wanna be unfair spoiling the day", he responded a bit unsure of the reason himself.
While he was saying that Serena was quietly giggling to herself, "So much about my magical stardust."
So Jack paid the sweets for them and Serena stated, "For that Jack owes a big thank you-kiss, don't you think, Sam?"
"All right", Sam agreed after a short hesitant moment and both of them gave him a kiss at once, one of them on the left, the other one on his right cheek.
Then, after the little fairy and Sam were happy chewing their candies the three of them searched a quiet corner where they could sit and talk about their plans for the afternoon.
"What about some action next?" Serena suggested.
"Yeah, maybe we'd find a merry-go-round and set you upon one of these little horses and we could have some quiet moments", Jack replied cynically.
"Come on, Jack, she may be look like six, but that's really not fair of you", Sam admonished him, "what about a roller coaster ride or the water slide?"
(AN: Colorado Springs should feel blessed to have such a big fair, so full of action...)
"Yeah, yeah, that sounds great", Serena jumped up from the bench, "come on."
"Okay, persuaded", Jack rose as well.
But then Sam got up; she could not hold herself on her feet and tripped falling right into Jack's arms.
"Oops, I'm dreadfully sorry", she was completely stunned about her sudden, little flight, "I didn't..."
"S'okay, Sam", Jack contested, "let's put ya back onto your feet", he helped her to stand again and both of them had to giggle about her clumsiness.
"All right", Serena murmured contently, "time for phase two."
Forgive me the little break.
School starts again on Monday, so I had some stuff to do this week, like cleaning my room, it really needed some tidying, in that mess you couldn't even find your head anymore...