"I was, like, so hoping we could stay here forever," she said when she was near him. "Yeah." He ran his fingers through his hair and his glazed eyes focused on something far away.
"So," Angela continued, not wanting to give up, "Are you, like, having a good time"
"Yeah," Jordan put his hands in his jean pockets and gave Angela a look. He pulled away when he saw her enthusiasm. "A great time."
"So he gave me this, like, huge teddy bear, but he refuses to even have a decent conversation with me. Ugh!" Angela was venting to Rayanne and Sabine, who had gone to get drinks while the boys scoped out the other rides.
Rayanne, who wasn't paying much attention nodded her head. "Oh! I know! We should all get into pairs in the haunted house! I mean, if the ferris wheel was romantic...think about ghosts and severed, bloody heads."
Angela and Sabine looked at each other. Will we ever understand her? was written all over their faces.
Sabine walked behind the gift shop and rested her back against the wall. Her curls were falling out of her bun and draping down around her face. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were piercing blue. Scared that Angela might find out that she, Sabine, had suggested to Jordan that he should buy the bear, Sabine had been hiding out for awhile to get her thoughts together. She knew Jordan loved Angela, but man, sometimes that boy was just STUPID.
"Hey cutie, whacha doin back here?" a boy Sabine recognized from school had drifted next to her. "How the hell did you get here?" Sabine asked bluntly, hersharp lookfocused on the boy. He turned away from her, taken aback.
"Looks like you and your brother didn't plan for this, did ya?"
"You're Jordan's friend," Sabine understood now. This immature boy would ruin everything if Jordan saw him. Or if Angela saw him for that matter. They wouldcatch a glimpse of this familiar face andbecome embarressed by their freedom.
"Got through that barrier easy enough." the boy continued,"Just kept driving. I don't really know this place though. I think we've gone through, like, a time warp." Oh god, and Sabine had thought Jordan was stupid!
The boymoved closer to Sabine. "You better take a step back." Sabine responded to his movement.
"Or what? You'll run and tell your big brother? Oh no! Help me!" The boy grabbed Sabine's wrists and put his face into hers. "I'll tell you something right now. I know Jordan. And I know he's got his eye on you. Hedoes more than eyeall the girls. He gets them all. But this time, I'm gonna beat him to the punch."
With one swift motion, and without averting her eyes, Sabine threw her leg up between the boy's legs. With a groan and a gasp for breath he fell on the ground, his face red with pain. Sabine walked quickly off...looking for Jordan before anyone else found him.