AN: Hey guys! I really like this chappie because it has a song and a poem in it. Actually, I don't know what you guys will think of this chappie...MUAHAHAHA!!! Ahem...anyways, I wish I could go to a carnival now! Well, my family's going to do something fun today. I think we were gonna go miniature golfing (I'll probably stink at it). lol
Disclaimer: I will now put the responsibility of doing disclaimers in the hands of my good friend, Mr. Moogle! So now, I won't have to come up with ridiculous ways to say I don't..oops, better leave that to Mr. Moogle...
Mr. Moogle: I thought that everything would be fun and games once Holly bought me at the pet shop. But alas, the second I enter her house, she throws this huge responsibility at me! Okay, okay. Cleverness...I must be clever...I can't think of anything clever! Well, I guess that Holly does not own DDR, but she does own me (which may be a bad thing, I don't know). Sorry, don't hurt me, I'm a newbie at disclaimers...
Chapter Eight: Those Words
"Woo-hoo! Carnival time!" Rinoa exclaimed. They were at the carnival grounds, refreshed from their swim and dressed in new attire. Rinoa and Vivian were both dressed in capris and tube tops. Kaeli wore a jean skirt and a red lacey tank over a white one. Jake had on, let me guess, black, baggy jeans and a Trapt shirt? Bingo. Shawn wore khaki shorts and a blue t- shirt. They were already given their thirty tickets, and they had five hours of fun.
"I'm like a kid in a candy shop!" Kaeli smiled. "Where should we all go first?"
Jake started jumping up and down, then did a back flip. "Ooh, ooh, the games! I wanna spend three hours on one game to try to win a cheap toy about an inch big that was made in Korea for two cents!!!!"
Almost everyone around Jake stopped dead and stared at him. One of the contestants that had heard him looked at him oddly. "Why are you so hyp-"
"Up, up, up...candy shop." Jake said, holding his hand to her lips.
Shawn rolled his eyes. What a freak! "Can we just go?" Eventually the people stopped staring and the group moved on to their first game. Ahh, the water gun race. Everyone put in two tickets to play. The game was a close match between Shawn and Vivian, but Shawn ended up winning.
"Alright!!" he yelled.
The person running the game was some old lady with a cigarette in her mouth. Her nametag said Sadie. "Whatcha wan'?" Shawn picked the purple pig. It was a decent size and not as ugly as it sounds.
"Do you want Pork Grind, Kaeli?" Shawn asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'm not that hungry right now." She responded.
Shawn let out a laugh. "No, not the food. I'm talking about the stuffed pig. I named him Pork Grind."
Jake rolled his eyes. What a freak!
"Oh, I'd love to have it if you don't want it!" Kaeli chuckled. Shawn handed Pork Grind to Kaeli.
"I wanna win something!!" Viv and Rin wailed in unison.
"If I can win three games, I'll give you girls the prizes." Jake stepped up.
"Really? Cool!" Rinoa said. "But let's play a different game. These racing octopuses are scaring me. Hold me Shawn!" Rinoa threw herself on Shawn and started shivering. "They're coming to get me, I know it, all eight of its legs!"
"What did they do to us? We've become really hyper, and now I'm starting to get scared!" Kaeli said. "I think I'm just gonna hang out by myself for a while."
Shawn glanced at Jake, who was looking down. Quick, I better go with Kaeli before Jake does."Lemme go with you."
Kaeli looked uncertain. "Mmmm...I'd rather just be alone for a while. But I'll meet up with you guys later." She gave a weak smile then walked away in the direction of the rides.
"I hope Kaeli's okay! Maybe she's sick." Viv said, frowning.
"It might be her "friend"." Jake said. Viv and Rinoa punched Jake.
"Shut up!" they both said.
Shawn looked confused. "Huh? What friend? Are you talking about me?!" Jake, Rinoa, and Vivian turned to Shawn and laughed.
The now group of four stuck together for the next couple hours. Jake did keep his promise, winning three prizes, but he still had a bear for Kaeli. They also went on practically all the rides and ate dinner-a balanced meal of hotdogs, nachos, and coke. Rinoa, Vivian and Shawn went on a ride while Jake waited, but when they got off, he was gone. They just shrugged it off and continued on to the next attraction.
"Where do you guys wanna go next? I say the Ferris wheel. It's only three tickets and I've got exactly that!" Viv said.
"But I want to go to the Fun House, and I only have two tickets left!" Rinoa exclaimed.
"Well, I have some tickets left, but I don't want to go in the Fun House. There's about thirty minutes left until we have to leave, so I'm just gonna do my own thing." Shawn said. And maybe I can find Kaeli. I haven't seen her since she left us hours ago...
"That's fine, Shawn. We'll just go to the Fun House!" Viv said.
Shawn walked along the littered pathway, trying to decide where to go. Then he saw blinking lights and looked up. "The Ferris Wheel!" Shawn said outloud. He walked into line. A little bit in front of him he spotted Kaeli.
"Kaeli! Over here!" Shawn called to her.
Kaeli turned around. "Oh, Shawn! Hey!" she smiled. She motioned for him to come in line with her. "Do you wanna go on the ride-"
"Together? Definitely." Shawn said. Shawn noticed that Kaeli had two stuffed animals-Pork Grind and the bear. So Jake went looking for Kaeli, he thought.
"Sorry I went off by myself. I didn't mean to be so long, but I couldn't find you guys. I just needed to go solo for a little bit. But I'm fine now! Actually, I'm happy! Plus I finally found you!" Kaeli explained.
Kaeli and Shawn handed the operator their three tickets each and sat in the rocking seats. "I don't remember the last time I was on one of these things!" Shawn said, looking a little nervous.
Kaeli spotted his anxiety. "Come on, Shawn. Don't start freaking out now. DDR competitions will be way more scarier than this don't you think?" Shawn laughed.
"Yah, you're right." Right...the right time...is tonight...right here...right now!! Shawn put his hand in his pocket and felt the letter, still there after all this time, finally going to be revealed. Shawn looked over to Kaeli, who was staring into the stars. The cool breeze, us alone together...everything is perfect. She's so beautiful and smart. You can't be scared, Shawn, that's what Kaeli said. You gotta take the chance and make that wish at the fountain come true. I'll...do it...
I'm so scared,
So afraid to show I care,
Will she think me weak,
If I tremble when I speak?
What if there's another one she's thinking of?
Maybe she's in love,
I'd feel like a fool,
Life can be so cruel,
I don't know what to do,
Should I...tell her....
"Shawn, I have something to tell you." Kaeli said, suddenly turning to face Shawn, who was stopped abruptly. He was about to talk but Kaeli did so he listened intently. Maybe she'll say everything so I won't have to, Shawn thought.
"What is it?" Shawn asked.
"These past few days have been so much fun! I've met so many great friends- Rinoa, Vivian, and Jake. But I've been really happy lately. I didn't know why until today." Kaeli continued talking, hugging tightly her two prizes. "I realized that I really like someone."
Shawn let out a gentle smile. And that someone is me.
"And that someone is Jake." Kaeli said. "We were talking a little while ago, and we're officially going out! I had to tell my best friend first of course before I told Rin and Viv!"
Shawn just stared at Kaeli blankly, still trying to take in what he had just heard. Though he was perfectly still, there was a lot of movement going on inside. It was his heart breaking. Shawn never thought he would say this. "I'm...so happy for you..." Shawn was kicking himself inside.If I was only a couple minutes earlier...
Kaeli saw a flicker in Shawn's eyes. "Are you okay? You seem...I don't know..."
"Oh no, I'm fine, I just, uh...I'm just getting a little sick being so high up. Being, uh, fifty feet off the ground is not really my specialty. Plus those nachos did me a number." Shawn lied. They remained silent until the end of the ride.
Shawn immediately ran off of the ride once it was over. How could she do this to me?! Well, it wasn't her fault. She didn't know that I liked her. But if she's going out with Jake now, that means that she never liked me in the first place. So, all this time I've been holding in my emotions for nothing. I've been thinking about her, writing about her, dreaming about her...and for what?! Shawn was angrier with himself more than anything. To get everything off his chest, he decided to use his last two tickets for the bumper cars. I'll just imagine that every car I hit is really Jake! Ha ha!
The bumper car game began, and Shawn was doing pretty well at first. He drove around, smacking cars left and right. He even had the nerve to bump really hard into a car with some little kids in it. Take that Jake! And that!
But why, Kaeli? How could you fall for a jerk like Jake? You barely know him, so why are you going out with him? I've known you all my life, yet he's the one who gets you. It's not fair!!! Tears slowly started to form in Shawn's eyes. No, I will not cry...I will not...But the tears didn't stop coming, and those feelings didn't go away.
To Cry for the One You Love...
Oh, how I wish to cry;
For I cannot be with her now.
How I wish she were here!
Her words bring comfort to me,
And her smile makes me happy.
Her eyes make me melt,
And her embrace,
Her embrace makes me feel that there's hope for the future.
Her kiss,
Alas I know not of her kiss;
For she does not return my passion to me,
"Why does it have to be like this?" Shawn said to himself. "This was not the way things were supposed to turn out! And now...now I'll never be able to feel her kiss, because she does not love me in return."
But on a guess I would have to declare that it would place me in such a
utopia
That heaven cannot describe the warmth I would feel from her kiss.
Unfortunately, my love is ignored
To the point that I can take it not.
For it is hard when the one you love does not return your passion.Woe is me
to not have comfort.
She is my muse,
But only so much inspiration can be drawn from a friend.
How I wish we could be together!
One day maybe,
But for now we are separate,
And separation is true pain!
The bumper cars slowed to a stop. Shawn quickly jumped out, walking as fast as he could through the crowd. Pain...I'm in pain!! I can't bear to see Kaeli with Jake...I just can't! I thought that I was falling in love, but maybe now I might be falling out...
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Sorry this chappie was kinda short. I love this poem so much, and it works so well with the story! It's written by Lorrelion (penname on ). He said I can use it, so all's good. Well, what will happen next? Will Shawn ask Kaeli about her feelings for Jake? Will Shawn's feelings for Kaeli go away? Tomorrow's the regional competition, so who will stay and who will go? I can't wait! I don't know why I'm asking all these questions! I should know the answers, right? Anyways, that other part was the song called "Tell Him" by Celene Dion. Yah, I had to change the 'he's to 'she's in order to make it work. lol
Reviews:
Zanisha: Yes, if I have time today, I'll try to scan my pics. And then have a link in my profile or something. I dunno. But yah, I know you're wondering even more now of what Kaeli sees in Jake. We'll find out soon enough why she decided to go out with him.
Lithe: Thanks for checking highly recommended for this fic! Yay! Yes, doesn't everybody hate Jake? Well, obviously Kaeli doesn't hate him. Again, you'll find out why Kaeli did what she did.
Thanks for reading!