The world around us filled with screams and chatter, not that it mattered. All we could really focus on was each other.
"I can't believe I went on that rollercoaster. It was insane," I said.
"You should have seen your face. It was priceless," Jessica joked.
"Oh, like yours was much better."
"What did I look like?"
I opened her mouth wide and stretched out my forehead as if I were terrified. "A little something like that," I said.
"Really, was I that cute?"
"Oh, you were much cuter than that," I said, playfully as I moved closer. Her breath on my skin was warm and hair-raising. I could feel the goosebumps arriving. Our eyes slowly began to close we brought our heads nearer. Jessica's arms wrapped around my hips, pulling me in to her. Everything was so incredibly perfect…
"Miranda? Jessica? What are you guys doing?"
We quickly broke apart and were horrified to see that Gordo and Lizzie were standing there, wondering what was going on. I began to search my mind for the best of excuses, but found absolutely nothing.
Suddenly, Jessica stepped forward. "I was just…checking…to see if there was something in her eye. Duh!" She rolled her eyes.
"But, your eyes were closed too." Gordo said.
"Yeah, try to explain that one." Lizzie crossed her arms over her chest with attitude.
What's her problem, I wondered.
"That's the way we do it back home," Jessica said through nervous laughter. "Someone gets something in theirs eyes, you close your own eyes and…see if…it's gone?"
It was clear the even she knew what she was saying didn't make sense. I finally stepped in to put an end to the moment.
"So what are you two doing here?" I asked.
"I don't know. I guess this just seemed like a cool place to go today," said Gordo.
"Yeah, we were going to invite you, Miranda, but we couldn't get a hold of you. I had no clue you were hanging out with her." Lizzie gave Jessica the evil eye.
"Well since we found each other anyways, why don't we just stick together? Oh, I saw this cool ride back there; it takes you all the way up in the air and then drops you in, like, two seconds flat." Gordo was getting really excited about this.
Jessica and I exchanged glances. This was supposed to be our first date, but what else could we do?
"Sure," I said. "That sounds like fun."
Hours later, the day still felt like it was never going to end. We had gone on so many rides and played so many games, but none of them were the least bit enjoyable. Not with them there. I just wanted to be alone with Jessica. It didn't have to be somewhere special. We just had to be together.
I subtly whispered something in Jessica's ear. When I pulled away, I winked at her and she winked back.
"Oh my god, what on earth is that?" I pointed at some random object. Lizzie and Gordo turned around to see what it was. At that point, Jessica and I took off in two different directions. How we were going to explain it to them later on was far beyond us, but we didn't exactly care at that moment.
Minutes later, I looked over my shoulders as I went in line for the farris wheel. "Come on, come on," I whispered. The line began to move.
"Excuse me, Ma'am. You need to have a partner to get on this ride," said the pimply-faced boy who worked there.
"I, um…" I stared.
"I'm with her," Jessica shouted. She gently pushed her way past the crown and made it to where I stood. We showed the stamps on our hands to get on the ride and another worker ushered us to our seat.
Once where were up in the air, we could see the whole park. The setting sun's reflection could be seen on the lake. It was beautiful, but blinding. Still, I continued to look down and smile.
"We did it," I said. "We're alone."
"Finally," said Jessica. She smoothly rubbed a hand on my cheek and brought my lips to hers. "I've wanted to do that all day," she said after we pulled away.
"I know what you mean. It was total torture, having to stay away from you. You know, no one has eve made me feel like this," I told her.
"Like what?"
"Like I'm going to go insane if I'm not around them." I looked into the perfect green eyes that were looking into mine."Like nothing else matters when I'm with them…
She covered my lips with hers again and I allowed myself to get lost. Just like the night before, I rested my head on her shoulder. She wrapped an arm around me.
"I'm sorry the date wasn't as good as I thought it'd be, but you know what?" she asked.
"What?"
"We could always go on another date to make up for it. What do you think?"
"I'd like that," I answered with a smile.
And so we sat on the ride in silence, enjoying the time we were having, watching the world go up and down and up again.
A/N: I told you I didn't know when the next time I would post was. I hope you all like the chapter, though. I'm not making any promises, but I'll try to get chapter 5 up in the near future.