October 31th - 9:30 p.m.
"Wow this is bigger then I thought it would be." Alex looked up at the rides, lights, and colorfulness.
Bobby smiled. "Glad you like it." They walked around for awhile, Bobby pointed out people and told her who and where they came from. A lot of people had been going every year, like Bobby.
"Oh my god! It's Frank! He hasn't been here in a couple years!" Bobby approached a man from behind. He leaned in close and whispered something that Alex couldn't make out and the man turned around with a smile. "Bobby!" The two men hugged.
"Bobby?" Alex mumbled, surprised he let other people call him that.
The man turned to face Alex after a second. "And who is this lovely lady?"
Bobby smiled as he put his arm over Alex's shoulders. "My girlfriend, Alex."
Alex had been in the act of shaking Frank's hand, and froze for a slight second, then faked smiled. She looked up at Bobby a little wide-eyed but he just ignored it and continued talking.
"Hey have you seen Jono?" Frank asked.
Bobby shook his head, "I heard he's engaged."
A large smile grew on Frank's face. "He is, and his girl is a complete bab….she has a nice personality." Frank corrected for Alex.
Bobby smiled. "Don't worry about my girl, she understands the beauty of both sexes."
Alex frowned then smiled as best she could for Frank.
After a few minutes of chatting, Frank had to go, and after he did Alex pulled away from Bobby.
"I can explain." Bobby began but Alex interrupted.
"No Bobby, I don't even want to hear it. I won't see these people ever again anyway.…" Alex tried hard not to sound as angry as she felt.
Bobby smiled, and they continued to walk around the carnival.
A few times he tried to hold Alex's hand but she would pull away. Finally as they were getting off a ride Bobby tricked Alex to go on, Bobby spotted Jack. He grabbed Alex's hand and jogged over to him.
"Bobby!" Jack smiled as they half hugged.
Bobby put his arm around Alex again. "Nice seeing you, Jack!"
Jack smiled agreeing. "Who's this?"
Bobby's smile widened. "This is my girlfriend, Alex."
Jack nodded with a smile. "Nice meeting you."
Alex nodded in greeting.
The two men started chatting about things, and slowly Bobby's hand had slid off of Alex's shoulders.
Alex felt like she could breathe again, she was so much smaller then him that it got tiring. She kind of looked around, staying with the men, but letting her mind drift.
When Bobby could tell she was getting bored he slipped his hand into hers.
Alex looked at him a little startled but a smile crept up on her lips.
Jack invited Bobby to go back stage and check out some of the new equipment he had bought for the air show.
Bobby turned to Alex, asking if it was ok, like they were an actual couple.
Alex nodded and said she'd just look around. She was extra surprised when he leaned in and kissed her cheek before he left. She watched the two men walk off and another smile came on her face. She was happy for Bobby, happy he had close friends that could relate to him better then she could. She walked in front of a Ferris wheel, she had always been scared of them as a kid, but decided to give it a try. She had to have a partner to go on with and a woman who was also alone got in the seat with her. The two started to talk.
Alex started the conversation. "I'm Alex."
"Lenny." The woman said.
"So you've been here before?" Alex asked.
"Yeah many times, my husband runs it." The woman, Lenny, responded.
"Oh? You're husband's name isn't Jack by any chance, is it?" Alex asked.
Lenny smiled. "Yeah that's him! You know him?"
"My part...my boyfriend is good friends with him." Alex stumbled a little, not comfortable with referring to Bobby as her boyfriend.
"Have you been here before?" Lenny asked her.
Alex shook her head. "No, I haven't."
"I didn't think so, I can tell." Lenny gave her a kind smile.
"You can tell?" Alex wondered outloud.
"Yeah I have a gift, and curse, for telling what people are thinking. Not like psychic but I just know." Lenny explained
"Really?" Alex was interested.
"Want me to tell you something about you?" Lenny asked.
Alex nodded, it might be fun, if not fun it would help the time go by.
Lenny eyed her. "Ok, well….hmm….first's things first, I can tell you don't celebrate Halloween much….by the looks of it, you didn't have anyone to spend Halloween with…."
Alex was impressed so far.
"Lets see, you and you're boyfriend haven't been together long. You're still really shy about small things, a lot of things to do with touch….you're afraid to say how much you care for him, maybe because you're afraid to let go….you don't want him to know that you care so much….I hope I'm not offending you in any way." Lenny was worried.
Alex shook her head, she lost the ability to speak for a moment. "Go on." She urged.
"Hmm….it looks like you're afraid to get hurt, but you're more afraid of losing him all together. You don't want to give yourself to him, because if you do you're afraid he may not care for you as much if he knows who you really are inside…." Lenny slowed down. "I think that's about all I can get out of you for now."
Alex was more impressed, how did this woman know her so well? "What should I do?" Alex wanted advice, which she rarely asked for.
"Don't be so afraid. If he cares for you not just as girlfriend, which it seems he does, then I wouldn't be so afraid. Let him hold you're hand, or put his arms around you. Maybe even let him kiss you….if you don't do those things you'll never know if waiting is the right thing to do." Lenny said, in kind.
Alex was a little surprised, how did she know that Bobby tried to hold her hand, that he kissed her, that he put his arm around her and that she didn't do the same to him. Before she was able to ask more questions the ride came to a stop. She got out after thanking the woman and she figured she'd see her before the end of the night. After Alex brushed her self off and looked up she realized Bobby was leaning against the railing waiting for her.
"Enjoy yourself?" Bobby asked as she approached him.
Alex smiled. "How long you been here?"
Bobby glanced at his watch. "Just a few minutes. Come on, lets go find something to eat."
