Alex's POV

A few days had passed since the day at the arcade. John and I had been doing it pretty much every day, and Laf and Herc have started knocking on the door before that came into our dorm, since they've walked in on us more than a few times since Wednesday.

"So, John." I said to him while we were doing homwork on Saturday afternoon. "I was thinking that after church tomorrow, we could go out to an actual date."

"I'd like that." He smiled.

"So, where do you want to go?" I asked, moving to sit next to him on his bed.

"We could do the classic dinner and a movie." He suggested.

"Or," I said, grabbing my laptop, "we could go here."

I pulled up a page on my laptop that I had saved, and showed it to John.

"A theme park?" He asked, scrolling through the website.

"Yeah! It'll be fun!" I said, going to the Buy Tickets page.

"Alex." John wispered. "I told you I don't have any money."

"Don't worry about that." I said. "I got it."

"I feel bad, though. This can't be cheap." He explained.

"Look," I started, "my aunt sends me one hundred dollars every month so I can do fun stuff on the weekends. Please," I put my hand on his shoulder, "let me take care of this."

"Ok." He gave in, leaning his head on my shoulder while I bought the tickets.

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"Come on, let's go!" I exclaimed once we were ready to go on our date the next day.

"I'm coming! I'm coming!" He said while we walked out the door. "You have the tickets?" He asked, and I held them up.

We signed out, saying that we would be back by 8:30. We walked down the few blocks to the theme park, turned in our tickets, and walked into the park.

We grabbed a map at the enterance and looked it over.

"Where do you want to go first?" I asked John, looking around.

He studies the map, looking for something to ride.

"Why don't we ride the wooden roller coaster?" He suggested.

"Sounds fun. Let's go!" I said, grabbing his hand and leading him towards the roller coasters.

We practically ran through the park towards the coaster, hand in hand. We got in line, and I turned to John. He looked nervous.

"What's wrong? Scared of the roller coaster?" I teased.

"No, no, it's not that." He said, very obviously nervous.

"Then whats wrong?" I asked him while running my hands up and down his arm, all joking gone.

"What if someone sees us?" He asked. "We're only a few blocks away from school, and..."

I kissed him to shut him up. I figured that would be the nicest way.

"You worry too much. It'll be fine!" I assured him. "Come on, its sour turn to rise the roller coaster!"

We boarded and strapped in. John grabbed my hand and held on so tight that it almost cut off my circulation.

"Alex." John said, nervous.

"So you are afraid." I laughed.

"A little." He admitted.

"Just keep holding my hand, and it'll all be fine." I told him. He layed his head on my shoulder and squeezed his eyes shut.

The roller coaster started going up the hill and John squeezed my hand even tighter. I kissed the top of his head and then he dug his face into my shoulder. I used my free hand to tilt his head up to me, and he opened his eyes. Just as the roller coaster started to go down the hill, I kissed him. He seemed to relax instantly. We didn't break the kiss until the car came to a sudden stop in the station.

I pulled the bar up off our laps and unhooked the seatbelt. I got up, then held my hand out to help John up. He took it, and we walked towards the exit.

As we were walking out, one of the workers wispered in my ear, "You two are so cute together." John must have heard it, because he smiled.

"Thanks." I said to her as we walked back towards the exit.

"So," I said once we were out of the ride. "is it safe to assume that we're not riding any roller coasters, not that I didn't enjoy that."

"Probably not." He laughed. "How about we grab some lunch?" He suggested.

"Sounds great." I smiled, and we walked towards the food stalls, hand in hand.

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John's POV

"We have time for one more ride before we have to get back." Alex said.

We had been at the park all day, and we had mostly been sticking to the mellow rides.

"How about the Ferris wheel?" I suggested.

"Sounds good to me." Alex said, and he grabbed my hand to lead us to the Ferris wheel.

We only waited in line for a few minutes, since it was a Sunday night and most people weren't haning out in a theme park then. We got on the ride just as the sun was setting. I snuggled up to Alex as we rode up. He put his arm over my shoulder, and I hugged him.

When we got to the top, I sat up and looked up at Alex. He and I looked into each others eyes for a few long moments, then we kissed. It was soft at first, then it got harder, more passionate. Hungier. We kissed like that until we stopped at the bottom and got off.

When we got back on the ground, Alex looked at his watch.

"Oh, shit." He said.

"What?" I asked.

"It's 8:25." He said while looking at me.

We practically sprinted back to school, and we still got back at 8:45.

"Why are you two so late?" Angelica asked when we got back to sign back into the office.

"We're so sorry, Ms. Schuyler. We lost track of time." Alex said.

"Uh-Huh." She said. "Just sign back in. And you two have lunch detentions tomorrow. Meet me here then. C lunch, right?"

"Yes." I sighed.

(A/N - Oops! Looks like the boys got lunch detentions. What will happen there? Maybe something will slip out... Oh no! I've already said too much. Anyway, don't forget to review!)