As Marissa drove Alex kept looking at her and then out the window. The music played low but both girls stayed quite both, it wasn't awkward or tense but more like that they thought it was a dream since both of them had wanted this for so long.
Finally Marissa broke the silence. "How is it I'm driving, yet I have no idea where we're going?"
"You wouldn't let me drive you precious car, and trust me. It's going to be your next left by the way." This time Alex didn't bother to look at her but kept her eyes fixed on the looking out the window.
"Something wrong?" Alex looked away from the window and smiled at Marissa, shaking her head no.
Ten minutes later they were still driving and the only thing that seemed to be around was trees. Lots and lots of trees. "Where are we going, come on tell me…please?"
"Turn right." Marissa did and came face to face with a large carnival. An instant smile appeared on her face.
"You remembered I love carnivals? Where'd you find this place?" She parked the car and the girls got out and walked towards the ticket booth. Before Marissa could get her wallet out Alex bought enough tickets for them to ride everything once and then the ones they liked again.
The blonde smiled, "We both love carnivals and I just came across it one day when my dad was taking a detour on our drive up."
A little while later the girls were walking around eating cotton candy and joking around when Marissa stopped in front of a game. She handed Alex her cotton candy and handed the guy working the game five dollars. "What are you doing this game is a rip off." Alex told her, as she watched Marissa pick up the gun in front of her and go to shoot out the star on the piece of paper.
The brunette rolled her eyes. "What does it look like, I'm winning you that big green monkey."
"This is my date I'm suppose to win you something though," Just as Alex finished her sentence Marissa started to shoot the gun. A minute later the guy checked the piece of paper at the other end of the line and looked shocked. Showing the girls the paper, Marissa smiled and asked for the green monkey.
Alex's face was still in shock. "How did you, but how?" She stuttered as Marissa handed her the monkey and took back her cotton candy. "No you keep him, you won him."
"I won him for you so here ya go." There was a long pause. "Aren't you going to name him"
"Huh?" Alex snapped out of the daze she had been in. "Oh well I think you should while I go over there and win you a Scooby Doo, besides I don't know what to name him."
Marissa shook her head and playfully rolled her eyes. "O.J. name him O.J."
"What is he a murderer or something." She joked.
"No, just O.J. since you love orange juice so much, just shh okay. I named him since you told me too so deal with it." The taller girl stuck her tongue out.
After Alex tried twice, and finally won the Scooby Doo, the girls walked over to the ferris wheel and gave their tickets to the guy operating it, and set the monkey and Scooby Doo next to him so no one would take them.
As they got on they both stayed silent, Alex took Marissa's hand in her. "Your hand is cold babe."
"So is yours."
Grinning Alex took both their hands and put them in her pocket. This caused Marissa to giggle a little. "What? Your hand is cold and so is mine so I put them in there to warm up, and I didn't want to let go of yours so I put them both in my pocket to keep them warm and safe."
As the Ferris Wheel went around the girls relaxed and enjoyed the view of the lights as the rest of the carnival lit up. "Riss?"
"Yeah."
"Whatcha thinking about?"
Marissa though for a second. "These lights are beautiful at night and I'm having an amazing time. What about you?"
Alex looked into Marissa's eyes. "That I'm having an awesome time, even though I don't normally do dates, I'd do one anytime with you."
"You're cute, a dork but a cute dork at least."
Marissa heard Alex say something under her breathe but didn't know what. "What'd you say?"
"Hmm, me, nothing, and you're the dork." She smiled.
Later that night the girls were laying on the dock looking up at the stars as the moon cast a glow over the water.
"I love watching the moon, There were night when I'd go on the balcony or down to the beach just to watch it. I'd always wonder if you were watching it to and it made me feel to you, and as though we were in the same place at the exact same time even though we weren't." Came Marissa's soft whisper, her blushing hidden by the darkness.
Nothing was said for awhile. "Cool, and for the record, every time I came up here or sat by a dock I thought of you. Wondered what you were up to and how you were, and then I'd watch the stars and hope that you were okay."
The girls smiled at each other before Marissa leaned in and kissed Alex softly. "I think we should try and get some sleep, how's the tent sound for old times sake?"
Alex smiled. "Good, as long I get to hold you."
"You better, especially since it's kind of cold out."