"Wow." Raivis said, looking up with Peter at the size of the roller coaster that they were talking about earlier.
Said ride was very tall, one of the loops raised so high up Peter was sure if you weren't upside down on it you would see the entire park.
"M-maybe laundry does sound like a good idea right about now." Raivis commented.
"Oh, no way!" Peter said, "I'm not gonna fold towel after towel and shirt after shirt."
"Well, I would." Raivis answered, "Where's Toris?"
"Where are the adults?" Peter looked around.
"What?"
"The adults!"
"Toris?" Raivis started to run in one direction, while Peter ran in the other.
"Whoa, wait up boys!" Tino called, "We're over here."
"Um, if Peter goes on that..." Raivis pointed at the ride, "... do I have to go on it with him?"
Berwald started to smile again, looking at Eduard, he asked, "Does the b'y h've t' do any chores th't he doesn't w'nt t' do?"
"Vacuuming..." Eduard replied.
"Shoot." Raivis muttered, looking at Peter, "I've been given a challenge. I hate vacuuming."
"I'm sorry?" Peter said.
"OK boys!" Tino clapped his hands, "Now that we've seen this ride, let's go find a calm one to start us out!"
"One that drops!" Peter yelled, "Like that one, the one that looks like a round Viking boat!"
Toris looked up at Berwald, "Well... I guess this is why you came."
"Hm?" Berwald looked down at Toris.
"Because they have so many Viking themed rides here, right?"
"Yah, s're, l't's go w'th th't."
The ride they chose first had a wait time of five minutes currently, so Peter and Raivis raced each other to the front of the line while the adults followed quickly behind, Berwald leading them with his huge steps.
By the time they reached the front, two of the people operating the ride saw them, smiling at them and motioning them forward.
"All right." Peter muttered, "Gonna get wet!"
"Wait." Raivis grabbed Peter's shoulder. "We have to wait on the adults."
"Oh, you're not alone?" one of the people working asked.
"Yeah, my Dad and his b- friends brought us here." Peter remembered not to call Tino his dad's "Boyfriend" to strangers.
One reason was the thought of the kids being raised in a disturbed way; the other was Berwald's appearance. (Which, was explained ever so rudely to him by Denmark.)
"Hmm," the person – a name tag of Ryan – nodded at the boys.
Call me paranoid Raivis thought, but I don't find his staring at us all that amusing.
When the adults showed up, Toris was – for some reason – leading the group and grabbed Raivis's shoulder, "You that excited?"
"Yeah!" Raivis answered, sounding excited but keeping his face aimed at Toris, which said I don't like the guy over there.
"So, what's the occasion?" the other person asked, leading the group to their round "boat".
"Birthday." Eduard answered.
"Oh, who's the boy that gets the spanking today?"
"Th's 'un." Berwald clapped his hand down on Peter's head.
Ryan laughed, "Well, have a nice day, get in there tightly, this thing takes a sudden drop, and you will get wet."
Toris stared wide eyed at the man, "Already?"
"Yeah." The other person answered, "Don't come back here when it gets hotter, the line's gonna be very long."
"Peter." Raivis said, "Sit next to me."
Tino shook in his seat, "Berwald... can I wait for you?"
"No." Berwald tightened the seat belt around his and Tino's legs, "'ts g'nna be 'k. J'st a dr'p."
Eduard laughed, the boat started lurching forward. "Tino, c'mon, it's not gonna kill you."
"But it will make me have to pee."
The other nations laughed.
Tino looked back at the people who operated the ride, seeing more groups of people walking over to start their days with a water ride.
"So... what do we want to talk about?" Toris asked randomly.
"How's about how Peter and Raivis are gonna get wet first?" Eduard pointed at the boys, "They'll be facing backward when we go down the first fall."
"We are!" Raivis asked, "Oh dear, Peter, I think we need diapers for you and me."
The adults did their share of chuckling, seeing the raising point to the first drop in their sights.
"Is it gonna be the boys?" Tino asked, talking like a game show announcer, "Or is it going to be Toris and Eduard?"
"Or~!" Toris did the same as Tino, "Is it going to be Berwald and Tino?"
"I think!" Eduard said, the "boat" lifted up onto the conveyor belt, with Toris and Eduard's back facing the drop. "It's us." He said glumly.
"Ha!" Tino pointed at them and laughed.
Raivis giggled, "Finally, good luck comes to me!"
"Or does it?" Tino asked, Berwald chuckling at everyone.
"Here we go~! Whee!" Peter was the only one to be prepared for said fall, the other men giving shouts as they plummeted a few feet into the water, Toris and Eduard getting soaked and the water hitting Raivis in the shoulder.
Tino laughed, seeing Toris with his mouth making an O and his hands in front of him like was Frankenstein, squealing in a really high voice that was unusual for him that the water was "ColdcoldCOOOOOOOOOOLD!"
Eduard, on the other hand, was laughing maniacally.
Berwald now exploded with the others in laughter, the "boat" turning to where Peter and Raivis couldn't see where they were going.
"Oh, you're gonna get it now!" Toris pointed at them, Eduard laughing even harder.
"Oh dear!" Raivis grabbed Peter's hand without knowing it, trying to look behind him, "It's isn't the sudden drop is it?"
The elder men looked at the sight of Raivis grabbing the younger boy's hand, Tino saw it adorable, Berwald saw it as an act of fear – no biggie, Toris saw it as one of those touchy feely moments, and Eduard saw it as a time to see both boys faces as they went down the second fall, water soaking them and making them laugh and shriek with how cold it was.
"I told you it was cold." Toris crossed his arms, sticking his nose up in the air.
"But we're sure as heck gonna be warm later!" Peter raised his hands, "I wanna be facing backward when the sudden drop comes!"
"In the meantime!" Raivis took the turn to be the game show announcer, "Tino and Berwald are the next ones to fall down backward!" seeing the next fall ahead, and Berwald and Tino weren't going to be getting away.
"Oh dear, it better not kill me." Tino commented, trying to look over his shoulder while Berwald just shrugged, "'m wearin' a h'ge coat 'nd a l'yer 'f clothes."
"Ha!" Peter laughed.
That was when the third drop was taken, Tino squealing at the sudden cold and Berwald grunting at the force his back hit against the seat whenever they landed.
Toris pointed at Tino and laughed like crazy, "Now you know how I feel!"
"Well at least my hair isn't in my face!"
True, Toris' hair was in his face, he brushed it away with a smile.
"Hey... Raivis." Peter whispered, "You've still got my hand."
The Latvian looked down at his hand, seeing it tightly around Peter's. He turned red, "S-sorry!" he spat out, releasing the hand.
"Hey." Peter lightly punched Raivis's shoulder, "If you need it for any other ride, it'll be here."
Raivis gave the younger boy a smile.
Peter blinked, seeing water dripping from Raivis's head, onto his jeans, his eyes looking at him with all the trust and care in the world.
Somehow... he went from looking like a 15 year old friend of his to someone... he wanted to stare at, for hours, and hours...
That was when the sudden drop came in. When the nations felt gravity pulling the down suddenly, Raivis's hand found Peter's again, Tino screamed and was clutching onto Berwald's arm like it was his lifeline, Toris and Eduard threw their arms up in the air.
All of them got just as soaked as Toris and Eduard did on the first drop.
"Tino, what was that?" Toris asked laughing, "You sounded like an opera singer."
"He 's 'ne wh'n he st'bs his toe." Berwald laughed.
"Shut it." Tino was mindful of the other two nations on board.
They all returned to the loading dock laughing, getting off with their clothes heavier then what they were before they got on.
"Su-San, are you sure your coat isn't that heavy?" Tino asked.
"'s f'ne." Berwald waved away the Finnish man's hands.
Peter took his sailor hat off to twist it, wringing water out of it before putting it back on his head, "That was awesome!" he cried.
Raivis nodded in agreement, shaking his head, sending water flying from his hair onto Eduard. "Sorry."
Toris' shirt threatened to lower itself down to reveal his collar bone, probably below that if he wasn't holding it up with one hand. "Um, can we, find a ride that could dry us off?" he asked, "My shirts..."
"Falling down?" Ryan asked, laughing, "Don't worry, unlike most parks, we have full body dryers outside. One dollar for six people at a time."
"Thank you, I was just about to ask that." Tino nodded.
Raivis kept an eye on Ryan, seeing the worker eyeing Toris like he was candy that a starving child wanted. The Latvian bit his lip, grabbing the Lithuanian's hand and pulling him along, followed by Peter grabbing Berwald's hand, "Where to next?" he cried.
Anywhere but here. Raivis thought, seeing Ryan walking after them from the corner of his eye.
"Alright!" Tino pulled out his wallet, which was damp, but the money inside was dry. He handed a bill to Peter, "You and Raivis share a dryer. We adults will squeeze into one."
Raivis went to object, seeing Ryan walking in the opposite direction but eyeing back at Toris. Peter dragged him into a dryer that someone wasted their money on and left running. Standing in the dryer with his arms open he laughed, "C'mon Raivis, it isn't going to eat you whole!"
The Latvian crawled in with the younger boy, enjoyed the heat blowing against him.
That was when Peter started to walk around the dryer, eyes closed, enjoying the heat.
Raivis kept looking outside for Ryan; he had an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to be seeing him more then once today.
That was when Peter ran face first into Raivis's chest, making an "Oof." Sound and accidentally making his arms go to surround Raivis, as for a hug.
The older of the two took the message incorrectly, throwing his arms around Peter and resting his chin on his head.
"R'v's." Peter mumbled through the still damp fabric of the shirt, "R'v's!"
"Hm? Oh! S-sorry Peter!" Raivis let the Sealander go, "I – I didn't mean to – it's j-just I'm... c-cold!"
"Well, I'm not that warm either." Peter mumbled as the dryer turned off. He exited the dryer to put the bill inside, entering again when the dryer was working again.
With his hands behind his back and face towards the ground, Raivis traced a line at the bottom of the dryer with the toe of his shoe.
"Hey, it's alright, Raivis." Peter said, "Nothing to be ashamed about! I see Tino give Dad hugs like that all the time!"
Yeah, but they're in love... Raivis thought about his latest romance novel he was reading, shaking his head. He liked Peter, more then he thought he was supposed to – and the novels just fueled his expectations of being showed affection back from the Sealander.
And Ryan, the way he acted towards Toris. That was another thing most likely fueled by the novels.
"Alright boys!" Eduard called, "Let's go!"
The younger two nations left their dryer to see the adults giggling like little girls while leaving theirs. Berwald hit his head against the top of said dryer, looking at it with one eye squinted while rubbing the area of impact.
Tino laughed at him, pulling the map (A little soaked but still useable) from Toris' pocket. "Alright, where to now?"
"There!" Eduard started to act like a child again, pointing at the ride he pointed at earlier, "That one! It looks fun!"
"Hey, imitate the kid again, Eduard." Toris said, "Show the others."
Eduard pretended to jump up and down, talking in his high pitched voice that made the other males crack up.
"Sir." Ryan reappeared behind Toris, making the Lithuanian jump.
"Yes? Oh, hi, how are you?"
"Yes, you dropped your phone."
Toris looked at the phone presented to him – yes, it was his phone alright. He felt the pocket he put it in, feeling it not there. "Oh, thank you! I don't know what I would've done without you bringing it back to me, thank you."
"No prob." Ryan smiled at Toris, before looking at Raivis and walking away.
That was when Raivis's knees gave out from underneath him. Peter, the only one close enough, caught the older boy before he hit the ground, "Raivis? Raivis, are you OK?"
Toris stopped checking his phone to see the youngest Baltic laying in Peter's arms, mouth agape after where Ryan walked off.
Oh boy Toris thought, Another paranoia attack.
"That was fun!" Peter and Raivis walked behind the adults away from the ride they recently rode. "Raivis, did you see that man handing off that bridge? It was so cool and scary at the same time."
It was a robot, Peter. Raivis thought to himself before smiling at the younger micro-nation, "Yeah, that was pretty cool."
"Hey." Toris looked at his phone again, "Who the crap is Ryan?"
"I don't know any one by the name of Ryan." Eduard muttered, looking at the map over Tino's shoulder.
"Well, it's in my contacts."
Raivis had to grab Peter's shoulders to keep from falling down.
Berwald looked around them, keeping everyone near him like he was the mother of a group of birds. Sure, some people were looking at them, but they kept their distance whenever they caught Berwald's eye.
"Su-San." Tino tugged on the Swede's shoulder, "Raivis and I are gonna go with you guys to that ride over there" he pointed at a roller coaster, "But we're gonna wait for you, alright?"
"Hm." Berwald nodded.
"Uh..." Toris said, "I'm not ready for roller coasters yet, uh, I'll ride some other rides with drops in them, then I'll ride roller coasters, OK?"
"You pansy." Eduard said deeply, "You wanna be a man? Grow a pair and ride that one now!"
"Lose the deep voice." Toris answered in a high pitch, "And maybe I will! Hehe, look at me, I'm Poland!" he flipped his brown hair back like Raivis had seen Feliks do at times.
The other three nations were laughing, Raivis was used to it. Ever since they had been on their own, they joked around and made funny voices to keep themselves amused. (Raivis did a Bugs Bunny perfectly yesterday)
Thus, made Toris and Eduard walk to the next ride, making the same high pitched and deep voices to each other.
Peter tapped Raivis's shoulder, "Is it normal for them to be so... goofy?"
"We do it all the time, now that Ivan isn't breathing down our necks," Raivis shrugged, "I just play along. But it's amusing. You should see their sock puppet shows."
Peter laughed, walking with Berwald and Eduard to the line of the ride while Tino, Raivis, and Toris traveled to where people left it.
"Hey, Tino." Toris poked the Fin in the shoulder, "Raivis can make himself sound like a dying cat. Wanna hear?"
A laugh, "Well, aren't you childish today or what?"
"Vearchk-ly." Toris used phlegm, holding his arm out to Raivis, "Dead a-chact, please?"
"Cat, said with phlegm, sounds funny." Tino giggled.
Raivis nodded, "Look at me look at me I'm a cute ca- Rawererereah!"
Tino jumped back, "Goodness, I really did think that a cat was dying."
Toris patted Raivis on the head, "That's my boy!"
"Oh, is it just me or do we keep meeting?"
Ryan was behind them when Toris and Raivis turned around. The Latvian instantly felt the need to run away, carrying Toris with him – but there was a couple problems with that. One, Toris weighted more then the maximum weight Raivis could carry, and two, it would look really weird.
The Lithuanian smiled at the operator, "Heh, well, what are you here for?"
"I'm trying to figure out what ride I operate next." Ryan winked at Toris.
I know which one it isn't, and that's Toris, you bitch. Raivis thought bitterly.
The Lithuanian didn't get the hint Ryan dropped, "Oh, well, is it this one?"
"Maybe it is." Ryan shrugged, "And, I don't mean to barge into your personal life or anything, but, is this boy here," Ryan rested a hand on the Latvian's head, "Your offspring?"
"Oh no." Toris kindly made Ryan move his invading limb, "I'm his uncle."
"I see."
Tino appeared next to Toris, "OK, look, there's Su-San and them, got to go!" he pulled the Baltics away, Toris saying a polite good-bye to Ryan.
Raivis was shaking still.
**Toris be hasing a stalker! Creepy! (I'm sorry, but I can't just make the story all fluffy, I must torture someone, and that poor someone is Toris. Don't worry, Ryan's gonna go poof in the next chapter.) OK, so, this story is basically what happened to me or friends and relatives of mine whenever we went to different parks. So, you could say that this is Dollywood, Disney World, Universal, and Ghost Town in the Sky all in one park. (Boat ride came from Disney, the water ride in Animal Kingdom.) Oh, and I know that the Baltics are OOC, but it has a few good reasons. One is that they can be made to be really goofy and fun to be around (Three Stooges, anyone?) Two is that I can throw in what I do most of the time. (Sock puppet shows I still do, and I can't sound like Bugs Bunny, but Latvia can.) Speaking of Latvia, go watch "LATVIAAA!" ten minute challenge on YouTube, and tell me you hear Wachovia's newest advertisers. LOL OFF TRACK! Anyway, if you liked it, come back for thirds! If not, don't leave a comment. Unless there's a typing error that bugs you in there somewhere, say so.