Morning came quicker than expected and it was an incredible struggle to get dressed and stay awake at the same time. In fact, it came too quick, the last thing I remembered was drinking hot chocolate in the lobby and talking to Nagihiko about… My mind couldn't remember what he was babbling on about before I passed out. He must have carried me upstairs, I looked at him as he was digging through his suitcase and made myself a mental note to thank him later.

I ended up wearing something simple, or something that didn't require a lot of energy to get in to. I wore light blue jean shorts and a bright pink tank top, I also pulled my hair into a high pony tail; it would've wasted too much energy to actually do something with it.

I stumbled down to the lobby, sleep was still scratching my eyes, although it doesn't really help when one is woken up at six in the morning.

"'Bout time you guys made it," Utau scolded as Nagi and I joined my impatient group of friends that were all wide-eyed, bushy tailed and ready for the day. Utau said nothing more and starting walking toward the front door of the hotel and we reluctantly followed her, not sure what was really going to ensue on this "wonderful" day at Universal Studios.

The first thing I realized while on our short walk to the park entrance is that Universal Studios' entertainment factor is nothing to be joked about. I thought, in my ignorant little brain, that Universal was just another American theme park in which there was only several fun rides and everyone was dressed in some sort of costume. I was wrong and the towering green coaster that was just inside the gate was clearly proving that.

"What should we go on first?" Nagihiko asked, causing me to ponder the same thought. The park had not yet opened and the only rides I could see were the green coaster and some large tower that looked like death.

I shrugged "I don't know, whichever one is cool."

"Okay," he said, then began looking around more, as if he would see the entire layout of the park just by standing on his tippie toes.

Finally, after what felt like an hour, the big brass gates finally opened and Nagihiko immediately grabbed my hand and began dragging me towards the towering green coaster.

"You know, on second thought…" I barely spoke before he raced to the ride, the wind whipping my voice away from me.

The line the ride was short, which I suppose was a good thing, especially since there were hordes of people at the front. The ride, appropriately named The Hulk, was a one-hundred foot tall death contraption based off of some sort of superhero to strike fun and thrill in Americans. The only thing it was striking in me was fear.

"This is going to be awesome!" Nagihiko shouted as he strapped himself in the metal monster.

I gulped as we took off. The coaster went upside down and up and down then up again and under a small cave that was under a big lake then it finally stopped. I put two fingers to my neck to make sure that my heart was still beating.

"You okay?" Nagihiko asked as we exited the ride.

"No," I barked, putting a hand to my head. That was too much for too early in the morning.

"Hey!" a voice caught me off guard. The voice did not belong to Nagihiko. I around to see who it was and saw a familiar face, an annoying familiar face.

"Hi," I grumbled as blabbermouth Zach came running up to me.

"Who is that?" Nagihiko asked.

"He's that guy who was bothering me yesterday, his name is Zach." I whispered to him in reply.

"Hey Rima, didn't think you'd be here," Zach greeted me with a goofy grin on his face.

"So you're the one who was talking to Rima yesterday?" Nagihiko asked with false curiosity. It was all I could to not throw him in the lake that we were standing by.

"Yeah, she told me all about Japan," He said with his eyes wide with interest and a wide smile on his face. My annoyance was at the top level and I was about to walk away when another voice chimed in.

"Nagihiko? Is that you?" a girl spoke. She looked strangely familiar then I realized she was the girl at the pool yesterday. She had long brown hair that had an auburn glint to it, her eyes were a pale green and she reminded me of a human husky. Except that huskies aren't exceedingly tan and don't dress like they are going to a club.

"Avery, hi, I didn't expect you to be here." Nagi greeted and his face lit when he saw her. Anger boiled under my skin at the way he looked at her.

My eyes combed my surroundings until I found something that was worthy of getting my operation on a roll. "Hey Zach?" I piped up.

"Yeah?"

"Do you want to go on that ride with me?" I requested sweetly, pointing at the ride and pleading with my golden eyes.

Zach followed my finger and a wide smile grew on his face. "Sure!" he said loudly then grabbed my hand and began leading me to it. I looked back and saw that Avery—or whatever her name was—was leading Nagihiko to somewhere that was the complete opposite direction that we were going.

I apparently have horrible taste in rides because this one looked worse than The Hulk. It was a water ride; I did not notice this while standing a long way away from it. I just noticed something colorful that had characters and stuff all over it. This is not what I expected.

"I hope you love water rides!" Zach shouted as I got in the small boat that was carefully designed to make it look like it was made out of wood.

"I don't," I said quietly through gritted teeth. I suddenly questioned my reasoning as to why I decided it would be a good idea to hang out with Zach for the rest of the day instead of Nagihiko. Was it that girl? It must have been something about her that just made me so… The word was teetering on the edge of my mind but I refused to think about it. No way. My mind thought bluntly but then wavered toward the option for a split second until the ride finally reached its peak and went tumbling down a watery hill to my watery grave.

I opened my mouth to scream but it was cut off by a chilling wave of water.

"Wasn't that fun!" Zach shouted over the subsiding waves of water.

"No." I choked then my teeth began to chatter on account of I was soaking wet and freezing.

"Are you alright?" Zach's excited expression suddenly turned concerning.

No I wasn't fine, but I didn't need any assistance from a complete stranger. "Yeah I'm f-fine." I stuttered, putting my arms around my shoulders to keep myself from shivering.

Zach frowned and stopped in his tracks. "No you're not, you're freezing." He said, pointing to my shoulders which were shaking. "Here," he spoke then pulled a hoodie out of his backpack and draped it over my shaking body.

It was incredibly warm and dry and smelled roughly of coconut and apples.

"T-thank you," I said, noticing that I wasn't shivering as bad.

"No problem, where do you want to go next? Probably not a water ride, huh?" He asked then suddenly broke out laughing. I joined him with a chuckle then we continued walking throughout the rest of the park.

The remainder of the day was spent on several rides, one of which that actually scared me. I had heard of Harry Potter but had never seen the movies; the ride terrified me though and ruined my mind so that I would never watch the movies.

I learned that Zach wanted to be an author but still couldn't find the right idea to put into the form of a bestselling novel. He was in Florida to get away from his hometown in Ohio for a while. I told him my goals of being a comedian and that I just graduated high school.

"Well, you should really go for being a comedian. I heard you make a couple wise cracks today, you're really funny." He smiled, revealing a row of white flawless teeth.

"Thank you," I said quietly, unsure of what to actually think. Everyone knew that I wanted to be a comedian, but no one had ever told me that I was good at it or that I should go for it. We made it to the bronze gates and we watched the Friday sun hide behind the park, bringing the crisp Friday night air. "I better go," I mumbled and began to walk away then realized I still had Zach's hoodie on. I quickly took it off and handed it him then ran back to the hotel, just remembering that I had a concert to get ready for.

How is that, huh? I like that I gave Zach a bit more character description, makes him seem a little less like a useless and spineless oc.

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