Chapter 1: The Beginning
It is another lovely day in June. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, the roar of the roller coasters are in the air. As we look around Grape Cake, we see young Ell walking back to work, and stopping to enjoy the scenery, when she notices something a bit odd. A Thrill Ride Entertainer has a uniform on, but is holding a map of the park open, and looks utterly confused. "Hi, I'm Ell, you look a bit lost, may I help you find somewhere," Ell inquires. "Yes, well I haven't been to this park in a few years, and apparently they have changed the layout a bit. I'm looking for this Dinosaur Land.", Sirius replied. "Oh well I'm heading that way, why don't you just follow me. By the way, I'm Ell, what's your name?" "Uh, I'm Sirius Buckhold." "Nice To Meet You!"
Sirius follows Ell to Dinosaur Land, Ell talking up a storm, and Sirius just half-listening. He seemed a bit weirded out by the attention, so only paid half-attention. They arrive at their destination, and Ell says if he needs anything she is down in the Happy Kids Children's Area. Over the next few days, Sirius and Ell begin to really get to know each other. Anyone else looking in on the situation could realize that Ell was falling in love with Sirius, but Ell did not realize that fact until it was nearly too late.
Sirius and Ell had breaks together everyday, then Sirius was moved down to Happy Kids, so they had even more time to talk to each other. You would think they were dating, but Ell had her sights on other guys. She dated another co-worker Sirius Gay for most of the summer, but was completely obsessed with her boss James Mc-Duff. James treated her nice, and deep down she though that he was extra nice to her, and possibly liked her as well. Her whole summer was spent trying to attract James' attention, but she also kept talking to Sirius.
It seemed that when Sirius was around, the days went faster, and the work was easier. Ell nicknamed Sirius the Bug Killing Ninja, because if there was ever a wasp, bee, what have you around, Sirius would bat it down and promptly step on it splattering the guts everywhere. As the summer grew thicker, then began to thin, the closer Ell and Sirius became. Although Ell was still oblivious to the fact that she liked him, Sirius knew that he liked her.
One of the last employee events the park had for the summer was called the Big Gig. Quite a few of the rides and games were open for the employees to enjoy, as well as some good food to eat. Ell had determined on this night, she was going to confess her love to James. The whole summer she had oogled over him, without even mentioning a word to him. Her Lead, Acme, knew very much of the obsession. It turned out that James was the DJ for the event, and Ell vowed to tell James, if Acme would come with her. Acme and Ell hung out for a while, until Acmes friend Jerry came along. Acme and Jerry ditched Ell after a few rides on the dodge carts. Ell was wandering all by her lonesome, when who did she spot, none other than Sirius. She went up to him, happy to see a familiar face, and he asked if she wanted to ride some rides with him.
Apparently Acme had to go home early, so Ell had no one to back her up going to talk to James.(or so she thought…) Sirius and Ell had a great time, and since Ell considered Sirius one of her closest and best friends, she told him about James, and what she was going to do. He agreed to stay, and waited for Ell while she talked to James for over an hour. "James, Can I talk to you?" Sighs, and sits down on the rear bumper of his car. "Sure go ahead." "Well I just wanted you to know, that I really like you, and I…I…I…just like you a lot." "I know, I appreciate the message you left me, but you must understand that I am a supervisor, and you are an employee. It's against company policy for me to date you." "I…I understand. Thanks for taking the time to talk." "No problem, I'll be seeing you around then? Maybe I'll stop in Happy Kids tomorrow."
Feeling relieved that was over, but extremely saddened that it had to end the way it did, Ell began walking slowly toward the exit. Sirius was following a bit behind, when Ell turned to him. "Thanks for waiting there with me, you didn't have to, I could have handled it on my own. I just needed someone there for support when I first started." "Hey, no problem, I didn't want you walking out alone." "You're really sweet. Thanks a lot." The reach the exit and depart ways. On the way home, Ell recounts the whole story to her mother, when suddenly she realizes that all the feelings she had toward James, were actually directed subconsciously towards Sirius. She was in love with Sirius, not James.