OKAY! I am sorry that the first chapter was just an intro, but I had to write it. If you like the story please review, if you don't then don't review!
Dear Diary,
Today was… How do I describe it? Amazing, today was amazing! I went to the fair in Westerville with Hannah, Damian, and Bryce and it was amazing!
Yesterday Damian started talking about wanting to go and that he could drive some of us there if we wanted to go with him so, of course, I said yes! Carnival rides, hamburgers, carnival rides! Once Hannah heard about the fair she begged her boyfriend Bryce to come with us. I never really understood what Hannah ever saw in Bryce. He is calm and she is a constant wild fire with the hair to prove it!
Anyway, after school today we all met up by a special spot next to Damian's locker and then headed to the student parking lot to Ole Red. At least, that is what Damian calls his old, beaten up pickup truck that he loves. Hannah insisted that she sit next to Bryce in the back but who could blame her? She wanted to sit next to Bryce so they could hold hands or something which meant that I got passenger seat! Sadly, I had to sit next to Damian…
I love the guy, but maybe too much and that is where the problem is. Hannah knows that I like him, hell she used to like him as well, but now? Everyone knows that he still likes Marissa and everyone knows the story. He fell for her freshman year when he first moved here from Ireland (Lucky Charms!) and four months later he asked her out. They dated for three months then she broke it off because it was, "awkward since we are just friends" or at least that is what she said. They are friends of course; best friends but poor Damo had spent the last few months until summer in a sort of sad daze. It was depressing seeing him like that. He was, is, and always will be my brother (crush or no crush) and I hated seeing him sad. They are still talking but she doesn't like him and he will never get over her.
After half an hour or so of switching the radio station multiple times trying to find a good song I found Telephone by Lady Gaga. Sadly, the song was ending and it started playing into the next song after about ten seconds.
My short attention span kicked in as I started thinking about the carnival but I only had a few seconds of picturing myself upside down on some ride as I heard Damian start to sing a familiar song.
I'm not surprised, not everything lasts
I've broken my heart so many times I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in, I talk myself out
I get all worked up then I let myself down
I was staring at him laughing at how is accent disappeared every time he started singing and thought hey, I am suppose to have fun today right? And I started singing (practically laughing) the next verse while Damian started "Drumming" somewhat off beat on the steering wheel.
I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought, I thought of every possibility
Damian had caught my eye a few times during the three short lines gave me one of those dazzling smiles each time. He joined in belting the rest of the song with me while we looked and felt like idiots rocking out to a Michael Buble song while in a car.
And I know some day that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid that I give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet
Damian winked at me and I started laughing uncontrollably at the hyper feeling that was now sneaking into my chest as we got closer to the fair and at the irony that Damian just winked at me.
The song ended with a calm line of Just haven't met you yeeeet and Damian and I were exhausted from the song.
Hannah, who had been snuggling with Bryce in the back the entire time watching the amazingly dorky duet of Damo and I screamed with a high for Hannah shriek, "We're here!"
I pressed my face against the glass of the window to look at the Ferris wheel that was right in front of us. It was one of those Ferris wheel's where each booth compartment only sat two and it spun. As in you are sitting down and it would spin so far right that you would be upside down and the same on the left. Damian's eyes were trained on it and I almost startled him as I put my hand on his and looked him in the eyes feeling like a mad genius as I said, "We are going on that!" I took his response of laughter as a, "Yes" and left it at that.
Once we bought our tickets and entered we went over to the line to get tickets for the rides.
"I wanna go on that one! And that one! And Hannah we are sitting next together on that one!" I felt like an energetic five year old but I didn't care.
After we got the tickets we went over to a ride that looked like two swinging hammers. The "Hammer" part was where everyone sat and the hammers swung back and forth to the point where they would go fully upside down then they would come back down the opposite way. Basically, it looked awesome so I wanted to go on it.
About two minutes after we got in line Bryce was trying to hide behind Damian.
"What are you doing?" Damian was obviously as confused as I was as he looked at Bryce like he just went crazy.
Bryce only replied with a few words. "It's Sunshine."
Basically, Sunshine was Bryce's ex girlfriend. They had only been dating for the two weeks that Sunshine even went to McKinley High before transferring to Carmel High but Bryce had taken it as, "I hate you so much that I can't stand being in the same school as you," and started yelling at Sunshine. I could tell that Bryce was trying his best to avoid her but I still didn't understand why he didn't just say sorry. She walked closer and closer to us without even realizing that we were there in which Bryce ran in the opposite direction to avoid her better. Once she got to where she would see us and start talking she just kept walking past us.
"Well, that was interesting?" I said using my best sarcastic voice. "Look! We are up!" My attitude going back to hyper five year old mode I handed over my tickets to the guy working the ride, dropped PE bag (which my mom had told me to bring "Just in case"), and ran over to a row of open seats. I dragged Hannah into the one next to me while Damian got into the seat behind me and poked me in the back of my neck.
I turned as best as I could in the seat to face him and he was grinning. Is he flirting with me? No, of course he isn't, Damian would never flirt with me like this.
Hannah got me out of my continuous line up of thoughts as she also turned to face Damian. "I will give you five dollars to scream at the highest pitch you can and at the top of your lungs when we reach the top." It was a joke of course but Damian agreed and I laughed.
The ride started up and we started swinging back and forth as Born This Way by Lady Gaga came on the over speakers and I started singing it top of my voice and off key. After a few lines Hannah joined in and by the time we got to the chorus Damian was singing with us.
Oh there ain't no other way
Baby I was born this way
Baby I was born this way
Oh there ain't no other way
Baby I was born-
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
Trying to still breathe, laugh, and sing was hard but fun at the same time so I continued singing (laughing and breathing) with Hannah and Damian. By the time the ride was over none of us could speak.
After grabbing my bag we continued walking until Hannah spoke some words of wisdom. "Where is Bryce? He just ran away…" So, we spent the next twenty minutes trying to find him then gave up and decided to go on more rides. Damian was saying how he didn't want to go on any big rides until later so I directed us towards a pink spinning one. That ride that looks like a donut if you look at it from up top. The one where after it starts spinning you are pinned to the sides of the ride for about five minutes until it stops. I went in between Damian and Hannah and started laughing as Damian took a quarter out of his pocket and placed it against his stomach then tapped my shoulder. Having an excuse to look at his stomach was a bit embarrassing but it was funny how the quarter was unmoving being pressed slightly into his skin. I was laughing again as the ride continued spinning.
Once we got off I pushed Hannah and Damian to the Ferris wheel one that we spotted earlier and once we got to the front of the line I dragged Damian into one of the compartments and waited for Hannah to get in the one behind us but she didn't.
"Why aren't you getting in?" The worry in my voice was, well, worried.
"It has to be two people for one car." Her voice echoed the sadness in mine.
"Sorry…" The word was taken out of my mouth as the ride started and the Ferris wheel started spinning and our individual car started spinning side to side. I wish I could say that I felt bad about having to be so close and, at times, pressed up against Damian but I liked it. It was nice, it was fun, and it was just…
When the ride stopped we weren't at the bottom but close to the top so the people near at the bottom could get out and that's when it happened. I wish I could say, "That's when he kissed me!" But it was worse than that. That is when Damian threw up and when I discovered the wheel that controlled if we were right side up or upside down and I made sure that we stayed right side up after that.
It was awkward sitting only inches away (By now I was trying to be as far away as Damian as I could while in the small space) while he was vomiting but I kept my calm and breathed small breathes through my mouth. We got out and the person controlling the ride didn't look to happy so we ran out of the ride.
After finding Hannah and explaining everything we went over to the portable potty area (which thankfully had sinks) and Damian cleaned up as best as he could while I went into one of the stalls (which was bigger than a normal one) and changed out of my current comfy sweat pants like shorts and into skinny jeans that I had brought "Just in case" If only I had realized that "Just in case" meant "Just in case someone threw up" earlier then I would of brought more comfy pants.
Once we were done we walked over to the food area. I was walking next to Damian while Hannah was a step behind us and we heard her scream. We turned around at the same time and saw Bryce with his arms around her.
"Where were you guys! You ditched me!" He still had his arms around his girl and was laughing.
"Well," Now using my serious voice verses the joking one I wanted to use. "Considering that you saw Sunny and ran you ditched us, we didn't ditch you." I gave him a smirk as he agreed quickly that he ran away and we walked over to a hamburger booth. The food looked really good but I still wanted to go on rides so I just bought the most expensive french-fries that I have ever bought and walked over to where Hannah and Damian were waiting for their burgers (Bryce ordered nothing) Hannah was standing towards the back of the line while Damian was waiting for both of their burgers and we were talking.
After a few minutes of waiting we went to go find some nice hay bales to sit on and walked away. Once I put down my French-fries I walked back over to the burger stand and walked over to Damian. "Are the burgers done yet?" I was standing behind him and put my chin on his right shoulder but he didn't jump.
"Almost, they said just another minute or so." Damian was as calm as normal so I decided to go eat my fries.
While walking over to Hannah, who had her head on Bryce's shoulder, I passed a boy who could pass as Damian's brother (who sitting next to another boy) then started running towards Hannah.
"Hannah!" I whisper yelled her name as I tugged her away from Bryce. "Who does he look like?" She was pointing a finger towards the Damian clone.
"He looks…familiar…" After another few seconds she continued the sentence, "…like Damian…Do you think he is cute?" Her question caught me off guard so after thinking for a second I replied with a small smile biting my bottom lip. "Then go give him your number!" She was taking my French-fry tray and tearing a piece of it off for a writing surface and grabbed a pen out of her purse. "What is your number?" Figuring that he wouldn't call anyway I took the slip of French-fry tray with my name and number on it and made a character who wanted the Damian look-a-like.
Pretend that he is Damian. I walked up to the boy and said as flirty as I could, "I think you're cute. Call me" I ended it with a wink and strutted back towards Hannah. Once I got back to her I dropped the character and relaxed.
"How did it go?" She squeaked.
"How did what go?" Damian walked up with two hamburgers and two orders of French-fries as he sat down next to me.
"It's nothing," I was trying too hard to cover it up but Damian just dug into his food.
"Umm…" Hannah's eyes were wide with surprise. "Remember the friend?" I nodded slowly. "Damian's clone is holding the friends butt…" Damian almost choked on his food as he turned to look where Hannah was looking and I put my head in my hands.
"Why does that matter?" Damian was still trying to breathe but the sentence came out whole.
"Ms. Lindsay here just gave Mr. Gay-Damian over there her phone number." Hannah's attempt at a sexy voice was as funny as always but I didn't want to laugh at the moment.
Damian nudged my arm, "If it helps, I think he is pretty adorable." He sounded serious but I knew he was joking so we continued talking as if nothing had happened.
After another few minutes of talking and laughing Hannah nudged Damian's arm and pointed over to two girls. "Go give the blonde your phone number!" She looked like the happiest person on earth while Damian looked like the most shocked person on earth.
"What! Why would I give her my phone number?" He was looking at the blonde girl who was, dare I admit it? She was hot, the girl that Damian was about to give his number to was hot. And Damian is hot.
What if he actually gives her his number? What if she calls him? What if they start dating? What if he stops hanging out with us to hang out with them?
"Lindsay?" My thoughts had brought me out of the real world and Damian was bringing me back in. "Should I go give her my number?"
She will forget him.
"Yes! Come on; go give her your number!" The look that I was getting convinced me that I was playing my character right. That I convinced him that I was a girl who doesn't care if he gets a girlfriend and doesn't like me.
"Okay…" his voice was getting shaky as he took the pen that Hannah was offering him and a piece of my French fry tray. After writing down his name and number he slowly walked over to the pair of girls. "Wait," why is he walking back to us? "Which one do I give my number to?" I started laughing at how nervous Damian was getting.
"Which girl do you think is cute?" Bryce was laughing as hard as I was by now and Damian looked uneasy.
"Umm…the blonde one I guess?"
"Then GO ASK HER!" Hannah was yelling loud enough for the two girls to hear and she pushed Damian up towards the girls.
Damian walked back and his cheeks were red. "What happened?" I wanted to know so I yelled the question for emphasis.
"She looked at me like I was crazy…" how dare they! He is not crazy! Instead of sharing my thoughts with the girls I gave Damian a told you so look.
"It's okay! There is someone here who wants to date an adorable Irishman!" Hannah's eyes darted to me for a second but I tried my best to act indifferent.
"Let's just go walk around," Damian was sad but still didn't seem like he cared enough. "Just no more rides!" Now that he was becoming more of his laughable self I figured that it was okay to start joking again.
"Speak for yourself! You were the only one who threw up!" Damian responded by nudging my arm playfully so I responded with a hurt look and an, "Ouch!" while rubbing my arm softly.
We got up and started walking around again. When we passed Gay-Damian I winked at him and his boyfriend glared at me. To get even more of a reaction I linked my arm with Damian's and whispered in his ear to act normal about it until we turned a corner.
"Why did we do that?" He turned his head towards me and winked. "Do you like me?"
"Yah, right, I like you Damian." If he didn't get my sarcasm by my eyes rolling I don't know what I should have done. "I winked at Gay-Da then his boy glared at me so I decided to confuse them!"
"You are an evil evil girl Ms. Pearce." He purposely made his accent stronger and winked at me. I pushed him away and put my hands in my pockets. As we walked around we started giving our numbers and flirting with more guys. Well, not so much of that but more of thinking about doing that.
We passed a group of five or so girls so I dared Damian to give one of the girls his number. It took a few minutes to convince him but he did…and her friend threw the number to the ground. He walked back to us with his head down and I hugged him. "Sorry Damo," I whispered into his ear and glared at the girls over his shoulder. They looked pissed off at Damian and they probably thought that I was his girlfriend.
After that we mostly just walked around and bought random snacks. Hannah gave a fake number to a guy who was with seven or eight other guys and they started cheering for the guy who got the number. A few minutes later she gave another fake number to a somewhat cute guy but when she walked back she said that she told the guy that it was Bryce who wanted him to have the number. Bryce was pissed off but we were all laughing our heads off. We tried to agree to not give out numbers to any more guys but I saw a guy who looked cute enough to make Damian jealous so…I wanted to give him my number. He was tall with dark blonde hair, nerd style glasses, a short sleeved blue and gray plaid shirt, dark skinny jeans, and converse. He was with a group of five or so other guys who were cute but not as cute.
Walking up to him I started walking away. After two minutes of convincing Hannah to give the boy my number she did. I could see the boys' reaction as I tried to look shy yet interested as I stole glances at boy. Hannah walked back and she looked happy.
"You told him that it was from me right? You gave it to the right boy right?" My voice was desperate without even trying.
"Yes! I gave him your number!" Hannah was jumping up and down with excitement and I was about to then I remembered that I was standing next to a guy whom I actually knew and liked for who he was not just his looks. We started to walk away but then I heard someone yell my name. More specifically, I heard a guys' voice from the group where the cutie was calling my name loudly.
I stopped walking and looked over at Hannah as if for approval to go over to them. She whispered, "Yes!" and I turned around and started walking over to them.
The cutie look embarrassed but his friends where laughing slightly which made me laugh slightly too. It was awkward. I was trying to play it cool but it felt so awkward!
"So you're Lindsay?" The question came from one of the cutie's friends, a short boy with slicked back black hair and a simple black shirt with jeans and converse. "I am Blaine and this is my friend Cameron; he goes to Dalton with all of us but he is a little sophomore. He is a Warbler, and is currently single. Also, he likes long walks on the beach and writing poetry for cute girls." The boy whom was talking winked at me and I blushed. I looked over at the cutie, Cameron, and felt bad for him.
He looked like he wanted to disappear but his friends kept on pushing him forward. His friends were having too much fun playing with this so I decided to try to make it double sided and failed.
"So, you guys must be really good friends for embarrassing Cameron here because I think he is cute. Are you just jealous that you don't have girls giving you their phone number?" I winked at Cameron and walked away trying to hide the smile on my face.
Once I reached Hannah, Damian, and Bryce I asked them if the boy was looking at me, and he was! I looked over my shoulder and met eyes with not only Cameron who quickly looked down when I looked over but I noticed that another one of the boys was looking over at us. Not at me but at Damian. The boy looked fashionable. He had brown hair and was wearing a very handsome trench coat, a black scarf, and black pants with black boots. I was automatically jealous of his fashion sense.
"Hey Damian, looks like you have an admirer." I put my hand on his shoulder and turned him around so he was looking at the boy. Damian responded by turning in the opposite direction and walking away. I started laughing and followed him after looking back over my shoulder at Cameron and winking for one last time before leaving.
It was defiantly a strange day.
Until next time,
~Keep it Pearced