The Masquerade - Part 16
Stepping out of the bathroom fully dressed and refreshed Sam was absolutely ready for whatever Nic had planned for their day. So after putting her pajama's and towel into the hamper, and unconsciously taking note of the fact that the shared shower was finally off, Sam headed downstairs.
Of course, the scene that greeted her as she walked into the living room was one she could have done with out entirely. Because sitting on the couch were her mother and Nicole with Mac sitting in between them holding Sam's baby book. A baby book that was full of endless teasing material, especially for one as gifted in the art as Nic. And of course, the first to notice her arrival would be her little sister, who in her own way, would alert Sam to the level of embarrassment she should be at.
"MANTHA DID YOU REALLY RUN AROUND NAKED WITH ONLY A PILLOWCASE CAPE ON LIKE A SUPERHERO!?"
'Ahh, full scale embarrassment it is then' Sam thought as a blush started to take over her face while Nic smirked and her mom looked on indulgently... That is until Mac finished her rant that hadn't stopped with...
"CUZ I WANNA DO THAT TOO!"
With that Sam started laughing as she walked to the couch and picked up her sister and placed her in her lap so that she could take the spot the little one had been sitting in.
"Umm... Mac I'm not to sure mom and Mike would like you running around completely naked except for a cloak."
Unsure why she was being told she couldn't run around naked by the person who gave her the idea, Mac protested "But you did!"
"Yes, and I got in trouble! It was horrible! I didn't get candy for a full day after that! Do you want to risk not being able to eat your candy?" With that Sam raised an eyebrow at her sister that clearly said 'And didn't you just get MORE candy?'
Clearly Mac picked up the meaning well since she shot a quick glance at Nicole before nodding solemnly at Sam and going upstairs.
And looking slightly confused through all of this was Jane. "Ok Samantha, what did you just tell your sister? And where did she go?"
Smirking Sam shrugged and said, "Probably to go eat some candy."
Frowning at the idea of Mac eating candy so early in the morning, Jane was about to respond to the fact that she thought Sam gave Mackenzie far too much candy, when she caught sight of Mike pouring himself a huge cup of coffee while looking completely shell shocked. Deciding to go see what was wrong with Mike, Jane stood and said "Yes well, do try and cut back on the amount of candy you give your sister, please Sam? I don't want her going through withdrawal when you go back to New York." And with that, Jane left Sam and Nicole on the couch as she headed towards the kitchen.
With a shrug Sam smirked at her mother as she left the room before leaning in to give Nic a kiss. Of course when the kiss finally broke Sam no longer held her smirk, as she now had more of a glazed eye one now. However, when her eyes were once again focused she was met with a smirk from Nicole, causing her to groan.
"Let me just say this, if you say ANYTHING about what you just saw in my baby book I'm not going out with you today and I'll take Harrison as my date to the dance." Seeing the pout threatening to form on Nic's face caused Sam to laugh. "Oh come now don't be such a baby, I'd still love you!"
Hearing this caused Nic's face to have a dilemma for a brief moment as it was caught between pouting and smiling. Finally, deciding to just smirk Nic responded with, "Yeah well, who wouldn't?" Watching as Sam rolled her eyes at her comment, Nic's smirk turned into a slight smile before standing up and pulling Sam up in the process. "Now about that surprise that we are now late for because one of us decided to sleep in... We should be going."
Glancing at the clock that proclaimed the time to be barely 11 a.m. had Sam fighting back a groan and a mumble. After all, it was still too early to be awake! But even still, surprises were nice... When you knew what they were, "Alright. So where are we going then?"
With an eyebrow raised that clearly said, 'Nice try.' Nic simply grabbed Sam's hand and gently squeezed it as they started walking towards the front door.
"Guess."
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They had been driving for twenty minutes when Nicole realized that she had been abandoned by the woman in her passenger seat for a man named Morpheus. 'Honestly' Nicole thought, as she flicked on her signal lights and merged onto the freeway off ramp. 'It's not like she's the one that was up at six in the morning preparing for the day.'
Merging into the street from the freeway caused Nicole to let out an impatient groan while tapping her fingers on the steering wheel. The traffic of Anaheim was possibly the one thing she had not prepared for or taken into account and it was trying, to say the least, for a person not all that accustomed to waiting. However, her attention was thankfully diverted by her radio suddenly becoming quite a bit louder and Sam's awaking voice accompanying the change.
::...Creep under my door and we do it again...Oh, oh..::
"I love this song..."
Quirking an eyebrow Nic chanced a glance at Sam before, once again paying attention to the traffic around her. "Is that so? And how was your nap?"
"Quite nice actually. Has anyone ever told you that the seats in your car are absolutely the most comfortable to take a nap in?" Sam stated with a smirk and laughing at the face Nicole made in response. However, as Nicole turned the car into an elaborate parking structure, her laughing smile turned into a perfectly shaped 'O'.
As soon as they pulled into the parking structure Nicole knew the gig was up. Another thing she hadn't prepared for were all the signs, because sure enough as she slowed the car down in order to get a parking ticket one thing was abundantly clear. The ground level was also referred to as `Donald Duck section A'. And if the surprised gasp from her right was anything to go by, her passenger definitely knew where they were.
Parking quickly, thanks to the VIP parking passes, left Sam and Nic walking hand and towards the tram pick up point. Surprisingly though, Sam hadn't said anything about their location or well anything else, since her initial surprised gasp. And Nicole, to say the least was slightly worried. That is until they were deposited in front of their destination at which point a smile, like Nic was sure she had never seen before, covered Sam's face before she threw her arms around her.
"You took me to Disneyland!?" Sam realized that up until that moment, she had been in a place that was somewhere between shock and disbelief. She also hadn't realized that her lack of reaction might have been worrying Nicole until she felt her relax in her arms.
Pulling back in order to see Nic's face, Sam once again was witness to that pleased slow forming smirk slash smile Nicole was so known for.
"Well..." Nic started as she took Sam's hand while walking passing the ticket booth and heading straight to the Disneyland entrance area. "You did make it a condition that I bring you here and... I figured that since our first date was meant take place here, our first official date should."
Neither girl spoke as they dodged the many people walking around and the extremely long lines of the general admission booths. However, as Nicole started leading them purposely towards the VIP Pass line, Sam thought it would be best to save them both the embarrassment of being turned away.
"Nic, you know I don't have a VIP pass right? Actually, I don't have any kind of pass at all… Why didn't we stop and get tickets? Do VIP Passes allow you to bring in one person for free? Nic..." Sam's voice drifted off as Nicole stopped in front of the guy checking for passes at the VIP entrance, before pulling out two passes and showing it to him.
As they entered the park Sam faintly heard the worker tell them to 'Have fun at Disneyland!' while she gazed at the flowers spelling out 'Disneyland' before turning to look at Nicole with disbelief. "You bought me a VIP pass?"
Smiling at the disbelief on Sam's face as she pushed the VIP pass that she had indeed bought for her into Sam's pocket before replying. "Well I bought myself one as well. I figured, just because it was to be our first didn't mean it had to be our last date at the 'Happiest Place on Earth' "
Shaking her head, Sam had no idea what to say so she simply leaned in and gave her girlfriend a kiss that she hoped conveyed everything she was feeling at the moment. After few minutes of kissing just inside of the entrance Sam remembered just where they were and the fact that there was no doubt hundreds of kids around, so she slowly broke the kiss. Giving her the chance to laugh at the pleased look Nicole's face had rearranged to.
At the sound of Sam's laughter Nicole merely raised her eyebrow with a smirk of her own. Turning around and looking in the direction most people were walking in towards Main Street, Nic once again focused on Sam before speaking. "So, Spam... Where to first?" The look Sam gave her in response to her question was enough to make Nic pause and wonder if Sam had chosen that moment to become offended by the nickname. The words that followed however, were enough to cause Nic to simply roll her eyes.
"To Adventureland of course! Everyone knows that Adventureland is automatically the first place you go to!" And as if spurned by her own words, Sam grabbed Nicole's hand and started forcefully leading them in that very direction.
"Oh really Sam? Everyone? And why is that exactly?" Nic all but yelled as the volume around them suddenly increased by at least a thousand.
Barely chancing a glance at her girlfriend as she picked up her pace and thus Nicole's while weaving through all the parents and children running around.. "Nic, you HAVE been here before right? Everyone knows that Adventureland gets crowded the quickest out of all the areas in the park! And unless you want to wait at least two hours before getting on Space Mountain I suggest you hurry UP!" Sam yelled out in equal parts excitement and exasperation.
Nic was barely able to mumble, "Oh, of course... EVERONE knows.." As they all but ran in the direction of Space Mountain, just barely managing to not trip over all of the children around... Including the one attempting to pull her arm out of its socket...
tbc