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I *think* the next chapter is another 4000 word one, so yay for long chapters. One of them are. It might be 13 though.

Chapter 11

Jeff was super exited about Sunday. He'd do one of his favorite hobbies with the guy that could possibly be his boyfriend. He set his alarm for 7 am and got in the shower reluctantly because he didn't want to leave the warm bed with Nick. He had to be there an hour before the park opened so he wanted to leave around 8 or 8:30 ish. Friday was the first day of Halloweekends so Jeff was so excited to go through his first haunted house of the year. When he came out of the bathroom in a towel to get clothes, he called to Nick to wake him up but then realized he was dripping wet and still in a towel.

Nick hadn't slept this long in a while. He was just so comfortable. He vaguely registered the sound of his alarm, and the loss of Jeff's warmth, curling into the space he'd left, trying to soak up what was left of his warmth. He knew Jeff wanted to go to Cedar Point that day, but at that moment, staying right there in that bed felt really appealing. Nick groaned when Jeff called to wake him up, reluctantly looking up at him and he froze, just taking in the sight before him. "Um…wow." He rubbed tiredly at his eyes, "Well…that's one way to wake me up."

"Uh. Sorry, I should have gotten dressed first," Jeff mumbled and grabbed a shirt and some jeans, and shuffled back into the bathroom. His whole body was flushed red, and he but his lip and tried not to laugh. He dried off and hurried to get dressed, so he could do his hair and let Nick have the bathroom. He'd probably just hang out of his laptop while he waited.

Nick shook his head, his eyes trained on Jeff's body, "Absolutely nothing to apologize for. Seriously." He tilted his head to the side, biting his lip as he watched Jeff's retreating figure. Running a hand through his hair, he sighed softly, sitting up. He was not expecting anything like that to happen. He reluctantly got to his feet, padding his way over to his drawer and pulling out some clothes for when Jeff came out. He looked down at his bed, frowning. He had used Jeff's bed the last couple of days. Wow. Had he really gone so far as to start getting used to the idea of sharing a bed with Jeff? Shaking his head, he sat down on his bed, waiting patiently.

Jeff blushed and bit his lip and watched Nick go into the bathroom, until he shut the door. Then he sighed and looked around the small room. After having nothing to do, he made his bad and lay down on his stomach with his feet twisted, up in the air with his laptop. Maybe he could check his email, and sites, and just do something to waste the ten to fifteen minutes waiting on Nick. It didn't work though, because he just wound up staring at the bathroom door, and letting his mind wander. About the day ahead of him, and then the whole school year, where this would lead them. It was so much to think about, that he lost track of it, and what felt like a second later, Nick came out of the steaming bathroom, and made Jeff blink and shake his head.

Nick tried to be somewhat quick in his shower, not wanting to keep Jeff waiting. He was more or less awake now, that wakeup call was enough to wake anyone, Nick supposed. He quickly got dressed, fixing up his hair until it seemed acceptable, still damp from the shower as he walked back into the room. He raised an eyebrow when he saw Jeff staring at the door, "You okay?"

"Huh? Yeah. Day dreaming there for a minute," Jeff said, and closed the screen, and stood up. He didn't want to leave the computer in the dorm, but didn't want to leave it in his car all day. He debated whether to bring it or not, and just decided to bring it anyways. After he packed it up and looked around, trying not to forget anything. He took three hoodies, just in case, and made sure he had his season pass, and some cash on him.

"Okay. Got something warm to wear? It's going to be cold tonight. Supposed to drop below forty degrees tonight," Jeff commented.

Nick smirked, watching Jeff for a moment more as he closed the screen. He walked over to his side of the room, grabbing a hoodie and holding it up, "Yep, I'm good." He smiled reassuringly, shrugging. "You sure you can put up with my for this long?" He teased, walking over to Jeff and nudging his side.

"Uh, yeah. I'll be too distracted with the roller coasters to even notice you," he said, and locked up the dorm door behind them. He smirked at him and shook his head. "Of course not."

"We're getting there earlier than my family, but we're going to meet them at the entrance to Dragster at around 4," Jeff explained, and unlocked his car to put his things in the backseat.

Nick raised his eyebrows, smirking at Jeff as he spoke. He followed him out into the hall, chuckling softly, "Don't say I didn't warn you, though."

So they were getting there early. That was good. That gave Nick more time with Jeff to himself. He couldn't help but be a little concerned about when his family got there. He really wasn't the best when it came to talking to humans. He just hoped it'd be as easy to talk to them as it was to talk to Jeff.

"I got to think of a way to ditch the family though. Hmm, I'll think of something," Jeff said and got into his car. He buckled up and got ready for the long familiar drive.

He tossed the book of CDs into Nick's lap before pulling out.

"Pick anything you want. I normally don't listen to the radio because as you go farther away, the stations cut out," he said and drove out of the parking lot and onto the street. It was a short drive to the highway, and then a peaceful drive north.

Nick smirked, "You're going to ditch your family? Such a loving son." He laughed, getting into the passenger's side and pulling on his seat belt. He frowned, looking down at the book of CDs for a moment.

He slowly flipped through the book of CDs, his head tilting to the side, "Yeah…I have no idea who most of these bands are." He chuckled nervously. He really needed to pay more attention to music. Jeff was going to think he was crazy. He grabbed out a CD at random, hoping it would be okay and putting it in.

"Oh shut up, it's not like you want to hang out with them, do you? Normally Trent and I hang out by ourselves anyway. I mean, we're driving ourselves," Jeff said. Jeff noticed the song playing, and immediately went to the fifth track and turned it up, singing along loudly, and laughing at himself, and the look Nick was giving him.

Nick shrugged, "I honestly would prefer some quality time with you if it's all the same. I like spending time with you." He grinned. The thought of getting any real time with Jeff all to himself was more than a little bit exciting. He had grown to love spending time with Jeff. Looking over at him with raised eyebrows as he sang along to the song, he shook his head, laughing.

Jeff smiled and looked forward on the road. At least it wouldn't be an awkward ride. Normally with Trent he'd have the radio blasting on full volume, and jamming out, but Jeff thought it was better that they would hear each other.

Nick was always one for long car rides. He liked the time spent like that. He liked just watching the world pass by, and it was even better when he got to share that with Jeff. This…whatever it was that they were had him enjoying things like this even more.

"So uh, been to any cool amusement parks on your travels?" he asked.

"Umm…well, I've been all over the place. Six flags was pretty cool, but I haven't been there in a really long time." He shrugged, a small smile on his face.

"Ah. I want to go to Magic Mountain really bad. 4th dimension coaster. That sounds like so much fun," Jeff commented and stole a glance at Nick. He didn't want to get lost in his eyes, or else they would crash, but just a quick glance would be okay.

Nick looked over at Jeff as Jeff looked back at him, smirking. Jeff's energy was so infectious. Nick hadn't felt this good in such a long time and he was sure he had Jeff to thank for that, "You're just a big kid deep down, aren't you?" he grinned, "It's cute."

Jeff blushed, "I guess you could say that." He laughed, softly. He was just so excited to spend the whole day with Nick at his favorite place. He couldn't wait people watch, and show him the best places to do it. The rides would be fun too. He'd have to buy a good picture of them on one of the coasters. Probably Dragster or Millennium. He always looks terrible on those. Making the derpiest faces ever. It was hilarious though.

"It's cute, though. Really. I like it," Nick chuckled. The idea of getting a full day of Jeff almost completely to himself was great. He couldn't help but think about all the possibilities that came with spending time with Jeff. Even just holding his hand had proven to be amazing.

After casual conversation, the two hour trip seemed to pass by like ten minutes. Jeff liked to go out of his way to go around back to go the back way in.

"Do you want to stop for food first? It's always so expensive at in the park. I sometimes get some cheese fries, or an elephant ear, but I hate eating there," Jeff asked whilst pulling off the highway. "Arby's, Mcdonald's or Subway?"

"Oh, uh, sure." Nick smiled brightly. This was nice, really; getting to be with Jeff like this. It was so easy to just be around him. It was never like this with Nick for any of the other humans he'd met. This was simple. Most humans were just awkward, not worth his time, really.

"Arby's sounds good," he shrugged, not really caring too much about where they ate. It was nice just to be around Jeff regardless of where it was.

Nick watched as the traffic passed them, resting his head against the window and smiling to himself. This was nice. He couldn't remember the last time he'd felt so relaxed with someone. When they got out, he looked over at Jeff, knowing that taking his hand would probably be a bad idea. Instead, he bumped their shoulders together, smiling brightly over at the blonde.

Jeff turned at the stop light and headed to the small parking lot. He parked and they got out together. He smiled at Nick. He wanted to take his hand, but people probably wouldn't like that very much. He's never been bashed for being gay, but it might happen someday. He's actually seen some gay couples around in the park, so he would when they went inside. He just ordered to go, and would just eat in the car on the drive into the park.

Jeff drove out of the parking lot with his food on his lap, eating with one hand. It was still about ten minutes away, but he loved looking at the houses on the lake. They were like mansions and that's why he took the back way. As he turned down the causeway, he pointed out the tall looming roller coasters between the trees.

"Ooh saw Windseeker first," Jeff said and laughed. It was a thing of theirs to call out the first one their eyes fell upon.

Nick looked out at all the buildings as they passed. Nick was always one for architecture. The way a building was built had fascinated him even when he was younger. The way they looked could change an entire landscape. It was all just another form of art to him.

Nick looked over at Jeff, smirking. Jeff looked so happy, so excited. He hoped he could get Jeff to look like this more often. "So, what are we doing first, then? Or is it all random at this point?"

"Not at all. I have ways of going on everything in one day. Normally we ride Raptor first because it's the first ride you see when you walk in and it gets crowded fast, but we're going to head to Millennium first because I just want that to be the first roller coaster we ride together. Or Dragster. Whichever you prefer. I normally wait to ride Dragster anyway," Jeff explained and gave the ticket booth guy his season pass to get the parking. He was glad he had the platinum pass, or else he'd have had to pay 15$ for parking. There wasn't many people there yet, so he got a parking spot right up front.

Nick nodded as he listened to Jeff. He'd obviously thought this through a lot more than Nick had. Nick had honestly never been to Cedar Point before. He'd been all over the place, but not here. It was nice to be able to see something for the first time with Jeff. Especially something that seemed to make Jeff so happy. "Dragster sounds good," he shrugged, a small smile tugging at his lips, "You actually thought about which ride you'd want to go on with me first?"

"You want to ride Dragster first thing in the morning? Well, that's okay with me. Kind of takes the thrill out of the other coasters, but we can ride it more than once. Totally worth standing in line for an hour just to go more than a mile in 17 seconds," Jeff said and laughed. He put his laptop in the trunk, and took the blue cup out.

"I don't think we need this right now. It is the cheapest way to get drinks in there though. Only two dollars to fill this up, and it's like four dollars to get a large fountain drink," Jeff said, and grimaced at the high prices. He was get antsy because you could hear the chanting music they normally played in battle scenes in movies like Pirates of the Caribbean playing through the front gate. He loved that. He locked his car, leaving the cup in the front seat, to get it later. They still needed to buy Nick's ticket at the booths.

Nick chuckled, shrugging, "It'll be fun, though." He grinned. He hadn't actually been anywhere like this in such a long time, it was nice to just take everything in. This was going to be fun. He hadn't really tried to have any fun in such a long time before Jeff came along. That was amazing about Jeff. He got Nick to loosen up.

Nick was tempted to wrap an arm around Jeff. To kiss his cheek. Something, but he stopped himself, knowing that wouldn't be the best idea. He had a slight bounce to his step. He couldn't help himself. He was excited, "Okay. So we have to get my ticket, right? Which way?" He gestured around them, chuckling nervously.

"Yeah, here," Jeff said, gesturing to the giant arches for the main gates, as they headed towards them from their parking spot.

Jeff bumped shoulders with Nick on purpose, and tried not to glance at him. He was failing at that actually. He'd wait until they were inside to hold his hand. Gay's were normally accepted here, and he envied those people, and today was the day he had his own.