Here's the next chapter. Not the long one like I though, but chapter 14 is long. :P Enjoy.

Chapter 12

Nick looked over at Jeff as their shoulders bumped together, smiling brightly. He hadn't been this excited for anything in a long time, and he wasn't even sure why. Usually he wasn't really one for things like this, but Jeff was. Jeff's excitement was infectious. Besides, he had all this time to spend with Jeff in one go. He couldn't not be excited.

Jeff was just bubbling with excitement after they got his ticket, and first stepped past the turnstiles and into the park. The first thing there was workers asking to take your picture and welcoming you to Cedar Point. That's a great idea actually. He stopped, and leaned his head closer to Nick for them to snap the picture. At the last second, and slipped his hand into Nick's.

He wasn't expecting his photo to be taken, smiling softly and chuckling as Jeff moved closer at the last moment. He leaned against Jeff for a moment, threading their fingers together and squeezing gently. He wasn't sure if he should hold Jeff's hand or not, but if he was okay with it, Nick definitely wasn't going to do anything to stop him.

Jeff let out a breath and kept his hand lightly clenching Nick's as they headed down the main midway. He heard Raptor hurtle down the first hill and he shivered.

"I love that noise. The roll of the wheels, and the screaming. It's just so awesome. Builds up that excitement," Jeff said, and looked up at the green hill. It wasn't that crowded yet, so only a few people were on the train just rolling up the hill now.

Nick brushed his thumb against Jeff's hand, just enjoying the feel of Jeff's hand in his. He was never going to be able to get over how good that felt at this rate. Jeff's hand just fit so perfectly in his. He smiled fondly as he listened to Jeff, "You really are a giant kid, and I love it." Nick was never interested in the people that took themselves too seriously. It just made him feel old.

"Also, as romantic and cliché as it is, I will not ride the Ferris Wheel. I have never ridden it, and never will. I will ride any roller coaster you put in front of me, but Ferris Wheels just scare the living shit out of me," Jeff said, and looked at the large rainbow colored wheel to his right across the midway, "We can just ride Windseeker at night. It's close enough."

Nick pouted, "Awh. You're no fun. Where's your sense of adventure?" He looked up at the Ferris Wheel. He loved them. Mainly because you got to see so much more from such a great height like that. He shrugged, bumping his shoulder against Jeff's, "It's okay. I won't make you."

Jeff laughed, "Nope. My family has been trying for years. But yeah, Windseeker is cool. They light up all the bars and stuff it's really cool. I've been waiting all freaking year to go on when they play Hedwig's Theme, but I've only gotten it once last year on closing day." He looked up to the very tall Windseeker that was just a few hundred feet from the Ferris Wheel, in between Wicked Twister.

Nick looked up at the Windseeker as Jeff spoke, leaner closer to him. It was much taller than he'd thought it would be. Looking over at Jeff, he raised an eyebrow, smirking, "You'll go on that, but not a Ferris Wheel?" He smirked, shaking his head.

Jeff laughed, "Yeah. You have a lap bar in that, and you can't fall out. On the Ferris Wheel, you only get a seat belt, so no," Jeff said, "Yup. Three hundred feet of absolutely nothing below your feet. Dragster is four hundred and twenty feet and goes a hundred and twenty miles per hour." They had walked a nice way towards the Dragster entrance. They were just passing under Cork Screw right now, and the Power Tower.

"One time, I went up, and there was a giant penis drawn in the sand," Jeff said, and burst into laughter.

Nick snickered as Jeff started laughing, rolling his eyes and smiling fondly.

"It's not like you move around much in a Ferris Wheel." Nick chuckled, leaning over and kissing Jeff's cheek, "One day I will get you on a Ferris Wheel, and you will love it. Doesn't have to be today, though." He looked around at all the rides surrounding them as they walked, taking everything in. He hadn't been in an atmosphere like this one in a while.

"No Ferris Wheels for me," Jeff said, and laughed. his hand felt so right in Nick's. He'd expected them to get sweaty and just clammy and weird, but it was perfect. He passed the station to get to the front of the line.

"Actually, another thing that scares me; the drop tower side on the Power Tower. I can do the shot side, but not the drop one. I have actually ridden it, and if you really drag me I will, but it scares me. Being held up there for like ten seconds, and then dropped," Jeff explained, and shivered, pointing up at the four posts.

He nodded, taking in Jeff's words, "Right. No taking you on the drop tower. Noted." Nick smiled reassuringly, "I'd rather not scare you."

"Oh good, there's no on in there yet," Jeff commented about the lack of people in line for th Top Thrill Dragster. It went like four people back for all the lines. "I think Dragster and Millennium have the best station music. When we get up there, you'll see," Jeff explained, and rounded the corner of the metal bars of the lines. They were all empty.

"One day." Nick nodded wisely, sure of himself. He'd find a way to get Jeff on a Ferris Wheel. And he'd find a way to make him enjoy it. He followed Jeff to the lineup, brushing his thumb absentmindedly over his knuckles. He smiled over at Jeff as he spoke, just listening to him talk. He'd never really enjoyed listening to someone talk quite as much as he liked listening to Jeff. "I really can't wait to hear some of your music considering how much you love it." He grinned.

Jeff laughed, and walked quickly down the empty lanes to get to the station.

"Well the station music is just a repeat of the same song over and over again. Well, in between them talking and stuff. I mean, this one used to be my ringtone for a while," Jeff explained, and went through the turnstile. "Gosh I love doing that. Hearing that clicking noise when you turn the bar," Jeff said, and laughed. "Want to wait for the front or no?" he asked, hesitating before going into the line.

Nick followed close behind Jeff, looking around curiously at their surroundings, just taking everything in. He smiled to himself, gently squeezing Jeff's hand. That still felt nice. He didn't think it was possible to hold someone's hand for so long and for it to feel so right.

"Baby, I'm ready to gooooo," he sang, and pointed at Nick.

"We can wait if you'd like." He shrugged, following Jeff to the line. He just watched Jeff for a moment, because he could, and snickered when Jeff started singing, rolling his eyes. He had no idea how he had gotten to this point, but he was suddenly very glad he had decided to stay in Westerville.

"Millennium is better to dance to, because it's like Techno," Jeff said, and swirled around the silver bar to get in the front seat line. "Not scared at all? Your first roller coaster in however long is 420 feet in the air and 120 mph, in the front seat?" Jeff asked, snickering at him, but never letting their hands go. He just loved that. The shock that occasionally just coursed through them. He was probably just exaggerating that, but he liked to think that things in movies were real.

Nick raised an eyebrow at Jeff as he followed him to the front seat line, smirking, "Do I look like the kind of guy that gets scared by roller coasters?" He chuckled, nudging his shoulder against Jeff's, "I think I'll be fine. And if not, I have you to be my knight in shining armor, or something like that." He laughed, kissing Jeff's cheek. Roller coasters were never a scary thing to Nick. As it was, he moved much faster than the average person. It made the speed of the roller coasters seem less impressive, really.

Jeff laughed, "Well at least we'll both have crazy hair after the ride," Jeff said, and moved forward in line one spot. It was going fairly quick, but would still take at least 20 minutes. "I'm just so excited," Jeff said, and bounced in the small space he had.

Nick laughed, "Oh no. I've seen your hair crazy plenty of times when you've gotten out of the shower. I've tried very hard to hide my crazy hair from you, though." He ran a hand self consciously through his hair, "You can't laugh at me." He warned, "I never laugh at yours, I just say it's cute." He watched Jeff bouncing on the spot for a moment, snickering, "You're like, five, I swear."

Jeff laughed, "You can laugh. I laugh at myself sometimes." Jeff moved up a little more. There was only about 6 couples in front of them, so they were getting there.

Nick shook his head, "It's mean to laugh. Besides, it really is adorable." He grinned shrugging. It was becoming one of his favourite things, really; spotting Jeff's bed hair, or his hair after he got out of the shower. It was always so fluffy.

"So, does this date make us boyfriends yet? Do you want that..?" Jeff asked hesitantly.

He looked over at Jeff, just looking into his eyes for a moment, and biting his lip. He still wasn't sure that was wise, but he couldn't deny that it was what he wanted. Nick leaned his shoulder against Jeff's for a moment, "Well, I'd hoped you'd want to be my boyfriend…"

Jeff sighed and leaned on the bar, and putting his head on Nick's. He was taller than Nick, so it pretty much worked perfectly. "I think I would love that. I just don't know how we got put together like we did, and it's crazy, but I love it," Jeff said. He was mentally screaming and shouting with joy. His stomach was doing all sorts of weird turns. He was so happy. Declaring relationship in line for a roller coaster. How strange, but considerably wonderful.

Nick smiled fondly as Jeff rested his head against his own. That felt nice. Comforting. He didn't know how any of this happened, but he had never been so glad to have settled down in a small, meaningless town like Westerville.

Nick turned to Jeff, leaning close and kissing softly, "Boyfriends, then." He grinned, leaning his head against Jeff's shoulder again.

There were some weird looks, and some angry glares, but nothing bad. Good. He knew it wouldn't always be this good, but he just sighed and scooted over in the line when it moved.

Eventually, they were next in line, and Jeff leaned forward to grab the gate that was in front of them. In just a minute or two, it would open, and they would be able to board the trains. He was so excited. First roller coaster with his boyfriend. WITH MY BOYFRIEND. Ugh, I just cannot get that out of my head.

Nick looked around them, biting his lip. This place seemed much more open than some of the places he was used to. He'd been in so many places and times that were so far from okay with he and Jeff.

Nick watched Jeff as he grabbed a hold of the gate, grinning. He looked so excited. It was adorable, really. He smiled fondly, shaking his head, "Relax. It'll be our turn soon." He chuckled, crossing his arms over his chest as he raised an eyebrow at the blonde.

Jeff laughed and bolted to the train the was about 8 feet away from the gate. He got in first, because he preferred the right side of any train. He buckled his seat belt first, like he was supposed to, and pulled down the yellow lap bar. An attendant checked his seat, because they were in the front seat and he put his hands in his lap. The grin couldn't be wiped from his face, he looked to Nick. When Nick was done, he slipped his hand into Nick's.

Nick rolled his eyes, smiling fondly as he followed Jeff onto the train. Buckling his seat belt, he pulled up the bar, and looked over at Jeff, seeing the excitement on his face. He loved seeing that look on Jeff's face. It was very quickly becoming one of his absolute favourite things to see. But then, Jeff always looked excited, or happy. Nick liked it best of all when he made Jeff look like that, though.

"I've never had a picture on a roller coaster holding someone's hand," Jeff pondered. He was waiting for the speaker to come from above and say the last words before they were brought forward to get ready to get shot. The train in front of them went first, and they sat and waited for it to crest the top. They finally got pulled forward into the position. The speakers came on again, and you could hear the sound effects of the rumbling engine. They were on a Dragster car anyway.

Nick looked down at their hands as Jeff took his, smiling brightly and squeezing as he laced their fingers together. No matter how many times he held Jeff's hand, it still felt perfect. It was like they fit. He really had to stop thinking like this. It was becoming far too sappy for his taste. Looking over at Jeff as he spoke, Nick grinned, "First time for everything, right?"

"Keep arms down, head back, and hold on!" the familiar voice said, and more rumbling. He knew exactly when they would be shot too. When the train moved backward a few inches, it was just seconds before they got shot. As soon as the three yellow lights when down and turned green, Jeff shot their hands up. The G-force tried to bring them down as they started to go up large hill. It was really an incredible feeling. He whoo-ed along with everyone else, and kept his arms up the whole time, even going down the twister hill.

The Dragster itself really wasn't all that bad. Nick was sure he'd been on something about that speed before, though he couldn't remember for the life of him which ride in particular that was. It had been such a long time now. It was a shot of adrenalin, made all the better because he had Jeff holding his hand, and he knew Jeff had the biggest smile on his face. So did he.

At the bottom of the hill, where you wait for the train to come into the station Jeff glanced at Nick, and burst out laughing. He really did have crazy hair.

Nick pouted as Jeff started laughing at his hair, running his hand through it in the hopes of stopping it from sticking up. It didn't really work though. In fact it made it a little worse.

"Oh gosh, I am so sorry. You can laugh at mine now," Jeff said, and fluffed his already crazy hair.

Giggling softly, Nick grinned up at Jeff, "Crazy, but adorable. I love it when your hair's like that." He laughed, still trying and failing to flatten his own hair.

Jeff got out and held his hand out to help Nick from the train. They made their way down the stairs and into the photo pavilion.

"Oh gosh, that is priceless," Jeff said, pointing at the hilarious derp picture.

Nick smiled brightly as he took Jeff's hand, getting out of the train. He followed Jeff's steps, knowing he'd get lost if he strayed too far. Gently running his finger against Jeff's hand, he stopped at the photo pavilion.

Nick snickered, looking at the photo, "Yeah, okay, I'm just going to pretend that photo doesn't exist."

"Oh come on that's adorable," Jeff said, "I'd buy it if it were our first roller coaster of the day. Who knows? Maybe the next one would be super funny and I already bought this one."

Nick rolled his eyes, shaking his head. He wasn't sure what Jeff saw in that picture, but it was anything but adorable. "Yeah, well, you can keep it, but I'm denying its existence. You look adorable. Me, not so much," he chuckled.