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I promise Jeff will be finding out soon. Just not at Cedar Point he won't. :P mwahahaha.

Chapter 14

The ride was great, but then Nick wasn't expecting anything too crazy to happen. He knew that roller coasters were something humans adored, and they weren't that bad, really. They were good for giving you a sudden adrenalin rush, but Nick was used to things moving at a fast pace like that. That's the way the whole world moved for him. Way too fast for him to keep up. It was kind of thrilling in the moment, though. Especially knowing he could share that thrilling feeling with Jeff.

Jeff was laughing as they pulled back into the station.

"Oh god, that was great," he said, and tried to fix his hair. That was a problem on everything though. He just had long hair.

Nick looked over at Jeff, snickering. He had decided that Jeff's hair was the best thing about him. It was adorable; all the ways Jeff's hair would end up sitting, after showers, first thing in the morning, after roller coasters. When they got off the ride, Nick impulsively moved forward, ruffling Jeff's hair.

He looked over to Nick and smiled. They pulled into the station and Jeff unbuckled his shoulder harness and stepped out to his right, and waited for Nick to follow before headed to the gates to go down the stairs and into the little shop where they could look at the pictures. In the end, it was just kind of hard to tell.

Jeff linked his fingers with Nick's and headed outside by the Chik-Fil-A.

"The hospital haunted house opens in about an hour. Did you want to just hang out in Frontierland and wait?" Jeff said, looking at his phone. It always got banged around in his pocket on the Maverick, and he had to make sure it wasn't broken or anything.

Nick smiled to himself as Jeff linked their fingers together, gently squeezing his hand as they started walking. This was kind of perfect, all things considered, "We can wait. I just like spending time with you." He shrugged. Did he really say that out loud? Wow. He needed to think before he spoke more.

Jeff smiled, and just casually headed down the path. It was quiet, and it was perfect. He stopped at the bridge/overhang part, and sat on one of the benches. He scooted really close to Nick and whispered in his ear, "People watching?" He bit his lip and laughed. Because of how popular Cedar Point was, it was fun to just sit and watch the ridiculous people walking around.

Nick smiled as Jeff stopped them at the bridge, sitting beside him. He grinned when Jeff moved closer, almost shivering as Jeff whispered in his ear, looking over at him through his lashes and biting his lip. After a moment, he chuckled, looking around them at all the people going passed. This was nice, and peaceful, and he hadn't had much of a chance to people watch since he arrived in Westerville, "Sounds like fun."

Jeff laughed and put his chin on Nick's shoulder.

"Ooh, look! I swear a freaking Santa follows me everywhere. Every time I come here, there's a guy with a white beard, that looks like Santa. What. The. Hell?" he said quietly, and used arm exaggeration.

Nick snickered as Jeff spoke softly, rolling his eyes as he watched the people pass, "Maybe he's keeping an eye on you. Making sure you deserve Christmas presents, you know?" He chuckled. It was nice to just sit with Jeff like that. He'd done this so many times, but he'd never done it with another person before. Nick kind of loved the way Jeff's mind worked. He was always so happy. He always saw the best in things.

Jeff laughed, "Yep. That's why," he said. He stayed silent for a minute. He took out his phone and texted his sister, and asked if they were on their way.

"It's the only logical explanation," Nick nodded wisely, watching Jeff as he took out his phone. He rested his head on Jeff's shoulder, closing his eyes for a moment and sighing softly. This was nice. And simple. He hadn't gotten to just sit with someone like this in so long.

"I guess we can head back this way," Jeff said, and stood up again. He could probably just hang out in Frontierland all day, if he wasn't so excited about riding the roller coasters with Nick, and the first haunted houses of the year.

Looking up as Jeff got to his feet, he sighed softly, and nodded, standing and taking Jeff's hand again. It was just nice to be able to hold his hand, and walk with him. He didn't really care where they ended up.

Jeff curled his fingers with Nick's and smiled. This felt amazing. Having a boyfriend. Holding his hand. He just couldn't keep the smile off his face.

The line had already started, and they walked to the end. It wasn't nearly as long as it would have been later tonight though. Jeff leaned against the railing and pulled Nick to stand in front of him. He wrapped his arms around his waist.

When they reached the line and Jeff's arms wrapped around his waist, Nick grinned, leaning against him. This was nice, and simple and he didn't realize how good something like this could feel. It was simple, but it was perfect.

It felt nice to just be close to Jeff. It was almost strange. No one ever made Nick feel like this, and he certainly wasn't expecting it from a human. It just felt right being with Jeff like this, and holding his hand.

Jeff leaned his head against his chest and sighed. It was nice to do that in public and not be shunned. He didn't say anything, but just appreciated the closeness. It would be a few minutes before they let people through the house, and then a few minutes of waiting in line, so it was nice to just breathe in Nick.

Nick hummed happily, looking up into Jeff's eyes. Biting his lip, he tried to stop himself grinning. After a moment he buried his head back into Jeff's neck, speaking softly, "Today was totally worth it just for this." Pressing a kiss to Jeff's neck, he sighed softly, pulling back just enough to look back into Jeff's eyes.

Jeff sighed happily, "It really was," he said, and hugged him tighter. When the line had moved about ten feet forward, with them not moving at all, Jeff didn't let go, but stood up and scooted forward and leaned against the metal bar again.

Nick chuckled softly when Jeff didn't let him go, carefully moving with him as they moved forward in the line, trying his best not to trip and fall. It felt good to just be in Jeff's arms like that. He was so warm. It was kind of perfect.

"We're not going to be able to do this in public, you know that," Jeff whispered, and hated to ruin the moment.

Sighing sadly as Jeff spoke, he nodded, looking up into his eyes for a moment and biting his lip. He hated that this was still a problem. more than a hundred and eighty years he'd lived through, but still it wasn't accepted, "I know. Nice while it lasts, though."

Jeff kept moving forward like that until they were the next group to go in. Jeff kept his fingers curled into Nick's and smiled. They entered the dark building and went through the first room. Normally there wasn't anyone in the first room, and then the second room, there were props and a hospital bed.

Haunted houses never really scared Nick. Not a lot did. Sure, Jeff had taken him off guard in that hallway back at Dalton, but this was different. He knew people were going to come out and try to scare him in here, so he knew that there was nothing actually dangerous going to come out. Besides, he was almost certain he'd seen hundreds of things far scarier than this.

This wasn't the best of the indoor haunted houses, but it was still fun. Jeff laughed at the people trying to scare him, and he only jumped once, and then laughed afterwards.

Nick smirked when Jeff jumped, laughing softly as he kept a hold of his hand. It was really just like walking with Jeff anywhere to him. It was nice, and he didn't have to worry about what people thought of their hand holding in a dark place like this.

"It's weird coming out of there, into sunlight," Jeff said, and squinted his eyes as they went through the doorway.

Nick blinked a few times as his eyes adjusted, leaning against Jeff just a little for no real reason, just because he could.

Jeff sighed happily as they headed back down the tree covered path. Later that night it would be transformed into a haunted maze, but for now it was peaceful.

Jeff smiled, "Yay. Now we can ride my favorite ride," he said, and looked to Nick.

"And then we meet my family, Because Jess said they'd already left, and would be here in about an hour," he said, and bit his lip, still smiling. He was actually excited about what they were going to say when he would just casually hold Nick's hand in the Dragster line again. It would be for much longer now, but he didn't care. He turned the corner to the metal rails, and walked up to the end of the line. It would only be about thirty minutes for Millennium Force.

He smirked as Jeff spoke. It was nice to be able to share things like this with him. He felt lucky. He hadn't had anyone to really share things like this with before. He bit his lip, nodding when Jeff mentioned his family. He'd almost forgot they were meeting them. Spending the day with Jeff had been clouding up his mind.

It was nice to just walk along the path with Jeff's hand in his. They fit so well together, and Nick really didn't want to let go anytime soon. That had probably been his favourite thing about the whole day; getting to hold Jeff's hand.

Jeff wanted to pull Nick into his arms again like he did in the line, but this one moved too often.

"Are you like nervous to see my family? You've met them before, they approve," Jeff said and smirked. He had gotten a few texts and phone calls about it actually.

Nick looked up at Jeff as he spoke, biting his lip. He was nervous. He'd seen them before, but it seemed more important to make a good impression this time. He let out a breath of relief at Jeff's words, nodding.

"I am nervous, but it makes me feel so much better to know they approve," he chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck. It hadn't ever really mattered; what people thought of him, until now.

"Don't be, my family completely approves of me being gay, and they approve of you. If I'd give any advice, just be yourself I guess, as cliché as that sounds. They're going to pester you though, you don't have to answer anything you don't want to. Then after Dragster we can go to some more haunted houses, go on some more rides and have a wonderful day," Jeff said and squeezed Nick's hand.

Nick nodded, smiling fondly as Jeff spoke. He wanted to make a good impression on Jeff's family. He didn't know why it was so important. Even with Jeff telling him that everything would be okay, and that they approved, Nick was still nervous. This was important. It was always important; spending time with your boyfriend's family, right?

"How about some lunch after this? While we wait for them to get here," Jeff said, thinking about what he wanted to eat. He was a teenage boy after all.

"Yeah, lunch sounds good," It'd be good to just think, prepare himself before he saw Jeff's family without a ride jumbling up his mind.

Jeff moved forward to the rail where the line started to incline upward.

"So in the mood for something greasy like cheese fries or like a walking taco, ooh or maybe we can split one of those footlong hotdogs at Pinks," Jeff suggested, thinking of his favorite foods here.

Nick chuckled as he listened to Jeff list all the different foods they could have. Jeff was really cute when he got like this and he really didn't care what they did, what they ate, or where they were, just as long as they were together like that.

"How about you choose your favourite thing, and we'll have that." Nick shrugged.

"I guess I'll surprise you then," Jeff said and smiled, moving past the turnstile to pick a line.

"This ride is so much better in the back," Jeff rambled on, "The G-Force is so awesome." He chose the last row of seats and waited in line. Normally when you get this far up, there's only a few people in front of you. Jeff was super excited and began dancing to the techno played in the station. It was the same song over and over again, but it was fun to dance to.

"I guess so." Nick smirked, following Jeff as they went. He didn't really care where they were on the ride. He just wanted to be right next to Jeff. It was nice to just spend so much time with him. He would've gone on every single ride in the place if it meant spending that time with Jeff. Nick snickered as he watched Jeff dance.

Jeff smiled, leaned his head on Nick's shoulder, and sighed happily. The day had been perfect so far, and that was just an amazing feeling.

It was like a dream still. It felt real, the roller coasters added the 'pinch' to wake up part. Jeff was confused at his feelings. He was falling for this guy, and he didn't know if he wanted to or not. A part of him said YES! He's wonderful, but another part is saying No, don't do it. For now, he didn't want to dwell on it, and ruin a perfect day.

Nick smiled brightly when Jeff's head rested on his shoulder, his arm instinctively wrapping around Jeff's waist to keep him close. He didn't really care what happened just as long as Jeff stayed close to him like that.

It was hard to believe that this had all happened. Jeff was pretty much perfect in Nick's eyes. He made him happy. It was easy to be happy around Jeff. His smile was so beautiful and infectious, Nick just couldn't help himself. He would've given anything to make this last as long as possible.

Jeff ignored all the talking and the screaming in the station. It wasn't enough to pull him from this. The feeling of being pulled. The pulling was strange. He's never felt that before. Was it love? Is it going to hurt? His heart leaped in his chest and he pushed away the scared feeling. Not right now.

It was nice to just have his arm around Jeff like that. It felt so safe, and warm, and nice, and Nick was glad he'd gotten the chance for any of this. It was so intense. He'd never felt anything quite so intense with someone before. It was so easy with Jeff. He could be himself with Jeff. He could be human. He felt human.

When the gates opened and it was their turn, not even the very excitement of riding his favorite roller coaster made him want to pull away. Jeff didn't want the people behind them to get angry, so he boarded the train anyway.

Nick really didn't want to let go of Jeff. He loved holding Jeff like that. It was so nice, and peaceful, but he knew that they had to get moving. Sighing softly as he let go of Jeff, he followed him onto the train.

Jeff buckled his seat belt and pulled down the yellow lap bar, and waited. He looked to Nick and tried to contain his excitement. He'd been bobbing his head to the music and laughing.

"I swear this day has been absolutely perfect. The only thing better would be to get stopped on the hill," Jeff said, and laughed. He'd always wanted to get stuck on the Millennium hill. He'd seen trains stopped before, because some idiot had a camera, but he's never been on one. "I've only gotten stopped on Gemini, and that's the small wooden one," Jeff explained.

Nick looked over at Jeff as he pulled down the yellow bar and buckled his seat belt. He rolled his eyes, smiling fondly at him. That smile on his face was so infectious. It was adorable. Nick would've done anything to keep that smile there. He grinned. He was glad Jeff was having just as much fun as he was. It was kind of perfect. Everything was right, and Jeff was so sweet, Nick still couldn't believe it was quite this lucky.

The train was cleared, and slowly crept forward, and the was quickly accelerated. It wasn't as fast as the lift on Maverick, but it was steep going up. It was hard to crane your neck forward.

Since they were in the last seat, Jeff looked backward down the lift hill as they went up. It was very creepy. He was laughing the entire time. He tried to kiss Nick on the check in the picture, but he kind of just had a weird derp face, looking at Nick. It was hard to do that going ninety miles an hour.

Nick chuckled as Jeff leaned over, trying to kiss his cheek. It was adorable. He loved when Jeff did things like that. He hadn't known Jeff all that long, really, but when he did things like that, he never failed to make Nick smile, and blush, and feel truly human. It felt good going on all the rides with Jeff. The adrenalin kicked in, and he had Jeff right there beside him. It was almost like flying, and it was kind of perfect.

Jeff was laughing as the ride pulled over that last little hill, and into the station.

Nick grinned when they got off the ride, quickly sliding their fingers together again and gently squeezing Jeff's hand. That felt so right. And easy. And this was a lot better than he expected it to be.

It was a great ride. Better since Nick was riding with him. He didn't know how that was possible, but it was. He waited while Nick got out first, and followed after him, going down the little ramp and out the gate to the photo booth.

"Oh my god, I'm buying that," Jeff said, and laughed at the picture. Jeff had been leaned over, and had his hands in by Nick, with a face that made him look like he had to use the bathroom. Nick was smiling, and it was perfect. He remembered the number and went to the worker to bring it up on the computer monitor. He ordered two of them, because it was two for 15$, instead of getting 1 for 9$. The laughter didn't stop and he just looked at the screen while waiting for the pictures to print.

Nick rolled his eyes when he looked at the picture, biting his lip as he tried to stop himself laughing before finally giving up and leaning his head against Jeff's shoulder, laughing softly, "That's awful. Why do you always buy the awful ones?" He snickered, looking back at the picture, and laughing as he shook his head. It was definitely turning into a perfect day.

Jeff laughed, "Oh god, you look perfect, and I'm always like bleh," Jeff said, and made a derpy face.

Nick laughed, shaking his head, "That is not perfect." He chuckled softly, resting his head on Jeff's shoulder.

"At least we're headed back to the front now, and I won't have to carry this around. I wouldn't want to ruin them," Jeff said, and paid for the pictures, and took them and immediately linked his hand back with Nick's. It seemed like it was just instinct to do that now.

They started slowly making their way passed the railroad crossing, and up the midway.

He smiled as Jeff linked their hands together again, brushing his thumb along Jeff's hand and looking over into his eyes for a moment. It was crazy how good it felt to hold Jeff's hand. They fit so well together. He followed Jeff's steps, his eyes scanning around the place as they went. There was just so much to take in.

It was nice to walk around holding his boyfriends hand. It was still hard to believe. They were smack dab in the center and everyone could see them. The smile never left his face. Sure, they got a few weird looks, but no one was throwing food at them and calling them names. After dropping the pictures off in the car, and getting his bottle for the drink, they headed back inside and ordered some food. Food was more so the first thing you saw when you came in, so it was close to the front, and was good for advertising, because the desserts were the first building.

Nick loved holding Jeff's hand like this. He didn't really care what any of the people around them would say, or think. He just liked to be near him for as long as he could. It felt kind of perfect. He loved being with Jeff, he'd decided. Everything felt right with him. He had no idea what it was about him, but Jeff had been drawing him in since day one.

He followed Jeff to get the food, not really caring what they got. He was spending time with Jeff, and that was what mattered most to him.

Jeff decided just to get some cheese fries, and they could share it. Wouldn't be too much food to make them sick.

"So, no Raptor after this?" Jeff asked, and laughed. Eating and then riding Raptor was not a good idea. He's seen people barf on that ride before. It didn't bother him really, but he didn't know how Nick was. The two big rides up in the front of the park were the two that made you sick. Wicked Twister did.

They were sitting down at a small table together. The sun was shining, but the air was cold. It was pretty much perfect weather.

Nick laughed, shrugging, "We can if you want to, but I wouldn't want either of us to get sick." Nick doubted he would. He was very much used to fast speeds so it really didn't seem like much of a problem, but he didn't want Jeff to be sick.

Jeff laughed. He'd probably just end up waiting to ride it.

He smiled looking over at Jeff, and tilting his head to the side, "Thank you for asking me to come with you today." He bit his lip nervously, trying to stifle a grin, "I haven't had this much fun in a long time."

"Well you're welcome. I don't think I would have wanted it any other way," Jeff said, and smiled, leaning over to kiss his cheek. Today was one of those days Jeff just wanted to live over and over again, and never forget it. It was perfect.

Nick grinned, blushing when Jeff leaned over to kiss his cheek. He'd never blushed so often in his life. Jeff just had this way of making him blush whether he wanted to or not, and it was kind of embarrassing, but he couldn't help it. "I haven't been to anything like this in a long time, and if you hadn't have invited me, I'd probably just be in our dorm doing homework, or something."

Jeff sighed happily, "I'm glad you agreed to go. This day is great. So great, that if it was my last, I'd be completely okay with it," he said. It was true too. If for some reason he had died, it'd be okay.

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Nick looked up at Jeff for a moment before getting to his feet. He smiled brightly as he took Jeff's hand. More time with Jeff was exactly what he wanted. Almost craved. He loved being near him, and walking with their hands together like that was kind of perfect, "So this is the sort of stuff you do with your family a lot, huh?" He smiled a little sadly. He missed his family, and doubted he'd ever have gotten to do things even remotely similar to this with them.

"Yeah actually. We try to hang out a lot. Something to keep our crazy family together," Jeff replied, and smiled. They were kind of headed to the front, maybe he'd look through the shops on the left side, like the Snoopy shops, or go ride MaXair. It was similar to SkyHawk, but spun around, but Jeff preferred Skyhawk.

Gently squeezing Jeff's hand, Nick smiled to himself. "That's nice. I love how close to your family you are." He'd do anything to be able to be that close to his family. He missed them. Death had to go and get in the way of having a family. Nick could do nothing but leave. There was no way he was supposed to explain this to them. He wanted them to live their lives as normally as they could.

"You know, this is really wonderful. I'm really glad we met, and did all of this," Jeff said and gave him a smile. He looked over at Nick and stopped walking. There was just no way this was truly happening. Love doesn't come this easy. He was so happy for it though.

Nick grinned, "I'm glad we did, too. I'm glad I chose Westerville of all places." He chuckled softly. There were so many tiny, boring towns he could've chosen, but Westerville jumped out at him, and he was so glad it had. He hadn't expected to find someone like Jeff. He hadn't expected to find himself being as happy as he was.

Jeff leaned his head against Nick, and blushed just thinking about what was going to happen when they met up with his family.

"We should probably, uh, head towards Dragster," Jeff said and smiled. It was going to be a strange afternoon.

Nick smiled to himself when he felt Jeff's head rest against him. It was nice to be able to be so close to him. It felt kind of perfectly, actually. Though, most things seemed to be with Jeff. He didn't know how exactly he was supposed to react around Jeff's family. It would be…interesting.

Nick simply nodded, following Jeff in the direction of the Dragster.

When they got to the entrance Jeff just sat on one of the benches off to the side. They'd just wait there. He was glass they were under some trees, and at least somewhat secluded.

Nick followed Jeff to the benches, just glad for the time he got to spend with him. He could've done this forever. Jeff was so good at making him smile, at making things fun, and Nick had never gotten to feel quite this happy before.

Jeff kissed Nick once before leaned his head on Nick's shoulder. Even just sitting for the few minutes, listening to the roar of the beast in front of them, it was amazing. He thought that even sitting in an airport with Nick would be nice.

Nick wasn't expecting Jeff to kiss him, but quickly leaned into it, sighing softly when he pulled away and wrapping his arm around Jeff's waist when he leaned his head against his shoulder. He really didn't mind how long they stayed there. Having Jeff like that felt amazing.

Jeff closed his eyes. It was so peaceful like this. They could do this just in their dorm, and it wasn't boring.