Author's Notes: Hello, again dear readers. I'm stoked by the support this story has been getting. All your reviews and comments have definitely kept me going and thriving!

And since there's no Glee today for us to feed on, I'm offering you guys another update! I hope this suits you all just well. However, I'm looking forward to the Rocky Horror Glee Show next week, since I really loved the movie. Hopefully they'll be able to pull of something nice. (Especially story-wise and character development-wise, since they've been a little dry on those aspects)

So here is another does of our all time favorite couple Tina and Mike. And finally, after all that waiting and developing, we're finally seeing that date. So I hope that this will whet your appetites and get you excited about what is to come. I had a blast writing this chapter and I hope you will enjoy reading this one as well. Your feedback is very much welcome.

Disclaimer: Glee belongs to Fox.

When on Friday night the doorbell of the Cohen-Chang residence rang, Tina felt a small excited smile growing on her lips as she thought of the promise that ringing may hold. Feeling oddly giddy (when was the last time she felt this way?) and extremely nervous at the same time, she bounded down the stairs in hopes of getting to the door before any of her other family members would.

She sighed in exasperation when her father, John, took it upon himself to answer the door just as she rounded the foyer. "Hello, Mike," she heard her father greet Mike, and she felt her stomach flutter.

"Good evening, Mr. Cohen-Chang," Mike offered the middle aged man a nervous grin. While he met Tina's parents on other occasions, this time around it felt oddly different. He was taking Tina on a date. The idea of the date left him breathless and he liked that.

"Good to see you again, son," Tina's father smiled kindly at the boy and was about to usher Mike into the house when Tina popped up by his side and grinned at him.

"Hi, dad," Tina grinned cheekily at her father, who in turn chuckled after having been caught in trying to get some time with Mike. "We're going now, is that okay?"

"Have fun," Mr. Cohen-Chang laughed when Tina grabbed Mike by his elbow and steered him away from the door. "Don't come home too late,"

"We won't, bye dad!"

"Bye, Mr. Cohen-Chang!" Mike sent Tina's father an amused smile over his shoulder and tried to wave at the man. Silently he thanked Tina for sparing him any embarrassing moment with her father. He really wasn't that ready yet to meet her parents on this kind of level. Then again, what kind of level where they at right now anyway?

"I think we're safe," Tina let out a nervous laugh and stopped in front of Mike's car, leaning against the doors and smiling. She let go of his arm and smiled nervously at him. Why was she this nervous? She felt her insides gloriously churn. "Hi, Mike,"

"Hey," Mike's eyes twinkled in amusement and he took in her slightly winded look. While he saw her earlier today in school, she still looked amazing in her black and grey ensemble of a pleated mini-skirt and stylish sweater with a long pendant slung around her neck. A jacket hung around her shoulder offering some sort of warmth.

"So, what's the plan?" she asked when a moment of just looking at each other passed. Since dating Artie months ago, she never felt this excited about the prospects of a date. It felt so wonderful. Tina smiled at this.

"It's a surprise," Mike told her, grinning and opening the car door for her.

Tina looked at him suspiciously, watching him slide into the driver's seat with an amused expression. "Should I be scared?" she asked, after buckling into her seat and allowing him to gun the engine.

"Maybe," he offered mysteriously.

"Oh, I'm scared," Tina laughed and turned to the road. They drove through town for about 30 minutes with the car ride being filled with idle talk about school and glee club. They shared a few stolen glances once in a while, with nervous laughter and comfortable silences filling through the drive.

"Are you trying to kidnap me?" asked Tina with an amused smile as they drove past the industrial area of Lima.

"Tempting," Mike chuckled. He drove past an old storage facility and rounded the corner. "But no. So rest assured that I wont stuff you into my trunk later in the evening,"

Tina gave him a mock suspicious look and she smirked. "I'm still keeping an eye on you, Chang,"

He laughed. "It's a good surprise, I promise," he said. Within a few more minutes of amused bantering, Mike drove them towards a filled parking lot, with muted colors of various deeply colored lights and structures looming over head. They could faintly hear the sounds of music and people from the outside.

Tina laughed and stared through the window in amazement, her eyes dancing as she took in the overhead colors and sights. "The town's theme park!" she smiled brightly. A stray balloon flew off over head and she watched it momentarily. "It's been ages since I've been here,"

"I thought it would be fun," Mike looked at her sheepishly. His smile grew when she looked genuinely excited about the whole prospect. "I know there aren't many exciting things about our theme park, it may be potentially dangerous even, but it ought to be worth exploring at night, right?"

"It's great," Tina beamed at him.

They left his car in high spirits and quickly made their way into the bustling theme park. It didn't offer much, consider that this was Lima, Ohio they were talking about but it still had its many game booths and food stalls, with dingy adventure booths and a questionable horror house on the side. There were a couple of rides, like the ferries wheel, kiddie rides, a tiny excuse of a roller coaster and other possible rusty death contraptions.

"I love this!" Tina laughed as she stood next to Mike, taking in the sights and sounds of the sorry excuse of theme park. It was impossibly quaint, yet incredibly amusing to her. Watching people and children bustle around the park, laughing and talking, it felt invigorating to watch.

"I'm glad," Mike smiled down at her, watching her in amusement as she looked through the park in wonderment. Mentally sighing, he tapped himself on the shoulder for deciding to take her here. While the idea may have seemed cliché, he thought that Tina might actually enjoy the place.

"C'mon," Tina grinned and before even really thinking about it, laced her left arm with his right arm and pulled him towards the stalls. She smiled, her stomach fluttering as she finally took in their close proximity and the way their bodies bumped into each other with every step they took. Feeling his tall frame envelope her small form, it felt blissfully wonderful.

Settling comfortably side by side, the two fell into a comfortably round of soft banter and teasing as they took on the adventure houses and low budget horror house. They laughed when puppets looked more amusing than frightening or when ghouls and goblins seemed to have fallen asleep on their job. While the trick may have worked for little children, they were more amused than scared.

"Admit it," Mike grinned as they stumbled out of the horror in peals of amused laughter. He held her arm as Tina continued to giggle, highly amused at how just minutes ago the prosthetic nose of the witch had fallen off. "You were scared,"

Tina nudged him roughly and laughed when he pulled her along in his sideward stumble, bumping their bodies together. "I was not!" she beamed up at him and laughed at his suspicious expression. "I was startled at the mummy that jumped out of nowhere, but that's different from being scared,"

"You shrieked,"

"I was startled!" Tina laughed and elbowed him playfully. Giggling when he looked unconvinced in an amused way, she tugged his arm. "C'mon let's look at the rides,"

"Aren't you energetic?" Mike looked at her in amusement. He felt himself grow in happiness, this was definitely a good idea.

"I like it here," Tina smiled as they made their way through the crowds and looked around for rides they could try out. "I like theme parks, I like the energy it brings and seeing people happy because of some cheap thrills. When I was a kid I used to come here a lot,"

"You look very happy," commented Mike looking at her thoughtfully.

"I am very happy," Tina said, and subconsciously took a step closer to him. She felt herself getting enveloped again in his tall frame, and it felt incredibly safe. She smiled at that.

Mike blushed and nodded shyly. They rode the small rollercoaster which jiggled questionably throughout the ride (and they vowed never to ride it again), and a couple of kiddie rides since there weren't many adult attractions around the park.

"How about the ferries wheel?" suggest Mike after they rode the Tea Cup ride, which was amusing and embarrassing all rolled in one. (They took a picture together with his phone, just to immortalize the amusing moment)

Tina pushed her hair away from her face and looked up at the circular contraption Mike was pointing at. It wasn't much, and not very grand in its height, and she made a face. "It kind of looks like you can contract tetanus from it," she said.

"And that's what makes it more exciting!" Mike laughed.

Tina looked apprehensive and stared at the top passenger car as the wheel stopped. She felt nervous. "I don't know," she mumbled and shifted uncomfortably.

Mike looked down at her, noting the sudden drop of enthusiasm. Eying her worriedly, he took a step closer. "Are you scared?"

Tina laughed nervously and looked up at him. "Am I that obvious?"

"You're happiness meter just took a nosedive, so it's hard not to miss," Mike looked at her in mild amusement. "It's pretty safe, you know. I rode it a couple of times before with my little cousins, and they rocked our car around. I promise, we won't do that,"

Tina smiled at his concern. "I'm not much a fan of heights," she eyed the passenger carts wearily. She faintly wondered what it would be like at this time of night to sit up there all alone with Mike. It ought to be nice, right? A small smile played on her lips. "Okay,"

"I can hold your hand," Mike offered, blushing and looking at her with an amused expression.

Tina laughed and remained quiet as she took his arm and they walked towards the ferries wheel, joining the small crowd around it. Looking nervously between the ground controls to the wheel as it steadily moved around, Tina gulped. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

She let out a little gasp as they took their seat in the old cart and it rocked a little as they sat down. As they were strapped down and the safety bar locked safely into place, she cast the technician a worried glance before intently eyeing the slightly rusty bar. This was not good.

Chuckling softly at her nervousness, Mike took in her nervous demeanor and cast her a soft glance. Her knuckles where turning white as they held onto the safety bar intently when they made their slow ascent towards the top. "It's going to be okay," he told her, and slowly he covered his right hand over her white left hand.

Tina nodded mutely and she fixed her gaze onto his hand that covered her own. She listened as he softly instructed her to breathe and keep calm, and nothing was going to happen, and very slowly she loosened her grip around the bar. Turning her hand, she allowed his fingers to interlace with her own. Her heart skipped a beat how nice and warm his hand felt in her own, and how extremely comforting it was.

The wheel stopped as they reached the top and the cart shook slightly, causing Tina to close her eyes abruptly and gasp. Her grasp tightened and she felt herself relax as he squeezed back in reassurance.

"We're on top," said Mike in a hushed whisper, looking at her nervous form. He smiled when she refused to open her eyes. "It's really beautiful up here," he began, though he was just looking at her. "Open your eyes. It's okay, I'm here. Nothing is going to happen,"

Tina sighed softly and opened her eyes slowly, looking up at Mike's smiling face. She felt incredibly nervous all of the sudden and not because of the height. Blushing at the close proximity of the two, she looked away and towards the skyline. She took a sharp intake of breath and she smiled. Lima looked beautiful at night, with all the lights dotting the streets and people bustling around. "Beautiful,"

"Yeah," Mike breathed, while keeping his eyes on her as she looked around in awe.

Noting that he was just staring at her, Tina blushed and turned to him. "This is," she began, in a hushed whisper all of the sudden really nervous and shy. "This is really nice, Mike. I…uh,…thank you. For bringing me here,"

A crisp breeze rustled their hair and cooled their faces. Mike smiled and squeezed her hand. "I'm happy that you are here," he told her. Blood rushed to his face and he watched her intently. With his heart beating madly in his chest and his stomach doing little flips, he faintly wondered if he should do what he wanted to do. His gaze flickered to her lips.

Tina blushed furiously when she caught him staring, and unable to tear her eyes away from him, she slowly leaned in. What were they doing? She wasn't' sure. Though it felt gloriously right and at the same time uncomfortably comfortable – if that made sense. She could hear her heartbeat loudly in her chest and she felt wonderful. This was it – whatever it really was.

And just as his face was a few agonizing inches from her own, the spell was broken as their cart lurched forward signaling their decent, and momentarily swinging them softly in the air.

Tina squealed and in the sudden momentum threw her arms around Mike's form, holding on for dear life and burying her face into the crook of his neck. "Oh my god," she breathed, letting out a shaky laugh and inhaling deeply. She blushed, he smelled wonderful.

Mike let out a nervous laugh, somewhat disappointed that their moment was broken by the rusty ferries wheel. But at the same time, as he held her close and they both shared nervous chuckles, he couldn't help but feel incredibly happy. They were about to kiss – so that definitely meant something, right? He grinned goofily as his hands curled into her shoulders and held her protectively throughout their decent. It definitely meant something.

A/N: Thank you for reading. Feel free to leave a review.