Ok. First of all I have to say I have only been to a fair once. Like a lot of things I don't know if I made it realistic. Enjoy anyway!

She went home in a daze, not taking much of anything in. Not even her mother's moody fits made her flinch or caused tears to form. She went through that day and the next the same way. Through it all she wasn't completely sure if Zane noticed. If he did he said nothing. He merely waited for her time of uncertainty to run out. And it did. Finally.

On Friday of the second week of school she became her same old self once more. As such a smile graced Zane's lips for the first time since she slipped into her state of bewilderment. He wouldn't say it out loud but he had been beyond worried for her all the while. He wouldn't have lasted much longer with ignoring her. Duncan would laugh at him for being so feeble minded and so drawn into a girls delusional world, but he barely cared. She was his friend. She mattered.

Then, as school ended that Friday, Zane made a decision that would effect Courtney's course in life soon after. Only he didn't know it when he asked, "Hey, Courtney." he pulled her to the side as math class came to an end and everyone else fled the confinement of the school.

She perked, smiling warmly up into his mysterious eyes. "What's up Zane?" her smooth voice entered the air, sending chills down Zane's back.

"Well, there's supposed to be a fair going on later today. I wanted to know if you might…you know…come with me." he shrugged his shoulders, letting go of her tiny arm in the process.

"Oh?" she cocked her head to the side slightly. "I've never been to a fair before." she sighed sadly. "My parents aren't to into the whole family time thing."

Zane frowned lightly. "Sorry…" he murmured. "It's really cool though!" he insured her, backing it up with many reasons. "There're some rides, like Enterprise, some rollercoaster's, a carousel, mazes, carnival games to win prizes, and all sorts of stuff!" he clapped his hands together excitedly. "But the best ride of all is the Ferris Wheel. It's not fast paced or anything, but it's kinda…" he trailed off, stopping himself from uttering the dreaded word. Romantic. Instead he filled it in with, "…nice."

Courtney knew nice wasn't his first word choice, she merely didn't know or care much what it originally was. She was more interested in where it was and how they were going to get there. "Sounds fun!" she cried, smile widening. If anyone could make going out in a foreign place fun it would be Zane. He had such a free spirit almost constantly. He made her want to be as loose as he was even if she didn't think it was a possible feat. "When is it?"

He shrugged, doing flips of all kinds on the inside as she basically gave him the thumbs up on wanting to go. It was hard to contain himself. "It's been going on all day, I just figured you'd want to go home and do something before heading out. I dunno."

She chuckled lightly, looking away from him as her laughter died away and her expression turned sad. "No." she said softly. "I don't need to be home, not today." she swallowed hard.

Zane got the point she tried to half hide. "Trouble with your mom?" he asked gently, not needing to know the answer but wanting to see if he might be able to help.

She shook her head. "Not just her. Dad too. They're both always bickering over very little thing that doesn't go according to plan." she sighed. "Like yesterday they were supposed to go out on a double date with some couple mom met, but dad's work called in literally moments before they walked out the door. He tried his hardest to explain to her that making money to support her and me was more important then their social network, but…she wouldn't listen. She got so mad, throwing things at him and screaming in his face." she felt tears trying to work their way into her eyes, but she forced them back down. "In the end she kicked him out. He probably stayed in a hotel or at work last night. I don't really know."

Zane hung his head some, cringing and biting his lip more frequently as she fed him more and more information on the topic of her crummy home life. Yet he didn't say anything, he let her spill all the pain out like she needed to. He didn't exactly enjoy caring her burden with her, but he did love to see her happy and this was a prime way to accomplish this.

"But…he wasn't there when I got up today. It made me think a lot. I had to wonder if it wasn't really the dinner that set her off, or something deeper. I also thought about whether he had deserved it all. But mostly I was stuck on if he would be back soon or not." she sighed softly, closing her eyes tight. "Cause even before the move they'd fight some. Just…not as bad. I don't know what to do…"

Zane figured this was the end of her story and it was his turn to give input. "They did this in front of you?" he said, regretting it immediately after and mentally slapping himself for it.

"No." she shook her head. "Not exactly. I guess that's why it was so bad." she reopened her eyes to see his sad face before her. "I told them I was going upstairs to study some for a test in Spanish, but halfway up I remembered I'd left my books downstairs and turned back around to get them. Only…you know. The phone rand and…I stopped."

"Sorry…I…don't know what to say." for once he found nothing to make this better for her. All he saw that she needed was a break away from her home and more so her family.

She forced a smile. "Forget about it. I shouldn't have said anything. I guess I just wanted you to know why I couldn't go back and, if it was obvious, why I was so uneasy. I didn't want it to end up ruining the fair later on." she shrugged a bit.

He nodded. "Ok." a pause as he looked back and realized that the teacher was looking impatiently back at them. "Wanna go now then?"

"How?" she asked with confusion. "We already missed the bus to your house. We'd have to walk." she cringed at the notion, not loving labor all that much. She was, after all, a spoiled little princess.

He smirked deviously. "A car." he said simply.

Her eyes widened. "Oh my God!" she brought her hands to her face from surprise. "You can drive?" she was never friends with someone who could drive as well as had their own car. It was either one or the other.

He nodded, brimming with confidence and so full of himself that he felt he might burst. "Yep. She's a beauty too."

"What's it look like!" she asked eagerly, jumping up and down due to the shear excitement of being able to drive somewhere without parent supervision. Her parents would freak out if she said anything about it. So, like everything, she would keep it to herself and Zane.

"Come on. Let's go see." he said it as if he had never seen it either, a first time for the both of them, when he had seen it for nearly a year now. He took her by the hand then and led her out of the vacant school.

"What about Duncan?" she asked with a disgusted look to match her tone.

"Hmm? What do you mean?" a pause. "You don't actually care about him, do you?" he teased, chuckling lightly at the notion.

"What! No!" she was repulsed by the thought. "I just know you two have been talking about going four-wheeling like all week. I didn't think you were one to go back on a promise." she shrugged as she finished her sentence.

Zane shook his head somewhat. "Nah. It wasn't a promise, just an idea. Besides, I'm sure he'll understand." he said with a hint of doubt. Duncan wasn't the best at handling being ignored.

"If you say so." she murmured so that only she could hear, all the while not believing Zane in the least. She may have been new, but she could tell when someone would take lack of attention well or not. And Duncan was definitely under the category of not handling it. Very much so.

They reached the back lot moments later, his car being the only one left. This being the case she immediately knew which one to squeal over. However there was no faking necessary. She deemed it the absolute coolest car in existence. It was a red with flames streaking down both sides and not a dent or scratch in sight. She circled around it about fifty times in order to make sure. "This is unfreaking believable!" she spazzed, rubbing her hands on the leather seats and even the red outside of the car. She couldn't get enough of it. "I mean…I've never seen such a cool car!" she half laughed, one of those laughs that is more like a choked out sigh of disbelief. "My old friends didn't have anything like it! Neither did their parents. I-I just…" she sighed with infatuation.

Zane was cracking up laughing at her excitement. Over the past two weeks this was the happiest she'd been around him. And to think all he had to do was show her his car. He rolled his eyes at the irony. Yet he felt there was no better time for something so little to make her so happy. "It's a Ferrari Convertible." he informed her in case of the off chance she waned to know this trivial fact.

"It's wonderful!" she swooned, not hesitating in jumping into the passenger seat of the car. "Now come on!" she urged, motioning to the driver seat enthusiastically.

Zane was happier then usual, taking pride in being able to rid her of her troubling thoughts. "Alright, alright." he nodded. "I'm coming." he quickly walked around the car to the driver side and smoothly got in, pulling his keys from his pocket. They had an assortment of key chains on it which Courtney quickly took notice of.

"Oh!" she cried. "You have a lot of key chains. Where'd you get them?"

He chuckled lightly. "I can't tell you about them all. Pick one."

She tapped her chin thoughtfully, making sure not to waist her chance at learning something about him. "I suppose the turtle one. It looks cute."

"Ok." he said warmly, sliding it off the key before he stuck it into the ignition. The engine roared and the car jumped to life. They both felt the vibrations that coursed through the car. "I got it from a good friend who lived here a long time ago." he winced thinking about it…about her. "She was my first crush. We had basically grown up together so she had been my best friend for like forever. The only problem was that I was to chicken to do anything about how I felt." they were at the light leaving the school. "She ended up moving far away, clear across the states. But the day before I never saw her again she gave me this. She told me to always keep it with me, especially when I was able to drive. 'It is a key chain after all.' is what she'd said. Really she thought it would help keep me safe and she wanted me to never to forget her." he sighed bitterly. "At least I think so. In a way we were the same. Neither of us were very good with spilling our emotions and just saying we cared."

Courtney's eyes were wide and her lip quivered, they way all girl's looked after hearing a sob story about romance. "Aww…" she cooed. "That's so sweet and sad." she took the thing from his hand as he dangled it before her to look at it more closely. It didn't take long for her to see that on the shell of the turtle were the letters Z + R carved. Courtney smiled at how cute it all was. Yet at the same time she didn't care that this girl was now gone. It was because she didn't want to share, especially when she knew she would most certainly lose. "It's really nice." she said half to herself.

"Yeah." he sighed. "I carry it around just as she said too."

Courtney grinned, but didn't say anything more on the topic as they pulled out on the main road. She didn't want to be stuck on something that seemed to tug at his heart strings and cause him this bitter sadness. "What about that one?" she pointed to a different one.

He shook his head in the negative. "I said one. Not two or five." he chuckled lightly.

She made a pouty face. "Aww, come on. Just one more." she insisted.

One glimpse of her face was all it took and he was sucked into doing as she wanted him to. He sighed, "Alright. One more. Only one." he looked seriously into her emerald to make sure they were clear on this.

She nodded furtively. "Ok!"

He told her all about it, the Florida tag, which took around five minutes. But of course it wasn't enough. She still wished to know more and more about each and every one of them. He complained for a minute for each one after as well, but he always gave in and told her the story behind them. He had quite a lot of them too so by the time they reached the end of them all they were just five minutes from the fair, both laughing from the last story he had told.

"Oh God! That was a great back-story!" Courtney cried, wiping at her eyes as tears of joy spilled over. "I wish you had more stories like that. It was the best!"

He struggled to control his laughter as he spoke. "Yeah, well…I'm all out of stories." a pause. "You've gone through all my key chains." he made sure to be clear on this so there was no complaining on her part over him keeping tales from her.

"Aww, man." she sighed. "Whatever though! Look!" she cried. "That's it isn't it!" she pointed over to the quickly approaching sights of rides and all sorts of fun looking activities.

He nodded, face brightening even more then before. "Yep!" he loved fairs. They were the one thing he was able to go to without going to far out. He didn't like traveling far, otherwise it wouldn't be as much of a problem.

It took them around two minutes to find a place to park, and when they did Courtney was the first one out of the car just like she'd been the first one in it before. "Check it out!" she pointed toward the first ride she laid eyes on. "What is it?" her eyes shone brightly, emerald green nearly lime to his eyes.

He blinked twice to make sure he wasn't crazy, but when he opened his eyes then her eyes where back to her natural color. He was quite bewildered. He did recover quite quickly though. "It's a carousel." he said with a grin.

"It looks fun." she said with content, clasping her hands together at her chest.

"Wanna go?" he offered, putting his hand out to her so that she could take it if she wished.

"Yes!" she cried with unbound cheer. However she did not take his hand, she was to excited over riding the ride to even notice. She merely ran off ahead of him, looking over her shoulder as she went to call after him. "Hurry up slow poke!"

Zane frowned slightly, disappointed in the fact that she was more interested in the fair then him. Yet he was simultaneously pleased that she was at least having fun. But he knew he couldn't go after her right away, he had to go pay twenty or so bucks for tickets for each ride. He walked quickly over to a stand, a sweet looking woman staring back at him. "I need some tickets." he informed her, handing her the twenty.

She nodded, smiling at him. "Of course." she pulled out a string of tickets and placed them in his hands. "Here you are." After that she pretty much ignored him. If he wasn't going to pay for something then he was of no use to her.

Since he understood the meaning of her silence he was quick to run after Courtney toward the carousel.

Courtney paused as she reached the gate that surrounded the carousel, giggling happily. "You take to long."

Zane rolled his eyes. "You have to get the tickets genius." he poked her in the side playfully.

She puffed her lips out, sticking her nose in the air in mock anger. "No you don't." she said, knowing full well that she was a hundred percent wrong on this account.

"Let's go." he chortled, grabbing onto her wrist and dragging her to the line. It was decently short and they were able to get on without waiting.

Courtney naturally didn't wait to be told whether she could get on, just trusted that Zane would take care of everything for the both of them. And he did. He handed the person standing at the gate two tickets so they could both get on before hopping along after Courtney.

"Zane! Sit here!" she half ordered, patting the horse.

Zane obliged without a word, hoping on it easily. "You know. You're like a child when it comes to this." he thought out loud.

She scowled at him. "It's not my fault." the ride started going then. "If my parents had just taken me like every other parent did then I would be able to stay calm." she said matter of factly, nodding firmly.

Zane laughed lightly. "So I've been told." he murmured, closing his eyes as the ride went on. He liked how it felt when he didn't use his sense of sight. It created a sense of ease, almost like he was flying, as he went around in a circle with that music playing in the background.

Courtney on the other hand was being weirder then ever. She was hanging off the sides of the horses and backwards, any way she could. Her laughs issued forth from her throat, infecting many of the children who were within earshot.

As the kiddy ride halted the whimsical girl on it bounced off and over to look around her t see what else she could do. "Zane!" she cried. "Come look!"

Zane was slower in getting off, but he eventually got there. "What is it Courtney?" he asked softly, standing beside her now.

"That one right there." she directed his vision to the spinning ride not to far from them.

His eyes got wide and he felt his stomach drop. His mouth filled with extra saliva and his throat caught. "Um…Enterprise." he mumbled barely loud enough to be heard.

"She stared confusedly at him. "What's wrong?" she pressed, cocking her head to the side ever so slightly. "Do you not like it?"

"No-No…that's not it." he lied, shaking his head back in forth. He was in denial. Of course he didn't like it. He'd never liked the thing since he first came here. It was so dizzying and the way it was angled didn't help a bit. "I just…" he trailed off, feeling unusually sick.

Courtney sighed softly, suppressing a laugh. "It's ok." a pause. "You don't have to do it if you don't want to." she laid her hand on his shoulder, smiling sweetly.

"Really!" he gasped in disbelief, already feeling better.

She nodded. "Sure. I can have fun on other stuff with you too." her grin widened.

He let out a deep sigh. "Thank you so much." he put his hand over top of hers, genuinely meaning every word of it. He couldn't believe how nice she was about it.

"Now gimme." she commanded, taking her hand out from under his and sticking it out in front of his face.

He looked blankly at her. "What…?"

"A ticket. Duh!" she rolled her eyes. "You should know better then that."

He shook his head. "You're right." he agreed, rolling his eyes at her in return as he handed a single ticket over to her.

"Thanks!" she cried, rushing off to wait for the ride of death. Zane shivered at the thought. He felt he should've stopped her, but he didn't have the heat to burst her bubble. He figured if she had the guts to face the beast then she should be allowed to try it out on her own without him influencing her decision.

This ride took a while to get on, but once she did she had the time of her life. It spun around in circles so fast! And contrary to her screams she loved it! It was the most exhilarating thing she'd done in so very long. Sure there were moments where she felt a bit queasy, but it wasn't enough to ruin her time on the spectacular thrill ride. She was even still laughing as she stumbled off the ride.

Zane perked as the ride came to a stop, walking over to met her at the gate. He smirked as he noticed she was off kilter, one of the many annoying effects of riding the death trap.

Courtney wondered if this was what it was like for people who got drunk. It wasn't as bad as her parents made it out to be, but it certainly wasn't a grand thing. "Zane!" she waved, nearly running into the gate as she went.

He waved back at her, hurrying over to her side so that she didn't wind up falling on her face trying to walk while dizzy. "Easy." he whispered in her ear as he supported her. "It makes you seriously dizzy. I know." he swallowed a sick feeling working its way up at the thought.

She laughed. "Ok." she agreed, letting him take her as he wanted, which was to some of the slower rides. The first being a short swan ride. She enjoyed it greatly, liking the soothing feeling of being on water after such a rough ride beforehand.

Zane was happy that she was happy and decided that he was pretty good at picking rides and as such started picking all the places they went. They traveled further and further in with each ride too. They got on another soothing ride, a swing ride that lifted into the air, she rode the teacup ride on her own as she had the enterprise, making the tickets even again, and he coaxed her onto a rollercoaster with a bit of a struggle. All the while he feared he'd get sick on it, yet miraculously he did not. It was actually fun for him and her. Neither hated it like they thought they would.

Later on after a few slide rides Zane found a petting zoo and paid a buck or two for her to feed some of the animals. He thought it was a huge waste when they could find animals on the side of the rode and feed them bread crumbs, but he didn't say so. He just smiled brightly at her as she enjoyed herself immensely. They only had a few dollars left after that and four tickets. They could go on two more things, only one that she wanted to. He had planed the last ride all day long and refused to have it slip from his fingers like this. Courtney was looking tired anyway so he figured she was about done with it all.

"Is there a maze?" she asked softly, yawning. Her feet ached after so much walking and she only wanted to experience one last thing.

"I'm sure there is!" he said with a quick nod. "Come on." he motioned to the right. "I think I saw one over here when we went by it earlier."

She smiled wanly, following alongside for once as they trotted toward one of the few things they hadn't visited yet.

"Two for the mirror maze." Zane yawned, holding out the tickets necessary.

The person yanked the tickets from his hand, stuffing them where they belonged in an angry fashion. He obviously did not want to be there.

"Let's go!" Courtney cried, latching onto Zane's hand and dragging him along. But she wasn't stupid. Through all the twisted and turns she made sure to keep her other hand out in front of her so she didn't smash into a wall and knock herself out because of it.

Unfortunately Zane wasn't so lucky. He was so busy trying to get Courtney to let go and control the way he swung as she took around corner after corner that he slammed into just about every wall possible. "Ow! Oh!" he cried every few seconds, not able to get any other word in to tell her. The only thing that saved him was his clumsiness. There was a rock out in the path they had to take to get out of the maze and when he went around the corner his foot caught it and he was sent tumbling forward. He had been so close to Courtney that he took her down with him.

Courtney hadn't expected the fall and as such didn't have time to brace herself. "Shit!" she cried as she hit the ground, groaning lightly.

"Oh God!" Zane cried. "I'm sorry! So, so, sorry!" he said again and again, shaking his head in disbelief at himself.

Courtney tried to hold in a laugh at him, but couldn't do it for more then a couple of seconds. After that she burst into laughter, convulsing she was laughing so hard. "I-I'm sorry." she spit out, starting to cry as well.

Zane stared blankly at her for a minute or so, but soon got the hint that she was in no way mad or sad. She was in a fit of hysteria over him. He smirked, joining her in her laughter soon after. He was so elated in fact that he barely noticed the awkward position they were in, her beneath his larger body with his arms sitting on hers, his legs spread out around her waist, and their faces not far apart.

It took a while, but Courtney finally mentioned the fact that he was pinning her down once her laughter subsided. "Um…Zane…" she trailed off. "I can't move."

Zane blushed a deep crimson then, quickly jumping to his feet as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "S-Sorry." he stuttered.

She giggled at him, raising to her feet and dusting herself off before speaking. "Whatever. It was fun." she patted him on the head like a dog. "But we should finish this." she pointed to the now visible exit.

He nodded, leading the way as they finished the confusing maze. The light that greeted them was dull, yet at the same time made them cringe. It was sunset now and about time for the fair to shut down for the night. There wasn't much time left for the Ferris Wheel. This being the case Zane was quick to open his mouth to speak. Yet it still wasn't quick enough.

"Oh!" he heard Courtney cry, pointing as she'd done all day. "Zane! A game!" she squealed. "The prizes are so cute! I wish I had one of them." she sighed.

Zane looked in his pockets. He didn't have much money left for this. But it least it didn't take tickets, otherwise it would be a definite no. "I only have three bucks left." he informed her, showing her as well.

She smiled still. "So? You still can try once, right!" she clasped her hands together on her chest as she did whenever she was begging and hoping dearly she would get her way.

He shrugged. "I suppose I can." he walked coolly over to the stand where the man was twirling something small in his hand. "Um, sir." Zane murmured, the man giving him an icy stare. Zane frowned lightly at him, showing him he did in fact have money to pay. "I want to play."

The man looked him over lazily, taking the remainder of his money in exchange for four small basketballs. "The rules are simple." he sighed. "Hit two in and get a small prize, three medium, and all of them for a large."

Zane nodded, getting into position to throw the balls. He launched the first in the air and it swooshed. He grinned over at Courtney, wanting to see her face.

She was cheering for him, pumping her fists in the air. "Yes! Go Zane!"

This gave him a boost in confidence he'd be lacking otherwise. Once more it went right in. Now he was guaranteed a prize for her. But he wasn't sure he could do it again. He shot the ball into the air, it bouncing around the rim for a bit, before it went in. He sighed with relief.

Courtney was all over the place. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" she cried.

"You've got one left." the man informed him, pointing at the remaining ball.

Zane swallowed hard. If he didn't make it, he would only get the medium prize. He didn't know if he could take that even though it was still decently good, great for anyone else. But she wasn't just anyone else. He had to be perfect for her or he was worth nothing. He threw the ball, shaking hands getting him off slightly. He knew he had lost.

Courtney was clenching her fists hard, nails digging into the skin. It wasn't that she expected him to get it, quite frankly she was amazed he'd made three, it wasn't even that she needed him to get them all, mostly it was that she wanted to believe he was good enough to get them all. "Come on…" she whispered to herself as time went by in slow motion for them both, ball spinning a million times before it met with the rim of the basket.

Zane slumped over as it bounced right back to him after hitting the rim. He was so disappointed in himself.

"Whadda ya want?" the man grumbled rather smugly.

Courtney had already chosen her price long before he'd even made the shots. "That one!" she cried, pointing to the frog on the second shelf.

The man handed it to her with a half smile, finding her to be rather pretty compared to most girls who wound up at his stand.

"Oh, Zane!" she cried. "It's so cute!" she squeezed it tightly around the neck, snuggling it as well. "I'm so happy." she sighed.

Zane frowned. "But…it's not the best."

Courtney narrowed her eyes at him. "Don't you dare start pouting on me!" she snapped. "Just because you didn't get all the shots is no reason to have a cow. So don't! Or I'll have to beat you over the head with my new toy. She hugged it some more.

Zane cracked a grin. "Alright. I suppose you're right." he admitted.

"You bet I'm right!" she wagged her finger at him. "I'm always right." she said firmly.

He chuckled lightly at her, stopping as he noticed she was headed for the exit. "Wait!" he cried. "There's one more thing I want to do." he smiled sweetly at her.

She looked confusedly at him, but shrugged and let him take her where he pleased. Everything had been her way all day, he deserved to have some control over the evening.

It was at the center of the fair, the biggest ride aside from the rollercoaster's. It was most definitely the better of the two, so smooth and calm and…romantic. "Here." he motioned. "I want to ride this."

She frowned lightly at it, but refrained from saying anything negative. "Ok." she agreed with a shrug. "If you want."

There was absolutely no one in the line that wasn't a couple, so Zane felt a bit awkward about it. Still, she didn't really seem to notice which made it better. "It's got a great view." he explained as they were being loaded onto it.

She didn't say anything back to him as the ride slowly started, lifting them higher and higher into the air. It was absolutely breathtaking and beyond beautiful, the sunset adding to the effect. "Oh…" she breathed, smiling softly. "Zane…it's so…wonderful." she cooed, sighing contentedly.

Zane smirked, his former feeling of failure long gone. He was on top of the world in this moment as their compartment swung gently back and forth at the highest point in the ride, some other car below them being loaded. "I know." he sighed much like her. "It's kinda romantic…don't you think?" he let slip out without thinking, consumed with how beautiful the many colors of the sunset were as they framed Courtney's stunning face.

Courtney was caught off guard by the mention of this being romantic in the slightest way. She had thought he might like her a little more then other guys had in the past, but she didn't think he did that much. Then again, perhaps she was looking into it too much. Maybe this was just another one of his fun facts he liked to throw out there. She'd pretend it was, because she wasn't ready to fall in love. Not yet. "Very." she eventually said as they started moving without stopping.

Zane loved how her eyes looked so soft as she stared up into his. If only he was better with words and relationships. To bad he just wasn't ready yet. Maybe in a few months he'd be sure enough of himself to make a move. He was just afraid that by then it would be to late.

Courtney decided it would be ok I she did a little something to quench both their emotions, so she gently rested her head on his shoulder and nuzzled him gently. "This is great." she murmured. "I'm glad you got me up here."

Zane smiled down at her with unbound happiness. "Yeah…"

The Ferris Wheel went around slowly about four times before it finally ended and they were pretty much thrown off the ride and out of the park. "Maybe we can do this again sometime?" Courtney offered as they walked hand in hand from the park.

"Uh-huh." Zane said in a far off voice. He was consumed with replaying the whole day in his head to enjoy it a second time.

Courtney giggled lightly, knowing full well what he was doing. And it didn't bother her one bit. She was glad someone in this hell of a place thought so highly of her for whatever reason it was. As someone to cling onto after a loss, like a replacement for a friend, as she felt toward him, or anything else. The one possibility farthest from her mind was that he actually cared for her because she was her. And in a sense she was right not to think of it. It was only a little bit of the truth of his feelings after all.

Only this was not the happiest of occasions for all. For not far from where they walked on the pavement stood a boy full of vengeance. He'd been watching all day, hanging onto each and every one of their movements and, when he could hear, their words. And now was the final straw. Seeing him so happy and not to mention so close with her, his enemy, made his blood boil. On the day of their scheduled four-wheeling race no less! He could not believe this treachery! No… this would not do. As such he found a word form on his lips and slip from his tongue that was soaking in venom. "Traitor."

Before you dxc fans have a spaz attack I did not put this story under this category because I knew it would get a lot of views. This is CourtneyxDuncan. You just have to be patient, that's all. Other then that I hope you liked it for the writing, not necessarily the coupling. Plz review! I'm not getting many... :( So plz?