Entry #008: Awesome Day At The Fair

Monday, July 7th

10:15 A.M.

Sighs

So I'm guessing most of you were wondering exactly when I was going to update a new entry… well…

For the past month, I was grounded.

My mom caught me and Andre in my room… making out… with our shirts off.

I could have sworn that I thought she was gonna be gone for much longer than 30 minutes!

Thank goodness, she didn't tell dad about any of this. She said something about not wanting to raise up his blood pressure or something.

That and he would have killed Andre...

…okay, maybe he wouldn't have killed Andre; but seeing as he's a cop, who knows what he could have done.

But anyway, for the past month, I wasn't able to have any contact with Andre or my friends

And it was pure torture having to sit around the house and listen to Trina screech singing, my dad's loud cop buddies during poker night, and to make matters worse, my mom giving me a different version of "The Talk" every single week.

And as an added bonus, she included high quality photos, puppets, and a two hour documentary called Waiting Is Fun For Everyone!

Ugh, I can't get those puppets out of my head!

Its was so disturbing!

Sorry that I'm rambling on and on... it was just pure hell that I've been through, but it's finally over!

I was finally let out of this prison yesterday; so to celebrate my release, Andre decided to take me out for a day of fun at the fair.

Which I really looked forward to.

Sunday, July 6th

3:23 P.M.

I sat patiently in the den.

My mom's eyes were fixed on me like a hawk.

Her overprotective mode went into overdrive ever since that day we got caught.

It's like she was a freakin' prison warden or something.

"Don't you have something else to do?" I questioned her.

"Nope." she replied sternly.

"Okay." I said meekly, while avoiding her gaze.

I sure wish Andre would hurry and pick me up.

DING! DONG!

Thank God!

I rushed over to the door and nearly ripped it off its hinges.

"Andre!" I squealed, nearly knocking him off of his feet as I hugged him, "Boy, did I miss you!"

"Same here." he smiled, before he kissed me.

Boy, did I miss those lips of his…

"Ahem!"

We quickly moved away from each other as my mom walked over to us.

"Hey, Mrs. Vega… how have you been doing?" Andre asked, holding his hand out to her.

Not losing eye contact while shaking his hand, my mom said, "Good, good. Just make sure you don't force my daughter to do anything she's not ready for."

"Mom!" I exclaimed, feeling so embarrassed.

"No, it's okay, Tori." said Andre, walking over to my mom, "Mrs. Vega, I can promise you this. I will never force Tori to do anything and I mean anything she's not ready for."

"Good. Let's keep that way." my mom replied, trying to read him.

This was going on for far too long.

"Okay! Let's get going to the fair!" I shouted, as I dragged Andre to his car, "See ya, mom!"

"Remember to have her back home by ten o'clock!" my mom yelled, as we got in the car.

As Andre turned on his car and drove off, I yelled out, "Ah! It feels so good to be out of that house! I feel so free!"

I'll admit it, I even wind down the window just to hang my head out to feel the wind in my hair.

Ah! It was so liberating.

3:48 P.M.

Once we reached the fair's parking lot, we decided to spend a little over 10 minutes just making out in the car.

You know, to catch up some from the past month.

"God, I miss having you in my arms." sighed Andre, as I sat on his lap, "I was about to go crazy not being able to talk to you."

"Yeah, well, just be thankful that you didn't have to listen to your sister singing off-key or having your mom use a banana and a onion ring to demonstrate-"

"Okay, I get it." Andre interrupted, trying to shake off the image, "But that's all in the past. You're here, I'm here, and we have a whole day just to ourselves. That's all that matters."

"Aww, I like when you say things like that." I smiled, leaning in to give him another kiss.

HOOONNNKKKK!

The loud car horn startled us.

"My butt honked the horn." I giggled, looking back at the steering wheel.

"Who knew such a cute little butt could do that?" Andre laughed.

"You think my butt is cute?" I asked, twirling my fingers through his dreads.

"Mmhmm." he muttered, unable to look away from my flirty gaze.

We kissed one last time and then realized that some people were staring at us.

"We did come to this fair for a reason," I laughed, getting off of his lap, "and I do want some cotton candy."

"Don't care much for cotton candy." stated Andre, as we got out of his car, "I'm more of a fan of elephant ears."

"I can honestly say that I've never had an elephant ear before." I wondered, holding his hand while we walked to the entrance, "Are they any good?"

"'Any good'?" he repeated, while paying for our tickets, "Tori, trust me when I say that it's freakin' amazing.

The rest of our day was absolutely FANTASTIC!

Fair games! Roller coasters! Bumper cars! Merry-go-round! Cotton candy! Candy apples! Hot dogs! Corn dogs! Popcorn! Petting zoo! Tunnel of Love!

It was all so amazing!

Andre even won me a stuffed purple puppy.

It was so cute.

I even got to eat an elephant ear for the first time and let me tell you…

Andre was not lying. It was so delicious!

Why did it take me so long to finally eat such a delicious treat?

9:27 P.M.

After we spent a little over five hours having nonstop fun, I wanted to go for a ride on the Ferris wheel.

"Do we have enough tickets for both of us?" I asked, as Andre searched his pockets.

He pulled out one ticket and said, "Guess this is the only one."

"Maybe we can buy some more."

"The ticket booths are closed and the fair is about to close." Andre replied, looking at the time on his phone, "Plus I have to get you home soon, so it's best if you just use this ticket and go on the ride."

"But I wanted the two of us to go on there."

"I wanted to go on there, too. But we only have one ticket, so you should go." he insisted, handing me the ticket, "Besides, I have to use the restroom. I shouldn't have drank that Bladder Buster Lemonade, but it was too damn good!"

"You sure?"

"I'm sure. Now hurry up, before more people get in line."

After Andre left to go to the restroom, I got in line and waited for when it was my turn to get on the ride.

When I finally got in my seat, a very good looking guy got into the seat next to me.

"Hey." smiled the guy, as the ride operator lowered the safety bar.

"Hey." I responded, while the ride slowly started.

The more I looked at this guy, the more I felt like I recognize him from somewhere.

The only way I could find out was to ask him.

"Have I seen you from somewhere before?"

"Yeah, we use to be in the same Algebra class. I sat in the back row."

"You go to Hollywood Arts?"

"Yeah… you really don't know me, do you?" asked the guy, with a grin.

"I've seen you in class, but I just can't think of your name."

"Well, I'll make it easy for you." replied the guy, holding out his hand, "The name's Ryder. Ryder Daniels."

As I shook his hand, I was stunned.

It was the Ryder Daniels.

THE Ryder Daniels!

He was one of the most popular guys at Hollywood Arts.

The girls wanted to be with him, while the guys wanted to be him.

I've heard about Ryder from several girls when I first arrived at Hollywood Arts.

I just never knew that that gorgeous guy who sat in the back of my boring Algebra class was the Ryder Daniels!

"Tori. My name's Tori. Tori Vega." I stammered, still stunned.

"I know who you are. I've seen you around lately." Ryder said, as we reached the top of the Ferris wheel.

"Didn't know you paid that much attention to me."

"Yeah, you have a lovely singing voice and you are insanely cute." smiled Ryder, "So it's kind of hard to miss you.

I couldn't help but blush. The Ryder Daniels had just said that I was insanely cute!

Out of all the girls at H.A., and he says this to me.

But I know what you're thinking, 'Tori, you do remember that you have a boyfriend, don't you?'

And I did know, I did know! I just wasn't too sure if Ryder was just complimenting me or if he was really about to ask me out.

"Thanks." I uttered, as the wheel began to descend.

It was silent for awhile after that.

I honestly didn't know what else to say to him.

Or if there was anything to say.

"Look, I know this is sudden… But would you like to go out with me sometime?" he asked, looking at me.

…I guess he wasn't just complimenting me…

"Ryder, you do know that I have a boyfriend?" I asked, clutching my plush puppy, "One that I've been faithfully with for the past three months."

Ryder looked surprised when I said this. I just took it as him not knowing that I had a boyfriend.

"Oh… I'm sorry, I didn't know." he muttered, looking slightly disappointed, "He's a very lucky guy."

"Yeah… he is." I spoke, as the Ferris wheel came to a stop.

"Guess the ride is over." Ryder said, while the ride operator lifted the safety bar.

Thank God! This could have gotten more awkward.

When I finally got off of the ride, Ryder approached me and uttered, "I guess I'll be seeing you… only this time you'll know who I am."

As he left, I felt a strange feeling come over me.

I couldn't really explain it at the time, only that it appeared whenever Ryder was near me.

"Tori, are you alright?"

I suddenly realized that Andre was standing in front of me.

He looked pretty worried.

"Are you alright?" he repeated.

"Yeah, I'm good." I said, as we left the fairgrounds.

"You sure?"

"Yeah." I replied, coming to my senses, "Just ran into a guy I knew from Algebra class."

"Who?" Andre asked, as we got into his car.

"Ryder Daniels."

HONK!

"What was that for?!" I asked, wondering why Andre had hit the steering wheel.

From what I could tell, Andre looked pretty pissed for some reason.

"Andre… tell me what's wrong."

"Tori… can you promise me something?" Andre sighed heavily.

"Sure." I replied, worried.

"Can you please stay away from Ryder Daniels?"

"Why?"

"Just stay away from him, please?" he insisted, turning on the car.

I thought that somehow, he was jealous of Ryder.

I found it kinda cute.

"Are you jealous of me talking to Ryder? Cause if you are, don't worry I'm not-"

"I'm not jealous! Just… please… stay away from him and let's not talk about this anymore." he sighed, as we drove off.

This worried me. I wanted to get further to the bottom of this, but I could tell that Andre was really upset about something.

That and I didn't want to end off this perfect night with an argument.

"Okay, I'll stop talking about this." I muttered, as we stopped at a red light.

For the rest of the car ride, it was quiet.

We didn't say anything to each other until Andre dropped me off at the house.

9:51 P.M.

"Tori, wait." he said, as I got out of his car.

As we walked to the front door, I could tell that Andre was finally ready to tell me what was wrong.

"I'm sorry for how I've been acting. It's just that… Ryder Daniels is a straight up player. He has too much fun with playing around with girls until he gets what he wants."

"So you were just concerned about him trying to mess with me?" I asked, starting to understand.

"Yeah… in fact, Ryder and I used to be friends." Andre said, with a look a regret.

"What?!"

"It was years ago. I witnessed first hand how Ryder would toy with girls." he explained, sitting on the bench by the door, "He even said it himself, 'I love 'em, then I leave 'em'. After that, I stopped hanging with the guy."

I would have never guessed that the Ryder Daniels was like that.

I would always hear nothing but good things about him.

"How come I never heard any of this from other girls?"

"That's just it. A lot of the girls that he has been with are probably too embarrassed to even say anything. That or some girls wouldn't even care about what he did. As long as they got to spend time with the Ryder Daniels, it was fine with them."

I had to admit it. He was telling the truth about that. There were some girls like that.

"Wow… If I knew any of this, I wouldn't have talked to him while on the Ferris wheel." I uttered, sitting next to him, "I'm sorry for thinking that you were jealous."

"It's okay, I just don't want you to get caught up in one of his games."

I leaned in to kiss him and gave him a hug, "You're the best, you know that?"

"Yeah, I know." he chuckled, as the front door opened.

"Ahem!"

"Okay, mom. I'm going inside." I said, getting up to go in the house, "Love you."

"Love you, too." Andre smiled, walking back to his car, "Night, Mrs. Vega."

"Night, Andre." she responded, not taking her eyes off of me as I went to my room.

11:47 P.M.

Later that night, as I got ready to get some sleep, I couldn't help but think about the things that Ryder did.

I have to be really careful of Ryder. It's a good thing that I won't have to see him anymore. But I doubt that he would even try to bother with me after I tell him to just leave me alone… yeah, I'll just tell him to leave me alone and that'll be the end of it.

Nothing to worry about.