Shww! Shww! Shww! Shww! Shww! .... "Alright pick another prize." The young man working at the basketball booth says to Larry in exasperation. "Which one you want Vic?" Larry turns his head to Victoria who has her arms full with a veritable zoo of stuffed animals.
"Crocodile!" Vic shouts with Glee, even though Larry always bragged about being kind of good at sports, she never knew how insanely amazing he really was. He was with a few different rec leagues out of school so Vic never had the chance to watch him play.
Within ten minutes Larry has made a countless number of shots and only two missed. The crazy part was he only held the ball in his hand after picking them for as long as it took him to look up at the goal.
It wasn't just basketball either, Larry dragged Vic over to each of the sports booths and had her pick out all the prizes she wanted. Larry may have spent forty dollars but he won over hundreds of dollars worth of prizes.
The one that really impressed her was the ring toss though, even the lady running the booth dropped her jaw after the two walked away with six of her fluffiest plushies.
"How did you get so good at sports? Like why are you going to culinary school? you could be a pro athlete!" Larry grabbed up the stuffed animals in his arms before answering.
"I'm not that good Vic, Did you know I have a bunch of cousins that play pro and college league sports? Baseball, soccer, basketball, Hockey, Polo, Point is you name it and I got a Cousin, aunt, or uncle that plays or retired it.. Wanna guess how my WEEK long family reunions go? It's like a carnival they set up all these stupid 'Mini-games' every year."
Larry shuddered for a moment remembering how the rugby match went last year and praying his cousin John will be on his team this year. "So if you come from such a big sports family why is your dad a sheriff?"
"Because my Great-Grandpa was a cop and my dad looked up to him a lot My aunt Jenny is a cop too." "So your whole family is made up of Police officers and athletes? And you're going to be a cook?"
"Chef not a cook I wanna run my own Eatery as the head chef, and your dad is an accountant that makes bank, but your not copying him.. I just wanna do something that makes me happy, I'm not the kind of guy to put my neck on the line for people and I couldn't care about having thousands of fans and being super rich, I just want to eat good food stay high and have a nice house is that so bad?"
Pfft "Maybe the staying high part depending on what state you're in, That doesn't sound bad but what about your family?"
"eh I'll be halfway across the country so maybe see them once or twice a year? besides Facebook." "I meant starting one.." "Oh duh I'll wait till I get my restaurant up and then we can have as many kids as you want."
Victoria stopped walking and grabbed Larry's shoulder to stop him and look him in the eye. "Was that a proposal?" "What!?!? no! I'm going to propose Somewhere way nicer than Carowinds."
After replying Larry turned and kept walking completely oblivious to the meltdown he caused in Victoria's head. *He's going to propose!?!* Played on loop in her head until they made it to the pavilion.
"Thanks for letting me pick the ride first Vic, I love this one you can see the entire park and everything around it and it's so quiet." Larry stares out the window as the platform lifts and slowly rotates allowing for an amazing view.
Snap! "You know with as goofy as you act you can be sooo Hot some times." Victoria says as she took a picture of Larry with her cell phone. As she went to put the phone away it buzzed twice telling her she had a message.
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Group chat: Bad B!t¢he$
Seachel: OMG Mike just asked me to dinner and a movie after Carowinds!!!! Also everyone make their way back to the cars I'm starving °0°←food.
message sent 11:35 am
Mari wan kenobi: !!!!! congrats girl. You need help with your make up? also me and Tom will head that way shortly just dried off, we went to the water park.
Message sent 11:35 am
Stabie stab: Ooooh go girl, me and Larry are on the pavilion so it might take a minute to get there but we'll be on our way. Y'all wanna share the X with the boys or double dose? :P
Message sent 11:36 am
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"Hey Larry everyone is heading back to the cars for a bite to eat, let's go snag a few more prizes on the way back I'll pay this time."
~Civic~
Chelsea, Vic, Mike and Larry had all made it to the cars and waited on Tom and Mari with the comfort of the A.C. "Soo where are you guys going out to eat?" Victoria asked Chelsea from the back seat.
"Mike won't tell me, he's making me keep my eyes closed on the way too.." "Oooh sounds romantic" Larry mocked slightly while pretending to swoon. "How long has it been since I last hit you?" Mike asked with an eyebrow raised. "Too long" Chelsea replied before Larry could answer.
"You guys think this is going to make things awkward for Tom and Mari?" Victoria asks changing the sentence and saving her man at the same time. "Uhh I don't think so.." Chelsea replied with a look of disbelief and pointed to the rear window.
Everyone turned around to see Tom and Mari walking out the gate holding hands whilst laughing. As the two made it halfway to the car they let go of each others hand and took a step apart. When the two finally made it, Mike and Larry jumped out of the Civic and grabbed Tom as Chelsea and Vic cornered Mari.
""""Aha!!!"""" "What the Hell guys!" Tom shouted mid assault "We saw you walk out the gate." Larry says in a accusing tone. "We know everything" Mike chimes in as if they were badgering a witness.
"You must tell us everything." Victoria demands beforr grabbing a hold of Mari's arms while Chelsea starts tickling her. "We want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth."
As Mari was being forced into laughter she couldn't speak so Tom shouted out to save her. "Fine!! We are talking about dating okay!" "Just talking?" Mike asks accusingly. "Yes!!" Mari shrieked between laughter and tears, she hates being tickled because she's so sensitive.
The four let them go nodding partly due to being satisfied with their teamwork and mostly because they thought Tom and Mari should have been dating for years now.
Only after all the excitement died down did Tom notice the MOUNTAIN of stuffed animals sprawled across a picnic blanket between the cars. "... Win a few prizes Larry?" "Eh it wasn't very hard." Larry replied to Tom while shrugging his shoulders. "Ok no more talkie talkie I'm staaaarving." Chelsea buts in and shakes Tom to hurry him up and pop the hatch to the jeep.
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The six teenagers are sitting on the now empty picnic blanket in the shade of an old oak tree growing next to the parking lot not twenty feet from their cars. As Larry was mixing up ranch dip to go with the chips Tom started making bologna sandwiches.
"Mike hand me a Dr. Pepper and the cherry sour straws." Chelsea says while stretching her hands out. "While you're in the cooler could you throw me a mountain dew?" Larry asks as Mike get up. "Ooh I'll take a cheerwine!" Mari shouts after him.
"mph" Mike grunted as he put the cooler on his shoulder and carried it over so everyone besides Chelsea could get their own drinks. "Here you go." Mike hands her the soda and candy while Larry's and Mari look at him in disdain.
""What about us?!?"" they say in perfect unison. "At least you don't have to walk.." Mike replied with out even sparing a glance. Vic laughed a little as she reached in the cooler and threw Larry his mountain dew. "There you go lover boy." as Larry smiles at Vic Mari huffs before leaning over and fishes around in the ice water with her hand until she found her prize.
"Hey Mari could you throw me one?" Tom asks after making the fourth sandwich. "Whatchu want?" "Dealers choice." Mari swirled her hand around in the ice again before pulling up another cheerwine. "Catch!" Mari Shouted as she tossed the soda Tom's direction.
Tom merely placed his hand up with out even looking thinking he was going to look cool in front of everyone... Thunk!
A few minutes later and much laughter Mari is apologizing while she rubs Tom's forehead where a big bump started rising. "It's ok Mari really I told you to throw it I should have looked up."
"But, but, but... now your gonna have a bruise and I caused it.." "Don't worry Mari Tom got dropped on his head way harder than that when he was a baby so he'll be fine." Mike said as he took another shot at Tom.
"Next time you sleep at my house your gonna wake up with Mrs. Crawley cuddling up next to you in your sleeping bag..." Tom threatened Mike as he put the Can that hit him against his bump.. the cold metal felt good.
After everyone ate they cleaned up their Mess and piled into the jeep to light up, as Larry was rolling Vic took a little baggie out of her purse. "You guys ready to really party?" once Larry finished rolling she handed everyone what looked like blue Smarties with big X's on them.
"Cheers!" """""Cheers!""""" Everyone popped their 'Candies' and Mike Lit up. As they passed the blunt around Larry couldn't hold it any longer. "I thought you guys weren't dating?" He says while staring accusingly at Tom and Mari.
"Well we weren't.." Mari started slowly "But these two @$$hole$ showed up and it made me realize how jealous I would be if she started dating someone.." Tom said while reaching for the blunt with one hand and Maris hand with the other.
"Was one of them missing a shoe?" Mike asks out of curiosity. "I wouldn't know we were at the water park all they wore were some swimming trunks and white T-shirts. why?"
"Because we had two @$$hole$ bother us right after I asked Chelsea out. I was just curious if it was the same guys." "Well I know an easy way to find out." Larry chimed in while pointing out the back window. "did both of you deal with them?"
When Tom and Mike turned around they saw man number one and man number two walking out the gate and heading to an old Ford explorer. ""That's them!!"" Tom and Mike shout in harmony.
"Well looks like Cupid hires goons to do his match making these days." Mari says as Tom passes to her. "So Mike how did you ask Chelsea out?" Tom asks partly out of curiosity partly looking for ammo to use against him later.
"Gambling.." Chelsea says as Mike opens his mouth. "I would rather say she was so impressed with my gaming skills she had to say yes." Mike says with a grin. "So you made a bet on a video game? what if you lost?" Larry asks quizzically.
"Well the bet was one command from the winner to the loser so worst case possible embarrassment?" Mike says while looking to Chelsea for confirmation. "Damn right I was gonna make you do the numa numa dance in the background the next time I streamed on twitch." Chelsea replies with her arms crossed and a grin on her face.
"..... You know if I didn't already plan out something amazing for you tonight I would make you do that instead." Mike said as he reached into the back for the cooler, fighting his was through Victoria's stuffed animals and pulled out a coca cola.
After passing the blunt around until it was almost too small to hold Tom grabbed a quick connect fitting from the center console, and placed the roach inside. Once the blunt was completely burned out they jumped out of the jeep and made their way back inside.
"Soo are we all splitting up again or one big group this time?" Chelsea asks as they go through the gate. "Let's stick together this time and just hit everything that has a short line." Vic suggests and everyone agrees.
"You guys Realize what ride we're closest to right now don't you?" Tom asks as an evil grin spreads across his face. "Sh!t." "uuuuggh." "C'mon Tom do we have too?" Vic and Chelsea groan while Mari tries asking Tom to change his mind."
"Hey everyone agreed that we should hit 'Every' ride with a short line.. don't get much shorter than none." As the teenagers walk through the maze of ropes used to keep the line orderly Tom had a look on his face Like the cat that caught the Canary.
Any of you actually been on Dropzone before? think of it like and elevator that has no walls just a bunch of seats that strap you in. It slowly drags you up to the top, Your high enough that people look like ants as you stay at the top a gentle breeze blows and the sun warms your skin and Click! screaming, wind rushing past your face, stomach flies into your throat and you feel your butt lift off the seat as your shoulders press against the straps then.. you're at the bottom 3 second fall tops
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