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Imagine 2 - funfair

With each step you take, the music becomes clearer and clearer. the beat blends into your steps and you feel the pulse of the ground become heavier and heavier, you look up as you pass under the giant sign: '*YOUR AREA*'S FUNFAIR 2022'. "Y/n! Hey, what are we going on first? I really want to go on the waltzers!" You nod, plastering a smile on your face as you and your friends sprint over the ride. Sitting down, you get butterflies in your stomach. You shift and squirm, rides aren't really your thing.

Before you know it you're being thrown around, round and round while nobody can hear you as the music drowns out your screams. Your friends scream with siles on their faces but yours is as real as can be. Looking round for any sanctuary, you start to analyse the people: a mother with her children, a boy with his boyfriend, squeezing each others hands as if it's their last moment together. You wish you had that. Still being launched around, you catch a gaze at a boy with his friends. He's just like you. His friends are yelling and shouting at each other but he's there, analysing the look on your face. You feel the whirlwind of people and screams begin to calm. The music's pulse slow, then a bump from your friend. "Come on, were gonna go get some food, we're hungry." You lift the bar from your seat and follow your friends.

Having finished your food, you turn your head to watch the sea waves. Crashing amongst themselves. You picture yourself being in it. the thrill of being pulled under by the water. You catch yourself and face your friends again. Blankly, you look past your friends, only to see him again. that boy. you wonder why him, and why you? why do you two keep getting caught in each others sight?

Going through the haunted house, your friend grips your arm, trying to keep cool. A tall lanky guy in a tacky devil mask comes out from behind the corner and screeches. You and your friends jump back, but as you do, you feel two arms wrap around you. cradling you, as if that's what they craved. You stay like that for a few moments. Not moving, not even wanting to move. "Your should watch where you're going, you never know who you're falling on." The voice sends a chill through your spine. Arms just now releasing you, you turn back to see who it is. And of course, it's him again. His eyes cutting right through you. "Sorry, i'll look where i'm falling next time" you let out.
"Good girl," he sighs and your heart skips a beat.

He grabs your hand and leads through the house, your friend still gripping your free arm. You get out, your and his friends following, in a low tone he asks "Would you like to ride darling?" You stare at him, confused, startled, why is he so forward about that kind of stuff? he opens the door to a rollercoaster cart and offers his hand to assist you on the ride. Oh god, that's not what he meant, embarrassed, you cover your face to cover the new shade of red your face had created. Laughing, he pulls you into the cart, "Not quite yet, darling. It's only the first date."

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