theirs- an assembly of anecdotes from the croft's, picani's, and others

= Don't Ride a Rollercoaster if You're Afraid of Heights =

•After
•March 30th, XX48
•Joe's POV
•Contains: cursing, food
•yes, i know there's no six flags in Florida realistically. we're using our imagination here. in summary, joe and sage go on their first date and the former is terrified of heights. a classic.

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"And you guys have your wallets, phones, everything?"

Joe let out a brief sigh, and looked out the window of the car he was sitting in the backseat of. At that moment, he was being driven to Six Flags along with Sage by the latter's parents. It wasn't very surprising that Sage's dad had asked them multiple times to double check they had everything they needed for the date.

Yes- it was a date. That fact still boggled Joe's mind a bit. Barely more than a week ago, he'd found himself kissing his best friend in the bathroom of their senior year prom, and he found that he actually enjoyed it, so now that their spring break had begun the two had finally scheduled a time to get together.

"Yes, dad, we promise we do," Sage answered his dad.

"Virgil, I love you, but you worry way too much," Sage's pop said to his husband as the car began to pull into the parking lot of Six Flags. Virgil sighed himself, and Joe and Sage glanced over at each other.

"And you told me when we adopted a kid that someday we'd have to let him go do shit on his own but I'm still gonna be anxious about it."

"Alright, V."

Joe watched still through the car window as they pulled up to the front of the park. With a breath, hoping to grant himself a bit more confidence, Joe began to unbuckle his seatbelt. Sage's pop turned to look back at them.

"Okay, you two, have fun! One of you just text me when you're ready to be picked up."

"Thank you!" Joe flashed a smile at him.

Sage's dad looked back as well. "Don't get lost, and don't make out at the top of a Ferris Wheel, it's cliché and boring."

"Dad-"

The two teens- if eighteen still counted you as a "teenager"- got out of the car after that, and they began to walk up to the front to be let in as their ride drove away. Joe snuck a glance over at his date a few times as they walked, and he wanted to say something, but he wasn't sure what.

"The, uh, the lines aren't too long in the front here, so that's pretty good," he eventually decided on saying.

"Yeah. I don't think the rest of the schools in the area are on spring break yet, and today's a Monday, so that works out pretty well. Plus people are probably more likely to go to Disney."

The lines definitely were definitely short- the two got through security relatively easily, and Joe marveled at the sights around him as he fully stepped into the park, being able to immediately spot the tips of rollercoasters and other rides that had previously been hidden away from him. He glanced over at Sage then, who smiled at him.

"What do you wanna do first?" Joe asked.

"We should go find and ride the tallest rollercoaster in the park."

Joe bit his lip. That didn't seem like the best idea. Of course, Joe wasn't scared of heights or anything, definitely not. Nope. He just didn't like tall rollercoasters.