Vampire Sister

Chapter 16

"Really? Oh come on! It will be fun. I promise you." said Carla.

"Yeah but I think I'll accompany Mrs.Thompson here. She can't sit on a bench all by herself!!" Tristan said.

"Been there, done that. Thank you though." Mrs.Thompson countered.

"Mate, it's not terrifying, you know? It'll be alright." Adam said.

"Yes.. Come on!! Carla, make your puppy face!!!" I said and when Carla made her puppy face, the one and only Prince Charming said, "Fine... I want Kyra to sit beside me. And, no one comments about my, uh... screams. Deal?"

"Deal!!!!" I exclaimed. We went to the ticket collecting booth and gave our tickets to the man inside. To my utter surprise, the first two seats were empty!! "Please, I'm taking the first seat.. I've always wanted to do that!!!" I said. As no one disagreed, I went and sat there. Tristan, as he asked, sat beside me and said, "It'll be fine, right?" It was almost like I could hear his heart beating extremely fast from the look on his face.

"Ya. I can guarantee 100% fun, but your safety? Na, that one I can't." I said. He went still with his mouth open for sometime and then said, "No pressure then. Great!" I chuckled.

"Just kidding.." I said as I chuckled. After Carla and Adam sat behind us, I said, "Adam, I can see your apple in Tristan's throat!!" And that made Tristan relax a bit while everyone else laughed. As the ride started, Tristan entwined his fingers onto mine. That sent shivers down my spine. But I did not let that show on my face and shot him a little smile. At that time we were still ascending. As we reached the top most point and were about to go down at a great speed, the grip of Tristan's hand on mine, increased. I squeezed his hand back to comfort him. But I forgot all about that as we descended.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I shouted. But they were unheard due to Tristan's ear-piercing screams.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh... I.Hate.You.Kyra!!!!!!!!! Noooooooooooo" He kept shouting something like that throughout the ride. He was the first one to get off the coaster as soon as it stopped. He stood near the bench where Mrs.Thompson was seated. With one hand leaning over the nearby tree, his whole body was unbalanced.

"You okay?" I asked as I approached him.

"I don't think so. This stupid friend of mine said roller coasters are 100% fun. I absolutely hate you." he said while catching his breath. I patted his back and said, "It wasn't that terrifying though. It was fun, like I said."

"Nope. Everything but that term. 'Fun'"

"Okay, your way. But does that mean you aren't coming to the other rides?" I asked.

He sighed and said, "Can't waste the tickets! But, I'm not going to these 'dangerously fun' rides." I laughed.

"Okay...." I couldn't complete the sentence because I was in shock. No way!!!! Bumper Cars!!!!!! I hadn't seen them since I was 10!! "Bumper Cars!!!!! We're going there, definitely.... Tristan, are you coming?"

"Umm we can go together, I'm sure I won't go on another dangerous ride. " he said.

"Okay. It's going to be super duper fun....!!!" I exclaimed. I told Mrs.Thompson and Carla came too. Then I literally dragged Tristan towards the ride. We gave our tickets at the counter and I raced into the car. Tristan squeezed himself inside the car beside me. I was too excited to notice that there was no gap between our sides. I immediately put my hands on the steering wheel and bumped straight into Carla's car. Tristan took up the job of finding interesting people to bump into. But that meant everyone!!

After bumping into several cars, we decided to go to the water rides. So we decided to change into our swimsuits. Back to the changing room! Before that, I turned to Tristan and said, "Have any songs for swimsuits in mind?"

"Unfortunately, no." he said as he laughed. Carla and I entered the changing room and I changed into a purple swimsuit while she changed into a blue one. Hoping there weren't any songs about purple, I went out. But there was no song. Thank god!! No songs... Adam and Tristan both had changed into white T-shirts. But Adam wore light-brown shorts while Tristan, a grey one. Mrs.Thompson was there too. There was nothing left but to jump into the water. That was an easy task. But what is life without fun? And where was the fun in that?

"Hey Kyra, you take Tristan and I'll take Adam." Carla said.

"Okay." We made this secret plan before coming here. I approached Tristan. I vowed to Carla that I won't fail.

"Hey! Are you afraid of water too?" I said.

"Nah, just on roller coasters and those dangerous rides as I said." Now I got him walking around the pool. That's what I want. The edge of the pool was crowded except for one spot on the opposite end. I have to get him to walk there and.... drumroll please. Push him into the pool!! Ha, it is going to be fun!!!

"Hmm. You have a weird choice of weaknesses."

"I wouldn't call them weaknesses, just things that I am afraid of. So what are you afraid of?"

"Umm, I am terrified of spiders and some other insects. But I think that's it. Are you afraid of heights?"

"Uh yeah. That's probably the main reason why I'm afraid of roller coasters." We were nearing that empty spot. That's when Carla dumped Adam into the water. If Tristan saw that, he might as well figure out I'm gonna do the same thing. So I pulled him away and said, "Um before we dive into the pool, I want to show you something."

"Uh okay?" I didn't even know where I was going. But I needed to get away from Adam for the time being. After a few seconds, I heard Adam's voice.

"Tristan!! Mate, watch out!!"

"Whoa. What was that?" Tristan asked.

"I'm sure it's nothing. Might be a warning to where we're going. Don't worry.." I hastily replied. And I dragged him around some bushes and we finally reached the ground sprinklers. I was relieved that there was something significant about that place.

"See? I told you I knew where we're going. Adam just warned about these.. whoaa sprinklers as they start spraying any time ." That 'whoa' was because a sprinkler started spraying water as I was talking.

"Hmm, nice. But I think we should head back as Mrs.Thompson would be looking for us. We can come back some other time with Carla and Adam."

"Yep totally." We headed back the same way as we came and to my relief, Adam was nowhere to be seen. I pulled him towards the empty spot and he asked, "What's going on?"

"Nothing much." He was figuring it out. So I made him stand near the edge and said, "You look perfect." That made him loosen himself. So I took that as an opportunity to push him into the pool. And, splash!!! I started laughing so hard that everyone around me turned to watch me. I stopped immediately and looked around. Literally everyone was looking at me. When I turned around to see Tristan, he was already out of the pool and now he dumped me into the pool. Water, water and water everywhere. I rose to the surface and said, "Didn't see that one coming."

He laughed and said, "Me neither. I was wondering why you were acting so weirdly." And he lended me his hand to pull myself out of the water. When I did, I said, "Mission Accomplished for me. Okay, let's go to that big slide over there." I said, pointing to the slide that was at least 30 feet high. "Or are you afraid of that too?"

"You bet," he said. As we walked ourselves there, we met Carla and Adam.

"Where were you guys?" asked Tristan.

"I pulled him away so that he won't spoil our mission." Carla said and Tristan shot her an angry look and said, "That's what Adam warned me for." And shook his head. We ascended the stairs and reached the top of the slide. Carla went down first and then Adam. I asked Tristan to go next. Not because I was afraid, but because I wanted to see if he really wasn't scared.

"Okay, I'll do it." he said after I insisted he went first. As he sat down and was about to go down, he said, "Okay, umm, you go. I'll come after you. I'm a teensy weensy bit nervous."

"Not happening under my watch." I said as I gave him a little push.