Vampire Sister

Chapter 17

He went down shouting, "Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!" I slid down soon after him.

"Can you stop doing stuff like that? You are scaring the crap out of me." he said as I went down.

"Come on!! What are you not afraid of? There's no fun if we don't do something." I said.

"Do it to someone else, like Adam over here." he said.

"Not a chance. Nope. I've already endured enough." Adam said.

"Fine, we won't do anything else." Carla said and I nodded. We spent about an hour playing in the water. It.Was.Fun. After that, we decided to have lunch. After all those rides, we definitely needed energy. Tristan insisted we eat pizza but we immediately said no.

"Why? It is delicious... " he protested.

"Do you know that our friend Adam here is a pizza delivery guy?" I said.

"Oh. Oh. Okay.. free pizza, huh?" he said.

"Yep. And that's the reason we don't want pizza. Not again." Carla said.

"Okay, what about schezwan noodles? I've never tried them before." Tristan said.

"What? You've never tried them before? No way.." Adam exclaimed.

"Alrighty. I'll try it now, then." he said. I ordered myself macaroni pasta as the ones we make at home never turn out good. Carla ordered cheese sandwiches and Adam, a beef stew. My mouth watered when that stew arrived. But of course we shared it within ourselves and Mrs.Thompson gathered a bit from each of our meals and made her own lunch. After eating lunch, there was nothing to do but use up the rest of our tickets. We went to each and every ride we saw. We had two tickets each and decided to go on any ride anyone wanted. Adam said something that made everyone turn towards him.

"I want to ride on a merry-go-round." We burst into laughter.

"Really? Out of all the rides you can go to, a merry-go-round?" Carla exclaimed.

"What? It's not a crime. I haven't ridden in one yet." he said.

"I'm in. It's not a crime like he said." said Tristan. If he's going, then I have to go too.

"I'm in." I said.

"Fine, I'll come too." Carla gave in and we entered the booth. Adam selected a horse and Carla sat behind him. I spotted a unique unicorn and boarded it at once. Tristan slided back behind me. My heart was beating very fast. Why? I didn't know. As the ride started, it gave the seats a little jerk and Tristan grabbed my waist. I almost fainted. My grip on the handle loosened and I was about to fall when he catched me.

"Are you okay? I'm so sorry. It's my fault." he asked as soon as I went back to my original position.

"I'm alright. It wasn't your fault, it was mine. I overreacted and faced the consequences." I replied immediately.

"Okay, but still it's my fault. I was the one who uh grabbed you and.. yeah." he mumbled. I tightened my grip on the handle and maintained as much distance as I could between me and Tristan. You know how the ride goes. Thank god Carla and Adam were sitting in front of us, so they didn't see anything. After the ride ended, I quickly jumped out from the unicorn and walked straight to Carla. There was still one ride left. But I didn't want to be anywhere near Tristan. Why? Because things were really awkward between us. I didn't even want to talk about it.

"Um Carla?" I prompted her as she was discussing with Adam, what to ride next.

"Hmm?" she said

"What ride are we going? And I want to go with you."

"Why? You can go with Tristan. I want to go with Adam. We don't even talk to him much these days."

"Right!! I want to talk to him. It's been a while since I had a proper conversation with him." A great reason, it was. Wonderful reason to stay away from Tristan.

"Oh, okay. How about.... this one?" she pointed to a ride on my immediate right. It looked like the freakin' 'Kissing Booth'. But no. It had a similar background but it was a gift picking game. I went near it to read the rules.

Welcome to the Gifting Booth!!! The inspiration for this game came from the movie, 'Kissing Booth'. Ahead of you lies a gift picking machine. Enter your tickets and write all of your names in the paper given. Use the controller to move the claw and pick up any one of the mystery boxes. After picking up the gifts, mix up the names you wrote and select one. Whichever name you choose, you present your gift to them. Enjoy your day!!!

All I could think of was, 'What if I get Tristan?'. But I just have to give him the gift I'll have. No problem.

"Okay.. I'm in." I said. After everyone agreed, we gave our tickets and wrote our names in the small papers they gave us. I went first and inserted the token they gave. I saw this golden box in the centre. I picked it up and dropped it into the hole. After it tumbled down, I picked it up in my hand. Everyone did the same. We shuffled the papers and we picked one. There was just one name that I didn't want to see. I slowly opened the paper.

                                                 Carla Thompson

I let out a huge sigh. "I got Kyra." said a male voice. Noooooooo. Please not Tristan. Hoping it was Adam, I asked, "Who?"