The Serpent Queen

All In | Part Five

Tory had taken Miguel to a children's play park. During the day, it would be packed with screaming and happy kids, but at night, it was completely empty and slightly creepy. The two teenagers half stood on the roundabout while it spun them around very fast.

"Ready? Three, two, one, go!" Tory screamed out as she jumped off. Losing her balance she tumbled to the ground.

"Oh, my gosh. You are insane." Miguel exclaimed while laughing.

The girl laughed, "Yeah, I heard that before."

The Hispanic teen exhaled slightly as he sat down beside her, "I'm so dizzy."

"You're having fun, right?"

"Yes, I am having fun. You know, when you said you had a place to go, I figured it'd be some place where you needed a fake ID."

"Yeah, we can go somewhere like that. My girl friend bartends at this place over on Cahuenga."

"No, no, no, no. I kind of dig the abandoned playground vibes. It looks like an awesome place to fight off a zombie apocalypse."

"Shit. What time is it?" Tory took out her phone and quickly saw the time. She pushed Miguel back to lay on the ground and then she did it herself.

"What are we..."

"Wait for it."

Above them lighting up the night sky were small red and green flashing lights from an airplane. It flew overhead quite closely. The engine whirred loudly, so much so that it heard be heard for a few miles.

"Holy shit! That was awesome."

"Every night, 10:36 on the dot. It's the last flight out of Burbank." The girl explained.

"Whoa. Sam and I once went to this ice cream shop in Burbank..."

"Oh, my God. You were on such a roll. You went like almost an hour without mentioning her." Tory sat up and told him while being slightly disappointed in him. He was supposed to be getting over his ex.

"Yeah, I'm sorry." He apologised, sitting up as well."Uh... Sensei just said to go all in and make a move, and I'm still trying to figure out what that means."

"Well, I think it means exactly what it sounds like."

"Yeah?"

"Make a move."

Miguel's eyes wandered down to Tory's lips and he leaned in. He cupped part of her face when he kissed her.

Tory kissed him back while bringing herself closer to him by putting a hand on his shoulder to stabilise herself.

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Samantha sat comfortably in her house feeling the intense heat of the fireplace in front of her. In her hands, she held a stick and on the end of it was a single white, plump marshmallow. Hearing footsteps to her left, she turned her head to see Robby basked in the orange glow of the flames.

"Still up, too, huh?"

She answered, "Too much adrenaline."

Johnny's son audibly chuckled.

"You want a S'more?" Sam offered kindly.

Robby sat next to her and smiled, "Never say no to free marshmallows." He watched her pull her mallow from the stick and sandwich it in-between two graham crackers and a Reese's peanut butter cup, while he roasted his own marshmallow in the fire. "Whoa, whoa, whoa... Are you making a S'more with a peanut butter cup?"