𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐓𝐒, 𝗷𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗵𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀

44. fall festival + haunted barn

THE SMELL OF warm popcorn with loads of butter drizzled on top made my mouth water. the smell of hot chocolate and churros didn't help either.

my best friend and i were at the annual fall festival in our town. they played tame impala, nirvana, and of course, monster mash.

"i'm so sick of seeing all these fall couples," my friend said, the crunch of leaves beneath her shoes following.

i agreed.

"and they always get the good ones too. the ones who have style and wear flannels."

"tell me about it," i joked, walking up to the ticket booth. "two please."

"it's so annoying," she complained.

as we got our tickets, we made our way to the directory in the middle. this festival was huge. and it was late at night, so it was packed.

"um, okay, so where do you wanna go first?" i asked, pointing to the you are here written in white on the board.

"hell-ohh," she said in a flirty tone, not even paying attention to me. "i wanna go where that guy is."

i turned my head to see what she was looking at.

i frowned.

a group of guys, who look around our age, laughing obnoxiously and drinking beers. however, one guy stood out the most. he was still laughing, but running around riding a blow-up unicorn with pink fluffy hair on it and half a pretzel sticking out of his mouth.

i laughed.

"which one?"

"the muscular one. you?" she asked.

"no, i want the unicorn guy."

she laughed.

as we walked over to throw some darts at balloons, i suddenly froze. recognizing the voices behind me and my friend.

"yo yo yo, can we get in too?" the muscular guy asked the worker who shook his head yes.

the cute one laughed. he had a cute laugh.

"alright, sweeeet. now win me the bunny," the cute guy said.

"ha-ha, jack. i want the light up sword."

jack rolled his eyes, scoffing. "always gotta do it myself, huh," he spoke.

the muscular one turned to us.

"hey, you ladies wanna have a little competition?" he asked. "first team to hit ten balloons wins. both of you have to hit 5 and 5 though. deal?"

my friend chimed in, "yeah. deal. you think you can keep up?"

"for you, yeah."

all of his friends 'oooo'ed.

"what about her?" the muscular one asked, turning to me. "does she got game?

now jack was looking at me. oh no.

"of COURSE she has game!!! if we win, we want... uh, actually, if we win, you need to take her out," my friend said, pointing to jack.

my eyes widened.

jack smile-smirked. "oh, yeah?"

"yeah."

"and what do i get if i win?" he asked.

"whatever you want," she said.

"hmm." he pondered for a moment. "I WANT THE BUNNY!!"

they all laughed.

"deal," we all agreed on.

to make a long story short, me and my friend won and were over the moon. i ended up picking my prize which was the bunny. i didn't keep it though.

"here," i said, offering jack the grey plush.

he looked at me like he couldn't believe it.

"no way. you're giving me this???"

i nodded.

"why??"

i shrugged. "you get your bunny and i get a date with you."

he smiled. "you're right. c'mon, let's go."

my friend cheered me on as i followed jack.

"where are we going?" i asked.

"it's called the haunted barn," he spoke, clutching the bunny in his left arm. "you can hold onto me if you're scared. i'll protect you, of course."

i laughed.

"thanks. what are you gonna name your bunny?"

he looked down at him with adoration, and he gave him a little pat on the head. "buns."

we both laughed.

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as we entered the haunted barn, the sudden pounding on the walls made jack scream bloody murder and he actually clutched onto me instead of the other way around like he had said.

"i thought you were supposed to protect me," i told him.

"UHH, YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT I DON'T THINK I CAN."

"why not?" i asked, as we moved slowly into a foggy tight corn maze that had a guy with a mask holding a chainsaw at the end.

"HOLY SHIT. GO GO GO HE'S GONNA KILL US!!!" he yelled, pushing me by the waist to go out of the barn.

i was halfway out the door when he screamed again.

"AW FUCK ME. WAITTT!" he yelled, running back to retrieve buns who was on the floor in front of the chainsaw man. "i need to save him."

as soon as he grabbed buns, the chainsaw man scared jack again, sending him screaming and running toward me to the exit (after he slipped and fell of course).

he fumbled out of the barn, landing on his butt in a thing of hay. he was out of breath.

"did you think this was supposed to impress me?!" i asked, hands crossed on my chest.

still out of breath, he nodded, saying, "yeah. i thought maybe you'd think it's cute."

he turned to buns. "right buns? i think she likes me."

i laughed and sat down next to him on the hay, leaning my head against him.

"well, i'm impressed."

he laughed, throwing his arm around me.

"thank gosh."

AUTHOR SPEAKING!
hi everyone! college life has been extremely busy and i hate that i haven't posted in a whileee or have the motivation to write :(
luckily i'll be on christmas break in like 2-3 weeks so i'm hoping to get some new chapies posted!!
stay safe and stay warm out there!!
p.s. what are your thoughts on jack hughes and tate mcrae?!?!?!
here's your daily jack pic!! xx