I Wanna Be Free, I Wanna Be Loved

Ch. 28: So Let The Games Begin

We got to the mini golf place and I noticed that they had an arcade and a lazer tag complex too. I liked lazer tag more than mini golf but there was no way we'd be able to talk Brendon out of mini golf, he was too excited but it was worth a try.

"Hey Bren, I know you're so set on mini gold but don't you think lazer tag would be more fun?" I asked him, sounding as if I was talking to a six year old instead of a sixteen year old.

"NO!" he whined "I came here to hit balls into holes and that is what I'll do!"

"Oh you'd know plenty about holes in one" I joked. Rachel laughed and high fived me. She told me they'd done it last night.

"Hey Berndon, think about it. Dark corners, your girlfriend on the opposing side, it'll be just li--"

"LAZER TAG IT IS!" Brendon yelled, cutting Spencer off.

We went inside and paid for three games of lazer tag, Spencer was sweet enough to pay for me, it was almost like a date except we would be shooting each other with fake guns and hunting each other down. The attendant shoved us off to the boys and girls teams because that's how it worked, I kissed Spencer goodbye and he whispered into my ear.

"Bring it on" he said, leaving a small kiss beneath my ear.

We had to watch a video and have some guy explain how our guns and vests worked. Once everything was ready, we were released onto the playing field. This was unlike any lazer tag place I had ever been to; it was three stories tall and had all these tunnels and other hiding spots. I started my quest to get to the other team's side to shoot targets. I had to be sneaky and I was almost there when my vest made the "pew-pew-pew" sound signaling that I had been hit. I looked over to see that Spencer had been my shooter. I pouted but in even in the dark he could tell, he made his way over to me.

"You're cute when you're all defeated" he cooed.

"Yeah yeah" I said, playfully smacking him.

"Well I'm off to attack more of your species. Be safe my angel" he kissed my cheek before doing a barrel roll. I giggled and found targets to hit.

After three intense games of lazer tag play, I was exhauted. So much rolling, ducking, and running around. We got our score cards at the end; I hadn't done too poorly, Rachel and Brendon both mysteriously managed to score zero points each.

"Did you two really pay $30 to just make out in the dark?" I asked.

"I REGRET NOTHING!" Rachel said before crashing her lips to Brendon's. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. I felt Spencer's arm creep its way around my waist and I smiled at him.

"So who's up for lunch?" he asked.

"Well Brendon's definitely up, but it ain't for lunch" I said.

Rachel and Brendon broke apart but still remained close together.

We got in the car and drove off to a Mexican place for burritos. After lunch Rachel and I figured we should go home and apologize to Ryan for everything so we dropped the boys off and went home.

"You ready for this?" Rachel asked me as I unlocked the front door.

"Nope" I replied.