The Story So Far

09. The Carnival and a Drive In Movie

Travis took my hand, kissing the back of it. He gave me a smile before pushing his door open. I stepped out of the car, the cold air blowing my hair astray. He took my hand in his, walking hand in hand to the carnival.

We reached the ticket booth, he took out his wallet, paying for two All-You-Can-Ride tickets. The carnival was oozing out so much music: the laughter of children, the sound of the popcorn machine, the sound of the shrills of all the people riding the roller coaster, the people crowding over the circus, their oohs and aahs hitting my ears.

Travis squeezed my hands, his lips touching my ear, "Do you want to ride the roller coaster?"

I glanced towards the shrills of all the people going around the loop and down the roller coaster, I nodded, "But, aren't you afraid of heights?"

He let out a muffled laugh, "I'll manage."

We both fell in line, shuffling as the ride keeper let us in. As we fastened our seat belts, I could feel him tense and my adrenaline rising. I looked at him, his mouth pursed into a thin line, nervous.

The roller coaster rolled into a start, taking us up. Travis interlaced his fingers with mine, which were sweating. The coaster stopped just a second away from its drop. Travis's breath hitched just as the roller coaster rolled furiously fast down the tracks. I screamed out the adrenaline building in my lungs. I heard Travis let out a groan just as the coaster jerked to the right, taking us up into the loop. The coaster slowed its pace going up then hastened as it turned around and back down again. I felt as if I was falling, stifling another scream. The coaster then hitched up again, going in for the final drop.

The final drop was the highest of them all. I glanced at Travis, he bit his lips when the coaster stopped at its highest peek, he face pale. I squished my eyelids shut, anticipating the drop. The feeling of falling elapsed my entire being, my throat letting out another scream. The drop took seconds until it hit the bottom, slowing its pace down.

I started laughing, startling a disheveled looking Travis. I kissed his cheek, "Are you ok?"

He cleared his throat, "Yeah."

He took my hand and led me out of the roller coaster, climbing down the stairs, "Which ride would you like to go onto next, Your Highness?"

I let out another roll of laughter, "Can we go on the Anchors Away?"

Travis's gaze followed to where I pointed, he watched as the metallic boat swung from left to right, biting his lips, he nodded.

I poked his side, "You don't have to ride if you don't want to, you know?"

"I want to," he raised my hand, kissing it, "I would try anything you want to try."

I felt my cheeks heat up, leading him to the Anchors Away. We fell in line again, the ride keeper letting us in. I picked the highest sit of the boat, hugging Travis close to me. I could hear his heart race when the ride jerked to a start. He looped his arms around me as the boat go higher and higher, making the drop build up even more adrenaline.

I pressed my face into his chest, letting out a scream. I heard him growl out a manly scream, making me laugh.

The ride only lasted for a few minutes. Getting out of our sit, I took his hand, dragging him to the Paint Ball booth. We both took hold of our guns, aiming at the paint filled balloons. We watched as each one exploded as we shot them, letting out a giggle whenever I fired.

Travis then led me to the darts area. He pointed to a large, pink teddy bear, "Do you want that, Allie?"

I nodded, "But that would be really hard to win."

He took hold of the darts, "We'll see."

A few minutes later, we were headed to the photo booth, the large teddy bear tucked safely under his arm. We both slid into the booth, doing wacky faces. He kissed me unexpectedly straight on the lips just as the camera flashed again. I looped my arms around his lips, pulling him closer and melting into the kiss. The camera flashed again.

I pulled away, gasping for breath. We locked each other's gazes and laughed. The camera flashed the final time. We got out of the booth, taking the two sets of photo we took. I tuck one safely inside my bag, he did the same to his and tucked it into his wallet.

We headed to the Merry-Go-Round, sitting on the horses next to each other. My heart slowed its pace, the ride taking its slow revolution around its axis. Travis smiled at me with adoration in his eyes. I did the same, leaning my head on the pole.

"Where to next?" I asked, buckling my seat belt.

Travis sat the humungous bear on the seats behind, backing away from the lights of the carnival, "Hmm, I'm thinking, we should go get take outs first."

I nodded, my stomach growling.

Travis drove to the nearest Chinese take outs, getting out of the car. After a few minutes, he returned with boxes and chopsticks in his hands. He drove down the rode again, passing through buildings after buildings.

I opened my take out, spooning in a chopstick full of fried rice. I opened up another box, revealing steaming shark's fins. I poked it out of the box, biting into it and spooning in some more fried rice.

I opened Travis's box, using my chopsticks to spoon in some fried rice, reaching out to feed it to him. He opened his mouth in response, his eyes still glued to the rode. I took hold of another shark's fin and popped it into his mouth.

Moments later, we parked into a Drive-In Movie. I stopped in the midst of shoveling another chopstick-full of my fried rice and looked slowly at Travis's beaming face, "There's still Drive-In Movie places?"

He nodded, taking his box, feeding himself with Chinese food, "I figured you'd like it here since you loved watching romance movies so much."

I nodded, looking back at the huge screen, "And this time, it's even vitage romance films."

He smiled at my ogling eyes, "Do you like it?"

"I love it!" I screeched, putting down my box of fried rice to throw Travis a hug. "Thank you so so much."

He placed his empty box down as well, reaching out to caress my cheeks, "I would give you the world if you asked me to, but you deserve so much more than that."

Second chapter of the day! :) This is probably so cheezy, especailly the last line :D Hahahaha! I'm feeling kind of sweet today so I channeled those emotions to both Travis and Allie. They're so young and in love! And, so, I dedicate this chapter to my guy bestfriend who show so much love for me :) Much love

-Maybelle