carnival rides

one

Aurora

outfit: white skirt, pink crop top, and beat up black vans.

I kick my feet as the ride comes to a stop.

my best friend is sitting in front of me on the swings.

"well that ride was shit. what one do you wanna go on next?"

"you pick I'm going to get a drink."

"okay."

she grins at me which I do in return.

I skip over to the lemonade stand.

I hand the vendor a $5 bill and tell him to keep the change.

he thanks me and hands me my drink.

I go over to where one of my friends is sitting.

"don't be such a pussy come and ride rides."

she sticks her tongue out at me and I giggle.

"you know how sick I get on these rides."

"whatever, will you hold my drink while I go ride some more rides?"

she nods and I take a huge sip of the lemonade.

as I place the lemonade I hear my best friends laugh.

I know that laugh, she's flirting with someone.

I roll my eyes at her so much daily that my eyes are going to get stuck rolled back.

my legs start to carry me to her.

shes standing in line twirling her hair in her finger.

the man shes talking to I cant see yet.

once I get to where she is I look at the man.

hes about 6'2, has blue eyes, dark hair, and a dark complexion most likely from working out in the sun all day.

I clear my throat making both of them stop talking.

my best friend looks at me beyond pissed which makes me laugh silently.

I feel a strong gaze on me so I look over at the worker who is staring at me in awe.

"whos your friend?"

he asks my friend without taking his eyes off me which makes me roll my eyes.

"I'm aurora and I'm also not interested."

he chuckles and walks away.

"what the fuck rora?!"

I smile and go to the entrance of the ride.

"you coming or not?"

she sighs and comes with me.

we get on the ride, the ride is just a simple spinning one that goes up and down a bit.

I sit down and of course my luck is the guy is the one who buckles me in.

he pulls the strap as tight as he can on me and winks.

my response is to sarcastically smile.

he leans into my ear and whispers.

"I'm Kai by the way."

"first off I can see that by your name tag second off, I don't care what your name is."

"youre a feisty one, I like that."

he walks away, what the hell is this dudes problem?

Kai

outfit: red carnival worker shirt with name tag on it, black skinny jeans and black converse.

"god dammit."

I mutter as I look at the ride schedule, I'm working the twister the most boring ride here.

"well it wont be hard to work so I'm able to get my flirt on."

I laugh at myself.

"youre such a whore Kai."

I jump and look over in the doorway.

"fuck you Derek."

he laughs and walks into my trailer and sits on the couch.

"i hope the girls from yesterday come back, there is a little one with long dark hair and big blue eyes."

I look over at him while he talk seeing his face go all dreamy.

"Derek, have you even fucking talked to her?"

"well no, but did you see her yesterday?!"

I chuckle.

"no shithead, I had the day off remember?"

"oh yeah yeah whatever. you get anything you want at this place."

I shrug.

"not my fault."

I walk out of the trailer going to the ride I'm supposed to be working at.

"yo fucker, wanna light up?"

derek yells at me from my trailer.

i run over to him.

"dude shut the fuck up, we will get fired."

"oh please, like the boss doesnt snort a line every so often?"

"go get the shit and meet me back here in ten i need to set my stuff set up at the ride."

he nods and runs off like a little kid causing me to chuckle and shake my head.

once i finish setting up my stuff i go back to where i told derek to meet me.

he walks out with the oh-so-familiar backpack on his back.

i nod to under the ride im running since the carnival doesnt open for another hour or so.

he silently agrees and i have to crawl under the ride because im too tall.

derek laughs at me and i give him a glare.

"damn Kai, youre such a giant."

"shut the fuck up or you arent getting some weed."

i smile at him making him roll his eyes at me.

i tell derek to roll a joint while i keep look out.

he does as asked and is done in less then a minute.

i shakily hold the joint in my hand light it.

my mouth with the bitter taste causing me to moan a bit when i exhale.

the smoke fills the air and derek takes a long puff of the joint.

we finish it off and my eyes are burning.

he tosses me the eye drops which i proceed to drop into my eyes.

"mate what time is it?"derek pulls out his phone.

"quarter past one."

"fuck, shit, piss, hell."

derek furrows his eyebrows at me in confusion.

"ive got 5 fucking minutes to get this smell off me and to be at my post."

"calm down Kai, you always figure this out."

"yeah yeah, whatever. just hand me the back pack."

he does as asked then takes off to the ride next to mine.

i get so pissed because he is able to work two rides a day when all of us only control one.

hes running the roller coaster until 6 then hes coming over here to work with me.

i was raised into this business sadly.

all i want to do is run away, no jobs, no stress.

but im just a low-life carni with a side job as a drug dealer.

the two jobs fit well together actually, during my break ill meet someone in one of the vendors stand and give them what they want.

I think about the girl I saw yesterday hoping she will come back today.