Us and Our House

Rollercoaster

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Layne = VoicePlay

Geoff = Me

Tony = My friends

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"So what did you want to do for your birthday, Geoff?" Eli asked the bass as the five of them sat around the dinner table.

Geoff shrugged as he cut his steak with a knife and had his eyes on his plate. "I dunno..." he began sheepishly, though with a small smile.

"C'mon, anything you wanna do? Anything at all?" Earl seconded Eli's question as he turned the attention even more Geoff's way.

"It's your birthday, you have to have something in mind that you wanna do." Tony added in as he lifted his cup to his lips.

"Well..." Geoff dragged on with a shy smile as he seemed to be taking a very prolonged time cutting his meat. "Okay, there's one thing."

"Don't be shy. It scares me. You're never shy." Tony said slowly and skeptically as he took in how Geoff was acting.

Eli kicked Tony's foot from under the table, silently telling him to shut up and let Geoff talk. Tony glanced around the table to find the culprit, soon discovering it was, indeed, Eli.

"I dunno, I kinda want to go to the Sparkshow Fair." he answered, "I've never been, and I kinda want to."

"That sounds like fun!" Layne chimed in with his award-winning optimistic attitude, "Mmmm, cotton candy." he fantasized.

"I second that." Earl added in, "I don't see why you'd be so shy about it, though."

"I just didn't know if you guys would be interested. I want to do something we all enjoy doing." Geoff smiled, looking up with his brown eyes.

"It's your day, man. Not our's. You get to shine." Eli smiled warmly and assuringly.

"I mean, who doesn't love fairs?" Earl asked reasonably. "I think it's a great choice, Geoff. We'll do it."

"Of course we will." Eli said surely and without a doubt in his mind.

"Mhm." Layne nodded and smiled as he munched on his food. After a few moments, the gang all turned their gazed to the black-haired man poking at his vegetables with his fork.

His green eyes peered upwards and he instinctively gave a defensive look. "Hey, yeah! I'm cool with going." he mentioned, giving the rest of the men satisfaction. "It's not like I could pull off the doppelgänger stunt again..."

Eli shook his head while the others laughed mildly.

"Nothing gets passed Layne, Tony. You shoulda known that. If those big, brown doe eyes down break you down, he'll sniff you out eventually." Earl mentioned as Tony stared down at his plate.

"So," Geoff said, turning the focus back on current matters, "how about Saturday then? We all have off, right?"

"Pretty sure." Eli nodded his head.

~•~

When Saturday came, they all got out of the their vehicle and stood for a few moments to admire the grand entrance, towering roller coasters, and rides in the distance.