Chapter 7 - Terrified

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A/N: Okay so I was looking for a good picture to go with the chapter when I found this in my gallery from God knows when. It brought back so many freaking memories and I just thought this photo was so adorable and too much for my Troyella heart to handle on my own so I decided to share it with you guys.

As for Zanessa, Zac Efron didn't go to the reunion and Zanessa broke up ages ago and Vanessa's dating Austin Butler ... well that's why my Zanessa heart is more or less dead but Troyella will hold a soft spot in my heart forever.

We reached the amusement park a little later than we expected because there was traffic, but that just made it more fun as the car ride was absolutely insane. After Party In The USA, my phone decided to play Turn Down For What and well ... let's just say we almost got pulled over by the police.

We were far from getting tired though, in fact, the car ride had made us even more hyped for the day ahead of us and as soon as Max parked the car, all of us shot out of the car, stretched our legs, and immediately began to argue over which ride to go on first.

We put it to a vote, and of course we decided to start with a bang and go on the scariest ride in the whole dang amusement park. It was a roller coaster, and it went so high that it was almost dizzying just to look at it.

The line took forever, but just when I was thinking I was glad that I hadn't worn uncomfortable shoes, it was our turn to get on the ride.

We paired up in twos, so of course Jake and Lily went on together, at the front of our group, Lily looking a little frightened but Jake whispered something into her ear which made her relax a bit. I grinned, they were such a cute couple.

I turned to Abby but she had already linked arms with Samantha, causing me to be left over with Max. I frowned at her, as Abby was technically my best friend, but when she wiggled her eyebrows at me I got what she was trying to do.

She thought I liked Max.

Ew. No.

I sighed as I slid into the seat next to Max, then the bar slowly lowered, the person working the ride jogged back and forth, checking to make sure all of the safety bars were secured properly.

The ride slowly took off and as I watched people getting smaller and smaller, watching the peak of the ride and the steep drop that followed, I realized I was kind of having second thoughts about this. I closed my eyes for a few seconds, breathing deeply, then gave a small squeal when the ride stopped for a second, convinced that the drop was going to happen, but apparently I had imagined it.

"Hey Shan." I heard Abby call my name. I opened one eye to see Abby and Samantha craning their necks around to see me, grinning. How the heck were they not scared?

"Yeah?" I said, fighting to keep the fear out of my voice.

"I think you're cutting off the circulation to Max's arm." Abby teased, and I glanced over to Max, who I hadn't even realized I'd been clutching. His wrist was red from where I was gripping him and his hand was slowly turning white. I tried to loosen my grip a bit, but my hand wouldn't let me.

"Am I hurting you?" I asked.

"No, not at all. Please, continue stopping the blood flow to my hand, it feels numb enough that I don't feel any pain at all anyway." Max said sarcastically, to which I rolled my eyes and gripped him even harder. He would be fine.

"Oh shit. Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh SHIIITTTT!" my last curse came as a scream as the ride finally tipped and we plummetted toward the ground. When we finally stopped falling, I honestly felt as if I left my stomach back up at the peak of the roller coaster.

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