What's Right in Front of You [colifer]

Chapter 22

"So umm..." Jennifer stuttered, Jennifer didn't know what to say. She tried to look at Colin's face to determine if he wanted to spend time with her, but she was having a hard time figuring out what he wanted. "Is Ginny and Josh even here?" Jennifer asked. "Yeah, we drove together, but they took off when we arrived," Colin explained. "The same thing happened to me with Lana and Fred," Jennifer said. "While... do you want to go on some rides?" Colin asked. "Sure," Jennifer smiled. Did Lana and Ginny lie to her about Colin wanting to talk to her, as he didn't bring up anything that happened the night before? "Why don't we start off small," Colin suggested. "How about the music ride?" Jennifer suggested. The music ride had colorful small two-person seats all arranged in a circle. The carts spun fast around in a circle. It was almost like a fast-paced marry go round. However, on the music side, the person on the inside of the cart always got squished by the person sitting on the outside. Jennifer made the mistake of sitting in on the inside. The entire ride Colin tried not to squish her, which just made Jennifer laugh. Coil was grabbing desperately onto the bar info of them trying to pull himself off of Jennifer. Top pop songs blasted from the speakers on the ride while the carts spun faster and faster. The ride was soon over sooner than Jennifer expected.

"That was so fun," Jennifer said when they got off the ride. "Fun for you, but hard for me. Luckily I have strong muscles," Colin flexed and Jennifer giggled. Jennifer then realized that all of her worries about them to being able to be friends anymore would not be true. So far things had been great. Jennifer could tell that today was going to be a fun day. Colin always made things exciting and enjoyable. He was always able to make Jennifer laugh and smile. Even when Jennifer was upset or sad he always managed to make her feel better. Jennifer was so grateful for their relationship. Maybe them being just friends was for the best.

"Ok, now let's go on soothing more thrilling," Jennifer said excitedly. "Ok..." Colin said wearily. "Is someone scared?" Jennifer teased him. "While what are you proposing?" Colin asked so that he could make an informed decision. "How about the corkscrew?" Jennifer asked. The Corkscrew was a roller coaster that had many sharp turns, twists and loops. "Hmmm," Colin pondered. "Come' on it will be fun," Jennifer grabbed his hand and started to drag him in the direction of the ride. "Fine, but I get to pick the next ride," Colin said. "Deal," Jennifer nodded her head. When they were sitting on the ride strapped into their seats Jennifer could tell that Colin was a bit frightened. Jennifer never knew that Colin didn't like rides, I guess they had never talked about that before. Jennifer wondered how much she still didn't know about him. Maybe she hardly knew him at all. What if the guy that she thought she knew and fell in love with wasn't really who she perceived. Maybe she had thought of him more as Killian than Colin. Maybe this whole crush was because of the characters that they portrayed. Jennifer quickly tried to shut down these thoughts, as she knew that they were destructive. She just needed to enjoy herself. She needed to enjoy her day with Colin.

After a couple of small rides, Colin and Jennifer decided to get lunch at the White Spot. Jennifer and Colin both ordered legendary burgers. When the cashier fins punching their order into the register Jennifer stated to dig around for her wallet in her purse. However, Colin quickly pulled out cash from his pocket. "You don't need to do that," Jennifer said finally finding her wallet. "It's fine Jen, you can pay me back by buying me mini doughnuts later," Colin smiled. "Ok..." Jennifer said. Colin always paid for the meals that they shared. Whenever they went out to dinner, or lunch Colin always insisted that he pay. Jennifer never understood why. she always justified it, as him being kind and a gentleman.

Jennifer decided that she needed to be up last night. She needed to know what he was thinking, as he was clearly not showing it. "Can we talk about last night?" Jennifer asked. "Umm sure, but I'm to sure what there is to talk about," Colin said. Jennifer didn't understand what he was saying. There was so much to talk about. He still hadn't told her how he felt. "Jennifer, to be honest, I am still processing it," Colin said honestly. "ugh, yeah ok," Jennifer didn't really know what to say. "I do have one question," Colin said. Jennifer nodded her head for him to continue. "How long?" Colin asked. "Season 3," Jennifer answered. "Gosh Jen, that's a long time," Colin said surprised. "Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Colin asked. "I just didn't think that it was something I should say. I mean you are..." Jennifer trembled. "Ok, I get it, but why now?" Colin asked. "I'm trying to figure out my life right now. I mean I have this huge decision to make about if I would stay on Once or not, and I have been keeping this... the secret from you for so long," Jennifer said telling him everything. "So what? You think that we can live happily ever after. You are trying to get me to make the decision for you. You want me to tell you to stay," Colin said. "Well do you?" Jennifer asked. "I don't know." 

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