crossroads

6. carnival

" i can't believe you almost told them i am your boss ? " he said as he started the car.

" why do you care so much ?" i said getting comfy in my seat. the car smelled like potpourri and it was crazy warm inside.

" its company policy " he sighed

I rolled my eyes and turned to face him. "And honestly? studying at foreign and here on vacation? That's is the best you can do? " He chuckled. the street lights ran across his face in a streak of warm yellow. i could see his eyes were sad, on default. His arms holding the steering wheel as we turned a corner.

" omg. stop stop stop the car " i screamed when i spotted a giant wheel with shinning golden lights, he slowed the car down and looked at me like i was crazy " can we go there? " i pointed to it.

" the carnival? " he mocked.

" yess. please please please please " i gave him the puppy eyes.

he contemplated for a long minute
" Please please please please" I went on. he sighed before he hit the gas.

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after making sure that i was not too drunk and can walk properly, he gave me his sweatshirt from the car. i put it on and we entered the carnival. he got the entry tickets and it was bustling with people as we walked towards the giant wheels . luckily, the line was small and we got in quickly. we sat opposite to each other with our legs locked in zigzag. we starred out at the beautiful city silently until we reached the top. The stunning view of the hustle and bustle of the night city from the top was beautiful.

" i can't believe you dont have a girlfriend " i said hugging to my sweatshirt. it was very chilly , my fingers had gone cold.

" u sound surprised " he laughed

" yeah " i lifted my shoulders like it was obvious.

" i dropped out of college and i spend half my time in meetings with people double my age and the other half with my tennis coach. i am pretty much out of the market "

" are you for real ? " i chuckled mockingly

" what ? "

" out of the market? are you kidding me ? you are like in the top charts. a sexy rich tennis player becomes the arrogant ceo of a million dollar business. The is probably a romcom in there somewhere " he bursts laughing.

" you think i am sexy? " he smirked as we got down.

" NO." well, this is embarrassing

" you do " he looked at me and chuckled

" i don't " I looked away.

" you just said it "

" stop it " i walked quickly to the shop nearby. we played the balloon pop and the ring toss which he won easily and i lost sourly and blamed it on the wine i had.

" You know what, I have never been in a roller coaster " i said as we came across one.

" Really?" he was shocked

" yess. they are so huge and look at how fast they go " i was shit scared of them.

" you've never been in one ? " he shook his head. " come on, we are doing it today " he dragged me to the line despite my resistance.

" No way " I said trying to pull him the other way.

" You can't pull me to a carnival and not go to rollercoaster! " He was obviously stronger, so we were almost near the entryway.