Love Between Two Worlds

Chapter 4 (Tanner)

You crane your neck above the crowd and search for the girl in stripes. What was her name? Alyssa? You previously asked the other boys if they knew her name, and of course, Zac knew it. He's good at remembering names.

Finally, You see her, too bad she's not wearing her striped shirt because that would have helped you find her. But there she was-only a few people in front of us in line. Does that mean she will be on the same ride as you?

You notice Ammon looking at her too. It's obvious that You are not the only one that admires Alyssa. Do you have any hope? Ammon's really good at getting girls to like him.

We finally edge up to the front of the line, but after the other boys get through, you are stopped.

"Sorry," the worker says, "Not enough room."

You look at the others, hoping they wouldn't go without you. Then you look at Ammon. He was indicating that he wanted to go on with Alyssa.

"I'll stay with you, Tanner." Patch says.

"Thanks, man." You say, hiding the truth behind your teeth. Sure, it was nice that he would do that for you, but you would like to somehow "accidentally" run into Alyssa, and this was your best chance. Well, now Ammon has taken it.

You watch as Alyssa takes one long look at you and rides away on the roller coaster. My smile fades away and you look at Patch.

"So, which car do you want to go on?" He asks.

"The front, obviously." You answer.

***

You walk around hopelessly trying to find the other boys, but you can't seem to find them. You stop to go to the bathroom, but when you come back outside, they aren't  there.

You walk to the nearest person to you. It was a woman with two children and a stroller.

"Excuse me, Ma'am, but did you happen to see four boys wandering around? One's kind of short and has long hair and another one has dark skin?" You ask.

She points in the direction near the bathroom.

"Thank you."

You rush over to where you had already been, but they aren't there. You start to walk the other direction when you hear something every familiar. Is that singing? The sound of music fills your ears as you peek around the bathroom and notice the boys in the distance, but what you saw was devastating.

TJ, Zac, and Patch all stood in a row behind Ammon who was singing a solo. Your solo. He was holding Alyssa's hands and she was staring back, obviously nervous.

Why? Why would they do it without you? Of course you mind that Ammon's serenading Alyssa, but it's even more irritating how they did it without you.

I thought they were my friends. I guess not.

You turn the other direction and head for the exit.