Chapter 8: At the Carnival

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After two hours of continuous driving, we finally arrived at our destination and we all got out from our respective vehicles. I stretched out trying to remove the stiffness from my body when I heard a whistle. I turned to look around trying to figure out who the culprit was.

Two cars away from us were a bunch of guys smiling at me. One of them, who I think was the culprit winked at me and started approaching. He was actually hot and his green eyes were to die for. He was muscular, but not the buffy kind.

I raised my eyebrows at him and asked: "Were you the one...?"

He smirked and replied "Yeah. I'm Cody by the way."

He extended his hand for me to shake. I was about to take it when an arm slung over my shoulder and pressed me towards their body possessively. I looked up in surprise and saw that it was Jake. I was about to question him when he squeezed his hands on my shoulder in warning.

"My name is Jake and you're hitting on my girl." He growled at Cody.

Although I should be mad at him for taking liberties a part of me felt giddy about what he said. I'm sure by now my face is red with embarrassment.

"Oops. Sorry man didn't know I was poaching." Cody answered while his hands were both raised up in an attempt to appease Jake that he meant no harm. He started backing away and went back towards his friends.

I looked up at Jake with my left eyebrow up, staring at him questioningly.

"What?" He asked.

"What was that all about?" I asked, looking at his hand on my shoulder then at him.

He grinned sheepishly and said "Look, Cody's a douche bag. You deserve someone better."

"And you know this why?"

"I just know okay." He answered. He removed his hand from my shoulders and started towards the entrance to the carnival.

"What was that all about?" a voice behind me asked. I turned around and saw that Tyler along with our friends is looking at me with confused faces.

"Don't ask me," I answered. "I'm not exactly sure what that was all about. I'm as confused as you are."

"Don't be," Juliet said quietly. We all looked at her. "Look, I know Cody. We used to be friends before he went behind my brother's back. I can never forget and forgive what he did."

"Which is?" Tyler asked.

"It's not my story to tell. In time maybe he'll learn to open up," she answered.

"Do you guys know anything about it?" I asked the rest of our friends.

"Yes." "No." all of them answered at the same time.

"Becky does not know about it as she just transferred also," Juliet answered.

I nodded. The fact that the rest of my friends are tight lip about it the story must have been pretty bad.

"That bad huh?" Tyler asked, voicing out my thoughts as well.

"Yes," Rodney answered.

"Well, enough about that serious stuff. We are here to enjoy, so let's do just that." Stephen said.

"Ditto," Rodney replied. We laughed and followed Jake towards the entrance to the carnival. This is going to be fun.

After paying for our tickets, we were faced with a dilemma as to what rides to go first. Some of my friends wanted the big dipper while the others wanted to try the roller coaster. It was amazing how all of my friends do not seem to appear to be scared of heights, especially the girls.

"How about we toss a coin. Head's for big dipper and tail's for the roller coaster." Stephen suggested. We all nodded our agreement and he proceeds with the tossing of the coin. Tail's win. So we all went to the roller coaster queuing line to wait for our turn.

"Sorry about earlier," Jake said. I looked at him in surprise and smiled.

"Don't be. Your sister kind of explains a little bit. Although she didn't give us some info. Just that you used to be friends before he betrayed your trust." I answered.

He sighed and said "Yeah. I'm just looking out for you. As a friend, I don't think I'll be able to forgive myself if I allow what he did to me the same way with you. What kind of a friend would I be then?"

Upon hearing out his explanation for his earlier behavior. I don't know whether to be pleased or not. Pleased that his looking out for me or sad, that I'm only a "friend."

"That's okay Jake. If it is that difficult for you, you don't have to share it right now." I said. "Now, we are here to enjoy. Forget about him and just to appease you, I promised that I won't go near him. Okay?"

He smiles and kissed me on the cheek. I froze as I felt his lips on my check. I don't know what's happening, but my stomach seemed to be having butterflies inside it. I looked at him trying to read out his expression, but it seemed that he was not affected at all. Oh dear, this is not good.

I acted as though I wasn't affected with that kiss and look forward to our queue line. After ten minutes of waiting it's finally our turn.

"Thank goodness it's now our turn. I'm so excited I can't seem to stay still." Stephen said behind me. We all laughed at him.

When it was our turn, Jake and I were partnered. I wanted to sit at the center, but Jake wanted to sit at the front.

"No. I may not be that afraid of heights or this kind of thrill, but I'm not that adventurous." I said.

"C'mon. It will be amazing, I promise you." He said.

"No."

"Please." He looked at me with a puppy dog face.

"C'mon Chris, do it already. We are dying from excitement here." Rodney exclaimed from the back.

I laughed at him and said "Okay. But if I puke my guts out, I would definitely pour it all over you."

Jake looked chagrin and said, "Okay, center it is." And drag me back towards the center.

Our friends laughed at his expression. Tyler and Rodney took our place at the front seat instead.

To say that the ride was exhilarating was an understatement. We enjoyed all our rides in the carnival. We even tried out some of their gaming booths. The guys tried out the shooting range and got the girls a staff toy. Tyler got me a minion, from the Despicable Me, movie. It was so adorable.

After such a fun and tiring day, we all decided to head towards the town and look for a decent motel for us to sleep. We found one and check ourselves in. To lessen our expenses, all the girls share one room while the boys did the same. I know it won't be too comfortable, but at least we have a place to stay for the night.

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Demi Lovato as Julie Maddison

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