22. Donut

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"Jump."

"Why?" Jordan questioned Roman even though he probably knew a stupid answer awaited for him.

"I've never seen you jump, live a little." Roman sounded like my mom.

Now that I think about it, jumping is so awkward and funny, specially when you are not in a bouncy surface. Like, who discovered it and how?

"Are you guys actually using swim pants or just boxers?" Roman asked as we all prepared our backpack for today's activities.

We are visiting a water park today, it should be fun but the thought of pools, especially deep pools, brought horrible flashbacks.

"Swim pants, of course, why is that even a question?" Blake said looking at him with an incredulous expression.

"Just trying not to be overdressed." Roman replied as he finished his backpack and wrote something in his notebook.

How is using swim pants in a pool being overdressed?

Typical Roman.

I had no idea some guys swim in just boxers, but judging by Blake's response it wasn't as common as Roman made it seem.

After a few minutes we arrived to the water park and I wanted to avoid deep pools at all costs, so when they suggested to go to the water slides I calmed down a bit. There are pools there too, but they aren't that deep, at least not enough to trigger me.

I was wearing black shorts and a cute swimming top that just showed my stomach a bit, so I felt pretty comfortable. It's never a good idea to use bikinis in water slides, either your boob makes an appearance or your panties go all the way up your ass.

At least if my panties do that my ass won't be showing thanks to the short.

Water slides are fun, except for the part where you have to go up the stairs barefoot carrying a big ass donut.

The lady supervising told Roman that two people could fit in an individual donut, so we decided it was better to go in couples instead of wait ages till there were available donuts.

Jordan and I were going together and I wasn't exactly scared, I was more like nervous. What if I accidentally fart out of nowhere? Or what if water gets into my nose and I start uncontrollably coughing?

It'll be ok as long as I just focus in acting normal. I'm not sure what is normal behavior, but I think that not farting out of nowhere is normal, so I'll start by that.

Jordan sat in the donut first and, according to the water slide guy, I had to sit in his lap. Jordan's lap, obviously.

This feels like a fever dream, and the fact Jordan was shirtless made this way worse.

I carefully sat in his lap as I was supposed to and immediately grabbed the handles. One of his arms found its way around me while his other hand was on top of mine, grabbing the handle as well.

Who the hell said two people could fit in an individual donut?

Ok, I got this, I just-

My thoughts were interrupted as the guy pushed us and the ride started. Damn this bitch can't wait to go home, can he? A little 'ready?' would be appreciated.

I couldn't help it but laugh and scream most of the ride while Jordan was busy holding me, specially when we reached some parts where it seemed like the donut could make a freaking back flip.

We reached the end and the water slide literally spit us to the pool. Now that I was in the pool I noticed how it was deeper than I thought, when my foot reached the bottom my head wasn't out as I expected, but still it would only take a bit of effort for me to reach the surface. Makes sense why this water slide isn't for kids.

I felt how Jordan's hold dismissed as we submerged but it was back after a second. We both reached the surface and I was glad panic didn't take over me.

"That was fun." I said smiling at him as we got out of the pool. Seconds later Roman and Blake slid too and we were all out.

"Now I'm going with Pumpkin and Blake with Jordan." Roman announced and we all agreed.

"Be careful." Jordan said with a certain tone looking at Roman and he just nodded.

At first I thought it was cute to see Jordan worried about Roman, but then I realized it sounded more like a threat.

We had to do the same procedure of me sitting in Roman's lap, he grabbed me as well as if he was worried that if he didn't I would fly away.

The ride start, without any warning again by the way, I was enjoying it until the donut spun us around and we were now looking in the opposite way.

"What the fuck." Roman said practically reading my mind. I just continued screaming incoherent things because I couldn't manage to actually say something.

The ride was ten time scarier this way because we couldn't see shit, we could only wait till we reached the pool since we had no idea where we were going.

But this wasn't as bad as what happened next.

The donut flipped around, leaving us now out of it. My back hit the plastic slide and I couldn't understand what just happened until I heard Roman calling me.

"Pumpkin are you ok?" He said grabbing the donut that threatened to go away with the water, panic flowed through my whole body as I realized that this wasn't supposed to happen and that I had no idea what to do.

There was a strict norm to use the donut because we could get hurt or get stuck because of the friction, but at this point we didn't have another option.

"Try to get in the donut." Roman said in a rush as he tried his best to keep the donut steady.

I stood up in the slide, not completely, just a little bit since I couldn't get in the donut otherwise. I could now see how freaking high we were and that only added to my panic. One wrong move and I could slip and fall.

This shit certainly wasn't designed for people to stand up while water ran through my foot.

I tried getting in the donut but I couldn't, it was moving a lot.

Shit shit shit.

We need to be quick, they don't wait till one donut arrives to the end to send the next one, they just calculate the time it takes, and this certainly isn't in their calculations.

If another donut reached us with its full speed we would be rocked away, specially if I'm standing up.

I stood up better and actually managed to get in the donut.

"Roman!" He let go of the donut as soon as I managed to sit on it. Making me continue the ride, but this time on my own.

He didn't even tried to get on it, he knew he couldn't.

My eyes were wide open and my heartbeat was going crazy as I reached the pool, I wasted no time to reach the surface, I had only one thing on my mind.

Roman.

It felt like ages, but it actually only took a few seconds before he reached the pool. I immediately made my way towards him, I struggle to swim but in that moment I didn't care.

"Roman! Are you ok?" I said as he reached the surface. I felt like crying, the anxiety was taking the best from me.

"Aghh my leg!" He looked panicked as well.

"What-" My heart dropped, I couldn't see his leg because we were still in the pool so I only had room for imagination, and that's probably worse than actually seeing what was wrong.

"Nah I'm kidding, I'm alright, are you?" He then said with a smile and my jaw dropped. This bitch.

"You bitch!" I said hugging him, I was mad for the joke but the relief overwhelmed me.

"What the fuck happened?" Jordan said from the edge of the pool, he seemed ready to jump in.

"Good question." Roman replied as he got out the pool.

I scanned Roman's body looking for any wounds, my heart dropped when I found some.

His back had cuts that looked like he got it with a sewer because it was four parallel lines, his arms and legs had some cuts as well as some bruises.

I was about to point it out until I noticed the three of them looking at me weirdly.

Jordan took a step closer to me, he had a weird look in his eyes I couldn't quite decipher.

"Fucking hell, your arm." Jordan said making me look at it.

"What is wrong with-" I stopped myself as I looked at it, I had a cut near my elbow and like three bruises that looked pretty bad.

I didn't even notice. It doesn't hurt.

"Turn around." I did as he said.

"What the hell?" He said and I turned to face him with a frown in my face.

"There's a big ass bruise in your back, what the hell happened?" He sounded really mad as he asked that last question to Roman.

How the hell a freaking water slide did this much damage to us?

Cause of death: Plastic donut failure.

"I don't know, the donut fucking flipped." Roman said sounding kinda tired. Not a usual sight.

I don't know what happened either, it just felt like I was going to die.

"Roman are you ok?" I asked again now that I could see he was actually injured. I wasn't in pain at all, probably because of the adrenaline still filling my body.

"I am, it just hurts a little. I think you should go see the nurse pumpkin." He said seriously.

"Yes, let's go." Jordan said extending his hand for me to grab.

"No need to, I am ok." I really don't wanna go to get checked.

"You aren't." Jordan replied immediately.

"It doesn't hurt, I promise." I said looking at him trying to convince him.

"You sure?" He asked tilting his head still looking at my wounds.

"Yes, I didn't even notice the wounds until you point them out."

He sighed and seemed like he believed me now, or he probably knew he wouldn't beat me when it comes to stubbornness.

I truly didn't hurt.

"Still you are getting checked later." He lastly said.

Roman explained to them and it sounded like a joke. Extremely dramatic situation for a freaking water slide. I knew one thing, I'm never getting near one again.

"It probably was because of the different weights, it unbalanced." Blake said and it makes sense even for me.

Physics, I guess.

We went to the park's nurse office after Jordan practially dragged me here, I only agreed to go if Roman tagged along because he definitely needed the nurse more than me.

"I don't like this." I said as we waited for the nurse.

"I know." Jordan replied sighing.

"I hate it actually." I admitted anxiously playing with my fingers. Anything that involves getting checked by a doctor, or a nurse in this case, make me sick to my stomach, specially doing it alone.

"I know." He said again and it felt good that he just understood and didn't belittled my fear.

"Can you, um- come with me? If you can." I asked and regretted it the next second, it's so embarrassing to ask for things.

"If that's what you want, then yes." He said making me finally look at him.

"Who's next?" The nurse said opening the door for the guy inside to leave and for us to enter.

The nurse didn't seem surprised when we told him what happened. Daily struggle I guess.

He grabbed and moved my arm to check it out and let me tell you it hurt.

Like a bitch.

I gasped due to the sudden pain, I was struggling to move my arm without it hurting.

"Ok, nothing seems broken. The pain is normal it should go away in some hours, but if you still struggle to move your arm after 48 hours go visit your doctor of preference." The nurse said after taking care of my cuts and bruises and giving me some medicine to ease the pain.

"Great! Thank you." I said to the nurse, it hurt a lot but I was glad it wasn't broken.

I caught Jordan glaring at me from the other side of the room, and I could tell he was dying to say 'I told you'.

We finished the check up and now it was Roman's turn, so we waited for him in the waiting room.

"It did hurt." Jordan said to me, his jaw clenched, damn he still seemed so mad.

"It didn't, it only did when I moved it." That's literally the truth. "It's not that big of a deal Jordan, I'll be fine." I said reassuring him with a smile.

He sighed and his deadly look was replaced with a soft one.

"I will live fuckers, shoutout to the doc for the drugs." Roman said excitedly getting out of the office. He had a bandage in his ankle but still seemed to walk ok.

I guess he is talking about the medicine the nurse gave us and not other drugs, I guess.

"Who is up for a swimming competition?" Roman added completely forgetting about his state. I think he wasn't joking about the drugs.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hope you enjoyed!! Stay safe, love you all<3

Thoughts on this chapter or on the trip in general?

Also, I just realized how random the title of the chapters are lmao, I guess you have to read it to actually know what is it about.

-ARV

Posted: April 15th 2022


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