CARNIVAL
I thought Jason will directly ask this. He could have asked me. I’m not going to lie to him. But he chooses to get the answer from Ryder. I wish I could get away from the van to avoid the conversation but I’m not that coward to do it. Let’s face it.
” Yes, I kissed her. So, what?” Ryder snapped and Pearl’s face popped above my head. ” Can we all take a selfie together?” Thank god, she came at the right time.
” Yeah. We can use my photos. I like to use filters.” I told her, opening Snapchat.
” Can you take it, Jason?” I gave it to him so he can cover the six of us. Once he took it, Pearl went back to talk with them. If she’s having a conversation with Dylan, that’s good. She won’t be angry at me if she has a good time today with Dylan.
” Hey, look here,” Jason brought me back from my thoughts. He’s taking a photo of three of us.
” Smile a little, sweetheart,” Ryder said. After the selfie section, I played some music and heard it with Jason. I can’t share my earphone with both of them. Anyways, I never thought of spending time with Jason and Ryder at the same time. Ryder is sitting with his arms on my shoulder protectively while Jason is holding my hands as we both hearing songs. They just act a little harsh at each other but it’s not that bad. I’m grateful for that.
” Can I sit here?” I asked Jason for a window seat. It’s childish but I can’t control myself from asking it.
” Nope. Stay here, Emily,” Ryder whispered in my ear. Finally, we all reached the destination. It feels so good to expose my skin in the sun. Then I looked at the entrance of the theme park. It going to be an awesome day.
” I wish we have a way to skip the travelling time. See, it’s almost eleven.” Pearl complained to me.
” We got the whole day, Pearl,” I told her as we entered the place. Jason took the entrance ticket and came back within minutes. There’s less crowd even if it’s Sunday. It’s not a holiday season.
” I took a ticket for you too. If you wanna spend for you by yourself, do it for lunch.” Jason told Ryder.
” I didn’t think you will do it. Thanks.” Ryder replied. For two hours, we almost went to many rides non-stopply. We may have came here as six members but we separated as three members. After entering into all the dangerous rides, we came to a place where we can play some carnival games.
” I want to play some boys games like this,” Pearl muttered to me, showing some gun fight games.
” Then go on. I’m not interested in it,” I made a way and stepped back.
” I didn’t ask you, Em. I know you only like unicorns and rainbows,” she teased me and moved towards the games.
” No, I’m not,” I said when she’s already gone. I looked for the others. Fred and Dylan are playing some stupid games. They are trying to grab the chocolates from the game box. It’s difficult. They can rather buy it.
” Hey, Milly, do you want that?” Jason grinned looking behind me. I eagerly turned to find many teddy bears inside the glass. It’s hard to even pick one teddy bear from it. These games are all cheating.
” Did I said I want it?” I raised my eyebrow at him.
” Then what you want? It’s boring. I will rather get anything you want from here.” Ryder asked, with both of his hands on his pant pocket. I don’t think I want anything. I’m definitely not a kid to be excited about carnival games. I looked around my surroundings and the only thing that caught my eyes is a keychain. Many keychains are hanging inside the glass box. We can’t buy but only win it. I’m not capable of doing it or wasting my money. But I can take a look at it. A specific heart-shaped keychain caught my eyes. It looks new and the most attractive one and I know it will be difficult to get it.
” It looks nice but we can leave the place. Maybe, I will find it somewhere else,” I said, about to turn back.
” Don’t you wanna give it a try?” Jason questioned me and used the game coins to try.
” I already tried this type of games a lot of times, Jason. I believe no one can get it.” I told him.
” Nope, I will try to get it for you,” Jason has a serious expression on his face and concentrated on getting it. But he failed the first time. He can’t pick the keychain. The stupid game maker made the keychain revolves inside the box from the hanger. How can someone get it?
” You won’t get it. Let me do it,” Ryder inserted a coin. Why they both are serious about this simple thing? I’m not desperate to get it. When I’m watching both of them giving it a try, Pearl finished using all the game coins.
” Can we go, now? What are you waiting for?” she came into view by hiding Jason and Ryder from my sight.
” Waiting for Jason and Ryder. I wanted a keychain now they are not leaving the place. It seems like they won’t leave until they get it.” I told her.
” It’s all for you, Em. You should have kept your mouth shut in the first place. You didn’t do that, so wait until they get it.”
” I will. So, how’s your time with… Dylan?”
” Good. He didn’t utter a single word about the bet but he’s funny. Time passed way too fast when I’m taking with them.” she smiled.
” Good to hear it. So, it’s time for lunch, right? I’m really hungry.” I told her and try to look at Jason and Ryder. But they are near the game machine.
” Looking for us,” I heard Jason’s voice. When I turned, Ryder is spinning the keychain in his hands. Wow. I thought it’s not possible to get it.
” Thank you so much.” I moved my hands to get the keychain from him. I forgot to ask who did it but they didn’t.
” I got it for you,” Ryder said.
” Don’t you wanna know how we got that? He didn’t play fair.” Jason said, glaring at him. Fair?
” I got it. That’s important. It doesn’t matter whether it’s fair or not.”
” You cheated by finding a way to open the machine. Then you easily took it. Fortunately, no one spotted us.” Jason told him.
” Seriously, you cheated? ” I said, looking at the keychain. It’s way more beautiful than I saw it inside the glass.
” But you have it in your hand. Maybe, we can leave the place before someone finds the opened glass.” Ryder suggested. And then we ran.