“Look what I won!” Haley said, practically beaming with excitement. It was hard to believe that someone loved these places more than him and Mitch, but apparently, Haley was that person.
When he’d told her where they were going today, she’d squealed excitedly and threw herself in his arms. He’d laughed so hard that he’d almost dropped her. This was their first date since they’d come together a week ago and thankfully, he’d chosen well. He would have liked to have been able to take her out sooner, but they’d both been swamped with giving final exams and going over final grades. School was over now and they had the whole summer together.
“This is so much fun!” Haley said, seemingly oblivious to Mitch’s date’s attitude or she simply didn’t give a damn. He suspected the latter. His little grasshopper didn’t let things bother her.
“Where did you get all of this?” Jason asked as he leaned in for a kiss and a bite of that fried dough.
“Oh, um,” Haley gestured with her drink towards the direction she came from, “after I hit the bumper cars, I couldn’t resist the basketball game or the darts and then I smelled the fried dough, and,” she shrugged. “I guess I got distracted.”
“I thought you had to use the bathroom. We’ve been standing here waiting for you for over a half-hour!” Mitch’s date, Sue or Jude or whatever the hell her name was, pointed out.
Judging by Haley’s expression, she’d forgotten all about the bathroom and just remembered that she had to go. That was confirmed a few seconds later when she shoved her drink, food, and winnings in his and Mitch’s arms and took off running.
Jason took a huge bite out of the fried dough and sighed happily. No doubt, he was going to have to hunt his little grasshopper down in a few minutes near some game or ride and carry her to the bathroom.
Mitch looked down at his arms, frowned and then looked at all the stuff Jason was holding. “How come you got the sword? I want the sword.” He reached out to snag the sword only to have Jason bitch slap his hand away with the fried dough.
“My sword!”
“Jerk,” Mitch mumbled as he continued eying the sword.
Jason looked thoughtfully down at his sword as well and took another bite. “We could always go win another one and have a sword fight.”
“Sweet!” Mitch said. Yeah, they were big kids when it came to carnivals, but who fucking cared?
“I’m not going anywhere,” Mitch’s date said, intent on wrecking their good time.
Mitch shrugged. “Well, then have a good night.”
Haley added a sniffle to her pout.
Jason chuckled. “I don’t care. You’re not getting it back.”
“That’s not fair! You’re just mad because I kicked ass!”
Mitch rubbed his shoulder while he glared down at Haley. She bit her lip and took a step back, ducking beneath Jason’s arm. He pulled her closer and kissed the top of her head.
“Fine, keep the sword. I don’t care,” she said in a sulky voice. Mitch muttered something and sighed heavily.
“You want to go on the bumper cars again?” Mitch asked with an easy smile. He’d never seen his friend forgive anyone so fast before, but of course, Haley had that effect on everyone. It was hard to stay mad at her. She was too damn cute for her own good.
“I suppose we could do that,” Haley said, already tugging Jason towards the bumper cars. “If you insist, that is.”
Jason looked back in time to catch Mitch leering at Haley’s ass.
“That was so much fun,” Haley said dreamily as she pulled her shoes off.
“It was okay,” Jason mumbled.
For the past four hours, Jason had been uncharacteristically quiet. He didn’t seem to do much more than glare at Mitch. A few times there, she thought he was going to kill his friend. She wasn’t sure what she’d missed or if she should even get involved.
A few minutes later, they were naked and crawling beneath Jason’s sheets. That’s when he really frightened her. He didn’t kiss her or touch her. In fact, he didn’t even glance at her breasts and Jason always looked. Always. They were like magnets for his eyes.
Now, he was lying on his back with his arms behind his head. He made no moves to get closer to her or to pull her against him. He was truly starting to scare her now. She rolled over onto her stomach and watched him for a moment.
“Are you okay?” Haley finally asked.
He shrugged. “Why wouldn’t I be okay?”
