Before answering Tom noticed her name tag "Well Miss.. Tess I would be in school if I was in Colorado ma'am, but since my dad took me to see his sisters here in North Carolina, I'm hanging out with my cousins for the last day before we go back. Please please please don't call my school I don't want them to suspend me."
As Tom was lying his @$$ off he kept a smile on his face. Upon hearing his story the woman that was running the parking guide station scrutinized the three boys.
"Well... fine you can go on through enjoy your time with your family."
"Yes ma'am I will and just to let you know the Civic behind us is our girlfriends." Tom continues the charade as he eased by.
As Tom pulled away from the guide station Larry texted Victoria everything he said so their stories stayed straight.
Chelsea pulled the Civic up to the station to see a slightly disapproving face look out from the window. "Parking pass please." The woman was short and to the point. As Chelsea pulled out her pass the woman asked "So which one of you is dating who?"
"Oh I'm dating the dreamboat with the long red hair." Victoria said while she fluttered her eyelashes and clasped her hands together like a maiden in love.
Tess blinked a few times before shrugging "Uh-huh dreamboat check.. what about you?" she points to Chelsea with an eyebrow raised. "I'm dating Mike" was the only response Chelsea gave. "Which one was Mike? The Marine or the smart @$$?"
Before Chelsea could say anything Mari piped in "The smart @$$ is mine and I am sorry for whatever he said." before looking down as if she was used to apologizing on Tom's behalf.
"You don't need to apologise for him but just a fair warning girl the funny guys tend to break the most hearts..." Tess said with a sagely air before letting the girls through.
""AAAAHHHH!!! you just said Tom was yours"" Vic and Chelsea rounded on Mari as soon as they were out of ear shot from the station. "Oh Shut Up.. You called Larry a dream boat and Chelsea just said she was dating Mike why are you both picking on me."
"Because you're more fun to tease?" Vic said questioningly "I said I was dating Mike so I could stick you with Tom duh." Chelsea said while pretending to look for a parking spot...
~Jeep~
"Why did you egg her on?" Mike asked as Tom parked the jeep. "Because teenagers are supposed to be @$$holes.. if you make people hate talking to you they stop talking to you." "True words of wisdom right there." Larry said after leaning forward and relighting the half a blunt they had left.
Tom drove all the way to the edge of the parking lot even though it was basically empty so they could smoke without having park security all over them.
After the girls pulled up next to the jeep Mari and Vic got out of the Civic and grabbed a few bags out of the trunk before jumping into the jeep.
"Let me hit that real quick then I'll meet you inside." Vic said while winking before yoinking the blunt from between Larry's lips. "Again? but we just did it at the gas station give me some time to get ready at least." Larry replied as he ran his hand up and down her leg.
""Whaa.."" "Stop that right now you SLUTS!" Mari screamed and jumped out the car. BAM BAM BAM BAM!! the moment Mari jumped out everyone jumped and saw Chelsea beating on the window next to Larry.
"I swear to GOD!! Larry if you two F∆¢KED!! in my car I will @#!&√?%^×&#..." She roared while holding one of Vic's knives... Long gone was any form of shyness in her voice as expletives filled the air.
After a few minutes spent calming Chelsea down everyone started heading to the park. An awkward silence pervaded the air while the lovely couple held hands as they walked. As the group reached the admission gate they were briefly ran once over by a metal detector as their passes were being scanned and Larry bought his ticket.
With no major incidences everyone entered smoothly and the six of them tried to decide what ride to get on first. "After Burn!" "Dropzone!" "Boo blaster!" "Pavilion!" "Southern Star!".
Everyone voted except for Chelsea "hmm Eeny, meeny, miny, moe..." "Whoo!" after her finger landed on Larry he jumped for joy sadly he jumped too soon... "Catch a tiger by his toe" Tom didn't even smirk when she pointed at him, he knew full well that Chelsea HATES! the Dropzone. "If he hollers let him go... Ok looks like it's the Boo blaster let's go!" Chelsea stopped on Mari..
While they made their way across the park the girls stopped to check out a kiosk for henna tattoos. "Oooh let's get matching tats." "You don't think things through often do you?"
"What do you mean by that?!?" "Because our parents would see them.." "oh.." As Mari was bursting Chelsea's bubble Victoria decided to chime "we can get them done around our belly buttons, we just need to let the ink dry before we cover them."
While the girls were picking out what they wanted the boys walked a few feet further and gathered around a 'test your might' machine. No bell or slide this was a new style machine that had lights run up the side of the machine depending on how hard you hit it.
"Hmm dibs on first swing." Mike hands the dude next to the machine five bucks and the man gives him the mallet to swing. "Don't hurt yourself Mike I don't wanna drag your @$$ all over the place." Tom smirked while talking smack.
"Yeah yeah whatever." Mike basically ignores Tom and starts to stretch before rolling his shoulders then Krrrick krick he popped his neck before choking up on the hammer for a better grip.
Mike stepped forward with his left foot before putting all of his weight on the right foot and leaning back on it. Before Mike swung the hammer he placed his left hand at the bottom of the handle hand leans back some. As he swung his right hand slid from the top to meet his left at the bottom and BAMPH!
The light shot off like a rocket and the machine made a ringing noise during the ascent before it stopped at the top. Under Larry and Tom's unfaltering stares the light stayed there before playing an old school victory audio and blinking. After Mike handed the man back the hammer he was told he could pick any stuffed animal he wanted from the mountain of prizes behind the man.
"I'll wait to pick if that's ok, right now I wanna watch these two try." Mike waved his hand in dismissal as Larry forked out five bucks for the hammer. Copying Mike's swinging motion to the tee Larry grunted as the hammer fell on the pad. Once again the light raced up the bulbs and stayed at the top before the victory audio played.
After he handed the hammer back to the man Larry picked out a pink stuffed unicorn as a gift for Victoria. While Mike was picking on Larry Tom approached the Hammer Man and slid him a five and a ten before whispering "These two are dicks and I know I can't hit the top can you lend me a hand?"
"Sure thing kid just make it look like you tried." The man slipped the ten spot into his pocket as he handed Tom the hammer. Mike and Larry finished Bickering long enough to taunt Tom.
"You might need a running start dude." Larry said while spinning the stuffed unicorn like a sign twirler. Mike started laughing then comments "Nah just jump slam it man get as much inertia as you can, and if you manage to hit the top we can be the hammer Bros."
"Who would want you two for brothers.." Tom says while smirking before walking over to the machine.
Tracing out the movements Mike and Larry used Tom felt like he would miss if he swung as hard as he could in that stance so instead he spread his feet shoulder length and rested the hammer on his back.
"Hruaak" Tom grunted while swinging the hammer he bent his knees after the hammer passed the top of his head. Crack! where Mike and Larrys swing resounded in a smashing noise Tom's own swing sounded like a baseball getting smashed out of the park.
The light shot off once again before the victory tune played and Tom handed back the hammer. "Thanks" Tom whispered while picking out a stuffed python. "Pleasure doing business you guys enjoy your day."
After Tom picked his prize Mike looked through the prizes and decided on a stuffed white gorilla. As the boys held their prizes Victoria skipped over to Larry and hugged her new prize "Aww thanks Boo you mind carrying it till we go back to the cars for lunch?"
"Sure thing Vic wanna team up for the Boo blaster? Larry says while rubbing the back of his head. "Duh me and you are the best shots and I wanna win." Vic says while Chelsea walks up.
"The gorilla suits you Mike just needs a frown" Chelsea says while teasing Mike before he shoves it in her arms. "You're the one with a hundred stuffed animals in your room you keep it." Mike says gruffly before walking over to the Boo blaster "Tom's on my team!" he shouts back at them.
"Soo that puts me and Chelsea together." Mari says after snatching the python from Tom. "Hey that's mine!" "So you're gonna make me the only girl with out a prize?" Mari says while batting her eyelashes.