"where are you?" Tara asked Daniel after he answered the call.
"I don't know" Daniel said truthfully.
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"I truly don't know"
"Describe your surroundings" Tara said
"Uhm,okay, I see different buttons and pumps.I can also a live feed of the water slide"
"You're at the control room.That room is restricted to the public.How did you even get in there?"
"I don't know;I was walking with no clear direction and voila!"
Tara took a deep breath.She didn't know whether to blame herself for not watching him or blame him for always wandering off.
"Alright,You should know your way back right?"
"Uhm,no,I do not"
"Why?"
"Well,this is kinda my first time coming here"
"How?! This is the most visited park in the city" Tara said as she left the restaurant."Hold on,I'll come get you"
"Alright" Daniel said.He looked around before sitting on the floor."Might as well get comfy" He thought.
Tara arrived about five minutes later with a scowl on her face.
"I know what you're gonna say,but first,I wanna say thank you for finding me"
"Let's leave the thanks for a moment.Why do you think I'm mad"
"Well,you've been basically mad at me since we went on that ride,and this just made it worse"
Tara looked ready to blow off some steam.She wanted to scream at the top of her voice,but she didn't.
"Sit" Tara said as she sat on the floor."To be honest,I don't know why I'm mad at you.I just know I'm mad"
"I didn't do anything wrong right?"
"No,you didn't and I'm sorry for everything"
"It's okay" Daniel rose and extended his hand."Let's go on it again.Maybe this time we'll enjoy it a lot more"
Tara grabbed his hand and followed him to the ferris wheel but Daniel seemed like he didn't want to go on it.
"What's wrong?" Tara asked, noticing his nervousness.
"Uhm" He looked up before continuing."Can we wait for like thirty minutes?"
"Why?"
"The nerves.I gotta calm down first"
"Okay" Tara said.
During the thirty minutes,Daniel kept glancing at his phone and then at the sky.
"Has is it been thirty minutes?" Tara said after Daniel rose.
"Yeah,I just wanna quickly get something" He said.
"Why is he acting weird" Tara muttered.
After a while,he came back and acted like nothing happened.
"Alright?" Tara asked
"Yes" Daniel replied as they entered a carriage.
"What did you get?" Tara asked as the wheel started moving.
"Uhm,nothing important" He said.
They both went silent for a while before a loud gasp came from Tara's mouth.She gasped as a picturesque setting of the sun moved before her.
"Beautiful" She muttered."Did you have anything to do with this?"
"Something like that.I thought I did something wrong,so I aimed to rectify my mistake"
"But you didn't do anything wrong?"
"Yeah,but it was kinda late to call this off"
"Wow" Tara gasped again as the sun moved even lower below the horizon.
"You get to watch this for two minutes" Daniel said
"You mean—"
"Yep,the wheel stopped unfortunately" Daniel said,putting air quotes around the last word.
"Thank you! It's beautiful" Tara said as she hugged him.
"It's okay" Daniel said as his face turned bright red.He felt her boobs on his chest ,and he could smell her hair.
"This is peace" He thought before Tara slowly moved away.His cheek softly brushed hers ,and now,they were staring at each other.
His gaze subtly moved to her red,thin lips.
"Is something on my face?" Tara asked innocently.
"No" Daniel replied as the wheel started moving again.
For the rest of the ride,the two were silent.
Each was thinking about completely different things.
Daniel was internally scolding himself for the impure thoughts on his mind regarding Tara.
"At that moment,why did I stare at her lips? I think I wanted to kiss her" Daniel thought as the image of her red lips came into his mind again."Stop Daniel, That's not right" He thought as they got off the ferris wheel.
"That was a lot of fun.Thank you" Tara said,grinning ear to ear.
"You're welcome" Daniel said. Somehow,the thought that he made her smile this much made him feel very good.
"Well,today was fun to say the least" Tara laughed as they left the park.
Julian was surprised that Cassandra hadn't done anything stupid.She didn't send nudes or arousal texts.
"Free at last" Julian said as he checked his phone.
He needed to figure out where he was at, regarding Tara.
Daniel said he didn't like her ,but Julian wasn't trusting the nerd.
"But Tara would definitely not date that nerd" Julian thought.
His feelings were all over the place as he couldn't put a name on what he felt for Tara.He knew it was definitely not friendship feelings.He wanted to win her back but didn't know how.
"Julian" His father bellowed.
"Coming,father" Julian responded before going downstairs."Here we go again" He muttered before entering the living room.
"Your student's waiting in the training room" His father said
"Come on,it's Christmas"
"No ,son.Christmas was yesterday,so for everyone in this house,the holidays are officially over"
Julian sighed inwardly."Yes sir"
The week passed by quickly with Tara and Daniel getting somewhat closer.Finally,the year rolled over ,and Daniel wanted to get Tara a gift.
"What for?" Jason asked after Daniel told him.Daniel had told him everything about Tara.
"I don't know.Something like a thank you gift for all what she did for me the past year" Daniel said,thinking back to the time she invited him over."She really made me step out of my comfort zone"
"Really? Well,if you want to give her a gift,then do it" Jason said with a smile.
"Yeah,the thing is I don't know what to get her" Daniel said, twiddling his thumbs.
"I don't blame you.It happens to the best of us"
"I was thinking a necklace or some jewelry"
"But you already got her a corsage"
"Yeah,Giving her another form of jewelry would be weird" Daniel said."What should I do?"