Falling Stars (closed)

[Captainsassypants]

At the feeling of something wrap around her leg, Lilly jump letting out a small squeal. Her initial thoughts immediately going to thinking it was a fish or jellyfish or some other sea creature. When she saw that it was just Eddy trying to keep her steady, she relaxed with a small sigh. She felt a little bit embarrassed for over reacting so quickly but she was working on trying to brush it off like it was nothing.


"I'm sure there are a bunch of things you'd be good at you just haven't tried them yet" She told him. She believed that you couldn't only be good at one thing. Everyone could be good at lots of things, just not everything would come easily. Perhaps that was his problem, he was used to things coming easily to him so when they didn't he stopped trying. On the other hand it was probably wrong of her to speculate about him like that...


"Cars huh? I didn't really peg you as a mechanic" She commented slightly surprised. " My family is nice. I have both my parents and a brother and sister. I'm the middle child." She explained. "My dad is an accountant, my mom doesn't work. What else do you want to know?" She wasn't sure what else to tell him without boring him half to death.

 

[lafeae]

Eddy was swallowing a laugh at her jumping; he knew the suddenness would scare her, and it wasn't nice to be the one to laugh at someone else's suffering (though really that was who he was. He just did that sort of thing). He stared out into the water, and up into the sky as the clouds lulled by in a dull but gentle breeze off the ocean.


"Yeah, maybe there are. I mean, it's not like I've really tried macrame or anything, so you never know. Maybe I'd be good at knitting too, have my own brand of yarn and everything." That was more than enough to force giggles, because he didn't think too highly of himself in any other skill set. He'd devoted himself to his craft and everything else suffered. Ask him to make an egg? Hopefully you liked it well done, or blackened.


Of course she was surprised about the cars. That being said, he didn't really know all that many about them, really. They were just cars. He could do his own oil changes, own brakes, own tires and all of that. But that was about it. Nothing serious. He couldn't go to a Valvoline or Pep Boys and be able to get a job just willy-nilly. And hearing about her family made him feel at home, if only just a little bit. Everyone had to be fractured, tormented, from a strange family of circus clowns. Normal was nice. "I don't know what else I want to know," said Eddy. "I just like hearing you talk; you have a pretty voice. But....I don't know, I don't really have any other questions off-handedly. Do you?"

 

[Captainsassypants]

"Hey don't laugh at me! You just startled me is all." She said defensively giving him a little splash. Even if he wasn't exactly laughing she could tell she was trying very hard not to which wasn't much better. She was jumpy, she couldn't help it, and she definitely wasn't used to people grabbing her even it was just to help. "I thought it might have been a fish" She explained as if that resolved everything and made her actions perfectly reasonable.


She then just rolled her eyes as he mentioned taking up knitting and macrame. The image of him sitting around knitting a blanket or sweater or maybe even gloves was almost even funnier than the image she had of him as a little gangster. "Yeah, you can give Martha Stewart a run for her money and have your own knitting show" She laughed her arms wrapping around her midsection as she giggled. "I'm sure you could get lot of people to watch it."


"I have a pretty voice?" She asked suddenly everything else he had said seemingly going in one ear and out the other as a small blush formed on her cheeks. No one had ever said they liked her voice before. She figured he had to just be being nice so they'd get along, but it was nice to hear either way. "I don't have anymore questions. Maybe we should take a break from that for a little then? We could actually swim now? Or go back to the pier.." She suggested the sun was just starting to go down but it was still mid afternoon and it would be hours still before it got dark.

 

[lafeae]

Eddy didn't know what he liked more, Lilly's uptight explanation, or the imagery that she put in his head. Sitting in an old rocking chair, sweater over his shoulders and a knitting project in between the needles. Talking to to audience as he worked. Maybe in thirty years. It was something stupid to consider.


"Well, yeah, I mean, it's just something I like about people. You know, their voice. It's their most important thing on a person, you know, if you have it." Said Eddy, but his justification was muddled, as if somewhere down his train of thought, he derailed.


Not knowing what she wanted, or himself, Eddy held out his arm to either. "Let's go where your heart desires my lady!" He called, dramatic. "If you wanna swim we can, it sounds good to me."

 

[Captainsassypants]

"If you have it?" She questioned seeming confused. "Doesn't almost everyone have a voice?" She continued. Of course there were deaf or mute people who couldn't use their voice but most people had one. Personally she believed what the voice said was more important than how it sounded but a nice sounding voice didn't hurt. "Well I suppose you have a nice voice too." She admitted but it wasn't like that was news to him he was a musician after all. She was quite certain that she wasn't the first person to tell him that, but either way it was still a compliment.


Soon the blush wore off her cheeks while she thought about what she wanted to do, a small chuckle forming at his dramatics. He was pretty entertaining, she'd give him that. Not once had she ever gotten bored while around him, but then again they also hadn't spent that much time together. "Hmm.. Lets swim." She finally declared. She had spend enough time just standing in the water letting it splash against her legs to finally work up her nerve to move father out.


She looked out across the water which luckily seemed fairly clear of people and then back at him a little smirk forming on her face. Before he could even stand up she had leaned just close enough to brush her fingertips over his shoulder. "Tag you're it." She announced and no sooner had the words left her mouth then she was running off out father into the water, her steps splashing the whole way until finally the water reached her hips and continued to creep up her body from there.

 

[lafeae]

It was clear to him how little the girl had experienced in life, unlike many who seemed to spend all their time searching for something to do. Something to see. Someone to be with. And she was here, in the background, being hat sort of person who made a good display photo that you removed. "Thanks.," and before he could continue anymore, listening to her make her decision, she brushed against him ever so lightly, and claimed her game.


The water wasn't cold, but getting in took more than a nudge from himself, and as soon as it hit above the waist he shuddered. Still, he had to catch up to her. She had already gotten so far ahead of him, and he had to fight against the crashing waves, one overtaking him and sending him under. So much for sunglasses.


Coming back up, he desperately searched for her, pushing himself off the floor and swimming out towards the swimsuit he recognised. Far from him mind was the reason they were here--he was just having good fun.

 

[Captainsassypants]

As Lilly waded further in to the water ,the waves shoving her around a bit, she realized this probably wasn't the best places for this game. As previously stated she also wasn't the strongest of swimmers. So why she had suggested it she wasn't sure. Maybe it was just a brief moment of madness. She just needed something to pass the time since their question game was over for the moment and tag was the first thing she thought of.


There farther she moved out the larger the waves became. Most she was able to just let lift her up and set her down again. A few crashed over head pushing her back a few steps but she managed to stay more or less in place. Her hair wasn't holding up quite as well as now there were a few strands of hair that had come loose from the bun and were now falling around her face.


Once she had made it what seemed like a good distance away she finally turned back to see where Eddy was. She would have thought that he would have caught her by now but he was still a few feet off. "Come on, you're never going to catch me at that pace. You'll be it forever!"

 

[lafeae]

Laughing in between the crashing waves, fighting to stay above water, he hardly heard what she said, but fought himself to get to her. Whatever she said was likely trash talk. Well, as trash talk as she could make it.


Setting out in heavy strikes, taking deep breaths and jutting into the centre of the waves as he kept getting further out, the moment he swiped his hand along her back he felt satisfied. At least he wasn't going to be it forever.


A wave shuffled them further out, and salt water rushed up Eddy's nose and what felt like out his ears as he grabbed onto Lilly before pulling back. "You're it!" He called, and tried to swim backwards. They were far out enough that few people were just as far. And it was peaceful, just them and the sea.

 

[Captainsassypants]

Lilly couldn't stop the small squeal she let out when Eddy finally did catch up to her his hand brushing against her back. She had tried to move out of the way but she just hadn't been fast enough to escape him.


"Okay, Okay, I'm it" She agreed while trying to catch her breath. Simultaneously trying to get away from him and stay above water had taken a lot out of her that she just needed a second or two to rest then she'd work on chasing him. Admittedly she was better at running away than she was at chasing so she'd need all her energy if she was ever going to get him.


They were out pretty far now, farther than anyone else, farther than they really should have been. The water was deep enough that her feet couldn't touch the bottom and the waves were getting kind of rough. "Alright, I'm ready now" She said swimming towards him but just as she started to a large wave came up behind her and crashed right over their heads shoving her underwater and throwing her around a little bit, causing her to swallow a big mouthful of saltwater.

 

[lafeae]

The second that she yelped and then disappeared, Eddy was confused. Or maybe worried, especially as the coast got further and further away from them, he worried.


"Lilly," he called, a little breathless, wading in water and feeling like he would be pulled under any second. But he swam around, looking for her, poking his head under the water and listening to the current. "Lilly! We need to get outta here! Waters too rough!" And he was thrown under as he said that.


Feeling the water around him, trying to swim forward and backward without much course, it seemed like an eternity before he could catch his breath above water. And he had to remember that he was still running away.

 

[Captainsassypants]

Lilly didn't really have much time to process what had happened as one moment she was swimming after him and the next she was tumbling around underwater. She hadn't even see the wave coming or been able to prepare for it at all.


She was able to make it to the surface just long enough to cough up some water and gasp for air but she still hadn't gotten her wits about her so as soon as another wave came she was back underneath the water. If she were able to think about anything else except getting out of the water she might have realized how stupid she must have looked being half drowned every time a wave came but she didn't have time to worry about things like that.


She just needed to find a way to stay above water and make it back to shore. Somewhere between when she'd bee flailing around underwater to make her way above water again her hands had brushed against him and she instinctively latched on. "I'm..So..Sorry. This was.. a bad idea" She said breathlessly while letting go of him with one of her hands in order to rub the salt water out of her eyes. She had to have looked something like a drown puppy.

 

[lafeae]

As soon as Lilly found herself to him, and had effectively tagged him, Eddy hugged around her and shifted them closer to the shore. Kicking, ignoring her pleas, and trying his best to move them along until his feet could touch he ground, the singer only paused to look at her when they were in more stable water.


"You're alright....we both got a little lost there," the man tried to catch his breath, and he mess of hair that had once been tightly wrapped up had fallen out and was nearly covering his eyes. Dunking under, pulling back up so that he could actually see, Eddy smiled to her.


"So...are you still it or am I now?" Because he wasn't afraid to keep playing, even if he had lungs full of water.

 

[Captainsassypants]

Lilly mainly just focused on trying to breathe properly her nose and throat both burned from the salt water she'd involuntarily sucked in so she was pretty much willing to let him drag her along where ever just as long as they got out away from the large waves and into a calmer area.


It was when they finally made it safely away that she finally pulled away from him, her cheeks flushed. "Yeah that was a bit much." She agreed and then started giggling a little bit at how silly he looked with all his hair in his face. She was sure she much look just as silly and she soon started to work at gathering her hair back up into a bun again.


"I think that maybe we should give up the game. I'm not sure I can take much more." She sighed as if exhausted. After nearly drowning she really wasn't in the mood to keep swimming anymore. "How about we go to the pier now instead?"

 

[lafeae]

Getting up on shore, settling in the tide with water rushing over his feet, Eddy did the same as she did, readjusting the mess of hair so he didn't look like the girl from The Ring, and watched where she was as tired as he was. The ocean would do that, especially when it was so rough.


"Yeah, sure, not a bad idea," he said, giving her a thumbs up and hoisting himself off the ground. They had already seemed to bond a bit, whether she wanted to or not. "maybe not look so much like drowned rats, hm?" He asked, and walked along the sand, keeping view of her.


The only thing now was to wonder if the vultures had their money shots, or if they were going to get closer on the pier than the beach. They would find out. "You okay with heights?" He asked, because the Ferris wheel was close, and it seemed like a viable option. That, or the old roller coaster. "We could get on a ride if that's cool."

 

[Captainsassypants]

After getting both her breathing and hair in order Lilly then started making her way up the beach and out of the water. "Yeah I don't think we'd get the best pictures that way." She laughed as she remembered the real reason they were there, having forgotten momentarily. Since they had gotten there she hadn't seen one person with a camera. She couldn't help but wonder if that was because the media just didn't care about her anymore or if they were just somewhere off in the distance.


Following along side him she stopped where she had set her stuff down and pulled a towel out of her bag using it to dry her self off. Once she was about as dry as she was going to get she offered the towel out to him. "Here do you want to use it?" She asked since it didn't look like he had brought anything with him. While she waited for him to get dried off she worked on pulling her sundress back on over her bathing suit as well as slipping her shoes back on.


"Heights? Um yeah heights are okay.." She said her voice not sounding the most confident while she worked on adjusting her dress. She was okay with heights as long as it didn't involve being pushed off from a high place so things like drop towers, roller coasters, and jumping off cliffs into water were out. "I'm cool with getting on ride." She agreed and started walking in the direction of the pier. She just hoped he picked something pretty tame.

 

[lafeae]

Hearing her speak about the cameras, Lilly was right. They couldn't really have their deal without actually having pictures taken. But then again, he knew about those that were at a distance, but he wasn't going to mention that to her. She was used to the people that had bombarded her on the street, begging loudly until your own thoughts have any say. Eddy smirked a little bit, because it was hard for him to hide those secrets. "Yeah, you're very right," said Eddy.


A she offered the towel, he more than happily took it. "Thanks," he said, pressing it to his face. "I didn't figure I'd be swept out to sea and really needing a towel. You're smarter than I am." Wiping it through his hair, drying off as best he could, the singer folded the towel up and handed it back to Lilly. The little dress was back on, and while Eddy liked her in the bathing suit, instead, he really liked the dress and he didn't know why. Lilly was radiant.


Laughter rippled through him, and once she took the towel, Eddy took her hand and began leading her up to the pier. If she wanted pictures the way she imagined them, than this was going to be the easiest way. Even if it was maybe uncomfortable. It was all faking, though. Eddy had to remember that. This was all fake to make Sasha happy. But the people that were staring, those that could somewhat tell who he was, even if he looked like a drowned rat, would look and whisper without flinging themselves onto them. "I won't get you onto something you don't wanna ride, just tell me, alright?"

 

[Captainsassypants]

"Well I don't think it's so much that I'm smarter than you I just like to be prepared" She explained while watching him get dried off. Even after being thrown around in the ocean he had still somehow retained the same handsome charm he always seemed to have. How he managed to do that Lilly would never know and she was finding it just a little bit unfair. She always felt like it took entirely too much effort just for her to look half way decent and here he was looking perfect with little to no effort.


Once he was finished with her towel she took it from him and stuffed it back in her bag which now rested on her shoulder."let's go" She smiled while walking towards the pier, her pace slowing for just a second when he took her hand. Avoiding looking at him she let her hand wrap around his all while biting her lip. She had to remind herself this had to be for the pictures. If they were going to convince the press that they were a couple they would have to look like a couple. It would look strange if they went around never even getting close to each other. Despite knowing that it still felt strange to her to have to pretend like this.


"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but why do you need me to do this for you anyway?" She asked her curiosity getting the best of her. "Now that the press thinks you're having some fling wont they follow you more? Wouldn't it be easier if they just thought you weren't dating anyone?" She questioned not sure if she truly understood how these things worked or not.


As they made their way onto the pier they were surrounded by more people going in all directions laughing and carrying on. For the moment no one seemed to notice them and it was just like they were normal people. "How about we go on the Ferris wheel?" She suggested since that was the closest thing to them and seemed like it would be the easiest plus it would allow for better pictures.

 

[lafeae]

With a slight shrug, Eddy acted like it was nothing, as if he were only making sort of passive conversation. So often, he noticed, that he would rat on himself for being hair-brained, or dumb down his own abilities because it was easy. When everything thought you were great, there were no real flaws. Constantly, he had to remind himself that he had flaws, that he was human, and that people got it wrong all the time. They needed their air just as much. Because one day, he was bound to forget. "Well, I dunno, maybe. Whatever you say...."he trailed.


As they weaved through the crowd, Eddy took a gentle pace. Looking back, he made sure Lilly wasn't being dragged along. It was easy for him to pretend--though it was hard for her to imagine why. Especially as she asked him why they were doing it. "I mean....it's probably more of a complicated thing, you know? Not a really huge reason or anything just..."he shrugged to himself. Telling her about Sasha would ruin it all. On the fly, he had to come up with something. "I would rather be dating someone than not. It just fits me better to the public. Since you were in the photos, it worked. Keeps up appearances."


Though, the more he talked, the more his voice fell. That was perhaps the shittiest reason that he could have thought of. It was no worse than the truth. After all, he was a serial dater, no better than Taylor Swift. At least he didn't immortalize them in song version.


The pier seemed to come to a standstill, the people like mucus around them, all congesting through the stalls and looking at the sights. Not too many people noticed the pair; there were enough couples that blended in just fine. "Ferris wheel sounds fun, let's do that." He said, even though she hadn't seemed to hear him earlier. But that was no matter. It all worked out. "I haven't been on it in forever."

 

[Captainsassypants]

Lilly made sure to keep pace beside him as they weaved in and out of people along the pier. Every once in a while she'd glance at their hands interlocked and then quickly glance away. "Why don't you actually date someone then? Why pretend?" She questioned still not sure that his reasoning was making all that much sense to her. She supposed she understood needed to keep up his public image, but would it really be so horrible if he just didn't date someone for a while? Wasn't concocting some fake relationship more trouble than it was worth? Even if he didn't want to be in a actual relationship wouldn't just going out with a girl every now and then serve the same purpose.


Despite feeling like there had to be some underlying reason for all of this- whether it be one he just didn't want to tell her or one he himself wasn't aware of yet- She keep her mouth shut. Pestering him would be rude and no matter how curious she was he really didn't have to tell her anything, if there even was anything to tell. She had agreed to do this no questions asked and she was committed to sticking to that.


"Ferris wheel it is" She agreed and pulled him in that direction. Luckily for them the line was relatively short with only two other couples ahead of them in line. It took only a few moments for them to be put in a car and then it was Eddy and Lilly's turn. "Right this way you two lovebirds" The elderly ride attendant said motioning towards the empty car. Lilly had to fight off the face she made at the name he'd called them. If nothing else they knew they had at least convinced him they were really a couple. Hopefully the media would think the same.


She mumbled a small thank you to the man and let go of Eddy's hand so that she could climb into the car which began to rock the second she stepped foot on it making her fight to keep balanced as she took a seat on the far end leaving room for Eddy to sit on the other side.

 

[lafeae]

Eddy hated lying to her so directly--because really it didn't make all that much sense. At least, not to the more rational of people. "Well, sometimes you need a good, sweet girl to make everything look okay," he said. Then it became less about image, and more about something else entirely. As she fed her another excuse, Eddy wondered if maybe he could just keep revolving through excuses until she just excepted that, by the end of their contract, it really wouldn't matter. "And you're the perfectly sweet, normal person for that. I've just been going through some things and I....need something for cover."


As they were going through the line, and he was looking around at all the people and wondering what was in their minds. Just something to pass time. Let what he said sink into Lilly's brain. His mind was rolling, trying to figure out some 'thing' that he was into that wasn't Sasha. Something that was bad enough to hide, but not bad enough to be afraid about. Drugs? Too much. Sickness, maybe a little bit too sympathetic. If she asked, he would make up something. Anything that came into his brain that he didn't immediately deny.


Smiling, brief, to the old man as he referred to them as a couple. Something fluttered in his chest. It was good. It was working. That was all that mattered.


As they entered the ride, and the carriage of it shook, Eddy put his hands on Lilly's hips, nudging her to sit down before she freaked out that the carriage would turn upside down. Eddy sat down and pulled down on the lap rail as others entered. "So, how does that feel? Being called a couple?" Eddy asked. It would be weird for her, but every woman (and some men) within a fifty foot radius of him was often considered to be his significant other.

 

[Captainsassypants]

"Make everything look okay.." Lilly repeated thoughtfully to herself but didn't say anything more for a moment. So there was more to this after all, her suspicions being confirmed. She felt tempted to ask more but she stopped herself before she could. Even if she didn't ask it didn't stop her from being curious and speculating on what he might be trying to hide. "Hm so I'm just a decoy?" That fact didn't really surprise her. Wasn't that what she had always been even if he hadn't been trying to cover something up?


"It's alright, I get it you don't have to tell me anymore" She assured him as he now look uncomfortable at the mention of the subject. She figured it must have been a touchy for him. Obviously it was something big enough that if anyone found out it would cause a lot of trouble. She was only a few steps above being a complete stranger so of course he wasn't going to trust that sort of information with her.


She let the subject drop completely as they made their way onto the ride and he held onto her in an attempt to keep her steady. The feeling of his hands on her hips of course made her blush but she appreciated the effort, and within only a few seconds she was safely seated with a bar to keep her in place. Once they were both seated the rocking grew much milder. "Um, strange I guess... but that isn't the point right? To make people think we're a couple? So it's good that it's working." She shrugged.


A moment later and the ride began to move and they were carried up farther into the air. "I should probably warn you, if you start rocking this thing I will kill you." She warned masking it in a joke but she was pretty serious. If they got to the top and their carriage started to rock she was going to freak out. She could handle the height as long as they were still.

 

[lafeae]

"I guess if that's the word you wanna use, you can," said Eddy, though he didn't want Lilly ending up feeling like she was something that he didn't care about. Though this was business agreement, Eddy wasn't about to treat her like anything less than she should have been treated. Kindness and decency weren't hard, especially since she was performing an elevated favor for him. Before he could continue to explain, before he could offer her a reason that he had yet to conjure, she dropped it. And he agreed. More time for him to think, really.


Giving an awkward laugh to her threat, Eddy couldn't decide if she was actually serious or not, but he reached out and took her hand. "I'm not that kind of person. These...things scare the shit out of me sometimes." Because as the carriage moved up, and more people were loaded on, he could hear the creaking. Even if the rides had constant maintenance of them just so the salty air didn't destroy them, the sound sent shivers down his spine.


Once they reached the peak, looking out over the long stretches of California coastline, dotted with people, the azure water rippling up onto the shore and sucking in the excited surfers, Eddy smiled. It scared him, sure. Like all things in the back of his mind scared him. But he reached out his other hand, pointing to the skyline, tracing along the buildings. "That building there, far in the distance," he said, though he was probably point at something she couldn't see. "My apartment's over there. Maybe...another time you could come over. If you want."


Eddy wanted to invite her now, but perhaps that was too much. Once they were done with the pier, they would go their separate ways and watch for the press.

 

[Captainsassypants]

"Well I mean it's true isn't it? For all intents and purposes I'm acting as decoy to distract the media from looking any farther into your life" Lilly said bluntly, not to make him feel bad or anything but because it was the truth. She wasn't really one to beat around the bush and to be honest she didn't mind how things were. She was serving a purpose she understood that. It didn't mean she thought he saw her as just a means to an end. He was perfectly nice and treated her very kindly maybe even verging on friendly. That didn't change the situation however. " It's fine really, I don't mind. I signed up for this. You should know though that the media is eventually get bored of watching you and I just walk around together. Eventually they're going to start looking for something more interesting and dig around for something that will sell more papers. "


She unconsciously gripped the edge of the seat as they were carried father up nearing the top. "Yeah well I'm okay as long as I'm confident there's no chance I'm going to fall out" She replied, secretly felling good that he seemed just as nervous about the ride as she was. "Maybe this wasn't the best suggestion, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were afraid." She glanced over at him with a meek sympathetic smile. The creaking that happened as the ride moved was a little unsettling but she was doing her best to ignore it, pretending like it never happened.


As they reached the top she focused mostly on staying calm and keeping her breathing steady so at least then she wouldn't look like a complete spazz. It helped when he started pointing out things in the distance giving her something specific to focus on and keep her attention. Even if all she could see were vague boxy shapes she liked to think that she could make out a little bit of what he was pointing at. "Oh cool, mine is all the way over there but there's no way you'll be able to see it." She said pointing slightly to the left of where he was pointing.


"Come over?..Oh yeah that sounds nice." She said almost taken a back that he'd invite her over to his house. She figured he'd rather try to keep her separate from his actual personal life but then again it would be a good opportunity for photos.

 

[lafeae]

"Well, yeah, I guess it's really very true but you know..."he shrugged, and as the machine they were in lurched around, Eddy found himself regretting this decision more and more. This was probably all just a ploy to look more like a man. Girls liked guys who were daredevilish, didn't they? Or was that just in the movies? Even if it wasn't true, he hoped that she looked at him better for this, because he couldn't stand the thought of being the guy that chickened out on the Ferris Wheel. "Oh...I know they'll get bored. That's...sorta the plan. I mean, unless you wanna do some big publicity stunt to keep it going. The idea is to fade into obscurity, and then me and you can go on with our normal lives. Your normal life, anyways."


That probably stung. Too little, too late. Eddy bit inside his cheek and squinted his eyes as the salty air and unending sun seemed to be blinding. She wouldn't notice. Lilly didn't seem like the kind of girl to take it that way. And even if she did, he was just being honest. Or maybe he was just thinking too much. That could have been it, too. "Hey, no worries," he finally added, knowing that she was more focused on her own fear. Just as he was focused on his fear. Their shared fear would be a pretty good bonding moment, especially as a particularly large lurch forced him to put his hand down overtop of hers, just for comfort.


"Heh, well, I'll come over one of these days. I show you mine, you show me yours. Only fair that way. That is um..."he cleared his throat, not sure if he was nervous or scared of the ride. It had been a long time since he'd actually been nervous around a girl, "...that's um...if you really want to. You don't have to do anything. This is a compromise. An agreement."

 

[Captainsassypants]

Lilly frowned as there were a few jerky movements and a breeze caused them to rock ever so slightly. She had images of of their carriage somehow coming lose and going crashing to the ground but she shoved those out of her head almost as quickly as they had entered. Thinking like that was no good, she was only going to freak herself out. Instead she forced herself to only think about the conversation they were having instead of plummeting to their deaths. "Yeah, I get that. It just seems like maybe you're being a little to optimistic. Maybe I don't know how these things work- I mean you have dealt with this more that I ever have... but having worked at a magazine it just seems like as long as you're famous and your career stays where it is I don't think the media is just going to let you fade away. If the happy couple thing gets boring they're going to start searching for something more scandalous or they'll make something up if they have to."


"Like I said maybe it's not my place to talk I really don't know.. I'll still do whatever you need me to do. I just thought that maybe you should think about that." She mentioned letting the subject go. She wasn't sure why she had said anything in the first place. She supposed she felt like she was helping him in a way, or she hoped so. She didn't know why but she wanted things to turn out well for him, it seemed tough being famous and having to worry about your image all the time.


As the ride jerked again her hear stopped or just a second as another image of falling came to her but the sensation of something covering her hand distracted her enough to calm down. A second later she glanced down to see Eddy's hand over top hers and instead of feeling as nervous like before she felt sort of grateful. She then laughed a little when he seemed so nervous about asking to see her place. "Yeah, you can come over some time if you want. My place is pretty small and unimpressive but if it'll make things fair you can see it." She agreed "Although you should be careful if you do decide to come over, I don't want a bunch of people finding out where I live."


Just as she was saying that they began to move back down and in a matter of minutes the ride had come to an end. 'I hope you two had a nice time" The ride attendant grinned at them as he let them off.