Ferris Wheel

The Ferris Wheel stood out from any part of the courtyard, well above the rest of the carnival activities.

Walking over there with a large pink cotton candy stick, Mark spotted Jess at the front of what looked like a decent sized queue. Moving past his peers, he met up with Jess who was thrilled to see him. Or thrilled that she was about to eat some cotton candy.

“You’re a lifesaver hun, just in time too,” she said, giving him a peck on the cheek before taking the cotton candy stick off him. Jess had some tight black jeans that were ripped in places for style. A black tube top matched her jeans, her hair up in a nice and simple ponytail that he loved.

She was right though, just in time, they made their way into the cart after the man operating the machine gave them the cue.

They took their seat inside, Jess started to get stuck into her cotton candy stick. As they started to slowly gain some height, Jess told him that there was something important that she had to talk to him about.

“This whole **** thing has been a lot of fun, I don’t know about you but I know Cassidy hated it and that sure gave me some satisfaction,” she started speaking, “Not as much satisfaction as last night though,”

She gave him a wink and a nudge as she said that, making him a little red.

“Well I’ve loved it Jess, I’m happy to do it for as long as you want me to,” he said.

Jess paused for a second before speaking again, “Well... that’s the thing. I’m letting you both off the hook. You’re free.”

“You mean, you don’t want to do it anymore?” he asked.

“I mean that I won’t blow your little secret. Obviously I love to tease and this was such a good opportunity to do it and make my life easier for a week,” she explained, “But I know it’s not fair on you guys so you can tell Cassidy not to stress anymore.”

He didn’t know what to think, it was probably a good thing for the long run but there was something about being in the presence of Jess all the time. She was just so damn seductive and Mark worried that now this whole thing was done, things would go back to where she barely gave him any attention.

“What’s wrong, you don’t look very happy to hear that?” she said, noticing his reaction.

“Are you just going to ignore me now? Like only ever speak to me when you want to tease me and that?” he straight out asked her.

The look on her face said that she felt guilty by the way Mark felt about her. “Look. I know I’m a tease, it’s the way I am, especially around boys. But there’s still more to me than that. Maybe I just don’t let guys get that close for them to find out. It’s all about sex and that’s my fault but I only let people in when I really know them well.”

Mark hadn’t considered this side to her, the fact that she was clearly more than just the “biggest cocktease on campus”, she had feelings deep down, just didn’t want to expose herself to any sort of heartbreak from the sound of it.

By this stage, they were near the top of the Ferris wheel, a complete view of the entire campus from here.

“If it helps, I’d like to get to know you on that level,” he offered, “You drive me fucking wild and even give me blue balls but I’ve started to notice a few new things about you.”

She smiled, liking that he was paying so much attention to her.

“You’re not such a hard ass, you’re sweet too,” he said causing her to laugh a little.

“Well let’s just keep that between us huh, reputation can’t get tainted, can it?”

They laughed together as Jess offered him some of the cotton candy from the stick.

The Ferris wheel was back on the decline, heading back to the ground at a very slow rate. They could now start to make out people from down on the ground.

“Cassidy sure will be relieved though,” Mark added, thinking about how he could tell her the good news after they got off the wheel.

Jess then noticed her from up in the wheel, she pointed her out, “Speak of the devil, she’s right down there.”

Looking down, she was hard to miss, wearing some very colourful clothing, again looking like another girl that should be at a festival. She was with someone, as they moved closer to the ground, it was clear that it was Matt.

They appeared to be deep in conversation, there were a lot of aggressive arm movements and finger pointing, it looked to be a fight.

“Shit, why do they look so angry,” Jess asked Mark.

At first, he thought it was just another one of those generic arguments they had every week but this seemed more aggressive.

“You don’t think she’s telling him right now do you?” Jess asked again.

Mark shook his head, forgetting to reply as he’s attention was solely on the couple down below. “She better not be, we promised not to say anything.”

Suddenly, Cassidy’s eyes darted up to the wheel, beginning to notice Mark up there. Matt following her eyesight, turned around and looked at him up next to Jess in the wheel.

If looks could kill, Mark would be dead and so might Jess just for being in the same vicinity.

“Oh oh!” said Jess as Matt started to speed walk in the direction of the Ferris wheel. He bumped into multiple people as he walked in a direct line straight to the grand ride.

They were just about at ground level now, Mark began to panic in his seat, “Fucking hell, I’ve got to get out of here and fucking get out of here quick!”

“MARK!” Matt yelled out from the ground outside the Ferris wheel. “Get your fucking punk ass down here right now!!”

This was getting seriously worrying now. There was no question that Cassidy had just told him the truth and if Mark was a betting man, he’d bet that Matt hasn’t come just for a chat.

Mark gulped as the ride stopped for him and Jess.

“Shit.”