We were sitting on a bench. The three of us on one side and Kristin on the other side. I wanted her to yell at us, get angry, at least do something. This silent treatment she was giving us, was scary as hell. We were sitting in with our hands clasped in our laps, silently, waiting. It felt like the silence before the storm. If she opened her mouth, all hell would break loose. Or maybe my imagination was just too big. I glanced up at her, rolling my eyes upwards without moving my head. Kristin was gazing at me intently. That gaze made me squirm in my seat. She must have been a cop in a previous lifetime. "Why did you do it?" I grabbed the hand of Megan and Katie and looked up at Kristin "I thought it would be funny. Please don't be angry. Well you can be angry, but don't be angry with Kat or Megs, it's not their fault. I talked them in to it. If you have to blame someone, blame me." She looked at both of Katie and Megan, who were staring at the table as if there was something really interesting on it.I looked at them "I'm sorry girls, if I had known Kristin would get angry, I would never have asked you to join in. I'm really sorry." I stared at my lap and knew I was pouting. Megan patted my knee "It's okay Mo." she whispered at me. Katie squeezed my hand. I think she thought about it the same.

Kristin stood up and walked over to our side of the table. I think we all froze in our seats when I cought movement out of the corner of my eye. This was it, she was going to do something, unleash that burst of angre inside her. I was going to hell in a handbasket. I closed my eyes and held my breath. Suddenly Katie and Megan seemed to be squished against me. I felt Kristin lay her head on top of mine. Was she hugging us? Maybe I had finally crossed that little line between sanity and insanity. I opened my eyes and rolled them up to look at Kristin "Does this mean you aren't angry with us anymore?" This coming from a tiny voice that belonged to Katie. I could feel Kristin laughing, then she burst out in a deep laughter as if it came from the tip of her toes "Oh boy, the look on your faces is priceless. I was never angry with you! How can I be angry with three of my fans, that probably sent me in to more laughing fits then I have had in a long time. I really needed that, thanks!" I couldn't wrap my mind around what she had just said. Kristin walked back to the other side of the table and sat down. She looked all of us in the eye and sniggered. "Wait..." This coming from Megan "Does that mean you just played a joke on us?" Disbelieve coming through in her voice. Kristin nodded "That's exactly what it means. And why not? You had just played a hilarious joke on me. I've probably never been that scared in my whole life!" I looked at Megan, shock showing in our faces "I guess... that's fair?" I said and looked back at Kristin. She was still sniggering.

I stood up and put out my hand to Kristin "A truce. We have both played several good tricks on each other. Now let's have some more fun instead." Kristin grabbed my hand and shook it. "Agreed. No more jokes, tricks or pranks." I looked her in the eyes and saw a twinkle there. Was she thinking of more jokes to play on me or was it from the thought of all the jokes we had already played on each other. I was hoping for the latter to be honest. I wasn't sure I could come up with more and I had no idea how twisted Kristin's brain was. If at all. So a truce. "Now let's have some more fun okay?" Kristin stood up from the table and started walking. We followed her like puppy dogs

Suddenly Megan's friend came up to us. "Megan, we have to go." Megan and I looked at each other. "Aaaaw, I don't want you to go yet." I pouted at her, she looked just as sullen as me "I don't want to go either, I was having a lot of fun with you!" We hugged each other. A couple of seconds later, Katie's friend came up to us as well "Katie, mom says we have to go now." Megan and I both went "Aaaw." at the same time and Katie joined our hug. I glanced over Megan's head to Kristin. She looked kind of lonely, so I put out my hand and she too joined the group hug. "Now girls, I want you to be really carefull around here, okay? I would get a bad rep if I let my fans be hurt." Kristin's mother instinct rose up again, making me feel safe and warm. Kristin would make an awesome mother some day. "Oh, we should get a group shot now that we're all together!" I gave my camera to Megan's friend and we positioned ourselves. Since I was the tallest, I stood in the back, then Megan and Katie stood in front of me and Kristin was infront of them. I put my armes around Megan and Kat and they both placed a hand on Kristin's shoulder. "Smile for your family portrait." Megan's friend commented. We all laughed. "Oh that just ruined the picture!" Katie's friend joked. So we shot some more pictures, gave each other another hug and waved goodbye. "I'll send you the pictured as soon as I'm behind a computer!" I yelled after them when they disappeared in the crowd.

Kristin and I were standing in front of the Ghost House for a few more seconds. I looked at her "Now what?" I asked her. Kristin looked around "Now we have more old fashioned fun." She grabbed my hand and pulled me along, which was quite impressive I have to say. "Where are we going?" I asked her as we were pushing through the crowd. It did seem like it was getting less as we were walking towards our next attraction. It was the Top Spin. Two rows of seats where you were tumbled back and forwards. I squeeled, it was one of my favourite rides in an amusement park. "Oh my god Kristin! I love this ride! my record riding it is 15 times in a row." I flashed back on me and my brother at the age of 12 and 14 riding a similar thing in the themepark back home. "Blimey!" Kristin exclaimed "15 times? Didn't you feel like throwing up after that?" I nodded "Pretty much, that's why I had to stop haha. I couldn't walk straight anymore."

We got on the ride pretty quickly, like no one wanted to ride it anymore. Or maybe it was just that many people that could go on the thing. Could be that as well. Kristin and I got seats on the outer side. We buckled up and were swinging our legs when the machine started. Slowly it rose up and up and up. It swung us back and forward until it had reached the right amount of spead to topple over. I gave a little scream as I almost saw my necklace drop "you better put that inside your shirt." Kristin advised me. I did as I was told. It was a good thing we left our bags on the platform. At one point we were hanging almost upside down, as the machine lowered us to the jets of water coming from the little pond below us. I felt a fine spray of mist on my face "How... refreshing" I said as I tried to whipe it away. Kristin giggled and pulled wet hair out of her face. She opened her mouth to say something, but we were plunched in to a tumble that send us both screaming. After the ride was over, we climbed out, got our stuff and half ran down to a clear patch of space. The moment we hit that space, we burst out laughing. My knees gave way and I slid to the ground, laughing my head off.

After a while, we were able to calm our laughter down to a little giggle and got up. People seemed to walk around us with a wide arch, but I didn't care. For once, I didn't care. I was with Kristin and I was having a wonderfull time! "So... what else do you want to do?" Kristin asked me. I glanced at my phone, it was 5pm. "Oh pooh, we'll have time for one more ride and then we'll have to hit the shops, or I won't be able to bake you cookies anymore." Kristin's eyes widened "No cookies?" I shooko my head. With all the shaking I had been doing, I was going to dislocate something if I kept it up! "But I am so not giving you a big knife if you're going to help me cook. I saw the Martha Stewart show! You freaked me out almost cutting of your own fingers." Kristin punched me on the shoulder "Hey, no fair." She said laughingly, I rubbed my arm "Have I told you I bruise really easilly?" Kristin's laugh faltered "It wasn't that hard was it?" I shook my head "It doesn't matter, I wake up in the morning with a set of new bruises and no idea how they get there. You should see me when I get an injection, after 2 minutes I have a huge bruise." K

Kristin looked disgusted. "Eew, I hate needles!" she said and rubbed her arms. "I know! I am absolutely terrified about them." She looked puzzled. I watched her as she walked around me and lifted up my shirt. Did she do this to everybody? I hoped not. "But you've got a tattoo here..." Then she walked around to the right side "You have another one there..." She was standing in front of me again and pointed to my left foot "And another one there. How can you be afraid of needles?" I knew it didn't make any sense, but it was still true. I took a deep breath. "Okay, I know it sounds weird, but what freaks me out is that an injection goes in to your flesh, your blood stream. Tattoo needles only pierce the first layer of skin and place the ink just underneath. Tattoos are beautiful." I could see her looking at my mouth "And your piercing?" Eek. "Well, my tongue piercing was really painfull, but that was because the woman that pierced me hit a vain in my tongue. A normal person has a vaine that splits in to two in their tongue. I have only one, smack right down the middle. So she stuck the needle in and hit the vain. There was blood everywhere. I was in a lot of pain and my tongue was swollen a bit longer." It seemed like Kristin was turning a little green around the edges. "Do you want to hear about my other piercings?" Kristin shook her head violently. Guess not.

We desided to try the Break Dance. Another one of my favourite rides. This time I was dragging Kristin towards it "Come one, this is going to be our last ride!" The queue here was a lot longer then any of the others. Guess it wasn't just one of my favourites. "I used to ride this one a lot when I was younger, with one of my best friends. A girl I've known since she was 1 and I was 7." Kristin flashed a smile "That seems like quite a long time." I nodded my agreement. "Do you do a lot of fun stuff with your friends?" I thought about it. "I actually don't have that many friends, except on the internet. On the internet I have a lot of friends... most of them through Glitter, thanks to you." Kristin beamed "So tell me about your friends." I looked at the queue, it was long enough, we had time.

"Well, there's Yvonne, my longest friend. We go to amusement parks together, I used to treat her to a day in an amusement park for her birthday. Then there's Sophie, Sophie you will deffenitely like. She's like me, except taller. Sophie and I both love Xena." Kristin's eyes sparkled "I love Xena!" she squeeled. "I know, I saw it on Broaway World." I said with a wink. "Anyway, Sophie and I travel together and see musicals. She's cool. And then I have some friends that I sometimes see, but mostly speak to on messenger. And then there's Glitter. Glitter has brought me a lot of friends, whom I have never met except for Megan and Katie today." I smiled when I said it, meeting them today was fun. "And than we have Cara, Joy, Laura or Lauralai as I call her. Lynzi or Lynzelai. SehSarah, Sarah Fairy, Sarah Vicky, Sarah no H... well there's a ton of Sarah's on Glitter actually. Then there's Meaghan, Megan, Megan Lee, Karen, Beth, Emma, Emelie, JeriLyn who looks so much like you that it's scary. I call her the MiniCheno, she has a little Maltese called Arabella, but we dubbed her MiniMaddie. The nicknames tend to stick. Oh and then there's Kirsten, Kirsten is amazing. She's the Glitter nurse and maybe the sweetest person on the forum. Two of my other friends are Theresa or KrisTee, nicknamed by me, and Michaelyn, but I like to call her Miksels. She's great fun! You really have to meet them all, they are so gorgeous that I'm jealous!"

Kristin smiled again. We seemed to be doing that a lot today, I was wondering if I would have muscle aches tomorrow. "Why are you jealous of them?" Easy one "They all have gorgeous hair and beautifull eyes or killer smiles. Me, my hair is flat and thin. I wish it was a bit thicker. I like my eyes, no comment about that really, but I don't like my teeth." She punched me again. "Ouch! Hey, no fair! I told you, I bruise easily." I rubbed my arm and grinned. "But you know, if you want longer hair, you can always get extensions." Kristin suggested. I smacked my forehead "Of course! I can always get Chenstentions! Why didn't I think of that?" I think me calling them Chenstentions was a new one fore her. She cocked her head sideways and looked at me. I could feel heat creeping up my face "Oh, uuh... Never mind. I didn't say anything." I said while I turned away quickly.

Then it was out turn to get on to the ride. We got in to a cart quickly. Buckled up and were ready for it. "If you go on Glitter next time, go to the what does everyone look like thread and you'll see for yourself how gorgeous Glitter people are." I wanted to say something else, but right at that moment the machine starte moving. The faster we moved, the more Kristin was pushed against me "I'm sorry" she shouted over the sound of the music and the machine. I shook my head. "It's okay, I'm used to it. Just be glad you aren't sitting here, you'd have been a pancake by now." She punched me again. Was it me or was she getting more aggresive? "No fair, Kristin! I'll be bruised tomorrow like some one beat me up! And I won't return the favour." Kristin grabbed her side of the cart and tried to pull herself away from me, but the g force of the ride was stronger than Kristin. She suddenly lost her grip and was shoved against me with a little oomph.

Kristin wanted to appologize again, but I shook me head. The machine slowed down and Kristin sighed "well, glad that's over." I grinned at her "Not quite." But before she could respond, the machine started moving backwards. We both grabbed the safety rail and screamed "I think backwards is to balance out the dizzyness from going forward." I shouted at her. Kristin grinned and faked a wave of dizzyness. She sagged against me, pretending to faint. I pushed at her "No fair, no fair!" I laughed "I'm already going to look like I'm beat up by you. the least thing you could do is stay on your own side!" She smiled, then grinned and then we both burst out laughing. Oh yeah, I was going to be sore tomorrow. I could already feel my abbs like I was working out.

When the ride was over, we grabbed our bags and prices and headed for the exit. When were clear of the park I stopped and stretched. I heard my shoulders pop and shook my head a little. I put my bags next to a pole and grabbed it with both hands so I could twist my upper body. I heard my spine crack and let out a deep sigh. When I was done, I turned around to Kristin. She was staring at me, mouth open and eyes wide. "What?" I asked. "What the heck was that?" Kristin exclaimed, she looked freaked out to me. "What was what?" I had no clue what was going on. Kristin pointed at my midriff "That! What the heck did you just do?" Oh. "Didn't I tell you? I was born with Scoliosis, a twisted spine. It limits my movements and it's hell on my back. I can't sit in the same position for too long or my spine stiffens. When that happens I turn like I just showed you and I play Chyropractor to my own body." She closed her mouth and thought about it. "Doesn't it hurt?" I started shaking my head and stopped "No, it doesn't hurt. Or at least, not as much as not cracking my back."

We had reached her car. I leaned on top of the roof and watched her walk to the other side. She looked up at me as I stiffled a yawn. "Tired?" I nodded "Hmhmm. It's amazing how tired I can get from a day surrounded by so many people. I feel pretty drained." We got in the car "I know, I have that too sometimes." I put my seatbelt on and snuggled in my seat. "If I fall asleep, wake me up. I would feel emberassed and guilty." Kristin winked at me "if you fall asleep, don't worry. I'll wake you up when we get to the store. I am hopeless when it comes to shopping for baking things. You shop, I'll buy." Sounded like a good deal. Kristin put the key in the ignition and we were off towards... I hade no clue.

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