Forbidden Love

Chapter 19

"I hope the UFO is there." Raquel squealed from excitement as she flicked her right indicator on.

Raquel and I were currently on our way to the fair. Lisa and my father arrived at home about two hours ago. Dylan convinced Lisa that he had gotten into a fight with Brent and left to the carnival about an hour ago.

"What ride is that?"

Her eyes lit up with excitement as she explained the ride to me. Apparently, it was an extremely fast ride that spun in circles, which caused a person to stick to the back of the wall and barely be able to move. "And at midnight the sky will be illuminated with a firework show."

I couldn't help but squeal from excitement as well. Raquel pulled up behind a line of cars that were parked on the side of the road. "Are all these cars parked here for the fair?"

"Yeah," Raquel pulled her key out of the ignition and hopped out of the car. "This event gets busier and busier each year." I followed suit as Raquel made her way to the sidewalk.

As we reached the entrance, I saw that Raquel was not kidding when she said this event was city wide. The street was blocked off and police officers directed cars to the parking lot, which was packed.

A couple of minutes passed by and before I knew it, we were ushered inside the gates with purple bands secured around our wrists.

I followed Raquel as she made her way towards the carousel where we would be meeting up with Chase and Dylan.

"Is that Dylan and Chase I see on those two ponies?" Raquel teased as we saw Chase and Dylan slouched on top of their horses that stayed in place while the ride came to a stop.

Their eyes widened as we saw them in their current position. They both ducked their head from emmbaresment. Raquel and I both chuckled at their bashfulness.

"Ray!" A little girl exclaimed, waving her hands in the air as Chase held her safely on her pony. "Did you see me? I rode a pony!"

Raquel smiled at the young freckled girl. "Yes I did! Was it fun?"

She came running out from the exit of the ride, straight into Raquel's arms who had squatted down to greet her. "Yes! I almost fell off but Chase caught me."

"Thank goodness!" Raquel playfully tickled her little stomach. "This is Demi, Dylan's sister." I was about to say step but Raquel jabbed her elbow into my side. Raquel smiled at me before placing her down. "That's Chase's younger sister Nicole."

"What?"

Raquel's eyebrow shot up in confusion at my abrut response. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, sorry she's adorable." You could tell by their dark chocolate hair and caramel eyes that they were related.

Why didn't Dylan mention that Chase had another sister?

"So," Raquel said, walking up to her boyfriend and wrapping her arms around Chase's waist with an amused smile on her face. "Did you enjoy your pony ride?"

I tried to conceal my laughter as Chase's face flushed. "Shut up." He muttered under his breath before he leant down to peck Raquel on the lips.  "Wait, where's Nickie?" Chase turned around frantically to find her standing by the rail looking at the ride with shells that spun in circles. He stormed over to her and grabbed her tiny wrist before pulling her back to the crowed. "What have I told you about wondering off by yourself?" He yelled. "Somebody could have stolen you!"

"Chase," Raquel wrapped her hand gently around his arm, "Calm down, it's okay."

Nickie was on the brink of crying and Chase squatted down to her lever. "I'm sorry, Nickie. I just worry about you." He wrapped his arms around her small frame and pulled her into a tight hug.