Fame Crazy (Sequel to Strings Attached)

Chapter 193

The tour guide introduces herself as Natalie, and gives a purposely halfassed attempt to hype up the ride. It's so not good that it's actually good. He likes her already.

"Hey, see that guy over there?" she asks, pointing to the man on the loading platform next to them, talking to the people in line. "That's Eugene. Today marks one year since I asked him out."

Everyone on the boat says, "Aw!"

"And him turning me down," she adds. "Something about me being 'creepy' and 'stalkerish.' Just cuz I went to his house every night doesn't make me a stalker!"

Everyone on the boat laughs, and Dean whispers to his boyfriend, "Damn, and I thought I had some creepy fans."

"Hey, it's no worse than the paparazzi for me," Castiel replies. "And, actually, yeah, I've had fans randomly show up at my house before, so this is nothing new for me."

Dean scoffs. "Wow, sucks to be you."

"Tell me about it."

Natalie continues her little one-sided conversation with, "Do you think I should ask him again?"

No one answers, just waiting for the punchline.

"Oh, gee, thanks for all the support," she says sarcastically. "I'm asking if I should confess my love to someone, and you guys are all just staring at me like I have three heads. Wait, I don't, do it?" She quickly puts her hands up to her head and sighs in relief. "Nope, just one."

"She and Lucifer would get along," Castiel remarks. They're both absolute weirdos.

"Oh god no. The world can't handle two Lucifers."

While they were talking, Natalie decided to give their relationship another go, and says, "Hey Eugene." He doesn't answer, so she repeats louder, "Hey, Eugene!"

This time, she gets his attention, and he turns around to look at her. "Yeah?"

"Fancy meeting you here," she says awkwardly. "You know, in this situation. Really unexpected. Almost like fate, ya know? Crazy, right? What are the odds?"

Eugene is already laughing, probably because he sees her every single day because they literally work together.

"So, I was wondering, do you wanna go somewhere? You know, later? Because I'm working right now? And so are you? We could go to a movie, or...?"

He stops laughing long enough to ask, "Tonight?"

"Yeah! You know, I'm usually really busy, 'cause I got tons of friends, you know, obviously, because I'm super popular and stuff, but you just happen to have caught me on a down night. Ya know, book club got cancelled, so I have the night off, so I was wondering if you wanna go do something later maybe possibly if you want?"

Eugene doesn't answer because he's too busy laughing.

"Wait, is that a yes, or...?"

"Uh, yeah, maybe."

"Yay!" As the boat pulls away, she calls after him, "We're getting married! I love you, boo!"

"What the hell even is this ride?" Castiel whispers.

"I'm wondering the exact same thing," Dean replies.

"Alright, hi, I'm Natalie," she says as the boat leaves. "I'll be your tour guide this afternoon, and, if you don't laugh at my jokes, I'll be your swimming instructor."

"Well shit," Dean whispers. "That escalated quickly."

"Keep your hands, arms, feet, and legs inside the boat and blah blah blah blah, you guys know the drill. We're starting out in the Amazon river, where there are a bunch of animals because that's a thing here. Oh, look, a butterfly!"