for Dan and Brigid too. Brigid tried to say no, it was too expensive, but I bought them anyway.
“Now we’re all one big happy Minion family.” I put the cap on her head and screwed it into place.
Brigid acted like she didn’t like it, but she wasn’t fooling me.
Dan loved his.
“What do you say, Daniel?” Brigid prompted.
“Thank you so much, sensei! Mom, can I go out and see the carnival games?”
“Go ahead, but don’t go too far.”
“I won’t.”
“And stay where you can see me and I can see you. We’ll catch up in a minute.”
When he ran off, I said, “He’s a great kid.”
“You’re a great big kid. That hat looks adorable on you.” She flicked the brim of mine. “Thanks for the hats. Really. You didn’t have to do that.”
“It was nothing.”
“I’m really glad you suggested this. I haven’t had this much fun with Daniel in ages.”
“You need to get out more. You should be having this much fun every weekend.”
“You won’t get any argument from me on that subject. I can’t believe work hasn’t paged me all day.” She checked her phone.
“Must be the luck of the Irish.”
She rolled her eyes. “Don’t jinx me. Now they’ll probably call.”
“Nah. Good luck always shines on me, Irish.” I meant her.
She knew what I meant. The moment was charged for both of us.
I reached up and brushed my knuckle across her chin.
“We should go find Daniel.” She broke eye contact and turned her head away.
“Yeah.” I backed up a step on my crutches to give her space.
She walked right out of the gift shop without looking back.
Damn.
Did I go too far?
This “friends only” thing was bullshit.
Man, I hated rules.
<<<<<<<>>>>>>>
We hit up every ride in the park before the day was over.
Revenge of the Mummy. The Jurassic Park water ride. The Simpsons. Transformers 3D. Shrek 4D. The studio tour on the buses where we saw King Kong and Jaws. The WaterWorld show with the stuntmen and the guys riding the WaveRunners in the huge pool and all the explosions. No matter what we did, it always ended up that Dan sat between us. I couldn’t figure out if he just wanted to be next to me or if Brigid was putting distance between us.
Either way, it was frustrating.
All I wanted to do was hold her hand or touch her like couples normally did in a place like this. Every time I saw some guy with his hand in his girl’s back pocket or the other way around, I was totally jealous.
When I came out of the restrooms and saw Brigid talking with some guy next to the Megatron photo op, I nearly lost my shit. The guy had a muscle shirt on and was pretty built. He was all smiles, trying to charm the pants off of Brigid. I could tell he was a tool from way over here. She laughed at something he said but I couldn’t hear what. Time to put a stop to that. I swung toward them on my crutches. I probably looked like an idiot with my crutches and my Minion hat, but I didn’t care.
“Hey, guys.” I tried to sound friendly but I was pissed. “What are we talking about?”
Muscle Shirt gave me a funny look. “Hey buddy.”
“You like my hat, don’t you?” I tipped my head, motioning with the hat. I was gripping my crutches so tight I thought I might snap the handles off. I tried to relax.
“Who’s this guy?” Muscles chuckled.
“I’m the guy who’s with her.”
He frowned. “But is she with you?”
He was pissing me off and he was barely trying. I laughed, “Did you not see her matching hat?”
“Bro, half the people here are wearing a hat like that.”
“Are you?”
“No, but…” He trailed off, unsure of himself. I was intimidating him. Good.
Brigid made a strange face.
Whoops. Was I out of line? Was I being a jealous dick? Probably. I didn’t want to say anything else and end up looking worse than I already did, so I clamped my mouth shut.
Muscles looked back and forth between me and Brigid. He also noticed the size of my arms. Nothing like walking around on
“Now we’re all one big happy Minion family.” I put the cap on her head and screwed it into place.
Brigid acted like she didn’t like it, but she wasn’t fooling me.
Dan loved his.
“What do you say, Daniel?” Brigid prompted.
“Thank you so much, sensei! Mom, can I go out and see the carnival games?”
“Go ahead, but don’t go too far.”
“I won’t.”
“And stay where you can see me and I can see you. We’ll catch up in a minute.”
When he ran off, I said, “He’s a great kid.”
“You’re a great big kid. That hat looks adorable on you.” She flicked the brim of mine. “Thanks for the hats. Really. You didn’t have to do that.”
“It was nothing.”
“I’m really glad you suggested this. I haven’t had this much fun with Daniel in ages.”
“You need to get out more. You should be having this much fun every weekend.”
“You won’t get any argument from me on that subject. I can’t believe work hasn’t paged me all day.” She checked her phone.
“Must be the luck of the Irish.”
She rolled her eyes. “Don’t jinx me. Now they’ll probably call.”
“Nah. Good luck always shines on me, Irish.” I meant her.
She knew what I meant. The moment was charged for both of us.
I reached up and brushed my knuckle across her chin.
“We should go find Daniel.” She broke eye contact and turned her head away.
“Yeah.” I backed up a step on my crutches to give her space.
She walked right out of the gift shop without looking back.
Damn.
Did I go too far?
This “friends only” thing was bullshit.
Man, I hated rules.
<<<<<<<>>>>>>>
We hit up every ride in the park before the day was over.
Revenge of the Mummy. The Jurassic Park water ride. The Simpsons. Transformers 3D. Shrek 4D. The studio tour on the buses where we saw King Kong and Jaws. The WaterWorld show with the stuntmen and the guys riding the WaveRunners in the huge pool and all the explosions. No matter what we did, it always ended up that Dan sat between us. I couldn’t figure out if he just wanted to be next to me or if Brigid was putting distance between us.
Either way, it was frustrating.
All I wanted to do was hold her hand or touch her like couples normally did in a place like this. Every time I saw some guy with his hand in his girl’s back pocket or the other way around, I was totally jealous.
When I came out of the restrooms and saw Brigid talking with some guy next to the Megatron photo op, I nearly lost my shit. The guy had a muscle shirt on and was pretty built. He was all smiles, trying to charm the pants off of Brigid. I could tell he was a tool from way over here. She laughed at something he said but I couldn’t hear what. Time to put a stop to that. I swung toward them on my crutches. I probably looked like an idiot with my crutches and my Minion hat, but I didn’t care.
“Hey, guys.” I tried to sound friendly but I was pissed. “What are we talking about?”
Muscle Shirt gave me a funny look. “Hey buddy.”
“You like my hat, don’t you?” I tipped my head, motioning with the hat. I was gripping my crutches so tight I thought I might snap the handles off. I tried to relax.
“Who’s this guy?” Muscles chuckled.
“I’m the guy who’s with her.”
He frowned. “But is she with you?”
He was pissing me off and he was barely trying. I laughed, “Did you not see her matching hat?”
“Bro, half the people here are wearing a hat like that.”
“Are you?”
“No, but…” He trailed off, unsure of himself. I was intimidating him. Good.
Brigid made a strange face.
Whoops. Was I out of line? Was I being a jealous dick? Probably. I didn’t want to say anything else and end up looking worse than I already did, so I clamped my mouth shut.
Muscles looked back and forth between me and Brigid. He also noticed the size of my arms. Nothing like walking around on
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