fine. I’m taking the kids on the carousel. Edward, do you mind going with her? She hates going by herself. She
gets a bit freaked out when the ride stops.”
He smiled hugely. “No problem.” The first chance he got he was sending Deana her favorite thing in the world, a huge
chocolate basket. Something he discovered a week ago when someone sent one to Dana and Deana went nuts over it. He
couldn’t remember if Dana ate any of it. He was now curious if she liked chocolate, but that question would have to wait. He
was about to be alone with Dana on the Ferris wheel.
The man stopped the ride and gestured for Dana to get in. Edward waited until she was seated before he turned to the man.
He slipped the man a hundred dollar bill. “In a few minutes make sure we’re stuck up there for a good five to ten minutes.”
The man took the money and winked at him. “You got it, buddy.”
Edward sat down next to Dana, happy to discover that it was a snug fit. He had the perfect excuse to put his arm around
her shoulders. The man locked the safety bar over their laps and started the ride.
They sat silently as the ride moved for several minutes. He was in no rush to make his move since he would have her
undivided attention in a few minutes. His hand began moving of its own accord, gently rubbing her shoulder.
Something occurred to him as they reached the top. Something he overlooked in his excitement to have her alone. He was
deathly afraid of heights. His hand froze on her shoulder. “Oh shit,” he mumbled.
“What is it?” Dana asked nervously. She turned to look at him, which rocked the seat. Edward bit his lip.
“Please, don’t rock the seat.” He felt his stomach twist.
“Are you sick? I’ll tell the attendant to let us off the next time the carousel brings us to the bottom.”
Edward shook his head while he squeezed his eyes shut. “He won’t. I paid him a hundred bucks to keep us on this
ride….up top.”
“Why?” she asked.
“Because I wanted to get you alone and I’m an idiot. I forgot I have a serious fear of heights.” He pulled his arm from
behind her and dropped his head into his hands. “This is so embarrassing. Can we forget about this, please?”
She laughed. “Oh, I’m not going to forget this, Edward,” she teased. “The great Edward Pierce is afraid of heights.”
He groaned.
“I don’t remember reading that in any of the articles about you, very interesting.”
“Hey, heights is a common fear. You can seriously get hurt or die from a fall like this. It’s the body’s natural response to
something that is dangerous. At least it’s not as lame as being afraid of spiders.”
He felt Dana’s entire body freeze next to his. “Why did you pick spiders? Oh my God! You don’t see a spider right now,
do you?” she asked, clearly panicking.
Edward’s eyes shot open in time to find her looking around frantically. He had to smile, she was so damn cute. When she
wasn’t looking he snuck his hand behind her and ever so gently ran two fingers up her back. “Yeah, you have one on your
back.”
She screamed and tried to move away from the seat. Edward put his arms around her, holding her tightly. He didn’t care at
that moment they were a good two hundred feet in the air and that their seat was rocking, he started laughing and couldn’t stop.
It took Dana a minute to realize it was Edward’s fingers that moved up her back. He was laughing hard against her as the
seat rocked. “You jerk,” she gasped, giving him a playful swat on one of the arms still holding her. “That’s not funny!”
He couldn’t speak so he nodded.
Dana tried to stay mad at him, but he was so cute and relaxed at that moment. She loved it when Edward was happy. They
were stuck high up, which she knew scared him. Well, she knew now that he paid so he could be alone with her. It was sweet
and endearing.
He didn’t even seem concerned that they were rocking back and forth in their
gets a bit freaked out when the ride stops.”
He smiled hugely. “No problem.” The first chance he got he was sending Deana her favorite thing in the world, a huge
chocolate basket. Something he discovered a week ago when someone sent one to Dana and Deana went nuts over it. He
couldn’t remember if Dana ate any of it. He was now curious if she liked chocolate, but that question would have to wait. He
was about to be alone with Dana on the Ferris wheel.
The man stopped the ride and gestured for Dana to get in. Edward waited until she was seated before he turned to the man.
He slipped the man a hundred dollar bill. “In a few minutes make sure we’re stuck up there for a good five to ten minutes.”
The man took the money and winked at him. “You got it, buddy.”
Edward sat down next to Dana, happy to discover that it was a snug fit. He had the perfect excuse to put his arm around
her shoulders. The man locked the safety bar over their laps and started the ride.
They sat silently as the ride moved for several minutes. He was in no rush to make his move since he would have her
undivided attention in a few minutes. His hand began moving of its own accord, gently rubbing her shoulder.
Something occurred to him as they reached the top. Something he overlooked in his excitement to have her alone. He was
deathly afraid of heights. His hand froze on her shoulder. “Oh shit,” he mumbled.
“What is it?” Dana asked nervously. She turned to look at him, which rocked the seat. Edward bit his lip.
“Please, don’t rock the seat.” He felt his stomach twist.
“Are you sick? I’ll tell the attendant to let us off the next time the carousel brings us to the bottom.”
Edward shook his head while he squeezed his eyes shut. “He won’t. I paid him a hundred bucks to keep us on this
ride….up top.”
“Why?” she asked.
“Because I wanted to get you alone and I’m an idiot. I forgot I have a serious fear of heights.” He pulled his arm from
behind her and dropped his head into his hands. “This is so embarrassing. Can we forget about this, please?”
She laughed. “Oh, I’m not going to forget this, Edward,” she teased. “The great Edward Pierce is afraid of heights.”
He groaned.
“I don’t remember reading that in any of the articles about you, very interesting.”
“Hey, heights is a common fear. You can seriously get hurt or die from a fall like this. It’s the body’s natural response to
something that is dangerous. At least it’s not as lame as being afraid of spiders.”
He felt Dana’s entire body freeze next to his. “Why did you pick spiders? Oh my God! You don’t see a spider right now,
do you?” she asked, clearly panicking.
Edward’s eyes shot open in time to find her looking around frantically. He had to smile, she was so damn cute. When she
wasn’t looking he snuck his hand behind her and ever so gently ran two fingers up her back. “Yeah, you have one on your
back.”
She screamed and tried to move away from the seat. Edward put his arms around her, holding her tightly. He didn’t care at
that moment they were a good two hundred feet in the air and that their seat was rocking, he started laughing and couldn’t stop.
It took Dana a minute to realize it was Edward’s fingers that moved up her back. He was laughing hard against her as the
seat rocked. “You jerk,” she gasped, giving him a playful swat on one of the arms still holding her. “That’s not funny!”
He couldn’t speak so he nodded.
Dana tried to stay mad at him, but he was so cute and relaxed at that moment. She loved it when Edward was happy. They
were stuck high up, which she knew scared him. Well, she knew now that he paid so he could be alone with her. It was sweet
and endearing.
He didn’t even seem concerned that they were rocking back and forth in their
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