Tempting - Chapter 45: Sliding

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At the edge of the intimidating platform, gallons of water careen down the slide's plastic

exterior. People don't even hesitate as they grab blow up boats and dip down the steep ride,

screams echoing against the vast build of the park. I swallow.

Suddenly I feel a hand on my shoulder and I look up to find Mr. Hamsure gifting me a small

smile.

"You look like you're about to pee your pants."

"Ha, nah. Its just really high... Didn't know we would be this high up." I admit, pinching the skin

between my fingers. Elizabeth walks over to the Reception Stand to get a few floaties for us as I

try not to entertain the idea that I might fall off and break all the bones in my body. Of course,

the little girl bounces around, clearly excited about the slide, making me feel that much more

embarrassed by being frightened.

"Well, if you don't feel that comfortable, we can share a floaty." He suggests as my eyes widen. I

scratch the back of my neck sheepishly, heat tinting my ears.

"Ah, its okay. I don't want to separate you from your niece."

"She doesn't care as long as she goes down the slide. Also, I insist."

That's really nice of him. I give a timid smile as I mull it over in my head. Maybe it won't be that

bad if he slides down with me, just being around him is calming anyway.

"S-Sure." I agree bashfully. At this time, Elizabeth finally comes back with gigantic floaties fit for

two dangling from her hands. She gives one to the little girl, who grabs at it with

excitement and one to me.

"Thanks Elizabeth, me and Mr. Hamsure want to go down together. Do you mind?"

"Oh, of course not! Yeah, I will go down with the cutie pie." She pokes the nose of Mr Hamsure's

niece who giggles.

This... This is it. I'm just thankful all of this is a major distraction from Davi- Mr. Malone since

I know if I was home at the moment, I would be balling in front of my television while eating all

types of ice cream.

I swallow, watching Mr. Hamsure sit in the floaty that's barely on the edge, knowing that if I go in,

there's no going back. My cheeks ignite as I take my place in front of him, becoming extremely

aware that my back is to his pelvic area.

"You ready?" I hear him say in my ear, causing me to exhale a short breath. My eyes wash over

the entire landscape visible from these heights, and honestly its striking. I just wish there wasn't

a chance I could die. I should be fine, right?

I finally give the nod for him to push forward, closing my eyes tightly as I feel his weight shift.

"Here we go!" All life gets knocked out of me as we careen down the surface, billows of air

plowing against my lungs. I try to scream but I'm drown out by the waves of water splashing

furiously against the floaty's sides. I don't want to die!

I hear Mr. Hamsure's ecstatic screams from behind me as I lean back from the turbulence. Its

going too fast! Why is it so fast?? I place my hands over my eyes as another wave of water hits me

square in the face. Spluttering I cry out, my hands still glued firmly to my eyelids and the

constant chaos of the floaty's movements making my gut clench. To my greatest relief, the

slide's steepness finally evens out to semi flat water, prompting me to peel my hands away

from my eyes. We're alive! I feel like rushing out of our ride and kissing the glistening calm

waters underneath us.

"That was amazing! Man I haven't felt adrenaline like that in a while." I hear

Mr. Hamsure say as we float gently towards the docking pad. I place my hand over my chest as I

take the time to catch my breath, slightly embarrassed that so much was taken out of me from

this ride.

When we finally make it to the pad, an assistant worker is there to pull us up from the floaty. Mr.

Hamsure smile rains down on me as I return it sheepishly.

"How was it for you?"

"Oh... it was... it was definitely something." I reply, scratching the base of my neck as Elizabeth

and his niece is helped out of their floatie as well.

"Uncle Hamsure! Did you see me go down?? Did you see me!?"

"Yes princess, I saw you."

The little girl comes skipping to Mr. Hamsure's side, and I have to bite back a laugh at the

complete disarray of her blonde hair. Now I probably shouldn't judge. My hair probably looks

much worse, thinking back to the amount of water that missile d towards my head, not to

mention wind currents hitting me at 300 miles per hour.

"Calvin! Oh my god, I feel so light headed, but that was so fun!" Elizabeth squeals, hanging from

my arm. I laugh.

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"It was nice hanging out with you Calvin. Have a good rest of your day!" Elizabeth bubbles as she

waves off, walking towards the direction of her bus. I smile and wave back.

Even though its still early afternoon, I have decided to call it quits for the day,

since I'm still really mentally exhausted from the whole Coldren and Dav- Mr. MALONE situation.

However, today has still been eventful, I still had fun.

I walk over to my own bus stop, waiting until I hear the engine of car whir besides me. I look over

to find that its a car that I've seen before, with no other then Mr. Hamsure in the front seat.

He slides down the windows.

"Need a ride?"

"Oh? What happened to your niece?"

"She's with her Mom at the moment. She's completely pooped out after the boat ride and they're going home."

"Okay... yeah, I can have a ride. Thank you."

"No problem. Hop on in."

I feel my cheeks become rosy as I open the sleek door, sitting in fully before fastening my seat

belt. Mr. Hamsure moves the gear shift out of park and drives onto the road, stopping at a

red light in front of my bus stop.

"So, I didn't want to bring this up with your friend around, but since we're alone... I noticed you were acting a little down."

Of course he picked up on that. He's almost as bad as Mr. Malone.

I pinch the skin between my fingers as I gradually look outside his opened window, watching

floods of people walk towards their destinations.