Back To You

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Bright, colourful lights flash around as we walk through the carnival entrance. The noise of rollercoasters rides, chatter, children screaming and running around with their hands pull of cotton candy. I look around to see every stall game full of people playing and queuing. Many parents carrying stuffed animals as they follow their hyper children around.

"Oh my god" me, Reece and Hannah say as we all see the clown walking around.

"What?" The rest of the group ask as they all look at us weirdly.

"Clown" Hannah points.

"Yeah, so?" Ivy wonders.

Basically, for mine, Reece and Hannah's fifth birthday we had a conjoined party and our parents hired a clown no knowing all of us would have a rational fear of it. We ended up screaming and Reece there our birthday cake at it as me and Hannah cried. Let's just say that since then nobody in our families mentions that day or clowns.

"Let's go over here. Away from the clown" Reece drags my arm as I tug onto Hannah's hand.

The group follow us all with really confused faces."anyways, where to first?" Leo asks.

"How about we split up cause we wanna go to the fun house which has clowns in it, so I'm guessing you guys don't wanna go in there" Sydney says.

"Okay, we'll meet somewhere to get food then" Hannah says. Sydney, Leo, Easton, Ivy and Max walk off to the fun house whereas me, Reece, Marcus and Hannah walk off to go play some of the games.

Reece's arm wraps around my back and he slides his hand into the back pocket of my jeans, I elbow his stomach and he pulls his hand out and hooks his fingers through the belt loops of my jeans.

Me and Hannah get pulled over to this soccer stall, there's a guy in the goal and a soccer ball a few metres in front of the goal. Im guessing you have to score a goal to win the prize. That seems pretty easy I'm not gonna lie. If one of them miss this, that will be embarrassing.

Marcus and Reece are about to become bragging arses.

Me and Hannah back off to give the two douches some space, Marcus pays the guy at the stall before standing behind the soccer ball. He kicks it and he flies through the air and into the goal. He does a victory dance before taking the elephant stuffie from the guy.

"M'lady" he passes it to Hannah.

"Thank you" Hannah takes it from Marcus and kisses his cheek. Ew, a happy couple. Makes me nauseated.

"Reece if you don't get this then you have to quit the team" Marcus says.

"Okay, bet"

Reece stands behind the ball and gets ready to kick it. It takes his fucking time. He kicks the ball and the goal keeper falls to the opposite side and the soccer ball hits the back of the net.

"Looks like I'm still on the team" Reece pretends to ballroom dance with his elephant stuffie and then he passes it to me and I hold it close to my chest as we wonder off to the next game.

Me and Hannah link arms as we walk in front of Reece and Marcus, we lead them around the carnival. I've caught a couple people snapping pictures of me as we wonder around which makes me feel uncomfortable.