Chapter 24: Theme: love tattoo

The whole time on the ride, no one said a thing. It was so awkward and weird, seth kept giving her the death glare, mina was just rambling on, Fiona was just staring at her as if she was trying to figure out somethin from staring at her. The moment the ride landed, jian grabbed Ethan's hand, She felt like she won't get to enjoy her time if she went with them, Fiona was being too hostile and seth was flat out ignoring her and mina was just in her business asking question upon question

"Um, we'll be going" she said smiling at them, ethan nodded agreeing, he was actually glad that jian didn't want to stay with seth and his group

"What? No way" mina said grabbing both by the arm

"Let's hang out and get to know each other better" she added

"Yeah" Fiona agreed smiling at jian, she felt chills but mina kept on persuading her so much she finally agreed

"Let's go on a ride" mina suggested and jian agreed, she loves the thrill of being up in the air so she was all up for rides

"You wanna go" she smiled at ethan, she knew he was all up for it too

"Okay" Fiona joined in too but seth frowned at her, she literally has a fear of heights and would get dizzy and sometime even puke, this ride was higher than the one they went to and she was saying she was in

"No" Seth said and and fiona turned to look at him exasperated, why was he being such a spoil spurt

"You're gonna get sick" he said as if it wasn't the most obvious,

"I'm not" Fiona said groaned shaking his arm.

"What's with those two" Ethan whispered in her ear and jian scoffed before shrugging, just a while ago he was glaring at her as if he was going to poke a hole into her skull and he was now being all cutely protective of Fiona, ex-girlfriend much she rolled her eyes. Seth bought a puke bag and another water bottle to take with him incase things went south up there, they literally grew up together so he was obviously protective of her.

"That was fun" mina said and jian and fiona laughed, looked like the ride Adeline was still running in their veins because the weird and hostile atmosphere was slowly leaving and jian and Fiona were even laughing together

"Oh let's play that" jian suggested pointing at hoop game where you shoot basketballs into the hoop to win prizes

"Yes" Fiona agreed, she was actually really good at basketball that was one of the sports she actually played so she was excited to show off her skills. "You're really good" jian complimented and Fiona smiled at her, well jian wasn't that bad and anyways she wasn't going to end up with seth, that she was going to make sure of so she didn't see the reason they can't be polite to each other, they were rivals not enemies. So she was loosening up a bit and mina didn't like that one bit. Ain't they supposed to be at each other's throats, that was how she was going to get seth with these two out of her way of her but why were they smiling and actually being nice to each other. She liked it when fiona was sending hostile glares to jian. She didn't want to pull the big guns but maybe she'll have to. The girls played and won a fast pass coins to the claw machine and they couldn't be more excited

"Here" jian said handing her coins to Ethan, if her skills for the shooting mice was bad then her skill for claw machine was even worst and each time she'll get close and lose, she'll be itching to go for another round

"Why me" Ethan asked chuckling, he knew how bad she was at it, she'll get frustrated each time she played.

"You better win, this is a one fast pass" she warned, seth saw the way he was playing and concluded he was going to lose and right he was because ethan did grab the bear but it fell off when he lifted it to bring it out

"No" jian cried out punching Ethan's arm

"Ouch" he faked whined, she already had two bears so she didn't mind the lost much but she still wanted another one. Seth scoff, mina pulled out her fast pass coins and gave it to seth

"You can use mine to play" he said and seth thanked her before he walked towards the machine, he analyzed it before putting in the coin in and he actually won and the girls cheered, the only one who wasn't happy about the win was ethan, was seth showing off to him

"Here" seth smiled but he was directing it to someone else as if saying 'if you picked me, i would have won' but mina didn't see that perspective she smiled back and shyly thanked him. Ethan wasn't having any of his snobby attitude he bought coins and came back and this time he won 3 stuffed toys immediately shoving it into mina's hands who looked surprisingly pleased, Seth wasn't going to let him have the last laugh because he bought coins too and won 4 shoving it into mina's arm at that point she felt like a main character

"Okay enough" jian and fiona said as they pulled the guys

"You didn't get any" seth asked fiona and she rolled her eyes, guess who they were using as a bag and shoving all the stuffed toys at her

"I'll get you one" he said taking her fast pass coin and wining her a stuffed dog

"Sorry mina" ethan apologized

"I'll get that" he said trying to off load her. The stuffed animals were too much, her hand must feel uncomfortable holding all of them but mina declined and said she was fine and thanked both of them. Jian and Fiona couldn't help but subconsciously roll their eyes, she was literally a free handbag for Seth and Ethan's childishness why was she acting like a white lotus. Seth felt bad so he bought her a bag to put the stuffed toys in which made it easier for her to carry, as they walked around they spotted a drink stall and bought some before continue their walk

"Ohh look at that" mina said pointing at a tatto stall, it had the words

"Get a name or intial of your love ones to remember them always: discount price" on a sign board

"I wanna get one" mina said walking toward the stall and the others followed aswell

"Welcome" the cheerful tatto artist greated as he offered them a seat

"What do you want to get" his assistant asked and mina answered first

"I want to get a S on my arm", Fiona's jaw almost dropped, she was just going to humor mina and let her do as she pleased because she knew at the end of all of it she was definitely not taking seth from her but looks like this girl was doing too much, she might cut off her wings before she learns to fly

"For my brother, he's my favorite person" she added and Fiona took a sigh of breath, it was true that mina really adored her brother but was she using that to get and S and pretend it mean Samuel her brother and not Seth when it actually is. She would have to have the talk with mina later.

"That's beautiful" the tattoo artist awed,

"Are you getting a tattoo" mina asked Ethan who was sitting next to her, she was hinting at him to get Jian's name or her initial

"Nah, I don't have siblings and i already have a little tatto, I'm not a tattoo guy" he declined

"You have a tattoo" mina asked again as if she wanted him to show it to her and he did it was a JxE ..both him and jian got the tatto, it was they're best friend tatto. They got these tattos in junior school 4th grade they were going home one day and saw this street artist who gave them the tatto, he looked unprofessional and drunk but the tattos turned out fine, thank God it was clean and didn't give them any infections, they're parents obviously never knew they got it,it was

In small letters so it was easy to hide. There wasn't a C because chloe actually joined the group in 5th grade she was being raised by her grandma until he passed away and came back to stay with her mother.

"I'll get one too a J for my mom" seth suddenly declared and ethan glared at him obviously he wasn't getting a J for his mother, he was getting a J for jian. Worked well for him because his mother was named Jessica and Jian is J too, one stone, 2 birds. Mina was the one that got her E on her waist because she didn't want her mother to see it, she wont hear the end if it and Seth got the J behind he's ears. Jian was conflicted she wanted to say the J was for her name but maybe she was being a bit too delusional maybe it was for his mom, yes they were flirting these day and she feels like something is going on between them but all that may just be a simple crush, spur of the moments or just her in a situationship but why was she feeling all fuzzy and sweet inside, can a simple crush do that.Fiona had decided to be nice to jian even maybe be friends somehow but after the tatto episode she was double thinking about it, she wasn't just being a rival anymore.After the tatto, the group enjoyed more games, ate and when it got dark they decided to part ways and go home.

Jian noticed Ethan's changed mood and couldn't help but wonder why, everything was good why the angry face

"Hey" she called out poking his cheeks when ethan turned to face her she asked

"What's wrong"

"Are you guys together" he asked as he subconsciously gripped the steering wheel wheel so hard he's knuckles were turning white, was this the end of his love story it didn't even begin yet he felt he's heart drop. If she was happy with him, he'll let her go he have learned 'you love to let go'.

"Me and Seth" jian asked she knew what was the only person he could be asking about. Ethan couldn't even say a word he feared if he opened his mouth he was going to cry or something his heart felt heavy

"No" jian said and ethan let out a breath he was holding, but he's relief was cut short not by anytime jian said or did but my his own realization maybe he was asking the wrong question, of course if they were together he'll know about it. The question he's supposed to ask was

"Do you like him" he asked and jian immediately looked up, she was taken by surprise. The whole atmosphere dropped it was suddenly freezing cold and jian was tongue tied

"Um- I- I" she stammered why wouldn't the words come out

"So you do" Ethan sighed as he took multi deep breaths he felt like he wasn't taking in enough air. The ride home was silent, jian opened her mouth several times but nothing would come out so she'll just shut up. When they arrived she silently opened the door to leave. The atmosphere was so gloomy and one couldn't even say anything

"Jian" Ethan called when she got down the car, hearing her name she eagerly answered, she feared she had lost her best friend

"I just wanted to take it off my chest" he said before jian could comprehend what he was saying he dropped a bomb on her

"I love you kim Jian DanOh" jian just stood frozen until he drove off. What the hell was happening.

"Why are standing outside" her mother asked when she came back from work and found her standing there

"What" she asked absentmindedly before turning around and opening the door

"What is wrong with her" Susan asked herself before she walked in aswell. She called jian for dinner but the lady refused to come down and her door remained lock. She offed her phone and shut the world out. She slept the whole evening till the next day.