Page 39 of Accidental Proposal

“Well he was, and he put me on house arrest. So that is why I called you asking for a ride.”

“House arrest, really?” She let out a loud laugh while shaking her head.

“It isn’t funny, Lennon. He looked so mad at me.”

“Don’t worry, Jenna. He will get over it. Just give him a few days. And I am always up for some fun and ice cream.” She sent a smile over to Sky and kept driving.

“I hope he does,” I muttered softly.

“You know what? We are going to show Sky here a great time!” Lennon said suddenly.

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“You’ll see. She’s going to love it! You are already in trouble, so you might as well make the most of it,” she reasoned. She was right. If I was already in deep shit with Liam, I might as well do this. He was going to hate me either way, and this way I got to go out and have fun with Lennon and Sky. With a smile in my direction, Lennon turned on the radio.

The ride to wherever we were going went by fairly quickly, and we soon pulled into a huge place called Fiesta Fun. Helping Sky out of the car, I stood there, staring at the place wondering where we were exactly.

“This right here is the greatest place to come and have fun,” Lennon said dramatically. With Sky’s hand inside mine, we followed after Lennon, still slightly confused. The moment we walked in, I took it all in. Off to my right was a big section that had all different kinds of arcade games, and to my left was what looked like a miniature glow-in-the-dark golf course that went all the way to the back. There was a set of doors on the left that led outside, but what was out there I didn’t know. There even looked to be other doors on the right, leading to other rooms.

“You can literally do anything you want here. There’s miniature golf, both glow in the dark and regular arcade games, laser tag, 3D simulators, and go-karts. There is also a bouncing room for kids.” Wow, this place was huge! “Sky, would you like to play miniature golf?” she asked, looking down at her.

“Yes!” came a loud yell, and she started bouncing. Grinning, we made our way to the counter to pay. The next five minutes were spent paying for a pass that let us do three things plus tokens for the arcade, and picking out golf clubs and balls for golf. After much consideration, Sky finally picked a pink-handled club that fit her height, and a pink ball as well. Lennon ended up with a purple one and a purple ball, while I got blue everything.

I’d never played before, but I wasn’t an idiot. As we came up on the first hole, Lennon went first, then Sky, who in turn got a hole in one, making her scream and run around us. Miniature golf turned out to be a lot of fun as we moved from hole to hole, each one getting harder. It felt great to go out and do something normal like this. Sky was having so much fun, running from each hole hitting her pink ball before we could even reach her. More than once I caught her picking her ball up and putting it in the hole, and she would play it off like she didn’t do it.

We finished the glow-in-the-dark course about thirty minutes later and put our clubs back, heading to do something else. Lennon and I trailed behind Sky, letting her choose what other thing she wanted to do. She chose one of the 3D simulations for little girls. We each got strapped inside, and the ride started with us moving in a field of horses. You could definitely tell this wasn’t what Lennon or I would pick. Although the ride was for little girls, it was fun and was pretty funny watching Sky as her face lit up every time we “came” close to a horse. She’d reach her little hands out to try and touch it.

Twenty minutes later, we were back to finding another thing to do. I decided to play a few arcade games and win Sky a stuffed animal in one of the machines. It took me a few tries, but I finally was able to get her a pink teddy bear, which she named after me. Lennon and I played air hockey and Sky watched us, holding her bear to her. Once Sky started to get bored and antsy, we finally took her to the bouncy room. The moment we stepped through the door, she shoved her bear at me and ran off. The room had a few other kids jumping around, but not too many. Lennon and I took a seat kind of in the corner on one of the mats, watching Sky.

“She is a cutie,” Lennon said, smiling fondly at her as she bounced, giggling loudly.

“Yes, she is. Her mom has raised her well.”

“Who is her mom, anyways?”

“Her name is Candy. She used to work with me at one of my jobs. She was only seventeen when she got pregnant, so she left school and started working. Now she is on her way to be a hair stylist; she is actually there now, taking one of her final tests.”

“She sounds like a strong woman,” she commented.

“Candy is. I think you have to be when you are a single mother.” We sat in silence, watching Sky play around and find new friends.

“What do you think Liam is going to do if he finds out you left the house today?” Lennon asked out of the blue.

“Honestly, probably just yell at me like always, or insult me. It won’t be anything new,” I said, shrugging. It wouldn’t be. Ever since I had come to know Liam, all he did was be rude to me and not care about my feelings. I didn’t expect him to change.

“Jenna, he really is a good guy. It doesn’t seem like it now, but he is. Everyone has their baggage.”

“Can’t he just be nice to me? His baggage can’t be that bad,” I whined.

“I would tell you, but it isn’t my story. One day he will tell you.”When I am out of his life.She was right, of course, but I couldn’t help but want to figure his out. Yes, he didn’t know mine, but still…okay, that wasn’t a good argument. I sighed, leaning back against the wall. My life had turned into such a mess.

“When do you think she will be ready to go?” I looked up, seeing Sky with a little boy around the same age jumping around and holding hands.Awww, young love.

“I give it an hour.” I turned to Lennon with a grin. “Thank you, by the way, for doing this. I know it was so sudden, and it means a lot to me.”

“No problem. I’m having fun; I like Sky. Plus, this is a lot more fun than what Liam wanted me to do with you today,” she commented.

“The manner lessons,” I grumbled. “I don’t see why he wants me to get help. I can act perfectly fine.”

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