He growled at me with a sneer on his lips. I took a step back in shock, and Amanda laughed.

"Let him go with them," Little Logan insisted. "Then we can all go on the bigger rides, and we don't have to worry about him."

"We don't mind," Amanda spoke up. "We'll take him. You guys have fun."

***

"Okay, bud," I spoke quietly into Lachlan's ear. "I'll aim, you hold down the trigger, okay?" His eyes were huge. It matched his smile. He sat on my lap as they reset the little ducks with the targets on them back to the starting line. It was one of those water pistol aiming games.

Our winning celebration was a little over the top. It was all fine, until we were handed a panda soft toy, and the little girl next to us started crying. Lachlan pouted when he saw her, and then walked to her side. "Here you go," he said, handing it to her. "My uncle, Logan, will win more things for me, you can have this one." Then he hugged her.

"That was a good thing you did, bud," I told him.

He shrugged. "Now you have to win me more, otherwise I lied, and liars are bad."

***

Two hours later, we all met back up to eat. I laughed when Amanda told me to get her one of everything. My features straightened when I realized she was dead serious. "Are you sure?" I asked cautiously.

She pulled out the girl card. "Are you calling me fat?"

I walked away without a word. I wasn't stupid.

***

When I got back—after the third fucking trip—I noticed one of Lucy's brothers, Leo, fixated on a girl a few yards away.

"Leo!" I tried to get his attention. "What's up? You into her?"

This made the other boys look up and follow his gaze. "Oooh," one of them said. "Double D Debbie."

"Shut up," he spat through clenched teeth.

I ignored the funny nickname and asked, "Why don't you go talk to her?"

He shrugged. "She's with her boyfriend."

I looked back over at her. She was standing by herself, shifting on her feet and looking at the ground. I scanned the area around her. There was a group of guys a few feet away, chatting up a bunch of girls. "Where's her boyfriend?" I asked, not bothering to look away.

"The one at the front of the group, talking to the blonde."

I faced him again, my eyebrows drawn in. "You mean her boyfriend's letting her stand there alone while he tries to get on with another girl?"

He shrugged.

"What a dick."

Cam and Lucy laughed. My attention went to them. "What's funny?"

Cam spoke first, "That dick is classic high school Logan."

"Gross," Amanda muttered.

I couldn't say shit; they were right. I went back to Leo. "You know what you should do . . ."

"What?" He was all ears. "You should go over to her, tell her that her boyfriend's a dick, and that you'd treat her so much better. Because you would, right?"

"Oh no . . ." Lucy groaned.

Leo nodded.

"Then, without giving her a chance, hold her hand, and move in for the kiss. If she doesn't knee you in your junk—" I paused to let Amanda's laugh fill my ears. "If she doesn't push you away, and she kisses you back, bring her over here."

"Her boyfriend’s gonna kick your ass," one of the brothers said.

I shrugged. "If he tries, you got me and Cameron." I looked at Cam. "Right?"

He leaned forward and jerked his head in a nod. "Go for it, dude," he told Leo. "You'll never know if you don't try."

Leo looked over at her, then at us. He blew out a breath and stood. Running his hands over his shirt, he nodded. "Okay, I'm going in." He wiped his palms on his shorts. I knew that action. He was nervous. Hell, I was nervous for him.

We all watched as he made his way over to her.

"No way he's gonna do it," Little Logan said.

He stood in front of her and must've said something, because her eyes lifted to his. We could see his mouth moving, and then she smiled. He reached his hand out, gripped hers, took one step forward, and then leaned in for the kiss.

We all sucked in a breath, the anticipation of her reaction killing us. "Get it," I heard Cam say.

We waited.

And waited.

Then her arm came up and curled around his neck, bringing him closer.

We all cheered, and then laughed at how stupid we were.

We must've been loud, because it caused them to pull apart. He turned around and shook his head at us. His mouth started moving again. She nodded, her smile huge. They walked towards us, hand in hand, and then her boyfriend called out. He broke through his little group and followed them. By the time he reached them, they were already at our table. Cameron stood up and placed his fisted hands on the table. He glared at the kid. "Problem, you little punk?"

The kid halted. I stood up. He raised his hands. "No problem."

He walked away.

"Great," Little Logan said. "Now he's gonna beat the shit out of you when Cam's not around."

"No he won't," Cam said. He eyed me and jerked his head towards the kid who'd just left. "We'll take care of it."

Amanda

"Neanderthals," Lucy stated.

I laughed. "They mean well." I watched as Logan and Cam caught up with the kid. Logan placed his hand on his shoulder and spoke down to him. He could be intimidating when he wanted to.