More or less being dragged by Chelsea she had little choice but to follow. They would first stop and Chelsea felt the need to read every brightly colored sign put in her path. Alexis, however, remained unimpressed.
Chelsea stopped affront the booth of magic tricks labeled, "The Amazing Gabriel Winchester." She looked back at her friend who was less than passionate about this endeavor. She huffed and placed her hands on her hips, "You are so boring! You know that?" Alexis could feel the annoyance in her words.
"Okay, okay...:" She said defeated as her friend lead her inside.
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Inside the tent was small and at least fifteen degrees hotter than the outside and no breeze to take the edge off. On one side was a small set of bleachers, it reminded her of the ones the choir used at school, just a few rows deep. On the other side sat the stage. The setup was modest at best, albeit Alexis had no other circus experiences to compare it to. Chelsea, on the other hand, apparently did. As they took their seats on the front most bleacher Chelsea leaned into her and whispered, "This is a lot smaller than the last one I went to."
Alexis was about to respond when Mr. Winchester appeared onstage.
The man on stage was a young man. He was dressed in a nice tuxedo to which she could only imagine how hot he had to be in such a thing. His features were pleasant, his hair jet black his face speckled with a little stubble and his eye green as the crop this time of year. Chelsea leaned over to her again, "Hey, at least he's cute."
Alexis shook her head but couldn't help but allow a small snicker to escape. Chelsea changed crushes as much as she did shoes. She quickly went quiet as the man began to speak.
"Hello one and all, thank you for being here today."
He proceeded to his act. The first trick was him dancing a flame off the end of his finger, he later proceeded to eat it. Alexis stared in amazement at this trick, her blue eyes widened. Chelsea even began to notice. "Suppose his finger is fake?"
Alexis wasn't sure, "I guess. I really don't know."
The rest of the act went by filled by smaller, and much less spectacular, parlor tricks. For some reason she was still stuck on the flame trick.
 [i]How did he do it? I mean, it was just an illusion right? I can't- [/i] her thought process was cut off by Chelsea forcing her hand into the air along with her own. Alexis snapped back now realizing her hand was in the air and what it meant. "Chels!" she protested in a forced whisper.
"It'll be fun," she insisted.