[b][center] Garret Rydell & Amity Averin[/b][/center]

He had his eyes focused on an aquarium filled with bright fishes. There were so many of them and they even had fishes he had never seen before. Garret's eyes however, were glued to a silly looking fish that wiggled its way past bigger fishes. Children and adults were gathered around the tank with nets and whatever they caught would be theirs for the keeping. He was going to give it a shot! He was sure his other fishes would be thrilled to get a new friend.

The boy stared on but was knocked out of his daze when his hat fell over his eyes. "Aah?" He spun around and fixed his hat. "Oh, Sasha, good evening." He gave his friend a smile. "It's not that warm," he stated though in reality he just liked his floppy hat. It made him feel better and whenever he was nervous he'd tug on the flaps or pull it over his eyes out of habit. "Sasha? Do you want a fish? There are a bunch of kinds inside." He lit up and began pointing at the giant aquarium. 

A nice woman who worked in the fish catching booth noticed the enthusiastic boy and gave both children a grin. "Wanna give it try, kids?"

Garret nodded. "Yes, can we have two nets please?" He asked with a smile and an excited gleam in his eyes.

"Of course, of course. A net for the young lad and lass." She gave them both a pat on the head then disappeared behind the booth for a split second. When she made her way towards both kids, she had two plastic bags and two nets. "Here you go. That'll be a dollar each." Garret reached into his bag and pulled out two dollars. It was his idea so he figured it would be polite to pay for the both of them.

"Thank you very much." The girl responded. "I hope you both have a good time."

"Thank you," Garret said before he made his way towards the aquarium and stared. A lot of fishes caught his eye but Garret went for a chubby looking angel fish and scooped it into his plastic bag. He gave beamed then stared at his new friend. "I think you'll like the others." Garret waited for Sasha to finish up then returned both nets to the woman in charge. "What are you going to name it?" He asked as he gave Sasha's plastic bag a soft tap. It was such a pretty fish.

As Garret and Sasha were about to leave the woman from behind the counter called out with a wave. "Have fun on the rest of your date!" The children, they were just too precious.

The boy heard her loud and clear and flushed, but he didn't say anything and just hoped that Sasha didn't hear. He wasn't stupid and he knew that boys would eventually like girls. He also knew that boys and girls weren't usually best friends, but he just felt really relaxed around Sasha. He didn't have to pretend to like sports and they shared similar interests. Plus, Garret enjoyed her company and she was probably his closest friend. He shrugged it off and looked around. "Sasha, where do you want to go to next?"

Before Garret could get a reply, he heard a familiar voice and noticed Devon. "Hello Devon," he greeted with a smile. He didn't know the boy very well but they had classes together and P.E though Garret was usually watching the bench instead of playing. Devon offered Sasha some ice cream before leaving and Garret gave him a wave. "Hmm, do you want ice cream?" The boy and his friend made their way towards the fried ice cream booth and upon arrival were greeted by several familiar faces.

"Hey Sasha! Hey Gary." It was Amity, she gave them a wide grin and an energetic wave.

"Oh, I didn't notice you two. Are you guys here for the fireworks too?" Theo asked with a smile.

Kas nodded in their direction and waved. They didn't really know Garret or Sasha. The two were always so quiet.

"Oh Gary and Sasha are in my science class." Ami continued to say with a smile. 

"Nice to meet you guys!" Theo gave Gary a tap on the back then grinned at Sasha. "Well, we should probably get going, I mean we wanna finish all the games don't we?"

"Sure, sure, do you guys wanna come along?" Ami asked, "and by any chance have any of you seen Devon?" After that day in the arcade she only called him Devie when no one else was listening. She stuck to calling him Devon when others were around.

"We saw him not too long ago. Near the fish booth." Garret stated, his hands making their way to the flaps of his hat. He had never really spoken to any of the three but they seemed really nice.

"Oh! Thanks, I might go ahead and look for him." She was grinning again.

Kas shrugged. "You'll be missing out, Ami. Theo and I might go ahead."

"Sure, sure, I'll see you guys when I see you." The girl replied as both her friends waved and disappeared into the crowd. "Hey, Gary? Sasha? Do you guys want to see the fireworks with us later on?"

Garret turned to look at Sasha as if waiting for her to answer. He didn't want to be rude though, so he responded. "That sounds nice."

"Yeah? Well, we should all meet by the hill then! The view from there is defo gonna be awesome. I'll catch you guys later." Amity gave them both a wave before she began jogging towards the fish booth. Garret watched as she disappeared into the crowd and wondered if they had just made a new friend.