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Sea World. San Diego, CA.

“Wow..” Tina’s eyes danced around as they darted from one sight to another. She was having a hard time trying to absorb everything all at once. She held on tight to Bette’s limp hand as her girlfriend warily eyed their surroundings.

“Shit..” Bette cursed as they stood just past the entrance of the theme park and observed the throngs of people milling about. “Ow!” She cried out in pain as two kids zoomed in between her and Tina and stepped on her foot. Despite it being a weekday, it seemed like every kid in California was inside the park. “Don’t they have school?” Bette grumbled as she massaged her throbbing foot through her expensive DKNY sneakers. Tina merely shrugged in response, she was so in awe of her surroundings.. this being her first time inside Sea World.

“There’s always a million of kids in here, even during school days.” Jenny answered as she read the park map and began leading the way towards the nearest attraction.

“Yeah.” Max nodded his head in agreement. “Haven’t you been here before?” He asked Bette, the brunette shook her head in response as she continued to look around and wrinkle her nose in distaste. “I’m surprised.” Max followed up. “Is Sea World too low class for your high tastes, your royal AIRness?” He provoked with a sly smile.

“No..” Bette smiled tightly. “But you certainly are.” She muttered under her breath.

Tina cleared her throat and met Jenny’s eyes nervously. “Okay!” The best friends exclaimed at the same time, trying to break the tension that was beginning to brew between their two dates.

“Where to Jen?” Tina asked in a high pitched voice as she squeezed her girlfriend’s hand in order to stop the girl from killing Max with her eyes.

“To the Journey to Atlantis ride..” Jenny answered quickly as she pulled Max a little further away from Bette. She didn’t know what was up with her girlfriend, but he had been saying testy things to Bette even when they were in line to get tickets outside. If Max had been studying in Redwind, he would know that what he was doing was nothing short of suicide.