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“How did you find out about this place?”
“Larry suggested it. He said a lot of people from the city don’t know about it, so we should enjoy ourselves without the crowds.”
I followed her to the small shed they’d set up as a ticket booth. The woman in the booth produced two wristbands for us to wear and then directed us to the safety instructor. The safety instructor explained the rules of the course and the safety measures we needed to take to ensure no one got hurt.
Averie and I chose cars that were next to each other at the start line.
“I want you to know that this ass kicking you are about to get is not personal,” Averie leaned over from her car and said.
“The last time someone beat me in a go-cart was, never. No tears when you lose.”
“Whatever, Valentine.”
The guy standing between us counted down from three then waived his flag as the signal turned green. I slammed my foot on the gas and watched Averie’s car speed off ahead of me. I looked around realizing I hadn’t moved. The signal guy quickly moved to the back of my car and did something then told me to try it again. This time my car leaped forward. I looked ahead to see where Averie had gone. She’d already turned her second curve. It didn’t seem like I would have enough time to catch her before our three laps were over. I put the pedal to the metal and ended up right behind her. I would get close to passing her, but she would maneuver her car and cut me off. On the last and final lap, she made the mistake of taking the outside lane on a curve that allowed me the opportunity to get on the inside of the curve and drive past her. I beat her to the finish line by seconds.
“You cheated!” She yelled as soon as her car came to a stop next to mine.
“Cheat! How could I cheat when you had a full minute of driving before I even got started!”
“Cheaters always have excuses, but that’s cool. Let’s do it again with no excuses and see who wins!”
We raced two more times. She won one, and I won the other.
After the last race, I helped her from her car.
“Let me hear it, Patterson. Who is the better go-cart driver?” I cuffed my hand to my ear and leaned down towards her.
“Fine, you are Valentine.”
“That’s a good girl,” I said while pulling her in for a kiss before we walked to the car.
We went to another location and played miniature golf then we played a super competitive game of laser tag.
She obliterated me in laser tag, but I beat her at miniature golf. We shared a smoked turkey leg and a funnel cake on our ride back to the hotel.
“I had a good time with you, Vee.”
“You did?” She smiled. “I had fun with you too. Even though you cheat.”
“Whatever. You’re a sore loser, and I’m good at what I do.”
“You a’ight,” she smiled.
“I’ve never gone on a date where my date paid. Thank you. I had a great time.”
“So, you would let me do it again?”
“Yes, I would. Let’s make what I said earlier our agreement. If I plan, I pay. If you plan you pay.”
“Ok. What if it’s impromptu?”
“I pay.”
“Why?”
“Because I beat you to the answer. You should have said, ‘if it’s impromptu, I will pay’ but you asked a question, and I gave you an answer. You know the rules, Counsellor.”
“You’re right. You got me. What if one of us breaks the agreement?”
