Elena's POV
The line for the rides was long, and Alex stood next to me, hands stuffed in his pockets, looking around like he was trying to figure out what to do with himself.
“So,” he said after a while, his tone casual. “When’s the last time you did something like this?”
I crossed my arms and looked ahead at the people waiting. “I don’t know. Maybe when I was a kid.”
He nodded like that made sense. “Same. My parents didn’t really do amusement parks.”
I turned to him, caught off guard by how real he sounded. “And now you’re here? Why?”
He shrugged, a small grin forming. “Thought it’d be fun. And maybe you’d like it.”
I didn’t know how to respond to that, so I didn’t. We just stood there quietly until it was finally our turn to get on the roller coaster.
The attendant checked the h
