Can people make it work? Wouldn’t it be really hard? It would
be hard, but that didn’t deter Dallas. She just wasn’t sure what
Quinn actually wanted. She didn’t want to think that it was a
mistake to sleep together so soon. It didn’t feel like a mistake.
She didn’t just not want to think about it like that, she refused
to think like that.
“Hey?” Quinn was staring at Dallas. The rest of Danica’s
friends had joined them and they were moving away from
them.
“Sorry. Spaced out. I was too busy thinking about all the
treasures and what I need to find to beat you all.”
Quinn laughed. “No way. I’m unbeatable at this game.”
She touched the brim of the ball cap again. Her hair was in a
pony tail that was tucked through the back of the hat. “If I beat
you in at least one category, you have to wear this hat for the
rest of the morning.”
“Oh god. Billy’s hat? I hope he washed it before he made
you put it on.”
“I don’t think he did.”
“I guess I better hustle my ass then.”
“I guess you’d better. Although, not too much. I’d like to
get rid of the hat more than anything at the moment.”
“Okay. So. Best thing for five bucks, the oldest thing, and
the coolest thing. Still those three?”
“You bet.”
They moved towards the front gate. Danica and her friends
went first. Dallas paid her two dollars and got the stamp on her
hand. She startled when she looked at it and saw that it was
still the same three pink hearts all in a row.
“I can’t believe they’re still using the same stamp,” she