Chapter 13: Boo Blasters on Boo Hill

After Tommy and Shelly got their parent’s okay for the King’s Mountain trip, they immediately made plans. One of the reasons they acted as fast as they did was that they were fearful that their parents (hers) would change their (her) mind. The other reason was they were just eager and curious to see how this amusement park adventure would be when they experienced it as a couple.

They picked a weekday, hoping the park would be somewhat less crowded. Tommy’s stepmom offered to drive and Shelly’s mom said she would be tagging along as well. “To keep Lisa company.” she said, but both Tommy and Shelly knew the real reason.

When the day arrived, it started with Tommy and his stepmom driving over to Shelly’s house to pick up both Shelly and Mrs Fields. They left with Shelly’s mother sitting in the front passenger seat alongside Lisa, Tommy’s stepmom. Tommy and Shelly were in the back seat and to be safe from any criticism, the two kids placed themselves at the far left and right hand seats respectively, leaving a large empty space between them.

From the very start, the young couple realized this so-called date was going to be very different from all their others. It wasn’t just a matter of a quick jog to the mall or school dance before the two were released and on their own. No, this time they felt like captives, stuck in the backseat of a car for two hours and under the constant surveillance of not just one parent but a pair of them. This of course cut down any sort of interaction between the two adolescents, verbal as well as otherwise. In fact, the only real conversation going on in the whole car was between the two mothers.

The two mothers caught up on their latest news and bantered away on just about everything else that mothers usually talk about. Then the two mothers’ conversation turned to news about Emily and Stacy and if either of them had heard anything about their European trip. It turned out they hadn’t. Neither one of them had any real knowledge of what was currently going on with their two daughters over in Europe. That’s when, the previously mute Tommy, found himself filling the mothers in.

“They’re still in London, but they’re taking the Chunnel to France tomorrow.”

“How do you know that?” Tommy’s stepmom asked, lifting her eyes to view her stepson in the rearview mirror.

“Emily and I have been texting back and forth and she’s been telling me what has been going on.”

“Oh, that’s nice.” Was the stepmother’s reply. Her lips curled into a pleased smile as she thought how wonderful it was that Emily and Tommy got along so well. This had been her biggest worry when Harold and she finally decided to tie the knot. The mother had feared that one or both of their offspring would resent the sudden joining of the two families and that resentment would cause a lot of friction between the two. But as it turned out, her concerns were completely unfounded. Not only did the two new siblings get along, but Emily seemed to have stepped up to be a sort of mentor for Tommy, and to the mother’s even greater surprise, Tommy seemed to welcome Emily in this role in his life. The corner of the mother’s lips twitched a little higher as she realized she couldn’t be more proud of them.

The pleased mother decided to find out what other information Tommy had of her daughter, so she asked. “Do you know what they did in London?”

“They went to see the London Tower. They also saw the changing of the guard and went to Piccadilly Circus. Emily also said they took a trip to see Buckingham Castle and they saw a play too.”

“Oh, how interesting. Do you know what play they saw, or what it was about?

“Ehh...” Tommy hesitated “ ... no, not really. She told me, but I forgot.”

That was a lie. Tommy knew not only the name of the play but what it was about as well. The second he had received Emily’s text telling him about the play, he had immediately looked it up on the internet. There he discovered, to his immense amusement, what the play’s subject matter revolved around, and he was quick to text Emily back. He teased her by asking if she picked up any pointers. Emily had replied right back good-naturedly: “You better be careful Bro, or I’ll give you some different kind of pointers when I get home.”

Fortunately, he was spared any more inquiries about the play when Shelly’s mom turned around to look back at her own daughter. “Shelly, have you heard from Stacy?”

Shelly answered with a curt, frustrated, “No, Mom!” She then followed it up with the comment. “But you know Stacy. She’s too lazy to tell me what’s going on.”

The mother replied with a short, “Mhm.” and then turned back around in her seat not bothering to contest her youngest daughter’s disparaging comment about her eldest.

The rest of the ride was fairly quiet, other than that back and forth banter coming from the two mothers in the front seats, The only interaction between the two offspring was when Shelly surreptitiously stretched out her hand over to Tommy and, when he saw it, Tommy reaching out and encasing Shelly’s fingers within his.

It was after a few more miles of the young couple’s self-imposed silence that Shelly suddenly withdrew her hand from Tommy’s grasp and reached into her purse. There she pulled her phone out and quickly texted something.

Soon Tommy heard the familiar ding coming from his phone. He saw it was a text message from Shelly and it read: “I say the second we get in the park, we ditch-em. Ok?”

Tommy grinned and texted back. “Sounds like a plan. What ride do you want to hit first?”

“The Beast. You do like rollercoasters, don’t you?”

“Yeah, of course.”

From that point on, the electronic dings chimed back and forth incessantly between the two, making the back seat sound almost like some sort of pinball machine. This caused the front passenger to look back, displaying some obvious consternation. She knew what the two teenagers were doing and why, and she wasn’t happy about it. She expressed her displeasure by looking over at her daughter and giving her an annoyed look, but Shelly, with her head still buried in her phone, continued to type away, pretending like she didn’t even notice.

After about two hours, the car and occupants finally reached King’s Mountain, and the four got the parking pass, parked the car, walked to the entrance, obtained their tickets, and passed through the turnstile. The second all of them got through Shelly announced, “Tommy and I are going to head over to the roller coasters. We’ll meet up with you guys later.”

“Oh no you don’t.” Shelly’s mother immediately argued back. “You two are staying with us.”

“Why?” Shelly protested. “We’re out in public, Mom. What can we do?”

“I don’t care. You’re to stick with us. --- You hear me!”

Shelly let out a frustrated groan and then grumbled back, “This whole thing is starting to suck.”

“Shelly!” The mother quickly reprimanded her daughter, shocked at what word she heard coming out of her daughter’s mouth. “If you don’t like it, we could just go back right now, young lady!”

Shelly hesitated as she wondered if her mom was bluffing, but before she could make up her mind, she felt Tommy’s hand take hers and he whispered in her ear, “It’s okay.”

So Shelly caved. “Okay! ... We’ll stick with you. After all, what choice do we have?”

She then turned her back on her mom and, pulling at Tommy’s hand, did a quick march to the heart of the park, saying at the same time, “Come on Tommy, let’s go do The Beast”

“Slow down, you two!” The overbearing mother shouted out behind them.

“Errr.” Shelly said under her breath, but she did lessen her pace.

So, that’s how their amusement park outing started. The four first walked over to ‘The Beast’, where they stood in line, but when it was time to get on the ride, that’s where the four parted ways. Shelly and Tommy got on the ride, whereas the two mothers walked over to a sitting area used for patrons with weak stomachs. And that’s where the mothers stayed as they sat, talked, and waited for their more adventurous ones to complete the ride.

By the time the young couple got off the ride and joined back up with the mothers. Shelly and Tommy had already decided to go over to the Diamondback next so they took off in that direction. And once again they heard Shelly’s mom shout out after them. “Slow down, you two!”

Shelly turned around, with Tommy’s hand still in hers, and complained once again. “Why? You two are not even going on the roller coaster anyway.”

Shelly’s Mom just looked at her and replied with an unrelenting, “Because I said so. --- That’s why!”

“It’s ok.” Tommy whispered over to Shelly. He didn’t want Shelly to get into any more trouble with her mom than she already was, especially when it had anything to do with him.

But, they both realized, it wasn’t okay. This whole amusement park outing, just like Shelly had said, started to suck, and the day was turning out to be an uncomfortable and disappointing chore.

On all their other dates the young couple always had the comfortable knowledge that they were just two nameless kids in a vast crowd and where they were able to bask in each other’s company almost anonymously. Here, they felt like they were under constant surveillance. That the two parents were hovering over them and watching their every move, which, in fact, they were. That meant there was no embracing, no hugging, no small pecks on the cheek, and especially no mouth-to-mouth. They couldn’t even have a conversation with one another without the fear that one or both of the mothers might overhear them. Especially when the young couple had many secrets that they needed to make sure their parents never learned about.

The only outward sign of affection they showed one another was that they held each other’s hands, but even that didn’t feel right. Instead of feeling like they were holding hands with their lover, it felt more like they were holding hands with some distant cousin. A cousin that they hardly knew or even cared for that much. The only time they were able to break out from their doldrums was during those brief interludes when they got separated from the two grownups, either going on roller coaster rides or other two-person rides. And, as we all know, how short duration amusement park rides are.

So, from the young teens’ perspective, this whole outing felt creepy and weird, and, as Shelly stated before, couldn’t have ‘sucked’ more. This King’s Mountain outing was a huge disappointment in both Tommy and Shelly’s eyes. Tommy felt he had failed Shelly because this trip was all his idea and Shelly felt she had let Tommy down because it was her mom that was being the pain in the ass.

Things didn’t change until they decided to go on a ride called “Boo Blaster on Boo Hill”. The ride’s theme was taken from the Scooby Doo show. The patrons would get in a two-person cart and blast ghouls and monsters with their Boo blasters. At that time the carts were shaped like half shells which covered the patrons’ back and sides. Shelly and Tommy got in one cart and the two mothers got in the cart behind them.

As the ride started, Tommy had taken up his ‘boo blaster’ out of its ‘boo holster’ and was starting to blast away at the ghouls when, all of a sudden, he felt a hand shaking his right shoulder. He glanced over to his right over to Shelly. Shelly was holding her ‘boo blaster’ with her right hand and shaking his shoulder with her left and she wasn’t blasting any of the ghouls. She had a large smile on her face and, when she had gotten his attention, she said in a hushed voice, “Tommy!” Shelly’s smile got bigger. “We’re alone.”

Tommy looked about him and noted that she was right, all they could see was the back of the carriage in front of them, and to the sides were just the animatronic ghouls that they were supposed to be blasting.

He looked back to Shelly to see if she was implying what he thought she was. He was given his answer when he felt a hand grip his knee, and a scoot of her ass toward his. All the while, she continued to stare directly into his face. And, just like a dam breaking, all their pent-up emotions, that had been held in check, were suddenly released.

Tommy found himself dropping his ‘boo blaster’ to the floor, and he quickly turned and reached for her. They both leaned in toward the other with their upper bodies in and their lips were pressed together.

Shelly dropped her own ‘boo blaster’ and used that now free hand to pull his head over to hers. Quickly they locked lips and wasted no time with any warmup. Their two mouths were furiously fighting the anatomy gods trying to fuse all their mouth parts together.

Their hands then started to get in the act. Her hand had moved immediately up his crotch and sought out the bulge that was quickly forming. Tommy, in turn, had reached across with his left hand and was kneading at her breast, trying to stimulate her nipple through her shirt and bra. They both let out a moan as they felt each other’s endeavors started to connect. As the ride progressed, they continued to go at it. Tongues were wrestling and moans were increasing, when all of a sudden there was a bright light invaded their private space. Instantly they looked up and, to their immense disappointment, found themselves outside nearing the debarkation point. The ride had ended.

They quickly broke their bodies apart and looked around a bit embarrassingly trying to determine if anyone had noticed what they were up to. At the same time, Tommy started to fidget, trying to rearrange his engorged member’s position that was encased in the tight confines of his shorts and do it before he was forced to stand up and get out of the cart. This didn’t go unnoticed by Shelly. She had a tight grin trying to hide her glee at Tommy’s typical adolescent male’s predicament.

They did manage to get off the ride, Tommy making some last minute adjustments, and then waited for the two mothers to catch up. Once the two mothers were within earshot, Shelly swiveled her body toward Tommy and proclaimed in a loud, clear voice, “Let’s go again. I bet I could beat you this next time.” Referring to the number of ghouls they had blasted away.

Tommy, having picked up on Shelly’s ploy, immediately answered back with feigned disgust, “No way!”

He then added to it with some typical male disdain. “Look at your score! You were awful. You couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn!”

“That’s only because you kept on poking my arm, and anyway your score wasn’t much better!” Shelly countered back, keeping up their cover story.

“That’s because you kept on grabbing at my gun.”

When Shelly heard his quick rebuttal, she couldn’t help but snicker and had to physically restrain herself from laughing out loud.

At first, Tommy wondered what he had said that was so funny, but then he finally got it. This caused him to grin and a slight blush appeared on his face. He tried to continue past this faux pas and continued on with their cover story. “ ... And you still couldn’t beat me!”

This caused a second, louder guffaw from Shelly that she tried desperately to suppress, but she couldn’t hide her amused grin that was plastered all over her face.

Tommy closed his eyes and groaned as he realized he just blurted out two double entendres in a row, which only elicited another small giggle from his girlfriend.

Having successfully laid out their cover story, Shelly put back on her serious face, turned toward the two mothers, and announced. “Tommy and I are going on the ride again, okay?”