Today was DEFINITELY a great adventure! (yes, i know that's corny)

Today was the field trip for the 8th graders of all three middle schools to go to Six Flags Great Adventure. May I just say that it was freakin AMAZING!
First off, the Ferris Wheel Conversation.
So, we ate at about one o'clock. But with me being a slow eater and Jim being the last one to get his food, everyone was done before the two of us. "Everyone" is Leo, Silver, Strawberry, Violet, Bally (according to Strawberry, this is her codename, which sounds pretty ridiculous to me), and Zack. So, they all went off to the ferris wheel without me and Jim. Gee, THANKS. Oh, and Zack was there too, but I didn't even notice for a minute or two. Turns out he's scared of ferris wheels. He went on Kingda Ka. Go figure.
After we were done, the three of us went to wait by the ferris wheel to greet our group, and Violet ca,e close to me and whispered into my ear as we walked into Skull Mountain.
"Leo likes you."
My heart leapt. I didn't believe her.
"No he doesn't."
"Yes he does! He told me!"
My heart did a pirouette. I didn't believe her.
"What exactly did he say?"
Violet told me how he responded to a bunch of questions she'd asked him about the two of us, but none of it was much of a surprise until the last question.
"...So then I asked him if he liked you, and he said yes."
My heart did a triple backflip. I didn't believe her. I told her so. But she protested so vehemently, insisting that it was the truth, that I don't think there's any way to not believe her.
Anyway, we went on this runaway mine train rollercoaster thing about ten times. No, I'm not exaggerating when I say ten times. I'm pretty sure I sat next to Leo every time. Before today, I was so terrified of rollercoasters, but I seemed to have gotten over my fear, seeing as I went on several today. Anyway, on the last time or second to last time we went, there was a big group of fellow 8th graders from our school standing below us (out carts were stopped, waiting to exit), and they were all shouting their hellos. One of them must have said something about me sitting next to Leo, because I heard him shout "Well we ARE going to the dance together!" and I heard exclamations from below. You see, I didn't mention it to many people, that me and Leo are going to the dance together. I guess I was just a little bit embarassed? But now, everyone will know.
Oh my, I feel weightless right now, even though I got back over an hour ago. Was it the rollercoasters? Or maybe first love? I never understood the term "butterflies in my stomach" until now.
It was altogether fun, though! It seemed like Leo went out of his way to stand next to me, which made me happy, and I have a picture on my camera of the two of us standing in front of the lake with his arm around me. Oh my God, am I talking about him too much? I feel like I am.
Bally absolutely refused to go on any rollercoasters. Even the smallest one we could find, which we called "Bally-approved" was too scary for her.
On the bus ride there and back, Leo and I sat next to each other (I promise you I only have one more thing to say involving him!), and to be honest, it was really boring. We didn't talk much; we only played on our iPod Touches. But when we were all boarding the buses to leave, there was a lull where all the buses were just sitting in the parking lot, because there were apparently some late students. Violet sat across from me and Leo, and kept prodding Leo "Do it! Do it!" I pretended not to notice, except occasionally when I made a joke of her constant asking so that they would laugh and break the awkwardness I was feeling. I thought she was telling him to tell me that he likes me, but then she said "Ask her out!!!" and he put his head against the back of the seat in front of us and groaned. Out of pity, and curiosity, I pretended to fall asleep against the window. That's right, everyone who was on that bus. I was pretending. I was hoping that Violt would continue prodding him and he, thinking I was asleep, would say something that he would never want me to hear if I was awake. Unfortunately, this didn't happen, and I pretended for most of the ride. I actually had a dream, even though I was awake enough to hear everything around me. It must have been the motion of the bus, but I felt like I was on an endless rollercoaster, infinitely going up and down. The landscape below me continued to create itself from smoke. Tongues of gray smoke created trees and people and carnival booths.I decided to let Mr. Farkas "wake me up" when he announced that we would be arriving back at school in 10-15 minutes. Turns out, it took another half hour. My mom wasn't very happy.
One last thing, for Silver.
Things to do on photo-taking coasters:
-twiddle your thumbs
-look into the distance dreamily
-assume the position of The Thinker and contemplate
-wade in a kiddie pool
-dress up as priests and take a shower (don't forget the curtain!)
-build a campfire and make s'mores
-play chess...
-...or checkers
-recreate the Big Bang