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"Somewhere, like where?" she asked shyly, dropping her head so their eyes would not meet.

"You would see," he said, lifting her head gently. "But we have to make sure that the ride ends first," he said, looking around. He had thought that they were going to have a moment there, but seeing how things turned out, he could not wait to be out of there.

Finally, the ride was over, and he drove out of the amusement park to a hotel. "You brought me to a hotel?" she asked in shock as they drove into the underground parking lot. "Why?" she asked now that her tone was in a hushed whisper.

"I told you we should come somewhere, and you agreed," he said as he drove by the cars looking for a place to park.

"That was because I thought you said that we should go someplace nice," she muttered, looking around like they were sneaking around.

"Why are you looking around like we are committing a sin?" he asked, noticing how uncomfortable she got.

"It is not that..."

"Am I being clueless? Am I jumpin