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Nerthus

It’s official.

I’m going to die.

Right here and on the spot.

Just because my heart can’t take it anymore.

“Amber!” Danny’s voice tears me away from staring at the lights and decorations in awe as he and Arawn seem to have moved through the crowd.

“Sorry,” I mumble more to myself as he is too far away to hear it as I reach Danny, who is waving for me.

This afternoon and evening have been so much fun but also quite depressing.

Don’t get me wrong.

I’m certainly used to having fun, and Jenna and Gigi surely are the best friends a girl could ever desire. But this is just different.

I had spent some time on my own in the arcades as I was in my teens after I had come to New York.

But Coney Island?!

The afternoon at the arcade has already been much more fun than I had imagined, as it is different from being there alone.

Danny and I had raced each other on the race car simulators and threw a few baskets on the basketball machines.

We even won some tickets that we could exchange for fu