Almost wedding time! This is Ben's suit but his is way brighter green and blues. Next chapter or the one after that is the wedding so yay! K, I realize how much I say this, but 4.7k+ views is blowing my freaking mind. THANK YOU!!! I really appreciate all of the ideas for nicknames, what to write, etc. Thanks and I hope you enjoy this next chapter.

Almost to Six Flags
Zoe's Car (Black SUV)
8:00 AM
Sunday
June 21st

Erica's POV:
We were almost there. All of us had worn sporty bikinis and had short shorts on. We'd rode in Zoe's car because it was way bigger. Not gonna lie, already missed Ben. 

Is this my life now? Missing him whenever I'm not with him? Welp, that sucks. But does it? It means I really care, so I guess it's good? 

I thought about Ben for another 15 minutes until Zoe laughed. 

"God, Erica I don't think I've ever seen you so distracted. I asked what you wanted to do, but you just stared into space and smiled. What are you- oh, you were thinking about Ben!" I blushed. 

"... No, I was thinking about my dog, well our dog, Maverick. I-uh, really miss him." 

No way she's buying that. I mentally face-palmed. 

"Uh huh, and you were dreamily blushing because of your dog?  I see. Erica, I'm not blind or stupid. It's okay to think about Ben. He is your fiance. It's not like we're gonna mock you or something. It's great that you found someone that loves you back and makes you happy." I shrugged. 

"I know, but this is still a pretty new thing for me. I'm trying but it's really hard." She frowned. 

"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I understand it's hard for you , but what I meant. I meant that we are here for you and you don't have to push yourself this much. But what I noticed is that you've become way more trusting and kind to people. Ben has helped you a ton and he clearly loves you. He is marrying you on FRIDAY! You don't always have to be the tough one. We all care about you and have your back." 

A few tears rolled down my cheeks. 

"Thanks Zoe. I'm just worried that he won't like me anymore or that I'm not good enough for him." She laughed. I was confused. 

"Why is that funny?" 

"Because, you're Erica Hale. Ben has loved you since he saw you. It's not a matter of whether you two think you're good enough for each other. Because you aren't." My jaw dropped. 

Really? Are we not good for each other? 

We stopped at a red light. She looked at me. 

"You two aren't just good enough for each other. You're perfect for each other. You calm him down when he's about to break and he helped you be more trusting and social. Stop worrying and just be together and happy." 

Ohhh... that makes sense. I wiped my eyes. 

"Thanks Zoe, you're right." 

"I am. And we're here." 

We all went in and showed them our tickets. 

"Where to first?" We looked at the maps for a while. 

"How about the basketball court?" I think it was Ashley said. 

"Sure. Didn't know you played too." 

"Being Ben's older sibling meant Griff, Ben, and I always hung out and played sports. Even though he wasn't very good. The three of us used to be inseparable. But Spy School ruined that. Until he was recruited. I wasn't sure he would be because he was always the sweet weak one, but the mole problem made them give him a chance. And he did pretty damn well, if I do say so myself." 

"Wowww! Really?" 

Jessica looked intrigued. Not gonna lie, even though I knew she liked Jawa, I felt a twang of jealousy. 

Why is she so, intrigued and curious? He's MINE! Wow, okay chill dude, that's a bit, no, way extra. Calm yourself down. She likes Jawa and Ben wouldn't leave you for her. They're just friends. And you're engaged to him. 

Zoe laughed and I could tell she knew what I was thinking. Ashley also noticed and smiled at me knowingly. I blushed. 

"So, uh... basketball court it is? Great! Let's go!" I said. They laughed and we all started laughing. I noticed Kiley and Ava were really quiet. 

"You girls okay?" Kiley yawned and Ava said, "Yeah, we're fine. Just tired because we don't usually get up this early on the weekend." I nodded. 

We started a game of 3-on-3. It was Ashley, Kiley, and Jessica versus Zoe, Ava, and me. We started and Ava passed to Zoe. Zoe missed the layup, but Ashley went to grab the rebound. Zoe got it and passed to me. Ashley was back and my teammates weren't open. "Shoot!" Ava yelled. I pump faked so hard Ashley jumped up but I had dribbled back and shot a perfect three.  Zoe came over and high fived me. It went back and forth like this for a few hours. We were all spies and in great shape so we had a blast non-stop for a long time. It was literally 10:45 when we took a break. Our phones were all blowing up because the guys went to the arcade and sent us cool stuff they made in Minecraft. It was sweet but we had 451 texts and snaps. We sent a group selfie of us all by the hoop with the ball still in the net from a shot just before the picture, rolling our eyes. 

'We go to a huge amusement park and you play video games that you all have at home. Lol, only you guys. We played basketball for 2 ish hours. Glad to see you're being active.' 

We walked towards the main area where the food was because we wanted to be able to eat when we wanted to. There was this cool ride right by all the restaurants. It was called Shipwreck Falls and it was a water ride where you sit in these log shaped boat-things. You get pulled up on a conveyor belt type thing but you ride way high up for a sec, and then you plumett down into a big pool of water that splashes up and soaks you. I know it sounds pretty simple, but it's really fun. We may or may not have ridden it over like 30 times. We decided we were soaked and cold at around 11:30 so we got out and paid 5 bucks to go in this big portable room that blows hot air onto you and dries you off. We didn't even look like we had been all wet. We talked for a little while and decided we were gonna get lunch. 

"Should we invite the guys to come eat with us?" Jessica asked. 

"Sounds good. Honestly, I miss those dingbats, especially Ben." I said without thinking. I slapped my hand over my mouth and we all started laughing. 

"Why not?" Kiley asked. 

"Sure." Ava finished. 

I texted Ben and wrote, 'Wanna grab some lunch with all of us?' He read it and said he had to ask them. So I waited, and waited, and waited, and guess what! I waited some more! Isn't that exciting. It had been like 10 minutes and he still hadn't answered. I decided to snap him instead. 

'Hello? Lunch?' He snapped a group selfie. 

'Yup. Food court area good?' 

We took a selfie of us tapping our wrists with the court in the background to show we were there and waiting. 

'Yeah, hurry up.' 

A few minutes later they got to us and started to get their food. I saw Ben look around for me but not see me. I decided to sit down next to him without him noticing to scare him. He sat down by Mike, Zoe, and his brothers. I quietly sat down and tapped his shoulder. He jumped. I started laughing. 

"God, Erica when are you gonna stop doing that?" I laughed again. 

"When it stops scaring you dingus!" He laughed and shook his head. 

"I call you sweet names and you just call me names. How does that work?" I laughed again. 

"Because I could destroy you if you called me names." 

"Now wait just one minute. I could take you! I did at my party when you kidnapped me to take me there! And I almost won, even with Mike and Zoe helping you!" I couldn't help but smile. 

"You could. But you wouldn't. Just like I wouldn't. I love you too much and wouldn't want to hurt you." He instantly stopped. 

"Touché." We both laughed. 

He stretched and put his arm around mine. I smiled and looked up. He leaned down and kissed me before I knew what was happening. It was like the 15th time, but it was still amazing. They always were. He slowly pulled away and set his forehead against mine. We spent like 5 minutes just staring into each other's eyes. 

"Love you." 

"Love you more." I whispered. 

"You have to win at everything, don't you." He said in a joking tone. 

We both looked up to find everyone staring at us. Welp. That's just great. 

"Yes? Is there a problem?" Mike laughed quietly. 

"No, it's just cute how you two get lost with each other that you have no idea what's going on around you." We both blushed, like a lot. We all laughed. 

I mean, he's not wrong. 

I glanced at the other table and realized Jawa had his arm around Jessica. 

So I was right! 

We finished lunch around 1:00 ish and were deciding what to do next. The park didn't close until 10 that day. 

"We can split up into our previous groups again, we can go with a few people, or we can go as one big group." Mike suggested. We argued for a while until Ben spoke up. 

"How about we go with the 2 groups until 5:00. We then go as one group for 2 hours, and then we go with a few people from 7:00-10:00?" 

We went back to our groups and did all kinds of random stuff. I honestly don't remember what we did but I know it was awesome. We all went to the water park because that was the big area that we hadn't been to yet. We were walking that way when we saw the guys screaming and charging towards the water park. They stopped at a locker and set their stuff in. We were all dying because I had caught much of this stampede on my phone. No one but Ben noticed us and he slapped himself in the face when he saw us. He didn't stop or try to stop us. He knew it was too late. I laughed even harder. We got changed pretty quickly and went to put our stuff in the locker next to them. 

"Where are you dingbats headed?" I said from behind them. 

"Gee, did you hear something guys?" 

Mike said, "I heard someone calling some dingbats, but that's not us, so they must not have been talking to us." 

They were pretending not to hear me because I called them dingbats. 

"So petty." I griped "Fine. Where are you guys headed?" 

Ben smiled and turned around. His jaw dropped, but I wasn't sure why. 

What is he- oh my god! He's looking at my suit! Doofus! 

I laughed a little; we both blushed a little. 

"Oh, hey Erica! We are gonna ride the big water slides, go to the surfing simulator thingy, and go to the wave pool. You can join us though." 

I really wanted to, but I couldn't disregard the other girls' feelings and opinions. 

"Maybe later but we're going to the lazy river to relax and talk first. We might join you later though. You have you phones in case we need to contact you?" We all checked for our phones and Apple watches. The guys nodded at him. 

"We're good. You?" The girls nodded at me. 

"Looks like we're all set then. Don't get hurt, kidnapped, killed, or arrested please." He laughed. 

"Erica, babe, we'll be fine. And I could say the same for you. We're spies, we should be okay." I ruffled his messy hair. 

"Okay. Have fun. Meet at the wave simulators at 5:00?" 

"Yup. Sounds good." Mike said. They all ran for the slides. 

"Where to first?" I asked. 

"Lazy river?" Kiley suggested. 

We all agreed that sounded nice and headed that way. We went around the big one like 15 times. I checked the time. 4:00. We had an hour until we'd go to the surfing things with the guys. We went around like 7 more times until it was around 4:10. We headed to the wave pool as our final stop before surfing. We jumped around in the waves, swam, and played games. We were at the deepest part when I caught a glimpse of the boys playing some kind of game. 

Eh. Don't worry about them. 

We swam through the waves and played that dumb game Ben, Ashley, and Nefarious had played on the beach when Ben was undercover in Spyder. I think they called it sneak attack. It was simple really, all you did was try to catch someone off guard and pull them under. It was surprisingly fun, given it was usually played by 9-year-olds. We took instagram pictures and talked for a while to dry off a little bit. We got slushies and just relaxed. I was so happy thinking about how my life had turned out so far. I had a bunch of friends, a great job, a dog, and and amazing almost-husband. And soon, our next mission would start. 

It was 4:49 and we decided to head to the surfing sims early. We got there and saw the guys already there and tearing it up. We put on some of their loanable wetsuits over our swimsuits in case we fell. We go there just in time to see Ben do a flip and land on the freaking board. He spun and jumped way high up, did a double twist, a backflip, and landed perfectly. 

That was really hot! And awesome! We cheered him on. 

"You guys wanna try? We'll pair up so we can help you if we need to." He asked. 

We nodded and paired up with our bfs/gfs or siblings. We all got one to share and there were even 2 extras for anyone else. 

Ben showed me what to do and I did it perfectly. But when I actually got out on the "waves," I almost fell numerous times. I didn't actually fall at all because Ben always caught me and helped me by giving me tips after each mistake. I was usually the best at everything, so I was getting annoyed. I was afraid it was just like skiing. But eventually I started to get it. No flashy tricks, but I could do some easy and cool ones. Ben was cheering me on the entire time and I could tell he was proud. Which made me really happy and made me try harder. 

"Good job baby! Try a grab!" It was perfect and he kept shouting tricks to see if I could do them. 

I got most of them, but I was tired and wanted a little break. I came down and high fived him. He hugged me tightly and picked me up off the ground. He spun around and smiled widely. 

"You did fantastic! And you improved so much! You crushed it!" I smiled and blushed. I was thankful for his help, and proud by how much better I got. 

"Thanks!" He gave me a piggyback ride back to the front so I could try again. I set my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. I was scared that he'd drop me. He didn't but he pretended like I was about to fall to mess with me. He received a bruise on his arm in return. He carefully set me down. 

Around 6:15 ish, we decided to go ride a few water slides. The last 2+ hours would be just me and Ben. We rode the roller coasters and I grabbed and squeezed my hand the entire time. I was really scared, but I managed to hide it pretty well. 

"You okay?" I slowly nodded. 

"I just get a little scared the first time on each roller coaster." I said slowly. 

"Oh, that makes sense. Because you don't know what's gonna happen?" I nodded again. I couldn't wait to get off. He side-hugged me for the rest of the ride. 

"It's okay babe, I'm here for you." 

I smiled and placed my head onto his shoulder. When we got off, I jumped on him and asked him to take me over to the arcade and carnival games. He happily obliged, but was careful not to drop or hurt me. There was only an hour and 40 minutes left until they closed, but that was a good amount compared to other dates of ours.

We played a bunch of games and Ben won me 3 giant stuffed animals. He'd won me a big stuffed tiger, cheetah, and black panther. I carried one as I watched him struggle with the other 2. I was really happy. 

We got some Dippin' Dots and sat on a bench looking out at the lake. The light from the rides reflected and shone on the smooth, calm water. We just sat in peaceful silence as we sat millimeters apart. We went back to the locker and collected our stuff. We said goodbye to the others and walked towards the front. 

Slight problem, there was no space because of the animals. I texted my parents and asked them to come pick us up because we rode with our other friends here but had no space with her 3 huge animals. They were soon on their way. We waited at the front gate and just talked about all the cool stuff we did that day. We talked about everything and what I noticed again, was that Ben always listened when I talked. 

He didn't pretend, or just flat out ignore me. He actively listened and commented about what I said. When they got there we tossed the animals in the back and sat in the middle row of their big SUV. 

We were right next to each other and I remember leaning on each other and Ben drifting off to sleep. I started to pass out as well, but first I saw my parents looking either in the mirror or back at us with glee. I shook my head and laughed, before falling asleep next to the love of my life.

Wow! No school meant I wrote a few chapters of this, a few of my other story, and I actually slept enough. Dang, it's way easier to be productive at home than school. I bet none of you have heard me says this but, as usual, it's really late, I'm really tired, thank you for reading this, and goodnight y'all.