Hello! This is sort of nonfiction and unfortunately not very
exaggerated. =/
I think you can guess who is who. =P
-Evan
The Happiest Place on Earth
by Evan
Sai had a key chain which had Goofy's head on it, which
if anything made it a very simple matter to locate his car keys in the pile when he was in
a hurry. He also owned several pairs of one piece PJs, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Pan
and the Little Mermaid. They buttoned down the front and were very comfortable. Rowen was
not above borrowing them if he had forgotten to do his wash as long as he knew no one
would see him.
Sai owned most all of the Disney released films, including the non
animated sort which he usually watched alone unless Rowen decided to get high and his copy
of The Wall wasn't working.
These things by themselves were not anything more intensive than most
of the households on the planet earth which kept any self respecting children.
But Sai wanted to go to the source! They were in Florida after all.
Besides the mediocre surf and excellent sunshine what exactly was there left to do in the
converted swamp lands anyway? Even Rowen didn't have a smart answer for that one.
Sai knew his preoccupation with visiting Disney World annoyed Rowen to
a certain extent. Well, maybe more than just an extent. In fact Sai knew Rowen was
silently appalled.
He really didn't care. They were going.
Sai awoke the next morning in the house they were staying in on the
beach. The morning of their trip from the coast and into Florida's mousey interior was
bright and already hot. The wind was humid off the ocean. Sai had packed the car with rain
coats for the inevitable afternoon downpour, food for the two hour drive, ripped
Rowen's"I BREAK FOR REDNECKS" bumper sticker off the car so no one would attempt
to kill them and checked the air in the tyres.
Rowen was just stumbling out onto the porch fumbling to put on his
sunglasses. He was naked and a bit sandy.
"Jumping into the ocean does not count as a shower." Sai had
been saying that every day since they had arrived.
Rowen managed to nod and wave a vague acknowledgment before he stumbled
back into the house. He wasn't capable of speech yet, he had been up very late drinking
with some local dubious looking surfers. Most of whom, to Sai's dismay, were still passed
out in various states about the house and pool.
Sun glasses firmly in place, Rowen eventually emerged in his trainers,
denim shorts that had a back pocket missing (so anyone and their mum could see what brand
of under pants he wore), a paint splattered faded blue Ocean Pacific T-shirt that somehow
was still surviving since 1986, a cigarette behind one ear and a bottle of beer in his
hand.
He got into the passenger seat without a word, put the seat back as far
as it could go and settled his bottle between his legs.
"Comfortable?" Sai really wanted to get going.
Rowen rolled his head towards him considering the question. Without
a word he leaned forward and pushed a CD that was sitting in the player, in with a click.
Moody Blues.
Sai assumed the glaring keyboards of the Doors were too much for any
hangover to handle just yet.
He adjusted his mouse ears and started the car.
The drive was nice, and after Rowen finished his beer he fell to sleep
which Sai knew was profound enough that he could off the "Knights in White
Satin" and listen to someone whom hadn't ODed during Woodstock.
Swamp gave way to the endless rows of T-Shirt and tourist shops and
then the cartoonish purple and red Disney signs that directed you to the parks. Then over
the horizon, Sai saw it.
"Rowen!" Sai smacked Rowen hard in the head, knocking his sun
glasses askew. "Look!"
Rowen struggled to sit up, half asleep and alarmed. "Wha??"
Sai was pointing at the huge looming golf ball shape of Epcot Centre.
Rowen looked at it while blinking then shoved his sun specs back on.
"Which park should we go to first?" Sai thought he was sure
he wanted to go to the Magical Kingdom, but the sight of the famous Starship Earth had put
him in a quandry.
"I don't give a sh*te." They were the first words Rowen had
fully pronounced that day. He settled back into the car seat with his arms crossed over
his chest and was already back to sleep.
"Magic Kingdom it is!" Sai happily turned the car down the
correct exit and paid the car park attendant.
Sai sat on the hood of the car staring forlornly up at the castle
spires that peeked up over the monorail and trees over the sea of mini vans and coaches.
What Sai thought had been a cigarette was actually a joint, which Rowen
insisted on smoking before he could take one step into the happiest place on earth. The
car park attendant and Rowen were sitting in the car passing it back and forth, and from
the sound of it, Rowen was finally in the mood for the Doors.
The sound of the car doors opening brought Sai to his feet and straight
to the boot to grab his back pack and supplies for a day of Disney fun. He picked up the
bag and was astonished at its weight. He looked inside.
The food and rain ponchos were gone. The sun screen and water were
missing. The bag was filled with bottles of beer.
Rowen was immediately apologetic but for very wrong reasons. "You
don't have to carry it!"
After a small but spirited discussion of how there was no way in heaven
that Rowen was going to carry a supply of beer into a Disney park as if they were camping
out at a concert, and after Rowen made Sai wait in agony just metres from the gates so he
could use the loo, ("Why did you let me drink beer on a car ride Sai?") Sai
thought he should be grateful Rowen had at least
listened to him about relieving himself behind a tour bus.
But finally, when it was practically noon, Sai finally after so many
years of yearning, entered the world of Disney. He paused at the threshold overcome by the
moment while Rowen studied the park map. He had already laid out a timely efficient route
in order to make the experience go by as quickly as possible.
But then, the unexpected happened.
Sai was suddenly hugged by two very short and cheerful chipmunks. Sai,
bemoaned the lost of the camera (replaced by beer) and hugged them back while they mock
giggled. Rowen was engrossed in the map and was unaware they were
headed in his direction.
"Oi Sai, what the f*ck is a Figment-"
Then it happened, the two unwary chipmunks closed in on Rowen on either
side and squeezed.
Sai apologised over and over to the startled munks for being so rudely
shoved away and for Rowen's language. Could you say things like in Disney World? Sai
looked about fearfully for some sort of pastel clad police but all he saw were mothers
ushering their children away from Rowen as quickly as possible.
"Can we eat now?" Rowen tried for the hundredth time to take
his shirt off because of the heat but Sai smacked at his hands.
"We can't?" Sai explained. "We spent all our money on
that bottle of water."
They had been walking about for hours and doing many interesting
things. Rowen for all his apprehension managed to sort of enjoy himself, even though his
flat and clinical explanation of how the ghostly holograms worked was sort of a let down.
"There is music coming out of that rock." Rowen informed Sai
with a lopsided smile and stifled a laugh.
Sai was glad Rowen kept his sun glasses on so it was not further
obvious he was stoned. But Rowen was correct. Music was coming out of very odd places.
This was not the wisest place to be under the influence of any drugs.
Rowen suddenly and very rudely accosted by a playful stream of water to
the face. "ACKthp!"
Rowen had wandered unwittingly into a field of water jets, leaping from
place to place. Another sly tube of water hit Rowen in the back of the head. Sai covered
his mouth as to not further exasperate Rowen's mood. But something else caught his eye.
Sai's breathe caught in his throat. "There it is!"
Rowen, spitting out water and language, paused at his tone. "Oh
NO. I am not going in there." He sounded quite serious.
Sai pleaded. "I do not want to go alone! We have to! It is
famous!"
Rowen followed him solemnly into another endless line. A line to
"It's a Small World."
Sai honestly had no idea that the song was going to repeat like it did
or he would have never of even attempted to encourage Rowen to come with him. That and the
simple fact that the Disney doll land the ride winded through was quite possibly the
trippest, most surreal, deeply disturbing, and massively odd thing he had ever witnessed.
He could not begin to fathom what Rowen was experiencing being in an altered state.
"Jesus f*ck me." Was all he uttered from time to time, and he
sunk deeper and deeper into their boat car.
It was about then that the boat suddenly stopped.
Rowen sat upright in panic. "Why've we stopped???"
Sai noted that They had stopped, but the singing and the hundreds of
clicking automated dolls had not. A few minutes went by. Rowen whimpered beside him.
Another few minutes went by. He was silently grateful Rowen hadn't decided to drop acid
that day or any mushrooms. It was going on twenty-five minutes.
This was not good.
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smalllll worlddddd AFFFFterrrr alll, ITTSSS A SMALLL WORLD AFFTER ALL ITS A SMALLLLL
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Rowen stood up and before Sai could stop him, leapt from the boat car,
over the water and onto and into the actual Small World, well, world. It was very odd to
Rowen standing within the ride amongst the madness and oblivious dolls.
"You get back into this boat this instant!" Sai was very sure
you were not supposed to take a stroll through the ride. Rowen was headed for one of the
Exit signs.
"F*ck this!" He ducked under a white and fantastically
bizarre Ferris wheel all the while ignoring Sai and the broadcasted voice on some hidden
speaker demanding he remain seated.
Sai covered his eyes when two white uniformed men appeared and
attempted with great difficulty to escort Rowen away.
They were gone when Sai opened his eyes again. And with a sigh of
relief the ride jerked back into motion and thankfully ended. A polite sun tanned
Disney Boy told Sai that he could meet Rowen at the park gates where he had been shown
out.
The sun was setting when they finally found their car. Both of them had
forgotten the correct cartoon/science lingo combination which was supposed to be helpful
to lead your way in a car park the size of all of England put together.
"Did you have fun?" Rowen asked. He was still glowing at
being officially tossed out of a theme park. The oddest things put that boy in a good
mood.
Sai sighed.
"I got you something." Rowen pulled a small purple dragon out
of a bag. "Before they kicked me out."
Sai smiled.
"Yes, I had a nice time."
the end