"Brian, where are we going?" VJ asked. She was blindfolded and couldn't see where her and Brian were headed.

"I told you, it's a surprise," Brian said.

He drove towards a carnival that was taking place in Tampa. He and VJ decided to stay at Nick's house for a couple days, then head back to Orlando with him, Alisha, and Nicky. Nick, Alisha, and Nicky had already taken off for the carnival an hour earlier and the five of them were going to meet at the ferris wheel with Nick's parents and his brother and sisters, in a couple of hours. Then the two couples would go to a small community dance by the ocean.

As Brian's car neared the carnival, he turned up the radio and made sure all the windows were up so VJ wouldn't hear the carnival music. VJ was starting to get impatient, but she and Brian were trying to get their relationship back together, so she didn't complain.... much.

"It feels like we've been driving for hours, Brian," VJ said. "Aren't we there yet? Wherever 'there' is."

"Just a few more minutes," Brian muttered. He parked the car and turned to VJ. "Okay, you can take off the blindfold now."

VJ ripped it off and looked out the window. "A carnival! I haven't been to one in years!"

VJ jumped out of the car before Brian could take off his seatbelt. He laughed at her enthusiasm. VJ was practically jumping up and down with excitement by the time Brian reached the other side of the car.

"I thought you could use a day of fun with all that's been going on this week," said Brian.

"Thank you so much, sweetie," VJ smiled. She gave Brian a quick kiss on the lips, then grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the entrance.

They had a lot of fun. Except VJ couldn't get Brian on any ride that went up in the air, which was practically everyone of them. After a while, they went to play some games. Brian tested his strength and won VJ a huge teddy bear. To them it felt like the first time they got together, like they were getting to know each other again. Luckily, Brian and Nick were wearing hats and sunglasses so they wouldn't get recognized. As it started getting darker out, they had to remove the sunglasses and pray no one recognized them.

A couple hours later, VJ had three stuffed animals and Brian won a couple of goldfish. They could see Nick, VJ, and Nicky on the ferris wheel. Bob, Jane, BJ, Leslie, Angel, and Aaron were also riding the ferris wheel. VJ and Brian stood by a waited for them to come over.

"Hey, guys," Nick said, walking over. "What's up? Did you have fun?"

"Have you guys riden the ferris wheel yet?" Aaron asked.

"Yes, we did," VJ answered. "It was one of the few rides I could get Brian to go on with me."

"But did you not have fun anyway?" Brian pointed out.

"Yes, Brian, I had a lot of fun," VJ agreed.

"Nick won me this huge bunny rabbit, and Nicky got a stuffed dog," Alisha said, smiling. "It looks like you two got a lot of souvinirs."

"No kidding," Brian said. "I spent some money to get this stuff."

"Well, I think it's time to take the children home," Jane said.

"Aw, mom, can't we stay a little longer?" Leslie asked.

"Yeah, mom, pleeeeeease?" Angel begged.

"Sorry, but you have school tomorrow and you need to get to bed," Jane told them.

The big crowd headed towards the exit. After reaching the general area of where they parked their cars, Nick and Alisha handed Nicky over to Jane, so he could be put to bed and give them some time alone. After kissing Nicky goodnight, Nick, Alisha, and BJ hopped into Nick's car and took off to the community dance, with Brian and VJ following close behind in their car.

The five of them reached the dance and BJ hurried off to meet her friends. Nick and Alisha hit the dance floor, while Brian and VJ went to go find them a table. Soon, everyone was on the floor, dancing to a slow song. When Nick spotted his sister with some guy's arms around her, Alisha had to remind him that she was sixteen years old and would come to them if she needed help, but Nick kept a close eye on the guy.

Brian also saw the guy with BJ and VJ kept her arms around him tightly so he couldn't go over there and scare the guy 'cause she knew BJ would be so embarrassed. She kept his attention on her. VJ was fine until one song started playing....

Brian and VJ kissed for the longest time, letting all the pent up emotion flow through them. When they parted, they headed back to the dance with their arms holding each other close.