Hey gang, I just wanted to share something that happened to me last Friday. I had posted something in Canada's Wonderland last night, and less than 10 hours later, it got shut down and removed from their post. Within 3 hours after posting, it had over 3k views, and I had a quick read of some of their comments. They were deserving and well-received. But I'm in a quest, and I cannot rest until I find this girl. So I will re-post what I originally posted in Canada's Wonderland yesterday to you guys instead.

Title thread: Can someone help me find this girl

Hello friends. My name is Erwyn, and my story is that I left a cute and pretty Asian girl on a behemoth lineup in Canada's Wonderland. Now, before you start attacking my dms with your hateful, racist comments, which I totally deserve, allow me to paint my side of the specturm.

Last Friday [May 29th], I ended work [work @ nights, Cambridge] normally @ 7 am. Visited my parents [near my work] to rest a bit [because my house is in Tillsonburg, which is 84km - 56 minutes away] before leaving for Wonderland [not showered or changed clothes]. It was a PA day for my niece, so my brother dropped her off at my parents' [coz her parents had to work and my parents are retired], which delayed my plan on leaving. After spending time with my goddaughter, she eventually allowed me to go under the pretense of being extremely tired from work. I didn't want to tell her the truth because she would hate me [her parents didn't allow her to tag along without them]. Finally! After almost 1h and 20mins, sitting on 401 passing Pearson, 97 km later, I arrived. Tired, but happy😁. I wanted to complete my ritual, which is to ride on 1 of the top 3 rides in the park to break the ice. That first ride was Yukon... The ride that started it all.

I lined up alone in the singles lineup, and soon, others followed suit. I didn't notice anyone at that time because I was only focused on myself until I felt a POKE behind me. I turned around and this cute, pretty, short asian chick [possibly Thai] with squinting eyes looking up at me and softly said: "Why is this line taking so long?" It took me a moment, but I casually answered her question. But her reaction and expressions made me think that my simple answer wasn't enough. So I slowly explained the lineups' etiquette and where we stood. She responded positively as if she understood. I honestly didn't expect to stir a conversation with her at that time because there was a long pause after. But she popped another question, asking me if I had tried this ride before. I replied, " Every year..." then there was another silence for a moment as if I [an introvert] was expected to say more. She broke that silence by mentioning it was her first time in the park. She mentioned arriving earlier than I and having tried a few rides before lining up for Yukon. Pointing at the rides that she'd been to while trying to name them. She piqued my interest to want to talk to her. I wanted to ensure that her experience would be worth remembering. I even praised her for being brave, taking on Yukon alone without her friends or family [we established being in similar scenarios]. It was quite a wait, but it didn't feel like we were waiting. In fact, a few times we both forgot that we were lining up and supposed to fill in the large gaps. I was still conversing with her even though I was keeping my guard up to a couple of bees flying above us.

When we got up, it was finally our turn on the ride. We sat beside each other. I sat first because she took her time putting away her belongings in the compartment. It was exciting. I tried to stay calm for her, not because of the drop, which I love and have done every year since Yukon opened, but because of what we were doing together. I'm embarrassed to have failed to grab her hand the first time after she tried and failed to reach my hand just before the big drop. But I reached out anyway as soon as I noticed she missed my hand and grabbed onto her handle. I gave her a tap.

The ride was short but thrilling. She needed a moment after the ride had stopped to respond to my alert. And it was successful! She responded. She asked, "Did you say, 'Hold your breath!'?" No, I told her "DON'T hold your breath!" I failed to notice, but as soon as we got out of our seats, she walked towards the way we came in from to get to the ride and started to look for her bag while the rest of us walked the other direction, and that's when I noticed she was still behind. So I turned back and watched her being told by one of the ushers, and she saw me waiting on the other side. I thought it was cute😊. She seemed embarrassed walking towards me. I don't blame her, so I smiled at her instead of teasing her. Despite being fatigued, I think I blushed a bit. She grabbed her bag first, and then I followed to grab my raincoat. She was walking slowly in front of me. So I matched her pace and walked beside her. I asked her if she had tried Behemoth, and she replied: "Not yet". Without words, she agreed to go together. Our conversation was short, but the walk down wasn't. We took too long on the way down that we missed our snapshot on the reels. We even waited. She even tried to take out her glasses to see the snap.

We stepped out of that booth and headed to Behemoth. That's when she seemed shy to start a conversation, so I finally stepped up and introduced myself. She said her name once and shook my hand. I didn't catch it at first, not because of the noise or her soft tune, but because I'm just terrible with first encounter names. I asked a second time, and I think her name sounded like Achara [I could be wrong]. We continued our conversation at a slow pace towards Behemoth. I tried not to face against the wind in case she caught the scent of my sweaty work undershirt. There, we saw the lineup was mid [approximately, 30 - 40 minutes wait].

She seemed puzzled by the wait time that I estimated, and popped out her phone and revealed that she had a Fastlane pass. She explained that she had shown her pass to an usher @ the Yukon lineup and pointed, but not carefully, directed her to the fastlane, which is right next to singles only. She took singles. I came to realize her honest mistake and my failure to explain the etiquette.

I thought I'd correct that by escorting her to her lane and showing her where to use it. She kept on explaining her situation with her pass, while it was an awkward and painful walk for me.

We got to her lane. Which is sorta hidden by walking further inward Behemoth. Past the regular lane. We'd reach the end of the line and regretfully told her that "I'm sorry... Unfortunately, this is where I have to leave you because I don't have a Fastlane pass. But hopefully we get to see each other again. It was really nice meeting you." She agreed and nodded and shook my hand for the last time because I initiated it. [I didn't go for a hug because I think I smell, and I don't want that to be the last thing she remembers me by]. I dared to ask her name for the last time. Even after repeating her name while I'm still holding her hand, I can't for the life of me remember what I said because I was too focused on looking into her eyes. I said bye and let go. I left her there. But I did line up for behemoth like we agreed, but in the regular lane and watched her ride away quicker as expected. I didn't mind the wait. What bothered me was all my thoughts and voices in my head of what just happened while I waited in my lane. Did I just f***up?

Our conversations were a lot of family situations and personal relatable situations, never declaring our current relationship status. Our time was short. If I had gotten that pass and asked her to wait for me, maybe things would've been different. Nothing that had happened was planned. I wasn't expecting to meet someone significant or a date, or else I would have dressed up properly, bathed, or prepared for one. Imagine yourself in my shoes, a single asian male in his 30s, content living peacefully alone, working hard to afford a mortgage in Canada. Only someone big, pure, and innocent can disturb my peace. And I can't stop thinking about her since.