My first roller coaster ride

My first ride on a roller coaster was a scary experience! I never had a thought of wanting to ride a roller coaster for different reasons. The reasons for that fear was the fear of heights and the thought of me falling off the ride or some type of malfunction causing the roller coaster to collapse. I would just watch other people get on the rides and listen to them scream their hearts out.
One summer night, my friend called me and told me that the fair was in town for the weekend. She thought it would be a great idea for us to meet up with some other friends and go to check it out. So we met up at the parking lot of the fair ground and walked in together. My friends never knew that I was afraid of heights, so I was hoping that we would just walk around and leave. We walked up to the booth to purchase some tickets and proceeded inside. So we walked around for about 10 minutes just browsing until we approached this one ride that caught my friends’ attention. We all looked at each other and screamed, “Let ride!” I hesitated and told them I rather sit this one out. My friends assured me that I had nothing to worry about and that nothing was going to happen. They continued to literally beg until I finally gave in. We waited in line until the ride stopped for the next group to get on. As I was standing in line, my heart was pounding and I began to sweat. As I stepped onto the ride and strapped myself in, I knew there was no turning back. As I felt the ride began to go back and forth, I quickly closed my eyes and took a deep breath. As the ride began to go higher and faster, I began to scream! All of a sudden I felt the ride stop. I then opened my eyes and saw that I was upside down and there was a very long drop. The ride began to go in complete circle until it stopped. After the ride stopped, I decided that I wanted to go for one more ride.
Looking back on that experience I now realize that I should give things a chance before I decide not to try them. I also