The Summer Fling (Poofless AU)

6 - Marshmallows

"People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy." - Anton Chekhov

Rob's POV

There was never a dull moment with Preston. Through out the whole trip on the way to the bondfire we kept talking about ourselves and the world. Apparently Preston is addicted to coffee, but hey aren't we all? He such a hype person, or at least thats what he calls himself. The first two minutes of the car ride was filled with background noise coming from the radio. But after those two minutes, oh God it was like Preston had lava spewing from his mouth.

His thoughts bounced around like fricking atoms! We started connecting our sentences together when we realized we pretty much like the same things. He liked video games, I liked video games. I like anime, he likes anime. I mean hot damn can this guy get any more awesome?

"One time, in high school, Me and my friend Vikk scared children during Halloween and almost got put in jail."

I looked over at Preston in amusement holy hell this guy is crazy, but I like it. The world needs more silly people like him.

"No way, dude you're a fucking lunatic!"

"Hold on, that's not even the best part! Each time we scared a kid they would drop their candy and run away. And everytime they dropped it we would pick it up and chase after them, and tell them it was a joke. But they would just run away!"

Preston started laughing hystericaly, follwed by my laughs mixing in with his.

"You were such a dick in highschool!"

"Hey, you call it being a dick. I call it being a cactus!"

"What does that even mean?"

"I don't know!"

Preston's laugher settled down a bit when he put the car in park. I didn't even notice we were here yet, to be honest I wasn't even paying attention to the ride, I was pushing all my attention into Preston's words.

I got out of the car and took in my surroundings. The once bright blue sky was now dark sea color. I turned my head and saw other cars parked near us or next to us. Hmm how far in the country are we? There's not a building in sight. Now that I think about it, in order to have a bondfire you're going to need alot of space. Probably because of all the people and the size of the bondfire itself.

I smelled the cozy chill air and absorbed all of its flaws. The country is really gorgeous, no it's beyond gorgeous. It's beautiful. I looked down and wiggled my toes, that were resting in a pair of black flip flops. Tiny rocks of gravel were poking at the soles of my flip flops. Well, it wouldn't be a party without something bothering your feet know would it?

"Come on Rob, I'll introduce you to a couple of mates."

I went over to Preston and walked side by side with him. Excitement filled my body as a huge bondfire started being lit.

Hot colors spun around dark planks of wood, as if they trying to become one with the wood. Loud pops and cracks were heard as brown bottles toasted other brown bottles, celebrating the birth of a bondfire.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to drink because I'm not much of a drinker. But if you want to feel free."

"Nah, I'm good. I don't care for the taste of alcohol, especially beer. Good lord it's like drinking piss in a bottle."

"I feel you."

A blonde with a rather lean and tall body structure ran towards Preston. He jumped on top of Preston, making them fall on the grass.

"Oi little Lachy, you have to take me on a date first before you jump my bones!"

"You jag, I haven't seen you in forever!"

"Lachlan you just Skyped me from Australia last week."

"Seven days is too long!"

Lachlan is a cool name, dang it i guess all the cool names were taken when my mom named me Robert huh? Preston and Lachlan got up and brushed the grass off of their clothes.

"Lachlan this is Rob, Rob this is Lachlan."

Lachlan went in for a hug, while I went in for a fist bump. Shit, I didn't think these things actually happened, I thought they only happened in movies, or in TV shows. I changed my position to a hug, while Lachlan changed his to a fist pump.

Joyous laugh tore through the air as we both gave up and just gave each other a hug.

"Nice to meet you Rob, is your real name just Rob?"

"Nope, it's Robert. But call me Rob, my parents call me Robert."

"Mkay."

Lachlan pulled Preston towards the refreshments table making Preston stumble a bit. Was that the guy Preston was talking about? No wasn't his name Vikk or something?

"I see you've meet the crazy Aussie."

I looked over at the new voice and saw a short guy with dark brown skin. He has a British accent, or at least he has a trace of it.

"Yep."

He stook out his hand for me to shake and guided me to a log bench, infront of the fire. We sat down on the bench and strechd our legs out in front of the fire.

"I'm Vikk by the way."

"I'm Rob, wait are you that guy that you and Preston almost got arrested on Halloween?"

"Yep, that's me. In the blood in flesh."

"Wow."

Vikk leaned over and grabbed two marshmallows from a plate next to him. I looked over on my side and see a pile of thin metel sticks. Vikk and I had the same Idea as we swapped materials and started roasting our marshmallows over the ever bruning fire.

"Where are you from Rob?"

"Canada, Montreal actually."

"Someone's a long way from home."

"Fuck yeah, where are you from?"

"The UK."

"And you're telling me, I'm a long way from home?"

Vikk chuckled and ate the marshmallow on his stick. He put a new one on it and started toasting that one.

I took the marshmallow off of my own metal stick and brought the marshmallow near my lips. Hold up, I don't even like marshmallows. But I don't want to be rude, so I'll just eat it regardless.

I placed the gooey white marshmallow in my mouth and slowly chewed on it. Marshmallows seem even more sweet when their roasted, how is that even possible? I bet Google has the answer.

My eyes looked around the open field, dotted with a people dancing and talking amongst another. I looked around some more, until I met Preston's eyes.

How long has he been looking at me? When he noticed that I caught his staring act he smiled at me. I returned his smile, causing small butterflies to float around in my stomach.

Prestons smile is truly dazzling.

A/N: Thank you guys for the 1K reads! :)

#Summer