Vacation Bonfire

Chapter 1

"Yap. Uh huh. No, No, No, yeah, it says I'm about 30 minutes out. Yes I did remember to bring it Lacy. Mhm, but now you have me second guessing myself. No, Its okay Im sure I got it... I think. AHAHAH OKAY! See you soon, buh-bye."
The mountains glide by my car as How Soon Is Now plays as I hang up the phone. I feel surreal like I'm in a movie. But now after Lacy asking "Did you remember it?" my weekend backpack sitting in the passenger seat taunts me. Like of course I don't remember if I remembered. I can remember to make sure to remember to bring it but did I? It's a luck of the draw honestly. Now looking through a backpack while driving around mountains is not ideal, but now I have to KNOW if I remembered it. It's literally making me sick to my stomach. One hand on the wheel eyes shifting from road to bag.
Road: All clear, beautiful crisp fall evening, barely anyone around but a few semi's. But a good turn coming up after this straight away.
Bag: Black backpack, the old tried and true. Had this baby since Highschool because why buy a new one. I grab the zipper.
Road: Eyes on the road, but unzipping the bag. Zzzzzip. Never thought about how unzipping and zipping make the same sound, Anyways. My hand wiggles around in the bag. I feel.. something. Yes, something. Not clothes, I pull it out. Then both hands on the wheel to make the bend around the mountain.
Bag: Just a peak. Okay, I was right I pulled out my Switch.
Road: Made it around the bend fine and dandy. I throw all my clothes out with efficiency. As I fondle inside my bag a bit more I finally feel the small box I packed for Lacy. Of course, at the bottom. She of course would die without her rock bracelet that she left at my apartment 3 years ago. I remember her story with the thing:
"So I went to a Bonfire Rave with Mike and it was the most craziest thing I ever been to. To be fair we did a bit of shrooms before walking in but it was insane! They insisted we don't wear shoes to ground ourselves while we danced and I will never forget that night, the grass was magically soft. Anyways we all did a dance and after some woman came up to me and gave me this bracelet thats like made out of harden mushrooms into beads? I don't know but I think it's good luck."
All I said in response is West Virginia sounds just your speed, kind of a assholey thing to say but I was jealous of all the fun she was having and more than a few drinks in at that time. I would've forgotten this existed if she didn't insist every time we mentioned seeing each other, the thing. She said it's good luck, but we were also all pretty drunk that night as she likes to party. Whatever as long as I'm not a piece of shit for forgetting the one thing she asked of me, in return for staying with her for the weekend.
Time flies by after high school and college. I mean we've talked about me coming out after she moved all the way out here to West Virginia but time got away from us, mostly me. I envy her, it seems she has it all figured out, shes always been ahead of me. She knows what she wants and goes after it no hesitations; hence the sudden switch to West Virginia. Also because of her spontaneity she does all the crazy things and no one can tie her down, which is good and bad for me. Anytime she brings up another guy I get a bit jealous but I know he would not be able to keep up with her, no one can.