"Just Friends"

Chapter 1

I checked the mirror one last time. I wasen't completely sure about my outfit for the music festival. It was kinda... How should I say this... Edgy? I wore a black crop top with studded high waisted shorts and an old pair of combat boots. My nails and lips were a dark red color and I added some accesoires.

I didn't really care though. I mainly just wore this outfit to piss off my mom. It was my form of rebelling, my way of showing her that she doesn't own me and I will do what I want.

Just when I was about to put on my round sunglasses, I heard a fast knock on my bedroom door. I immediately recognised that knock. It could only mean one thing: April was here.

April and I had been best friends for years. She's completely out of her mind and is really loud. She's super good at making friends and having fun. I'm more the kind of quiet person. Not in a bad way i mean, I can have fun as well but whenever I meet new people it takes quite a while before I trust them. I guess the main reason for that is that I don't wanna get my heart broken and be left all alone, like when my dad left me and my family when I was 5. He is an alcoholic and almost never contacted us. I haven't talked to him in 6 years. April has always been a big support for me in those situations. We are really different but yet that's the thing that keeps us close.

Before I could tell her to come in, she had already thrown the door open and stormed into my room. She seemed to be in a really good mood, but then again, when wasen't she?

"Oh my God, girl what are you wearing? This is Coachella not some kind of Hard Rocking concert!!" I roll my eyes about her comment. "Ok, first of all: it's Hard Rock, NOT Hard Rocking. And second: Why can't I wear this. I love wearing edgy outfits and today seemed like the perfect opportunity." I told her. "Whatever. What I know is that Coachella's theme is Hippie, and you're not looking much like one." I chuckled. "Well, you certainly do so we can go as the Hippie and the weird rock chick." She rolled her eyes. "Ok fine, whatever you want. But I'm just warning you; you're gonna stand out." I grabbed my purse and walked towards the door. "I don't care. I like being original."

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We arrived at Coachella and met up with a group of friends. Especially April's friends. I wasn't close to any of them, exept for Kyle. He hugged me when he saw me and took a look at my outfit. He wiggled his eyebrows and chuckled. "That's a daring outfit, darling. But I love it!" he said.

I had known Kyle since we were 14 and ever since then we've been super close. Probably even closer than April and I. Kyle really understands me and I feel super comfertable around him. We have absolutely no secrets for eachother. When we were 15 he opened up to me about his sexuality. I was the first one to know that he liked guys and I helped him come out to his parents. They didn't take it well in the first place but eventually they accepted him for who he was.

April was chatting with some of her friends while Kyle and I sat down on the field, enjoying the sun and the music. "You hungry?" Kyle asked. "Yeah, kinda. Will you go get me something?" He groaned. "Fine, but if I do that you have to promise me to go on the ferris wheel with me later." Since I was afraid of heights - and he knew that- I didn't really like ferris wheels, but I didn't feel like waiting in line for a sandwich in the burning sun. "As long as you don't try to kiss me when we're on the top." I said jokingly. "Ah damn it! I was just planning on making my move!" he pretended to be mad and walked away to get my sandwich. I just chuckled and laid my head down in the grass. 

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My eyes searched through the crowd looking for April or Kyle. It was already dark outside and I had lost them in the busy crowd filled with sweaty people who wanted to watch the band that was playing on the stage. The're were 4 members in the band who were playing a song I didn't know. All I knew about it is that it was incredibly loud.

"April!! Kyle!!" I yelled, but no one replied. I wasn't suprised about it because I barely even heard it myself. I took my cellphone out of my pocket and tried to call them.

Oh shit, no service! I held it up in the sky so I could maybe get a connection. People around me started pushing me to get closer to the stage and my phone fell on the ground. Oh great, now that! "E-excuse me...euh.. can I... Can I please pass I gotta..euhh" I tried to squeeze myself between the people who smelled like beer and sweat but there is no way I could get past them. I couldn't see my phone anymore and thought I was absolutely lost. The situation really started to get on my nerves now.

This guy who was absolutely drunk tried to start dancing with me and blocked my path. "No, let go of me! I really need to find my phone!" I pulled myself out of his grip and landed on the ground.

When I looked up I saw another guy, who looked pretty sober, standing in front of me, offering me a hand to get up. "Is this what you were looking for?" In his other hand he held my cellphone. "Oh my God, my phone! Thank you so much!" He handed it to me and chuckled. 

He had short dark brown hair and hazel eyes with long eyelashes. Dimples formed in his cheeks when the corners of his mouth curled up. He had a tanned skin and a sharp jawline. His muscular body was  about a head taller than me. 

"I'm Hayden Rose. You honestly just saved me! Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" He shook his head. "Don't worry about it. And by the way, you seemed to be in a bit of a hurry so I'm just gonna let you. Oh, and my name is Dallas Hunter." he answered. We shook hands. "Nice to meet you." 

A new band entered the stage but I was too far away to recognise them. They started playing a tune that sounded familiar and soon I start to realise Imagine Dragons is on the stage playing Radioactive. This was one of the best songs of all time that I knew every word to. This is the kind of music I'm really fond of and April and Kyle absolutley hate. Dallas certainly seemed to enjoy the song when his body started moving on the beat. "I'm not really in that big of a hurry." was mainly my excuse to stay for this song. I started singing along and just completely got lost in the song. The fact that Dallas joined me in singing just made everything more exiting. We all have that one song where we just forget about all our worries and problems and you just feel so alive and all you can feel is happiness. That one song that just gives you such a rush of adrenalin. That one song you sing at the top of your lungs and don't care what everyone else thinks. For me that song is Radioactive. 

When the song ended I cheered so loud I probably made the people I was surounded by deaf. Dallas also seamed to find it an incredible performance. We started laughing uncontrollably about it. "I didn't know people at coachella could be so much fun! Most of them are just completely waisted by this time of the night." he told me. "Well, people do say I'm one of a kind." I reply laughing. "Yeah, your outfit pretty much said that already."  He gave me a delightful smile that showed he meant it as a compliment.  "So tell me, are you always such an edgy girl?" he asked. "Nah not really. I mainly wear this to piss off my mom. But I do have a pretty edgy taste in music." I told him. 

"You know, there actually is something you can do to make it up to me." he said out of nowhere. I frowned my eyebrows. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Well, you asked me earlier if there was anything you could do to make it up to me about your phone." His eyes met mine. "Oh, and what may that be?" He popped out a smile. "Go on the ferris wheel with me." I held my breath for a few seconds. Then I  blushed and cracked a smile. "Well, I'm kind of afraid of heights but since I'm pretending to be the tough edgy girl today, sure why not." I answered. Dallas chuckled and slightley shaked his head. "Don't worry, I'll protect you."