I'm Coming Home

Chapter 7: The Bond Of Stars

(Jayden's POV)

The next morning we decided to go to the beach with our friends. The news report said that it would be around 102 degrees today. We decided not to sit all day at my house but to go outside ounce in a while.

May's Auntie Casy lived close by the beach. She decided to host a bond fire party and invited me.

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I decided to invite some of our other friends. My close friend Saffe and Danny.

"Summer is almost over . . . isn't it." Saffe, mentions.

I realized that it was ending soon. A month passed by so quickly. I'd be in high school and than in collage within a blink of an eye. I didn't want it to end so soon. I still had much more time. But summer is going to come along again.

"Yeah . . . what a waste." I said looking up at the blue tinted sky with fluffy clouds for me to look at.

I couldn't wait until the bond fire. But before that were having BBQ's behind Casy's house. The sandy yard and concrete surface was surrounded by smooth rocks that the kids would climb. They would jump into the ocean from the rocks and swim around. My friends and I found a small deep puddle and would kick our feet in there. We weren't as involved with the other kids. Mostly since they were below the age of 10.

May would say that her family tradition is by having bond fires and gather together and talk, sing, and dance together. Although her family is mixed, they seem very accepting. From her fathers side of course.

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When dawn hit and you can see the sunset. May and our friends went to see it before the bond fire starts. The way the color of purple, red, orange, and yellow collies to make a fade of each color. How the sky started to darken and the way the stars aline. The way the stars will shine in a white moonlight will show as the sun starts to fall and disappear.

"It's gonna get cold we should head to the fire." May said, sounding like she didn't want to leave.

"Just a little bit more May. We haven't even seen the best part." Saffe explained.

The best part? I thought. I wonder what that could be. We all look at Saffe wondering what might be the best part.

"Knowing that we have someone guide us through the starts . . ." Saffe finished with watery eyes and a sad smile.

Saffe's father joined the navy and he hasn't came back. They always told her that her father died, but he never went into war. It hit me hard hearing what she said about the stars guiding us. I didn't want a summer sadness but, I wanted something that I can remember and doesn't upset me.

"We should get back. It's already dark, we can share the best part with the rest of the family." I replied with a smile so warm I could feel my body heat up from it.

We walked back and all I had on my mind was about my dad. The distant memory of him saying he'll come home but hasn't. My mother told me he died but, she never explained how?

I stopped thinking and only enjoyed the moment and not the distant. We sit in a big circle around the small bond fire and sing, dance, and talk. It really was the best day I ever had. Knowing that people can be this happy with only just being by someone's side. I was happy . . . because I had May, Saffe, and Danny. The people I know and trust. Although some of us might not go to the same schools, we know that we will always be distant friends or close. Whatever it was I was happy that I met them all.

I scoffed off the moment happily and looked up back at the sky. Having that tingling feeling throughout my body was a nice feeling. Something that I never want to let go. A bond of stars creating a picture perfect image of what something can be. But I know at some point we'll all be apart for some time . . .

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AN:How was the chapter!? I hope it was good. I didn't know how to make the summer between the friends but, I decided that I'll add more people in the picture as I go. I don't know who else but, you will find out in the next chapter!!! W('0')W