The Boy Across Enemy Lines

Bonfire Blowout.

Bonfire! Bonfire! Bonfire! I love bonfires. Whether it is extremely cold out or just the right temperature. I love bonfires. Cece and Aurora were at my house getting reading. I was curly my hair. I had on Jeans with a white t-shirt under a tan cardigan and tan ankle boots. I had on natural make-up. After finishing curling my hair I looked in the mirror and smiled.

“Ali, Aurora ya’ll ready?” Cece asked coming to the door.

“Yup!” We said in unison. We walked out of the house before hopping in my car and driving to the beach. Carter was throwing what he called a bonfire blowout. He threw one every year. It’s gradually gotten bigger as he’s gotten more popular but it’s always been a large party.

“So Ali, how are you and Dante?” Cece asked looking over at me from the passenger seat.

“Yea, I saw that kiss on He Said. She said yesterday.” Aurora said from the back.

“Wait what? They kissed? What?” Cece freaked out.

“It was a dare! Gosh, calm down. We didn’t think anything of it. It was a simple dare. We knew it was coming.” I said shrugging.

“It looked like more than nothing.” Aurora said suggestively.

“Ok, I have to watch this episode. I missed it.” Cece said frowning.

“It’s nothing special, we did the chubby bunny challenge, answered some sex questions, and took a shot.” I said simply.

“A shot of what?” Cece asked looking at me.

“Looked like Vodka.” Aurora said.

“It was vodka.” I replied.

“I knew it.” She said.

“Anything else?” Cece asked.

“Dante and Ali admitted they’d have sex with each other.” Aurora answered.

“And I kinda gave him a lap dance.” I said quietly.

“What?!” Cece yelled.

“Oh hey look, we’re here.” I said smiling, pulling into a really good parking spot. I got out of the car and walked into the party. There was a huge fire in the center of the beach with a bunch of chairs surrounding it. There were tables with drinks and food and a table devoted to s’mores. I smiled as we walked closer to everyone.

“Hey guy!” Spence said coming up to us beaming.

“Hey Spence.” We all said in unison.

“How are you guys?” He asked giving each of us a hug.

“Good.” I said smiling.

“Fine.” Cece said simply.

“Great!” Aurora said happily.

“I saw that episode, Ali. It was great. You and Dante are really good co hosts.” Spence said smiling.

“So has everyone seen this episode, but me?” Cece asked looking at all of us.

“Yes.” We said before laughing.

“Screw all of you. I’m getting a drink. Who wants to come?” Cece said looking at us.

“Me!” Spence and Aurora said in a childish voice.

“Ali?” Cece asked looking at me.

“Nah. I’m good. Someone has to be the responsible one.” I replied smiling at her.

“Whatever floats your boat hun. We’ll see you in a bit.” She said smiling. I nodded before going to one of the empty seats around the camp fire. I sat for a while just looking at the fire. It was so pretty. The heat tickled my body and made me wrap my cardigan around my body even tighter. The music was a bit farther down the beach so I didn’t really hear it. Just the slight hum of it.