Rewind The Memories

Chapter 18

Evie and I walked arm and arm down the sandy beach to join the rest of the partiers. A guy about seventeen stood up and called out into the darkness,

"Hey, this is a private party!" I saw Evie roll her eyes,

"Travis, shut the hell up, it's Evie, and I’ve got a friend with me!" she shouted back, I smiled. We stopped in front of the guy, he tilted his head,

"Who's this chick?"

"This chick is Meghan. Meghan, Travis, Travis, Meghan, she's got your cigarettes, so be cool with her."

Travis looked me over once more, then gestured to the bonfire,

"Yeah, come on, we're still waiting for Mikey, Hanna, and Jace. Jace is the one with the ink."

Evie pulled me down the beach towards the fire, I noticed that there were already several other kids there. Most of them looked older than me, probably high school. Most of them were smoking or had bottles of beer in their hands. Evie pulled me onto the sand, and then dug around in the pocket of my jacket for the packet of cigarettes.

"Here Travis, catch!" she said tossing him the pack. Travis winked then pulled out a lighter.

"You're my favorite, Evie." he walked over to her and whispered something in her ear making her giggle. One of the girls across the fire glared at Evie, she looked really mad. The girls long red hair shone out against the fire, making it look much more fire truck red. She had a small lip piercing and two piercings on her cartilage. The girl stood up then walked over to me and sat down again,

"Hey, I hear your name is Meghan, I'm Danielle." the girl introduced, I smiled at her,

"Hey Danielle, your hair is really pretty. Sorry it's random, but I'm jealous." Danielle smiled,

"Thanks, it's all dyed though. High school makes you do some crazy things. Which is probably the reason why we’re all here?"

Danielle stared into the flames, she didn't say anything else. I looked around, seeing a guy and a girl further away from the fire, both drinking alcohol, they looked as if they were in their own separate world; together. I could hear the waves crashing up onto the shore; I could also here some more people walking down the beach.

"Mikey, Jace! I was wondering if you two were ever going to show up! Is Hanna with you two?" someone called out to the three figures walking towards us.

"Of course I'm here you idiot!" a girl's voice rang out over the boys, I assumed it was Hanna. Hanna, and two other boys walked into the light, I assumed one of the boys was Mikey, and then the one with the bottle of ink and needle was Jace. Hanna sat down on the other side of me,

"You're new here, never see you around."

"This is Meghan, Evie brought her." Danielle answered, wrapping an arm around my shoulder, she leaned in close and whispered, "Watch out for Hanna, she's not really all there. If you know what I mean."

I looked at Danielle, she nodded, I knew it was a strange party I was getting myself into. I started to chew on my lower lip, nerves racing. Maybe I shouldn't be here, it was a high school party, I glanced around for Evie; but she was gone. Realizing I was all alone, I felt Danielle's arm tighten around my shoulder, I leaned into her.

"Stop worrying about Evie," she whispered, "Evie's around here with Travis, somewhere. Those two are quite... close. Then there's Mikey and Hanna, Tom and Christy, and Jace and Maggie. All of them are close, closer than you'd think."

"How come you're not with someone?" I asked in almost the same whisper, Danielle shrugged,

"Don't know, I'm more focused on other things. Life at home is enough to keep anyone on their toes."