Wet Needles

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12 minutes in:

"I AM STARVINGGGG," yells Harper. "I am so craving Whataburger right now."

"Oh that sounds soooooo good," replies Kai from the passenger seat.

"If it is what you want, then it is what you shall receive," says Ian, driving.

We all hop off the truck when we get to the nearest Whataburger. I hadn't realized how hungry I was until now. Food can really change a woman.

Finn bumps into me as I'm hardcore staring at the menu, mouth open, fantasizing about my delicious bacon cheeseburger.
"Oh sorry Aviva," he whispers.
"Oh don't worry about it Finn," I say with a smile.
He blushes a little and begins to rub the back of his neck.

"Are you okay?" I say. I had never seen him do something so...cute?

"Haha yeah I'm fine, just trying to decide what to eat."

I shrug, hopefully he's blushing from an allergic reaction and not me.

We all order our food and sit down at a table, unwrapping our burgers and opening chicken tender boxes.

"Hey V, did you bring the...you know what??" says Kai with a smirk and a hand covering one side of his mouth.

"Say weed Kai. Weed." I respond.

"NOT SO LOUD," he cries.

We all laugh. You see, the great thing about having friends since elementary school is the fact that you can all grow with one another and experience new things. One thing we did back during sophomore year was smoke all together from a crappy $20 broken pen and a brass knuckles cart at a run down gas station in Ian's truck. And now, it's something we do on special occasions.

"Another teen kidnapping has occurred in Maple View earlier this week. We advise all families to be aware and call if any suspicious activity is seen," rings the TV.

"That's...that's..." Finn stutters.
"That's where the lake house is," finishes Nova.

"Guys don't worry, nothing bad ever happens at the lake house. We know this already," says Ian.

I mean, we've gone every year, and no one has ever died, broken a bone, or been kidnapped.

"We should still be on the safe side and only go out during the day, it's too dark outside," says Kai. "However, it wouldn't be if Ian just installed some lights outside or something."

"Why don't YOU install lights or something then if you're complaining about it huh? HUH?" replies Ian. Pointing at Kai with his cheeseburger.

They play fight with their food like kids until we're ALL pretend fighting with one another.

We finish our meal and head back to the truck. We jam to old songs and crappily sing along. Nothing gets better than this. I love it.