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- Authors: Hailey Dickert
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SOPHIA
Eighteen Years Old
“You know what you’re missing?” Sage asks, halting in place on the
pathway toward the springs. She grabs my shoulder, spinning me around to
unzip my backpack, and Charlie shrugs with an amused grin.
Question: how much bullshit are you willing to endure just to make
your friends happy?
Answer: the limit does not exist.
Sage rezips my bag and turns me back around, bringing two empty
hands over my head.
“What in the ever-loving hell are you doing?” I ask.
“Putting on your party girl hat.” She smiles sweetly. “You’ve clearly
forgotten it was in there.”
My shoulders sag as I blow out a heavy breath. “I’m sorry.” To avoid
ruining the night for everyone, I play along, bringing my hands above my
head and repositioning the invisible hat. “My party girl hat is now properly
in place.” So is the burning pit in my stomach.
“That’s our girl,” Sage says, throwing an arm over my shoulder. “I
didn’t siphon the good shit from my parents’ liquor cabinet all year, risking
eternal grounding, to not get shit-faced with my girls on the night of our
high school graduation.”
“Come on,” Charlie chimes in, adding her arm over Sage’s. My
shoulders are heavy, but I savor the familiar weight of my two best friends
holding me close. “Only a few more months till we’re at Crystal Bay
University, living it up as college freshmen.” She cocks a dark brow.
“That’s something to celebrate.”
Change rarely comes easily to me, but moving to CBU is one transition
I’m definitely ready for. Maybe I’ll finally find some distraction from the
swarming thoughts plaguing me at every turn of these familiar back roads.
We arrive at the crowded springs full of fellow high school graduates.
The sun dances behind the trees, and although it’s cooler than the sweltering
graduation earlier, it’s a typical late summer afternoon in Florida.
The sunshine state—aka the only place on Earth that’s hotter and wetter
than the devil’s asshole.
We find our way to the drinks table, and Sage adds half a bottle of
vodka. Charlie brought four wine coolers, and I set my pathetic contribution
of orange juice for mixers on the table. Tucked away in my backpack is a
flask of top shelf whiskey I “borrowed” from Dad… but I’m saving that for
myself.
It doesn’t seem to matter though. There’s enough alcohol here to last a
month. I’m not sure how a bunch of minors got full bottles of liquor, but
cheers, bitch.
I spot a handle of Jack Daniels on the table and pour myself a whiskey
and ginger ale as Sage and Charlie fill their tumblers with vodka and orange
juice.
The girls and I amble along the water’s edge, where people are laughing
and splashing in the golden sunlight. We set down our things near where the
entirety of last year’s Longwood High football team is playing beer pong.
My eyes drift around the springs, snagging on him.
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