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He nodded as she mentioned the band. "Yeah, they weren't really my thing. Not heavy enough," he said, grinning at her. He laughed as she talked about the catastrophic dip-dye. "Yeah, it was the same week. It seemed like a good idea at the time, I'm sure," he remarked. He knew that weed itself was far from the worst thing out there, so he didn't have much of a problem with Bella smoking it. He did, however, know that it was a gateway drug, which was why he made a point of staying away. It was still hilarious when she did something stupid while stoned, though.

He just shook his head at Ellie's comment, sitting down beside Bella on the newly spread blanket. Even if there hadn't been anything other than friendship between them, it would have been the same. Bella still would have been up the front, screaming her lungs out for him. That much he knew. He just watched her starting the fire, glad that they'd started talking again. Despite all the shit that had happened as a result, despite all of the shit they'd been through, they'd come out better on the other side. And now they were here, and they were doing okay. Well, they were surviving. Jamie felt like okay was stretching it- but he had done some writing while he'd been feeling so low, so there was that.

He went to take a mouthful out of his beer, only to discover that it was empty. Alex laughed at him, before throwing another at him from beside Ellie. He caught it easily and grinned in response. "Thanks."

Ellie grinned at the memory of Nate at that particular concert- he'd been completely off his head. Had it been a smaller gig, Ellie probably would have gone after him to make sure he wasn't alone, but the gig was too good to leave. So she'd just stayed in the crowd, yelling her heart out. Jamie had actually been full on screaming, and he'd still been able to yell and laugh just like anything as they were leaving. That kid had some pair of lungs on him.

She resisted the temptation to raise an eyebrow as Nate started smoking. Alcohol and weed? He'd be fucked by the end of the night, then. Sky also took the joint, but she was clearly much more inexperienced. She just rolled her eyes and turned to helping Bella with the fire. "For fuck's sake, Bella, you're going to burn yourself," she remarked. "Put the paper in first, then light it," she advised.

"Hey, Ellie, catch!" Alex called. She caught the can easily. "Cheers, mate," she said. "Oh, come here," she said, pulling out her camera. She leaned in closer to Alex as she snapped a selfie, showing it to him on the display afterwards. "Come on, huddle up everyone, let's try and get a group selfie!" She said.

Alex nodded as Sky explained why her English was so good. "Ah, I see. Well, that makes sense," he remarked. He laughed at Ellie chastising Bella for her fire-making skills, before starting to throw out beers to everyone. His own was running low, so he was guessing that everyone else's was. As Ellie leaned in for the selfie, he smiled, despite the fact that he was tempted to pull a face. But as Ellie proposed a group selfie, he decided that the nice, pleasant smile was out the window.

Jamie was the first over to join the group, his newly opened beer in hand. Alex beckoned the others over, grinning. He loved them already, and he knew that they were going to be insane to hang around with.