"and all was silent, all they could hear was the beat of the metronome through the radio. It pounded with the thump of their heartbeats.
Budump. Budump. Budu-budu-budu-budump" Emma pounded her chest as she told her story, the light barely casting shadows on her face. As the heart beats echoed themselves into a hollow hum, she jumped up, sending embers into the faces of the group.
"Shit, that burns Emma!" Brad stood up and walked over to the tree that Jacklyn was leaning against. A trail of smoke flooded from his blunt, as he walked toward her. "Babe, it is a lot warmer by the fire, what's up with you just relax."
"I don't understand weed. Just look, she is still laughing and she didn't even scare anyone. Do you know what kind of things that does to your head?" She looked at him disgusted.
"Fine, whatever. You're such a buzzkill. I thought you wanted to make friends." He blew the smoke in her face, causing her to gag.
asshole "Hey Jack Ass why don't you come sit down!" Kelly shouted through the fog.
"It's Jacklyn," she replied as she made her way over to the closest log. She sat beside a guy who held a blunt out in front of her and tossed his arm over her shoulder, leaning in to study the blunt with her.
"If weed is a weed, then why don't we have more weed then dandelions? Or does it have to grow in pots?" He looked at her completely seriously, and laughed obnoxiously within a few inches from her face. He spat all over her, making her sick. He smelled like beer and brownies, and you could see the remnants of such stuck in his gums.
"Bitch take some already!" Kelly passed her a beer, that she slowly began to sip at. Brad came over and rubbed her shoulders as she drank.
"There you go babe just have some fun!" The group started cheering her on, as she lifted back her head and chugged it. Emma threw more wood onto the fire, then grabbed Kelly's hands and started dancing. Before she knew it, Jacklyn was on her feet, and spinning, and spinning and spinning.