Forever

1: The Picnic

"YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS ONE!" Leila screamed. Brody drove through the yellow light anyway. "Wooahh!" He screamed as he narrowly missed cars speeding from either direction. Caleb, Marie, and I sat in the back screaming our heads off and trying to hold the bong steady. "Brody, can I ask you something?" Caleb asked, leaning forward and looking at himself in the rearview window with red eyes. "Sure. But back up man, you smell." Caleb flew backwards but involuntarily. "BRODY SLOW DOWN!" Marie shrieked and rolled up the windows.

"Whatd'ya doin' Marie!? It's hot as Satan's balls out here!" He reached for the AC. "No!" Leila smacked his hand down, "We're hot boxing, idiot." Brody rolled his eyes and pressed harder down on the pedal. I rolled the blunt and lit it up. I took a hit and passed it to an already blazed Caleb. He took a long drag and then passed it to Marie. Brody drove faster and made a hard turn.

We all shifted and flew to the left, then lurched forward until the blunt fell out of Marie's hand, and smoke was all anyone could see. We were flying around, and we knew we weren't on the road anymore. We were all screaming and Brody looked terrified. "SHIT!" Brody screamed and we came to a screeching halt. We opened the windows and smoke rose out into the sky. We all sat there panting.

"Babe, are you okay?" Leila asked Brody as she put a hand on his face. He just stared out the window. "That was fucking awesome." He said quietly. We all looked at each other and breathed a collective sigh of relief. "Yo Caleb." Caleb's eyes shot open. "Yeah Bro?" Brody looked at him through the mirror. "You wanted to ask me something?" Caleb smiled. "Yeah man..how'd you get your license?"

We all started laughing because of the irony. I opened up the car door and got out. Marie and Leila did too. "Well that was scary as shit." I said to them as Marie sat with her head between her legs. "I think I'm gonna be sick." I looked to Leila, "Your boyfriend can't drive." I leaned against the hood of the car, "Yes he can.. he can drive." She said like she was trying to convince herself that. "Yeah, he can drive-" I said, "But not well." Marie finished for me. She got up and stood next to us.

"This is going to be the best summer ever." I said with a grin as we watched Caleb and Brody set up the blanket and picnic food. "Hell yeah!" Marie laughed and ran over to join them. "Perfect spot for a picnic..weird how we ended up over here." Leila mused. "I guess, but everything happens for a reason." I shrugged and grabbed her hand and pulled her over to where they were putting food on their plates.

"So what's one thing you want to do this summer?" Leila asked Brody. Brody squinted his eyes and shrugged. "Umm..not get arrested?" She laughed and looked at him, she truly loved him. "I want to try acid." Marie said quietly. Caleb's face lit up and he turned to her. "Really!? Me too!" He smiled and she nodded. It was obvious he liked her. "What about you Jackie?" Marie said and all heads turned to me. "My summer wish is that..we're never apart. I..want to spend every moment with you guys." Leila put her hand over her heart and cocked her head to one side, "Aw Jackie!" she tackled me and Marie hugged me too. "Best friends forever!" "Yeah!" Caleb yelled as he hugged us all. "Caleb.." Leila said and he backed away with his arms up. Leila is the definition of badass. That's how her and Brody met.

In the second grade. Brody was the only one who would eat a worm, then up walked Leila and Brody laughed. She scooped up a worm twice the size Brody ate and sucked it in spaghetti style. They haven't looked at another face since. Then there's Caleb. He's a carefree, pothead, he's got sandy blonde hair and blue eyes. He and Marie look like they could be brother and sister but he still would do anything for her. Marie is a real petite, skinny girl. She's naturally like that and Leila and I hate her for it. She's got curly blonde hair that stops just above her shoulders and pale, ice blue eyes.

"So Leila what about you?" Marie asked her, as Leila fed Brody his fruit. "Ya know..like Jackie said I just want to have a blast with you guys." "Without getting arrested." Brody added, pineapple juice dripping down his chin. Leila wiped him off with a napkin and Brody kissed her forehead. He started playing idly with her long dark reddish brown hair and she placed her hand on his knee.

"Now what?" Caleb asked after he had eaten three hotdogs. "Well..I guess we go home." Marie said, looking to everyone to see if anyone had any better ideas. "I..guess so. Where am I taking everyone?" Brody said, mainly to me. "Just drop us off at my house." I said and the girls agreed. My house was closest and we didn't want Brody taking us too far. "Alright let's go." Brody got up and pulled up Leila.

We cleaned up and got back into Brody's car. He drove noticeably slower which I think we were all thankful for. When we pulled up at my place, I turned to Caleb and hugged him goodbye. Marie did the same thing. "See you guys tomorrow night!" I called back, as Brody blared his horn and Caleb dived to shotgun. We went inside and having been partying due to the end of exams and being high as hell..we passed the fuck out.