"There they are!"
I turn, hearing a shout in the distance, to see someone running towards me out of the dusk,
"Oh, hey Jaimie..." I say as she stutters to a halt, panting. Tilly is following her,
"you guys, we were getting worried, Tilly said you hadn't gone back to the caravan, and that Leslie was really mad at you and then when the teachers were calling everyone to go to the dance you guys weren't there!" Jaimie says breathlessly,
"All right...calm down...we're okay..." I laugh,
"So, are you coming to the dance?"
"Do I have to?" I groan,
"Yes, you both do" she grins, pulling my arm. I swing my legs over to the other side of the wall and jump down.
"well guess I'm going like this then" I say, looking down at my baggy black jogging bottoms, then at everyone else's skirts and shorts and jeans...
"Yup" Jaimie says taking my arm, I reach out my other hand to Laura. Jaimie and Tilly march us over to the main building, into the dinner hall that's been transformed into a dance floor, with all the tables missing, and the chairs pushed up to the edge of the room.
The floor is an ever changing mass of bodies, jumping along to the beat of the music, with circles of dancers forming as if from nowhere, and dispersing in the same way. Faces are only just distinguishable in the multicoloured gloom, bright lights flash from the walls, music blares from the speakers. One of our teachers is meant to be dj-ing, but from the crowd gathered around the laptop, it looks like the students are doing the job for him.
I'm not much of a rave person...or whatever this is...but Laura and Jaimie and Tilly pull me into one of the circles and start dancing along to the song that's playing...not one I recognise, but I enjoy it...
The song switches midway through, to a chorus of "awh, noooo put it back on" but quickly people adjust to the new song. It amuses me how much this happens...
When "Shake It Out" comes on, I grin widely at Laura...remembering the time we sang it...back at Leslie's...
She dances across the circle towards me and pulls me into the centre, I back away with a shy "no" but she won't let me back out, so we end up singing along at the top of our voices, not really dancing, but entertaining the crowd of people around us all the same,
About halfway through I notice Rohan's presence...and when I say notice...I mean...become slightly overwhelmed by...
He was appearing everywhere I looked...every time I formed part of a circle, he'd be opposite me...every time I was dancing in a smaller group with Laura and some other close friends, he'd be there...every time I went to get a drink, or sit down, he'd be right there, doing the same...
I ignore him, I mean...he should know better? Right?
Towards the end of the night, a teacher announces its time for a slow dance. Jaimie pushes me and Laura together, and I wrap my arms around her, blushing,
"No, no...boys and girls, boys and girls...you go dance with...Rohan...and Laura go dance with your boyfriend Zack..." the teacher says pulling us apart and pushing me into Rohan's arms,
"But they're--" Jaimie begins, but the teacher cuts her off by pushing her into Mo's arms,
I look over at Laura, who's standing there alone, surrounded by couples, a look of panic on my face,
They start the song, "Make you feel my love" by adele...
I look up at Rohan, then back over at Laura, then over at Jaimie, who gives me a sheepish smile,
Everyone around seems to be swaying nervously, although one well established couple is already snogging,
Leslie catches my eye, also partner less, skulking through the crowd,
My heart starts racing, I try and escape Rohan's arms, but he has a surprisingly tight grip on me...
I look back up at him. He looks like he's crying...almost, he looks so sad.
The teacher has gone back to Laura,
"You have to dance, look, Zack is free, go dance with him...c'mon Laura everyone else is"
I watch as she crosses the room, very slowly, pausing every now and then to look at me.
Suddenly the song changes, to "Love Love Love"...by Of Monsters and Men...
And I'm slipping out of Rohan's arms,
#Well maybe I'm a crook
for stealing your heart away
and maybe I'm a crook
for not caring for it.
Yes, maybe I'm a bad, bad, bad, bad person,
Well baby I know.#
I seem to float towards her. She turns to look at me...the whole room does...
When I reach her arms, I slip into them...
Somehow we're swaying along...not by force of habit...but because the song has made us sway...
#And these fingertips
will never run through your skin
and those bright blue eyes
can only meet mine
across a room, filled with people
that are less important than you.
All cause you, love, love, love
when you know I can't love.
You love, love, love
when you know I can't love.
You love, love, love,
when you know I can't love you.#
The room has stopped swaying now...I think Jaimie shouts "kiss her!" but I can barely hear the voices...only the song, and the thrum in my heart...
#So i think it's best
we both forget
before we dwell on it.#
the song pauses breifly, and my lips meet hers...the room falls silent...
We continue to kiss as it returns, the music surrounds me like a wall, blocking out all the other sounds...blocking out all cares...
#The way you held me so tight
all through the night,
'till it was near morning.
All cause you, love, love, love
when you know I can't love.
You love, love, love
when you know I can't love.
You love, love, love,
when you know I can't love you
All cause you, love, love, love
when you know I can't love.
You love, love, love
when you know I can't love.
You love, love, love,
when you know I can't love you#
...
A crowd of people, running through a starlit field...
Her hand clasped tightly in mine...
Breaking off, into the night, down a darkened lane...
Guided by the moon, down to the sea...
Waves crash round our feet, sand sticks between our toes,
Hearts alight with a song,
It hangs lightly on the air, the tangible taste of love,
Flashes of moonlight on white flesh,
Hands, hearts, lips,
A flush of excitement, in the warm, still night,
Fingers on skin, tingling touch...
Dewy sweat washed of by salt waves,
A patter of soft rain, misty and thin,
Soft feet on stone, shoes, clothes in hand,
The sky glitters and cracks, the air is moist and heavy,
Electric, each touch sizzles,
Pressed against the rocky wall,
Wide eyed, as lightning strikes the surface of the sea,
Growing beneath it, a spread root of white light,
A roar in the air, a crash of waves,
Standing, watching the world at war,
Wet, naked bodies entwined in the downpour,
Drawing energy from the shaking stones,
Trembling at the centre, ready to wake it,
The heady thrust, bending to take it...
silver trumpets, the mellow tinny call ringing out through throats,
a flash, crashing on the waves,
The world exploding around them,
A long drawn out kiss, tongues fire against the cold lash of rain...
Then splashing, running, flying, soaring, through the empty lanes,
Waving and shouting nonsenses,
Laughing at the joy of being free...
Dancing through the air,
Over a style, under a bush, another kiss,
another push,
Invisible in the rain, wet bodies,
Streaking through the campsite,
hurtling through doors, kicked hastily shut
Onto the bathroom floor,
Quiet laughter ringing from our hearts...
Rain pounding on the tin roof,
The showers loud rush,
Picking up where left off...
To a third climax...
Wet bodies, warm against each other,
Then dried off, and curled together on the bed,
Just enough space, pressed together tightly,
In the warm, loud, comfortable darkness...
Breathing in time, falling asleep.
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Hey sorry for the long wait.
Hope you enjoyed it, I thought I'd try something new with the more poetic style towards the end to show the way the characters were seeing the world,
I DO NOT OWN THE SONGS, THEY ARE COPYRIGHT OF THE ARTISTS/RECORD COMPANIES ETC...
If you haven't heard of Of Monsters and Men yet, go check them out. I think their full album is coming out on August 27 on iTunes in the uk but the amazing ep "little talks" is already out... :3
I may be in for a pretty busy few weeks, but I'll try and write whenever I can. In the meantime remember, comment, vote and fan! (oh also thanks for all the new fans ive been gaining recently)
Thanks for sticking with me this far :3 those of you who've been there since I began, and those who've only just started reading...