So this has been in my head all week. My family and I went to the beach and this popped into my head. I have not been able to get rid of this since. Tell me what you think! Seriously, review and message me, let me know what you honestly think of this concept. I will be updating this every Saturday and My Other Half on Mondays after or before RAW. Enjoy everyone!
It was a simple house off the beach. Right where the land and ocean met is where they all also met. It all started when each of the received a mysterious letter telling them when and where to meet without mentioning any of the others. The sender said that there would come a time when they all would need each other's support. Not just that but they were to meet at this beach house every year for a month or longer, depending on the year. Five years later, the group was meeting for a month with a variety of excuses given to family, friends, and employers. Some said injuries that put them on the shelf, one a cupcake conference, and one simply to get away for a while just like every year. They were always asked where but to tell where was against the rules, no one would know that they knew each other. No one was to know where they were, or talk of work, and was not allowed to enter the house after midnight on the first night. They had until then to make excuses before they were cut off from the world. To arrive after midnight meant being locked out that year.
She pulled her candy apple red Ferrari into the garage in the same parking space she always did. Next to her car was a familiar Mustang that was blue with white strips and she smiled. Seeing each other only once a year she had grown to relish her time with them, more than she would anyone else. Opening the door, she got out of her car before shutting it behind her she reached into her backseat grabbing her suitcase. The woman took a moment to look around the garage seeing a Range Rover next to the mustang and she knew just around that would be a neon green jeep. She wasn't the last one there but glancing at the clock on her phone she saw that it was 11:30. Biting her lip the woman couldn't believe not just how close she cut it but also how close their last friend was cutting it.
Just as she thought that they would be one short for the first time, the purr of a motorcycle could be heard. It was almost must to her ears knowing who it was without looking. The bike pulled into the last sport next to her and she let herself take in the dark blue of it. The rider got off of the bike and took the helmet off for a moment.
"Cutting it close?" She asked as she took in the newly grown scruff on his neck and how they made the ice blue eyes even more sinister. She knew he was doing the same, taking in her long black hair that she had put some blue streaks into that brought out her green eyes.
"I could say the same to you." He replied pulling his bag off of the back of the back of his bike. She smiled brightly at him as they stepped together to the back door. "Ready Amy?" He asked opening the door.
"Just as I am every year, Randy." Amy replied before stepping through the door and into the kitchen. She took in the others standing in the kitchen with a variety of food and drinks around them. They were all so engrossed in the conversation that they didn't hear their last two friends enter. "How do you like that," Amy said speaking up with a smile when they all turned to her, "Fun has arrived and no one evens looks up."
Amy took in the others as they hugged her and the men shook Randy's hand. John Cena was first to hug her tight, next was the enigma that was Jeff Hardy, and finally was Maggie with her bright smile as the girls hugged tightly. If someone was to see all 5 members together they would have sworn that they were lifelong friends. Truth is told they all cared for one and other like they were lifelong friends for the time that they were together. It was hard to that in the grand scheme of them they only knew each other a total of a year.
"Alright, let's get this started." John said with his signature smile while rubbing his hands together. They all nodded in agreement and he led the way to the back deck. The house had a simple set of five bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms, a kitchen, dining room and a back deck that was extended to the ocean. The deck was held up by a wood network based in the water. The deck had chairs all around it, mostly centered around a fire pit. There was a wooden bench that Amy often favored. With a little skip she went to the bench while bringing Maggie with her, the girls laughed a little while the men shook their heads. Even while shaking their heads the men were happy to be back together. John and Randy were friends even when not at the annual gathering but something felt freeing about being there. Each one took their seats and helped get a fire going as they would every year since the very first one. They would build a fire and then talk about the past year.
"Amy," Jeff spoke up and she looked at him taking in his natural dark roots that were overtaken by the bleached part of his hair as well as the colors. "You're turn to start this year." Each year someone different started and this year it was her turn.
"Well, this year I released a new book. My relationship with David ended." Amy took a moment to let it sink in. Over the years the group had heard a lot about David and how crazy the couple was about each other.
"What happened?" Maggie was the one to ask the question that the others were thinking. Maggie wasn't one for avoiding the questions and she waited for the answer as she loosely braided her brown hair.
"Catching a guy in bed with your brother usually ends things." Amy said bluntly and couldn't hide her small smile as Randy spit his beer while Jeff and Johns jaws dropped at her candidness. She knew that they weren't homophobic but let them get their shock out.
"Are you serious, Ames?" Randy asked once he righted himself and wiped his chin of beer.
"I am absolutely serious. I came home one night and there they were. Followed the moans right to them. I can't even be mad with my brother happy and embarrassed the way he was." Amy smiled and let out a chuckle that soon built to laughter that the others joined in on. She was upset over the break up but found humor in how cliché it was. "Maggie's turn."
"Well, my cupcake shop is taking off and I am now an aunt of two boys." Maggie smiled as they all congratulated her knowing that though the woman loved kids, she didn't have any of her own. Amy knew that Maggie wanted kids but never found the right guy to settle down with. It was a long steam of guys that never worked out for the baker and Amy felt a pang of sadness for her. "Jeff." Maggie said as way of passing it on.
"Well I got a new tattoo," Jeff smiled pulling his sweater aside to revel a neck tattoo of a blue monster. Amy admired it for a moment having her own tattoos. "Also, I am thinking of purposing to Beth." That drew a big whoop from the group. Jeff was head over heels for Beth for as long as any of them could remember coming there. He always mentioned her with a fondness in his eyes that Amy envied. She wish someone would talk about her the way Jeff talks about Beth. "Randy" Jeff said.
"Well I wrecked my shoulder in an accident which actually let me extend my recovery time to come here." They asked how he was and he told them that he was fully recovered. "Not with Sam anymore and have a new DVD coming out." The group knew that things had been rocky between Randy and Sam since last year. He had wanted to work it out but by this admission the relationship had failed. But Randy was congratulated about the DVD with promises to check it out. "John."
"Finally!" John smiled and drew a laugh out of the group. Amy was thankful that for at least a month every year she could count on having a ton of laughter come from her. John always joked around and made them all laugh with his antics. "I am now dating Nicole Bella." This was met with mushy replies and faces. "Yeah, yeah," John hushed them "I have a new DVD coming out a little after Randy's along with working on some music." John finished with a smile that was returned by everyone before producing a pack of drinks that included beers for the guys and Twisted Tea's for the girls.
Each person took one before passing it along to the next person as silence took over their group. They were all enjoying the company that they would miss the minute they left the house. Laughter filled the air around them as the fire grew and everyone let the alcohol go through their bodies. Eventually Maggie brought out cupcakes for each person, customized for what they liked. Amy let the moment wash over her before the craziness that would come over the month of them being together.