Me, Christy, Rhiannon, Dylan and Kate sat on the carpet in Rhi's living room, I was currently lying on my back wondering if we were actually going to do anything. Okay, fair enough we were supposed to be waiting for Hedge, Kelly and Siryn but I'm not the greatest for waiting. I blew my red hair out of my eyes, well partially red I've been trying loads of shit with it lately, ginger (well more orangey than red), brown and Hedge helped me use semi-permanent black a month or two ago. The doorbell went and I opened my eyes lazily seeing Rhi spring to her feet to go see who it was.

Thankfully it was all three of them, the sun was starting to set already and it was getting colder by the second as we set off to a few fields around Hedge, Mine and Kenny's neighbourhood. It hadn't really made any sense to meet up at Rhi's considering her house was in a nicer part of town but everyone knew were it was so it was the only real option. And I think Christy and Kelly in particular didn't like the idea of being mugged. So we wandered to meet the guys slowly, shoving each other, talking loudly, dancing stupidly and the usual stuff. I lit a smoke and a few of them wrinkled their noses but I just shrugged and shared it with Hedge for a while, we tramped over the long grass that brushed against our knees, for a moment I wondered what we were walking over and immediately shut up my brain, not a good idea.

We heard them before we saw them, Jude was blasting some amazing music from a pretty awesome looking boombox, Stan was lying down with her on the bonnet and they were using a bong by the looks of things. Craig was sitting on the roof, his legs dangling over the edge, Kyle was telling Kenny off about something or other a few metres away, this girl called Robin was sitting with her back against the wheel of the car talking animatedly with Cassie. Ike was dancing with that girl Emilie and a girl I recognised as Craig's younger sister Starla but Star was more swaying than anything and didn't look too happy. We walked over to them happily and greeted everyone, Kenny wrapped me in a big hug, Kyle gave a small wave, Craig just looked me in the eye for a second, Jude called out to me and Stan gave me a nod.

Oh yeah, you're probably wondering why I said that Jude and Stan were on the bonnet. Basically there was this clapped out old VW hippy van that had been abandoned in the 60s but was still not too rusty… Well to look at it was fine; it would never start in a million years. Christophe and Gregory turned up next, Rhi swept Chris away immediately, Clyde, Token, Tweek and Thomas were next and everyone was in a stupidly good mood. Pip and Damien came up a few minutes later and by now there were loads of us. I pulled myself up next to Craig who was still sat by himself, he glanced at me but continued to ignore me steadily. Kevin showed and was making out enthusiastically with Jude, Stan sat cross legged on the grass. Wendy and Bebe had rolled up without me noticing and were sitting cross legged on the floor giggling. By now there were around 30 of us and we were all singing to whatever songs we knew.

We danced stupidly for ages letting stuff mess with our heads, the sun was actually still quite high in the sky I lead a super fast twist medley where everyone fell in a heap. I was squished between Clyde and Kenny, Kate was laughing so hard somewhere to my left I thought she was going to die. We untangled ourselves and all lay down on the ground trying to regain our breath, apart from Ike and Star who had decided not to join in. Spoilsports. I laughed throwing back my head and just enjoying the day and shit. Someone passed around some juice or… something, I wasn't really sure. Then we heard it. A massive clap of thunder.

We all stared around, wondering where the clouds had come from and shrugged, it was common for there to be thunder but nothing after that. We continued chatting as lightening flashed across the sky, one more rumble of thunder and then it happened. The heavens opened and pissed down on us, it was that super heavy rain that was like a bucket of water, everyone screamed and the boys gasped. We all dived for the van, I managed to get into the back which was converted to a mattress I sat with my back against the window as people piled in on top of me, screeching, laughing, shaking and grinning. 29 of us stuffed into a 50s edition of a VW, actually 28, Christophe was standing in the rain, drenched through. The trees bent against the force of the wind and the sleet, even Chris realised what a bad idea it had been and sprinted toward the edge Rhi opened the door for him and motioned for him to jump in. He launched himself in and everyone gasped and laughed as the van swayed dangerously.

That was probably one of the best 3 hours of my life, everyone in that tiny van, we opened the side windows and tried to space ourselves out, in the end I was only lying across Craig and Thomas. We didn't smoke though, on request of those who didn't and preferred not being 'passive' smokers we talked about everything as the rain bounced off the thin tin roof. We had managed to rescue the boom box before it was too late and it rested on the dashboard, I'd thought as we piled in that it would surely be smashed to pieces. As most people know, teenager stampede's are not something you want to get caught up in, weather you're a person or an inanimate object.

I smiled and laid back in Thomas's lap much to his discomfort I put my arms behind my head, it was boiling in there but it was just… I don't know. Safe. And stuff. I looked up lazily into the faces of a few people around me. South Park was definitely the best thing that ever happened to me.

Hngjidsokp Not checked, I'm tired. But yeah, hope you enjoy. I fell in love with the idea.

Something from personal experience

-5kinnys