contagious

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multi-shot.

"somewhere only we know" –keane

(glee version, 'cuz I'm obsessed)

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4) pull an all-nighter and watch the sunrise with my besties

"I'm so excited, this is exactly what I need right now," I exclaimed, pacing around my room and picking up random scattered stuff.

"I'm glad to hear that," Merri-lee smiled with a trace of sadness in her eyes and left the room with the sound of a click.

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"So Claire," I chewed on a piece of Lint chocolate, my smile never ceasing to fall. "Tell me about you and Derrick."

Claire blushed, her innocent smile dawning on her ivory-skinned face. "We're just friends," she claimed.

"I bet you wish it was more," Alicia added confidently, the gossip-queen, always sure of her facts.

Kristen reached over for a handful of M&M's. Massie shifted a little in her sleeping bag but intently listened nonetheless. Claire shifted uncomfortably under the spotlight.

"He asked me to hang out tomorrow," she admitted quietly.

We all jumped up squealing excitedly, wrapping her in a tight impossible-to-escape hug; the bowls of food scattered around the white plush carpet.

"How's Josh?" I asked.

"He's good, he misses you says Plovert," Massie stated boldly, her cat-like amber eyes squinting slightly. "He wants to see you again."

This was one of the things I lived for: friends, gossip, boys, family, and food. My friends kept me distracted and were intent on making this last sleepover one of the best of my life; we watched several Chick Flicks, gossiped about their current boys, Josh's whereabouts, any cute new boys that transferred, the bitches, the hoes, the teachers, the school, the soccer team, and really just life.

They kept things a dream for even a little bit.

"Guys," Kristen mumbled, sleepily rubbing her eyes. "It's five in the morning," She had large purple bruises under her eyes.

We all glanced at our phones, surprised by the time—it only felt like two minutes.

"Let's go."

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We sat with a blanket on top of Claire's dad's truck, the fuzzy plush blanket wrapped in the back. We were star-gazing until the once-bright stars began to fade.

That's when the show really began.

The sky was dark at first but the more minutes that ticked by, the closer the sun began to brighten and glow. The sky reminded me of people: the different colors that danced along the peaks of the skylines, the swirls of independent puffs, the various shapes that each color blended into, the white puffs joining and growing.

The sunrise was my favorite.

The sky was on fire, literally. The flames of heated fiery red, the swift grooves of orange flaming, and the blushing pink that was tinted with blotches of faded purple, the approaching azure… inhale…exhale.

Unnecessary irrational tears began to slide down my face. Massie noticed immediately, being the quiet-observer of our group.

"We love you, Dyl," she whispered, pulling me into a hug.

"Yeah seriously,"

Kristen jumped onto our pile, Claire leaped to her feet and frog-jumped us. We all tumbled onto our stomachs and backs, giggling over nothing. Tears stained our cheeks and our visions were blurred.

"I love you guys," I said with my throat locked. "I'll miss you guys so much."

That's when we all lost it; sobbing freely with our hands all intertwined, we watched the sunrise.

My friends are the sunrise; they start the new life and the new day, bringing light and beauty to the world.

I am the sunset, the goodbye, the end, the closing.

Together, we end the days and begin the new ones.

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pull an all-nighter and watch the sunrise with my best friends in the whole wide world: check.

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Sucked I know.

Review maybe?

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