RECAP:
Total read time, 10 mins
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
The man smiles. “You aren’t supposed to be on the beach at night.”
I consider this for less than a second, because it can’t be true. I look at his frame in my soft-focus drug vision and I wonder, Does the hotel have the right to tell us to stay off the beach? Doesn’t this beach belong to Mexico? Are Reed and I going to be detained and arrested like Clare Danes and Kate Beckinsale in Brokedown Palace for telling this guy to fuck right off?
Maybe Reed’s head is also spinning with these thoughts. The drugs are getting stronger by the minute. Reed’s brow furrows, she opens her mouth and says, “What?”
Wanting to avoid any more man-talk from this blurry man, I stand up and grab Reed’s hand.
“Let’s go dance.”
“I heard you were looking for a guy on the beach.”
“Are you the… supply… store?”
“Si.”
Thirty minutes later, we are returning over the bridges and back to the entertainment auditorium. No one is in the lazy river anymore. We walk straight towards Enrique Iglesias's voice. It fills our ear holes with the sounds of passion and love. A woman’s sweaty warm arm presses up against mine and slips by as we bounce to the dance floor. Couples laughing and sweating, red and green lights flashing in my eyes, people moving into me and away from me like the ebbs and flows of a tide. A man dressed in a suit of mirrors. A man in a top hat. It all seems deranged, but is actual and factual.
As I bob up and down in the sea of couples my focus rests on a chinless man and his wife. Their rhythm is terrible. Honestly, his lack of ability to control his feet is throwing her totally off. I think she could manage this with an accredited dance partner.
We should put my newly acquired bag of illegal drugs in the room.
I begin to dance towards the building and pull lightly on Reed’s soft hand. I keep it in mine. She smiles. We skip off the dance floor and up to the room to empty our pockets.
TO BE CONTINUED
Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh I love the Brokedown Palace reference. 🖤
Omg they’re gonna fall in love LOVE........