"So where are we going?" Bridgett asked once she was in the car with Sophie.

"It's somewhere cool, you don't need to worry," Sophie said. Of course that made Bridgett worry. She thought of her poor mother wasting the night away hiding in a bush at that crazy house, and knowing her mother, she'd probably fallen asleep. Hopefully nobody would do anything to hurt her. That was a scary thought and made Bridgett's tummy feel fuzzy.

"Sophie," she asked quietly.

"Hm?"

"Can we turn around and go back?" Bridgett mumbled quiet as a mouse.

"I'm sorry dear, what did you say?" Sophie kept her eyes on the road.

"Never mind," Bridgett responded, realizing that as scared as she was about abandoning her mother, she was even MORE scared of disappointing Sophie. Or even sticking out. Real scary stuff.

"Ok," Sophie said. "Told you I'm a twin right?"

"Yeah," Bridgett responded.

"Aw darn I was hoping that I hadn't talked about him yet. I just looove talking on long car rides." So Sophie yapped and yapped while Bridgett pretended to listen and stared out the car window wondering where in the world they could be headed.

Finally, they had arrived, whatever that meant. Sophie looked excited. Bridgett thought it looked like they were stranded in the middle of nowhere.

"Where are we?" She asked.

"It's our hang out spot in the middle of the woods for us girls when we need to take a break from the guys. We love em and all, but sometimes they can be quite a bit overwhelming, especially when they're drunk and loud. Ya feel me girl?" She started taking bags out of the trunk and handing them to Bridgett. "Go put those with the other girls' stuff ok?" Bridgett picked up a bunch of bags and carried them over. Then, she sat down in the grass and started to admire her toes.

"Whacha up to?" Sophie asked. "Nervous?"

"A little," Bridgett admitted.

"There's no need to be. Want a cigarette?" She held one out to Bridgett. Bridgett shook her head and stared off into space. "That's fine," she lit the cigarette. "You're better off than all of us anyways. Its impossible to quit once you've started. And I know it's bad for you, trust me, I know. But it's just so good. Stay innocent for me ok?" She exhaled her smoke into Bridgett's face.

Soa rude. Anytime anyone does that I wanna punch em. Don't know why I didn't do it back then...

By this time, all the other girls had joined the group and were sitting in a circle passing around a lighter. They nodded and "mm hmm"ed in agreement. They sat there in silence just filling the air with their smoke and staring at each other through the smokey light.

"Guess you don't drink then hmm?" Sophie asked.

"Um..." Bridgett said. This was definitely a different night. Her and all these other girls just sitting here under the stars while her mother was sitting in a bush. She reached out her hand...

A/n

And here's your friendly reminder to never be in a vehicle with an intoxicated person behind the wheel! Also remember it only takes a little and you are too dangerous to drive! Only way to get rid of it is T I M E ! A lot of it!

Thanks for reading (and yes, I know there are grammar mistakes, YOU try writing exclusively on YOUR phone and see how much you fat finger!!!)

Thanks for the love guys! See ya again tmr <<333