Sharing Cigarettes

22

Alice Avery

"I think you're my obsession too, honey." I told him and he smiled down at me.

I grabbed his hand and pulled him back to the car. I was eager to get to the beach, even more so now that I was covered in sticky ice cream. We both got back into the car and drove off, we took the back roads to the beach. It was a longer ride but a lovely view to see.  I stole a pair of sunglasses from Ricky's console and perched them up of the bridge of my nose, although they kept falling down to my chin.

"I think they're a little too big for you." Ricky chimed in and pulls them off of my face and transferred them to his.

"Whatever," I chuckled and rested my arm on the car door.

There wasn't a cloud in the sky, just the light blue sky above us. The wind blew against us allowing my hair to blow out of my face. The long road ahead was completely empty, just Ricky and I in his black convertible on the open road.

I then turned up the upbeat song of the radio, recognizing the song by Kings of Leon. I blasted the song, they type of volume that made your eardrums burst. Something I didn't expect was for Ricky to sing the lyrics with me.

"Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know that they're watching
They're watching"

I stood to my feet, holding onto the edge of the windshield. When I gained a stable balance I lifted my arms above my head and closed my eyes.

"You
Your sex is on fire"

I could hear Ricky's voice bellow me, I admired the smile that accompanied his face. He had his left hand on the wheel and his right on the back of my thigh, letting me know he'd be there in the event of falling.

I felt genuine happiness, I didn't have a care in the world. Ricky stepped on the gas, allowing the wind to blow faster and my smile grow wider. I fell back down to my seat and childishly used my hand as a microphone.

"And you
Your sex is on fire"

Holding my microphone hand out to Ricky, he sang.

"Consumed
With the what's to transpire"

I kissed his cheek and leaned my head against the leather seats, Ricky turned down the music slightly.

I let out a breath, then a laugh and finally smiled heartily. "That shit makes me feel reborn."

"You like the sun now? What happened to your love for rain?"

"Well we all need a little sunshine in our lives, don't we?" I said and looked at him with squinted eyes, I then stole the black sunglasses back from him.

"You're my sunshine."

"That was incredibly cheesy." I said, was still romantic, but cheesy.

"It's the hopeless romantic in me." He defended and turned his attention back to the road as the beach came into view.

When finally getting there I hopped out of the front seat and grabbed my bag from the back. I slipped my white vans off my feet and stepped onto the sand. Ricky joined me and slung is arm over my shoulder as we walked. The water looked crystal clear, the sand was light and warm on the bottoms of my bare feet.