festival love.

by sophie whale
(aus.)

i'm a teenage girl, and recently i went to one of the summer festivals in australia where i live. being my first festival i was awestruck by the carefree laidback attitude and was loving it.

on the second night an amazing dj was playing at 1.30 in the morning. almost passing out from the lack of sleep, me and my friend ran up there at the last second. before it started a few of my friends friends squeezed their way into the compact mosh pit consisting of at least 5000 people. i noticed one of them to be a short blonde surfer type and so attractive, but i was too excited for the music to care.

shortly after he started dj-ing a felt someone grab my hips, this is typical for a seedy festival so i ignored it and kept dancing,and soon i was kissing the guy. we spent the whole time, just having the time of our lives.
afterward he pulled me away and we walked around the crowds of semi passed out people and nudists, just talking. soon finding out we had so much in common i gave him my number because my phone was dead and told him to meet me outside a food stall
the next night (new years eve) and walked off.

the next day i was stressing the whole time because i had no make up or hair straightener and hadn't showered in days. when it came to the time to meet him i wandered to the stall, finding he wasn't there. i shrugged it off slightly disappointed and headed on my way back to the camp. when i got back i saw a familiar face, it was his. he came up to me and chucked me a smile, dragging me back up to the main stage with a minute left until 2011. we stood there gazing at each other, him singing cute lyrics to me that were playing and counted down. but soon it was time for me to leave because we were driving home and we took separate paths.

thinking i'd never see him again i recieved a text from him at six o'clock that morning. since then he's been to mine, met my parents and took me out for dinner. kissing me and acting like we're dating the whole time. and i've fallen for him.

but last night i asked him what was going on and he said that we're just friends and he doesn't want a relationship. i'm actually devastated considering i have liked my ex for a year and finally got over him. it all seems like a fairytale. a distant memory or a dream. and i'm not sure what to do.