Don't Forget Where You Belong

Charlottes P.O.V.

"I cant believe after all this time, Im finally getting to take you to Bonnaroo!" I say excited as we are waiting in line to enter the venue. There are cars everywhere and our line is taking the longest. I guess I could have paid for the VIP enterance, but where is the fun in that? This is the Bonnaroo that Im used to, and this is how it should be.

"Why are they checking every single car?" Riley asks me and I smile

"Well for one, they are making sure that there arent any glass bottles or weapons." I respond kinda smiling

"And?" Riley asks me and I am contemplating wether or not to tell her about all the drug activity that happens here

"What are you not telling me Char?" She looks at me confused... mostly because I never hold anything back from her. What the hell, shes gonna see it first hand anyway, people here will find drugs even if they search every car of every person. Festival dealers are tricky and know that their car will be searched. IT always gets in so i might as well prepare my little sister.

"Drugs kid, they're lookin for all the drugs" I say and sigh

"WHAT?!" My sweet innocent sister, what am I getting you into.

"Its fine. They are the party drugs, or what ppl here like to call festi drugs. Stuff like Molly, mushrooms, LSD or Acid. Weed too, but I dont consider that a drug." I say

"That's scary, does anyone ever get hurt?" She asks me and I try to remember my past years at festivals

"Yeah, when people dont hydrate if they do LSD they will freak out and pass out. Thankfully there are medical tents everywhere so they take care of the people who dont take care of themselves. They also pass out drug test kits so if someone does buy anything, they know its safe." I say and look at her. "Just dont take candy from strangers ol?" I say and she nods, eyes wide and looks ahead

We finally get up to the gate and I can tell the volunteer checking my car recognizes me.

"Ill let you stay in the car while I check it. You ladies have your wrist bands?"

"Yes sir" Riley says and lifts her wrist up fast to show her wrist band I bought. These puppies are our tickets in. They scan the little plastic part witht he chip in it and take a look in the back seat.

"You ladies have anything back there we should know about?" The other volunteer asks me.

"No man, just a couple of sleepin bags, our food and camping essentials and a few cases of beer." I say and grin when Rileys head shoots my direction

"Right on! Have a great ROO!" he says enthusiastically and I smile so big. Im home :)

"BONNAROOOOOOOO!" I scream out the window as I drive through the gates, I honk my horn and so does everyone else around me as they all scream bonnaroo too. I love this place. Its like one big fairy tale. Full of music, dancing, freedom and friends. 4 days and thousands of people who want to be your best friend, not because you're famous, but because you are a fellow human being. Now I have Ry here and were about to meet the guys.

Riley smiles at the reaction of everyone around us and looks at me "Did everyone know it was you?" She asks

"No, thats just how everyone acts. They are all just as happy to be here. Go head, scream Bonnaroo out the window as we drive to the camp site and see what happens." I say and she does

People whoop and holler back enthusiastically and a girl walking by our car tells Ry shes beautiful

"Thanks! You are too!" She laughs and calls back to the girl

"See?" I say

"wow" she says and takes in our surroundings

Riley's P.O.V.

Every part of me is buzzing. I dont even need drugs. Im just really happy. We are driving through a field and cars are being usherd by people in ROOvolunteer shirts to park. As soon as people park, they hop out of their cars and start setting up their camps. Colorful tapestries, and flags are being hung from canopys and flag poles, making each camp site unique. Its like a city being built in literally a day.

"Its hard to imagine that this whole piece of land had nothing and now there is a small town" Char says as if she can read my mind

"I know, I was just thinkin that" I say and notice that we are not going into the spot to camp after the car in front of us does "Where ya goin?" I ask Char

"We have gROOp camping. We're meeting some of my festi friends. There is space for 20 people and they have only 10. SO there is plenty of space for us" She says. I wonder if there will be anyone else there... I let my mind wander to niall for the 3,487th time today. I want to experience this with him too. For a split second I think I see him walking through the croud that is heading towards the area where it looks like all the stages are. It cant be. In a second hes gone. I shake my head as Char turns another corner to an area that looks like the rest of the camp grouds, but its set up with more space. Groop camping is coo.

"Here we are!" Charlotte says and hops out of the car the minute we park. We are greeted by all of Chars friends from back in Colorado. They all come up and embrace us and I recognize some of them, and the rest introduce themselves and I do the same

"She just forgot every single one of your names, but by the end of the weekend we will all be best friends" CHarlotte tells them knowing full well I am not good with names.

I laugh and then my heart stops when I see long brown curly locks, white T, skinny jeans and wait are those rope sandles? Harry is here. If Harry is here...

Notes

;) There will be more to come later tonight.