"Are you sure you two don't want to come with me?" I pleaded, hands laced together as if praying for a miracle.
"You can just come with us instead, you know," Ashlynn responded.
"Yeah Callie," Lindsey added. "Just come with us we're going to have a way better time."
"You know Kings of Leon are my favorite," I told Ashlynn and Lindsey. "There's no way I can miss them!" I added with a pouty frown, hoping it would help convince them. "Come on, I mean, they play real music. With instruments."
"Steve Aoki play real music," Lindsey retorted.
"Yeah, real stupid," I said.
"Sorry! Can't do it," Ashlynn said. "Me and Lindsey are going to dance our butts off with Steve Aoki. We'll meet up with you after for Tame Impala. Sound good?"
"Yeah, yeah," I said grumpily, upset I couldn't convince either of them to skip out to come with me. "I'll meet you guys by the food stands over by the main stage in a few hours. Later losers!"
Ashlynn stuck her tongue out at me and smiled, and she and Lindsey walked away to the other side of the festival. I turned back in the other direction and headed off towards the already crowded stage where Kings of Leon were about to play, determined to have a better time without them.
The walk to get to the back of the crowd was only a few minutes, but felt like much longer. It was just about 9:00pm and the sun had just set, but heat still radiated off the ground creating a tangible, humid smugness in the air. Sweat accumulated in my brow and I lifted up my sunglasses to wipe my forehead clean with the back of my wrist.
I continued on until I reached the back of the crowd, and paused to figure out where I was in relation to the stage, and contemplate how far up I was willing to wiggle my way through the crowd to get the best view possible. I was thin and short, and also by myself now, so I figured I could manage my way through pretty easily.
As I stood there I could already feel the added heat of the thousands of bodies standing in front of me and a slippery layer of sweat coated my summer-tan skin. I was grateful I decided to change into a bikini top and short shorts before heading back into the music festival after lunch, making the wait for Kings of Leon a bit easier. I took a long swig of water from my bottle, capped it, and started to make my way forward.
It was easy enough, at first. The crowd was fairly dispersed at the back but the people quickly got more and more densely packed as I continued forward. I slipped my way through bodies, twisting and turning sideways, looking for new openings in the crowd.
Sometimes I got myself into a jam and had to squeeze between two people, our sweaty bodies sliding across each other. Occasionally I found myself pressed so tightly that my B-cup breasts were pressed up against someone's back while I squeezed my little bubble butt across someone else behind me. No one seemed to be too irritated by the short brunette girl briefly intruding on their personal space. It seemed common for large groups of people to try and maneuver their way closer to the stage, so it didn't seem to bother anyone when it was just me wiggling my way through.
I got to a point, about 30 or so people back from the stage, where I felt there was just enough space to breathe a little, and decided it was a good place to stop for now. The stage was so close, and I started to get really excited!
People around me all seemed equally as excited as I was, some of them dancing around to the background music as best they could due to the confined space we were all huddled in. Two girls and a boy to my left were dancing in place and I joined in, smiling to them. They smiled back, and one of the girls waved her hand, calling me over to her. I wiggled my way over to her and she turned her back to me, grinding her butt against mine while twisting her hips with her hands in the air. I mimicked her, pressing my ass back into hers and laughing. I was lost in the moment for only a few seconds, happy to be enjoying my time dancing with strangers and waiting for my favorite band to start playing, and so I didn't notice the drunken boy who came stumbling through the crowd.
It was all but too late for me to dodge out of the way before I realized he was about to collide with me, his heavy body tripping and twisting as he smashed into me, knocking his elbow into my shoulder and taking me down to the ground with him.
I was stunned for a moment, not even quite sure what had happened. When I came to my senses I first realized my sunglasses had been knocked off my face, then that my shoulder hurt, then that there was a 200lb boy on top of me. He stumbled to get himself up off me but clearly had no motor skills.
I tried pushing him off me but to no avail and I quickly realized he was completely inebriated. He reeked of alcohol and could barely hold himself up off the ground for more than a second or two. I glanced up, a little embarrassed at the situation I was in, pinned to the ground by a drunk fool, only to find a small circle of people just looking at the scene, yelling at the boy but not really doing anything to help. I was starting to feel a little helpless when finally someone from the crowd came through, and practically without effort, lifted the boy I could barely nudge, and tossed him to the side, then offering me a hand.