"Whoa you need to come over here and look at this." I overheard my friends voices from around the corner of my house, they whispered frantically.
That was the day I had been waiting over two months for, since May 14th to be exact. May 14th was my birthday. I had finally turned 18 and gone through the tribulations of family oriented celebration in my honour. My aunts and uncle had come to visit all of which got tipsy and excited while singing and gift-giving. It was a great day and at the end of it my mother asked me what I wanted from this first year of being an adult and after a moment of thought I told her I wanted one last camping trip with my friends in the summer before we headed out to University in September.
I still remember my mothers smile that day. She was a few drinks in and looked a little mischievous then told me. "Alright, but I'm driving."
So then, even though I was looking so forward to that trip, I couldn't help but feel a little peeved that I was doing almost all the packing.
I placed our cooler full of food in to the back of the van and grumbled to myself. "Those assholes better have discovered gold over there"
Around the side of the house was our yard. It was mostly overgrown due to the lack of attention. Well, I suppose one of my friends had to pee and instead of going in the house found it more convenient to go in the yard.
I walked around the corner to confront them, and possibly punch them, but was halted when I saw what they were doing. Sam, Phil, and Ian were standing with mouths agape outside the window to my mothers bedroom. They didn't even turn to look at me because they were too busy watching the silhouette of my mother in her bedroom.