~EMBER
The heavy, humid night air was slowly bleeding into the pale, hazy violet of the dawn, but the exhaustion settling over our bones felt like heavy lead weights pulling us straight down into the earth.
After hours of continuous, chaotic playing and screaming in the glowing blue waters of the pool, the high-energy momentum of the all-night party had finally ground to an absolute halt even though the music was still playing loudly. A lot of my other friends had left since 5am.
But Chloe, Maya, Celeste andTaya remained, completely flopped onto the oversized, plush outdoor lounge chairs surrounding the pool deck, their legs tangled in a messy, careless pile of damp skin and discarded silk cover-ups. They weren't sleeping…none of us could actually slide into unconsciousness with the thu
