Pete had the idea when he was looking over my bucket list the last night after the ferris wheel.

He helped me write it out and we just kind of used one of those fancy Coca-Cola bottles they sell at Safeway to put it in. Which brings me here, on the beach. The bonfire is bright in front of us, flickering golden embers and shadows dancing on the ground.

"Hello there,

"If you're reading this, this is now your four leaf clover. Good job, you found a message in a bottle. Your one in a million.

"Go get that person you've been thinking about. You're gonna be okay. Let the good times roll and just have fun.

"It'll be okay.

"-P + M."

I smile and feel Pete's lips on my cheek and his hand on my arm as a big boom goes off in the distance along with a crackle. The sky lights up with white and yellow.

Gerard quickly grabs the bucket he set aside with water and pours it over the bonfire, filling it up again not long after and pouring it over again. It takes at least five buckets before it finally fades away all the way.

Boom! Shhh...

My eyes lift from Gerard to instead go to the sky. Green, it's so big and bright and beautiful.

Click

My eyes turn from the sky to instead focus on Pete who's taking pictures of the show. The Polaroid camera leaves the sky not long after, though, and instead comes to me with my messy black hair and wrinkled jacket. I give a small smirk but that's about it as he takes a picture of me.

"Beautiful," Pete whispers. I smile fondly, lowering my eyes as I put the paper in the Coca-Cola bottle and screw on the cap.

Boom! Cracklerackle!

I step forward, swinging the bottle at my side as I head to the shoreline where the waves are washing up with a comforting sound.

Shh.... shhhh...

I hold the bottle back, the ocean rocking before me and without a second thought, I throw it out.

That's also when I fall to the ground and all goes black.