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[b][code]The Festival.[/code][/b]
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Damn it.

In her head, she hissed as she looked over her shoulder at Matt and saw him texting instead of, y'know, looking at her butt. She could only feel frustration as she did something a little kneejerk, in her opinion. She, instead of writing something meaningful like the young Blackmore intended, wrote [b][code]FOR MATT TO STOP BEING SO DENSE[/code][/b]. She, kind of regretted what she wrote but while Matthew was texting... whoever (probably his fwb), she quickly tied the note to the balloon not to arouse suspicion and stood straight up. She was gonna pretend she wrote something corny down as she held the balloon, and she felt like she was Pennywise. She faced Matthew as she just couldn't help herself as she asked,

"Who ya' textin?" Amanda asked before she chuckled. "Your side chick?" She joked as she put her hand on his shoulder but deep down she knew she wasn't joking. She pushed those thoughts aside as she looked at her watch and saw that it was nearing four o'clock! That means that Astrid was about to perform! She was excited to see her - not because of her music, but Sylvia was one of the friends she had made in the Academy! And it was years since she last saw Sylvia, though the girl didn't really answer her text messages. Maybe she'd give her a reason to start again!

Also, Amanda saw her nudes that went out a few months ago. They were nice.

"It's almost four," Amanda said to Matthew as she grabbed his wrist to lead him to the beach. "We don't want to miss the main event!" The two of them walked over to the beach, hand in hand (or hand on the wrist in this case). The second they made it to the boardwalk, it was abundantly clear that Amanda wasn't going to get the spot she wanted. There was already a huge crowd, and she doubted she'd be able to muscle her way over to the front row without starting a huge fight. Ugh! 

For a minute she thought about using a certain flying brick power to get the view she wanted, but she knew that would attract too much-unwanted attention. Amanda figured that, if they can't get the spot they want, the two of them were better off finding a spot without too many people. Which she did towards the edge of the shore itself, which was a bit far away from the stage but she knew those speakers were so big that she could probably hear the music from the moon. Though the two of them forgot to bring fucking chairs!

Meanwhile, Amanda found herself taking off her boots and socks and stepping in the water. The water was the perfect relief for her hot feet, and she turned back towards Matt and splashed some water in his direction. "C'mon, get those sneakers off, Matt!" Amanda said, "Water's just fine!"

That was when Sylvia took the stage and... Amanda could hardly see shit from this far away. It reminds her of the time she was in the nosebleed section of a concert. Biggest waste of seventy-nine dollars ever! Still, this was free music, and she could hear her from over here as if she was a few feet away... and she felt bad for the people who were front row. Sylvia told them to release the balloons on her count, and Amanda sighed that she couldn't write anything sensible down but she released the balloons...

... It wasn't that deep.

Though Amanda was amazed as she looked up at the sky - all of those balloons in the air looked absolutely marvelous. She was staring at it, with her mouth wide open - before she reached into her back pocket to pull out her cellphone to take a picture and knew how sick it'd look on her Instagram!

...

[i]"Holy shit people, there's a fucking monster running around! Get the fuck out!" [/i]

Immediately Amanda's head whipped towards the stage and she just so happened to catch the tumorous monster in her eyes as she tried to look at Sylvia. Okay, she had nary an idea of where this thing came from... but she didn't want any part of it. Though, another part of her wanted to make sure Sylvia was safe if nothing else. Still, the girl activated her power and she began to float a few inches into the air.

There were a few more mutants roaming around, and Amanda wondered what the [i]hell[/i] was going on. She turned her head back towards Matthew as she asked, "Do you know if your friend is here or not?"