"Where are you sleeping tonight?" she asked.
"I'm just crashing in my Car" he replied, "if you lay the seats down and stuff a pillow between them, so there isn't a big gap, its surprisingly comfy. How about you?"
"I set my tent up earlier. It's the one over the other side there". She pointed off to the right of them and he followed her gesture, realising as he satred off his mistake... they were inside a caravan and so had no chance of actually seeing the tent in question. He blamed it on the booze running through his system and laughed.
They were at a party, or a gathering would probably better describe it. These two and some 25 or 30 other friends, many of which seemed to be in the small caravan with them... Nothing special just a small weekend gathering in a field belonging to one of the group. They had all attended with tents and caravans and there had been games and such during the day followed by a trip down to the local pub where they had stayed until closing time before returning to the field and sitting around the fire. Drinking further, telling tales and, when the few musical members had gotten their instruments out, singing old songs. When the fire had died down they had moved into the caravan alongside where much as before continued but now, in the wee small hours of the morning the atmosphere was mellowing out.
Haighlee and Henry had ended up squashed into one corner, with Haighlee sat on his lap. The two were good friends so neither thought any thing of it and weren't bothered with the close contact. She was sat at right angles to him, her head on his shoulder, his hand on her knee. They had been laughing and chatting with those around them but now as the party had slowly started disappearing off to bed they had started talking just the two of them.
It had grown quieter in the caravan now and after the owner of the oil lamp that had previously been lighting it had taken it when he left it was now dimly lit. The combination of that, the quiet, the comfy seat as well as the copious amounts of drinks he'd drunk during the day (and if he really admitted it, the close, almost cuddling contact with a pretty girl) started sending Henry to sleep.
Haighlee nudged him and he lifted his head with a start.
"Oi, I was speaking to you!" she said, feigning annoyance.
"Yeah, I know, I was listening..." He lied.
"Yeah sure, What did I say then?" He knew that was coming!
"You said its time for bed and you invited me round to yours for the night" Henry replied with a lopsided grin.
"Not even close," she paused. "But now you mention it, you can if you want?".
Henry knew he was awfully drunk. Like his cheeks feel numb sort of drunk but he was sure certain he'd just heard what she said clearly. Just in case he asked.
"Huh?" She lifted her heard a little and looked at him.
"You can stay in my tent tonight if you want. It's a big one and there's plenty of room. I have a sleeping bag you can borrow."
He looked at her just to make sure she wasn't joking. When he was sure she was sincere he replied. "Yeah, sure. I've got my duvet and stuff anyways so I'll grab that out the car. Thanks."
She smiled and placed her head back to his shoulder. "Cool" she said quietly. "You ready to go now?"
"Fine by me, I was falling asleep here anyways"
"You don't say," she chuckled.
The two got up and said their goodnights to the last few still in the Caravan and headed out. Pausing briefly at Henry's car he grabbed his duvet, a pillow and some clean clothes to change into in the morning. Handing some of the pile to Haighlee the two then stumbled off towards her tent. Stumbling being the word.
Reaching the tent Haighlee knelt down and unzipped the opening to let them in. As she crawled in her shirt rose up her back a little and Henry caught a glimpse of her thong showing. He felt he should have looked away but found himself staring slightly...
"You coming in?" she called, breaking him from his stupor..
He bent down, throwing his bedding in and then tried to follow in after. He managed to get tangled in the bottom of the tent flap and ended up more falling in, shoving Haighlee over in the process. The two of them lay sprawled, laughing quietly, or at least trying to so they didn't wake any one nearby.
After so shuffling of his bedding and Haighlee moving hers and her clothes bags over they eventually got some semblance of a bed laid and Henry got in. The bottom of his jeans had gotten damp in the dew of the long grass walking from the caravan, so he took them off under the duvet.
"I've taken my jeans off just to let you know. The bottoms are wet In case you wondered."