The Campfire
She was camping with her boyfriend.
He was camping with his girlfriend, but not with a group of high school reunion friends.
She wanted the high school reunion friends to stay in another campsite.
He wanted his girlfriend to stop talking about visiting the high school reunion friends and spend more time with him.
She stayed in the campsite, and said nothing, as the small campfire flickered in the dark.
He started to feel like his girlfriend wanted to be somewhere else.
She started to feel the tension in the air.
He said, “Do you want to go visit your friends?”
She said, “No.”
He invited her friends to visit the campsite.
She pretended not to care.
He said, “I have invited your friends!”
She leaned close to her boyfriend and said, “I would like you to meet them.”
He said, “The campfire will keep us warm.”
She laughed, “How? The campfire is cold.”
He said, “The campfire is just getting started.”
She said, “The campfire was lucky he invited the others to visit or he would be alone.”
He said, “The campfire was already feeling alone.”
She said, “My friends traveled a long way for the reunion.”
He said, “The campfire needs more firewood.”
She said, “My friends are here, please build a better campfire.”
He said, “Yes, dear.”
© J. Bateman
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