New to festivals, but I wanted to share my story.

This year I discovered the magical world of festivals, and I am a changed man. I still don't understand how everyone is not constantly at a festival and why the human race can't just be partying all the time.

My story starts at 2018 Breakaway Fest in Nashville. I know that I didn't even get the whole experience at a festival like this. I am 16, and a bunch of my friends decided to go to breakaway. I was in, this type of thing is right up my alley. The group was alot of people im not close with and one or two of my close friends. We get there, my buzz kill sober friend drove. Im standing in line, and a girl asks me to fill my pants with go-go squeeze bottles, and my friends were like "don't do it", so I did. She gave me a few for the road once we were in. We go in and Shaq is playing main stage. I was dancing, raving, smoking a little, and most of drenched in sweat. I had already lost my friends, and when I went to the bathroom I found one of them. We got some beers from these guys we know and started to party. It was getting dark, and I was hammered. A guy offered me a what I thought was a cigarette, and I took my fare share of hits. It was a joint, which I had said I wouldn't smoke because my parents were gonna drug test me.

So me, this little 16 year-old boy, was twisted of my ass, trying to make friends with everyone, taking selfies and giving hugs. At some point, I ended up slow dancing with a college chick pondering our existence to the sweet smell of pot and budweiser. We started making out, and one of the sober people I went with came up and was like "Will, is that you. Bro wtf youre 16". The girl was like wait youre 16, and was like this is kind of rapey and left.

At another point, I had orchestrated a group of about 10 people who had all lost their friends. We were getting along. We made nicknames for everyone, and we talked about how Jesus was a mushroom. "Ziggy" this guy who was part of this group gave me a water bottle and told me it was molle as I was drinking it. From that point on, It's a bit of a blur but I remember being at the front of Wiz Khalifa, I also remeber frenching a random asian chick without a word.

I remember going home that night, and my mom asked me if I did drugs and I said "who cares" and laid down on my bed and played bongos. I have been grounded since haha. You may say I was too young for this, but I say fuck it, man. What's life about if it's not about living!