Group+BC

Exposition/Inciting Incident
2 A.M., dark, cloudy, a fine mist surround us as we exit the theater onto the dark, deserted street. We looked up the street, down the street, all around the street but our ride home is nowhere to be seen. "Who is supposed to pick us up?" asked Nikki.

"I thought it was your mom." I said to Rachel

"Uhhhh, I thought your mom was taking us home." she replied.

"Oh my God, oh my God, OH MY GODDDDD, what are we going to DO?" screamed Nikki

"Uh, take a bus?" Rachel asked.

"Rachel, this is Florham Park, there are no busses!" I answered losing my temper.

"OK, if you're so smart, what are we going to do?"

"We will just have to walk."

"WALK? I can't walk, my heels are too high!" Nikki exclaimed.

"It's not too far, and we could be home by the time it would take to call someone," I explained. Reluctantly, Nikki and Rachel agreed and we set off on our walk home.

There were no streetlights and it was eerily quiet, but we were making good time. Suddenly we stopped. We realized the quickest way home would be to cut through the cemetery. We all looked at each other, took a deep breath, and took our first steps into the cemetery. We nervously chattered and kept looking over our shoulders when suddenly we heard a blood curdling screech. We all screamed and ran off into different directions. Once we calmed down, we looked around and found each other again. We had all been too nervous to run very far.

"What was that?" Nikki asked.

"It must have been an owl or something. I'm sure it's nothing too dangerous," I said. "Let's just keep going. But which way do we go?" Everywhere we looked, it was pitch black. We couldn't get our bearings and we realized we were lost.

ON WHAT STREET DID YOU EXIT AND WHERE ARE YOU HEADING? CLARIFY WHO US IS BEFORE GETTING INTO THE STORY - BEST FRIENDS, SISTERS, ETC? IF IT WAS SO DARK IN THE CEMETERY, HOW DID YOU FIND EACH OTHER?

Rising Action
"What are we going to do?" Rachel asked.

Suddenly, Nikki had an idea. "I remember that my science teacher, Mrs. Karl, taught us that the moon moves from west to east. If we can find the moon, we can figure out what direction to travel in."

We all looked up. All we saw was black. "I guess that's not going to work."

Meanwhile, back at Nikki's house, her mother woke up at looked at the clock. It was 3:00 and Nikki should have been home by now. She panicked. Her son Michael is an Eagle scout.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHETHER YOU HAVE TO WALK EAST OR WEST?

WHO SAID "I GUESS THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK?"

HOW DID AN HOUR PASS SO QUICKLY IN FP?