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=Exposition/Inciting Incident= =__Best Friends__=
 * Section 1**:Dialouge

"Hey Gertrude. What’s up?” I said. “Do you want to go to your lovely house? “Hey Jillian I’m doing fine.” “I would love to go to my lovely house." Gertrude said. “I’m doing fine.” My name is Jillian and this is my best friend Gertrude. Gertrude is very tall and has brown curly hair. We’ve been friends for such a long time, since kindergarten! We get along really well and we are together twenty-four seven. Our friendship is so close. It is as close as twins relationship. “What do you want to do?” I asked. “Lets play with the dogs.” Gertrude suggested. “Ok.” Gertrude’s dogs are Otto and Rosy but Rosy is very sick, so sick that she can’t even move. Her fur is gray, her tail is always droopy, and she is four years old (she’s supposed to have black fur). I feel very sorry for Gertrude. Her mom told me that Rosie might die soon. She is going to be so devastated. “So how is Rosy doing Gertrude?” “She’s doing ok but lets talk about something else.” “I have to tell you something,” said Gertrude. “How you doing Jillian.” “Great so you called me hear to talk, what did you want to talk about?” “Well there’s no easy way to say this but I am going to Michigan for three months.” “Oh ok. I sad feeling sad, but trying to hide it. Well I hope you have fun and I am really going to miss you.” “I’m going to miss you too. This is terrible, it’s more terrible then Rosy’s sickness.” “We have to have as much fun as we could before you leave, when do you leave?” “Next week.” “Let’s start the fun!” “I can’t I have to go pack” “Ok well see you tomorrow, bye.” “Bye.”

=Rising Action=

Gertrude’s dog, Rosie, died last night. She is so upset. Gertie was at her grandma's house when it happened and when she found out she was bawling her eyes out. When she came home and saw her dog lying on the floor she couldn’t breathe. She lost one of her best friends. She wouldn’t even talk to me, that’s a first. Gertie and Rosie were so close, they were so close it was like Rosie wasn't even a dog. Her crying was a massive rainfall. I tried to make it better but nothing seemed to work. We had a couple play dates but she was as quiet as a mouse and didn’t even want to talk about it. I really wanted Gertrude to feel better. I felt like I tried everything. There was one thing I didn’t try, listening. I didn’t ever let her come to me and say she wanted to talk. I knew about the problem, but I didn’t think hard enough of how to solve the problem. I had Gertrude over to talk about this devastating problem. “Hey Gertrude do you want to talk about Rosie, I’m all ears.” I inquired. “Well, I guess so, but not for too long.” “Sure.” “Well it started like this…” "When we first brought Rosie home from the pet store we had so much fun together. We would play together all the time. I would run home from school just to see her. When I came home and saw Rosie dead I was so upset I didn’t want to talk to anybody." "Wow it must have been pretty horrifying to find your dog there like that." "It was." The next day they got a brand new cuddly dog, as cuddly as Rosie, named Patches. They admired him as well as Rosie, and they had so much fun together, but they still did miss Rosie. It was sunny cool breezy day in April and Gertie and I went to the park yesterday. There were so many bright, beautiful, and colorful flowers in a different variety and they smelt gorgeous. The sun shined on them perfectly making them stand out. We could taste the pine fresh air. We started to get fancy on the swings by showing off. Well, I got a little too fancy by standing up and doing tricks with one hand, one leg, no hands, or no legs. I fell off and I couldn’t feel my leg or move it. It was as stiff as a stick. My leg screamed for help. Gertie called my mom and my mom called the ambulance. The doctors checked my leg and unfortunately I broke it. I was so upset. Gertie and I couldn’t do much because of my accident. Gertie was there for me and stayed home with me. Even though I know she didn’t want to be there with me she still stayed there and played with me. Gertie was there with me when I went to the doctors to get my cast taken off. I had to keep it on for seven months. She also helped me when I needed to learn how to use my leg again. This just goes to show you Gertie will always be there for me just like I will always be there for her too. Gertrude came over yesterday to play with me. I asked her if she wanted to stay over for dinner, but Gertie said she couldn’t because she had to go out to dinner with her family. At first I believed her then her mom came and in her car I saw stuff for a sleepover. I was very suspicious at that point. I called her home phone the next morning. Her mom said that she wasn’t home. Then I really went bonkers!!! I asked Gertie to tell me the truth or I wouldn’t be her friend anymore. She told me she slept over Marie’s house. I got so mad at her and we didn’t talk to each other for about two days. She apologized to me and we became friends again. If we ever get into another strife just as bad as that one (which I doubt we will) we will handle it a lot better and we won’t ever stop talking to each other again, for example if Gertrude breaks my favorite CD I won't be so mad at her because I’ll know it was an accident.

=Climax=

Tomorrow Gertrude goes to Michigan. I’m going to miss her so much. She is going to miss me too, but she is really looking forward to seeing her family. We are spending the whole day together playing and making a bracelet for each other so we will always remember each other while she is gone for three months. The bracelet I made her was sparkly, silver, shiny, a skinny, and smooth bracelet. When I made her the bracelet I was thinking about all the fun times we have had and what it would be like if she left for three months. The one she made me was so much better then the one I made her. It was pink and white sparkly beads. It had 2 white heart beads with pink stripes on it. “Thanks Gertie I love it!” “Thanks Jill I love yours too!” “I’m going to really miss you.” “Me too.” “Lets go jump on the trampoline in my back yard. It is black and blue.” “Ok.” “Hurry up Jill.” “Ok, ok hold your horses.” “Gertrude its time to come in and get your clothes you want to bring.” Gertie’s mom said. “Ok!” “Well I got to go I’ll see you when I get back.” “Yea see you when you get back remember to always wear your bracelet.” “Don’t worry I will.” “Bye.” I hope she has a lot of fun. But I’ll be talking to her for a long time before she leaves tomorrow. Gertie leaves today I’m going to miss her so much. I’m going to her house at 6:00 A.M. to say goodbye before she leaves. It was freezing outside! It was also dark and the air was very moist. I’m going to get a phone call from her before she leaves. “Hey Gertrude.” “Hey.” ”Are you excited to see your family?” “Yea but I’m going to miss you.” “Me too.” “Well I got to go we don’t want to miss the plane.” “Yea, Bye.” Gertrude called me before she got on the very little plane that smelt like old people and she had to duck to get onto it. The plane had blue seats with a curtain in the front dividing first class and middle class (Gertie was in middle class). They had to wait a long time for the plane to take off, a little over a half and hour. No one likes to sit on a plane for a half an hour, but planes never leave on time, they always dawdle. She also said the plane was very boisterous and smelt like old people. It was worse then all the witty fans and the announcers at football games. There was people taking on cell phones, babies crying, and the airplane engine has been running forever. There was a baby with a bright blue shirt on sitting next to her screaming in her ear, not the best seat in the house. The engine was like a shrieking noise and whenever the piolit hit on the breaks waiting to go on the runway you would hear EEEEKKK!!! EEEEEKKKK!!!!! That would be very annoying. Gertie just arrived in Michigan. Gertrude relishes Michigan, and she said it was beautiful. Gertie saw a lot of Wolverines stuff (the football team in Michigan). She said she saw her whole family and she has a lot of catching up to do. She was so excited to see them. They are going swimming soon in the indoor pool at their hotel. She has a pink polka-dotted bathing suit that she just got. I picked it out for her when we went shopping together. She loves the hotel room. It has 3 bedrooms one for her and her sister to share, one for her parents, and one for her brother. Her room is a sea theme. The bedspread is the color of sand and it has elegant seashells on it. The wallpaper is the ocean with palm trees on it. The carpet is ductile, fuzzy, and blue. She really likes it in Michigan, but I still know she misses me, and I miss her.

=Falling Action= I’m so excited; I barely slept a wink last night. I have been pacing around all day and I can't sit still. Gertie comes home today!!!! I’m so happy to see her. It has been three months without seeing, talking to, or playing with Gertie. I almost died! We are going to have a lot of catching up to do. I should be getting a phone call from her at 3:30. My mom authorized me to have a party for her. Today I am going to spend the whole day baking cookies for her and her family so when they get home they can have a nice treat to come home to. They are going to be chocolate chip and sugar cookies. I can already smell the aroma of the sweet sugar of the sugar cookies and the warm melting chocolate in the oven. I can taste them as they deliquesce in my mouth. I can’t wait to try them. BBBBBRRRRRIIIIINNNNGGG!!!! BBBBRRRRRIIIIIIINNNGG!!!!! Went the phone. “Hello.” I said. “Hey Jill it’s Gertrude!” “Hi! I missed you while you were gone.” “Me too. I’ll be home in six hours.” “Six hours! That is way too long!” “I know but it is more than half way there. It takes ten hours to get there and to come back home.” “WOW! That’s a long time.” “Yea.” “Well I got to go Gertie. I’m working on your welcome home present.” “Ok bye. See you soon.” “Bye. See you.” The cookies are almost done. They smell divine. I’m going to start working on the banner for her to hang up on the wall. It is going to say “Welcome Home Gertie and Family.” It is going to be very bright, colorful, warming, and welcoming. I can’t wait to see the look on her face when she sees it. She is probably going to be really surprised. and she'll be speechless. She won't know what’s going on. The letters are going to be bubble letter and the color pink, around it I’m going to draw confetti in all different colors, and I’m going to draw some hearts around it too. If she doesn't like it then I'm going to be a little upset, but I'll be glad to see her. DING DONG! Went the doorbell. She’s here she’s here! I opened the door and SURPRISE!!! Gertie was so happy to see me and I was so happy to see her too. She was amazed on what we did for her. She looked a lot taller. “You look taller Gertie. You’ve been growing like a weed.” “Thank…you, I guess.” “HAHAHA!! Lets go try the cookies I made for you.” “Ok.” We all enjoyed the cookies and had a great time at the party. You could hear the sounds of us chewing our cookies. MUNCH, CRUNCH, MASH!!! All in all Gertie and I had a blast seeing each other, and we spent the whole night catching up and talking about her vacation.

=Resolution=  Gertie and I had a lot of fun together at her welcome home party. Unfortunately we don’t always get along that well. Sometimes Gertie and I get into fights, but its phony stinky, rotten, dirty, month old bologna. We get mad at each other, but we always pull through and we will never stay mad at each other forever. Friends hang on through the ups and the downs because they always know that there will those times when you fight, but you always make up and are friends forever. Gertie and I fight a lot. Just like two lions fight over a piece of meat it’s pointless. They bite at each other, tug, claw and scratch at each other all for something as silly as a piece of meat. You may fight with your friends a lot or have an experience where you can’t see them for a while but in the end it will all work out. Friends stand by you when you’re sad or not in the best mood. Hang on to your friends you’re going to need them. “I’ll always need you Jill.” Gertie said. “Same. We won’t always be happy with each other, but we will always become friends again. “ “You’re the best Jill.” “Right back at you Gertie.” Friends are as great as chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip cookies that melt in your mouth with big chocolate chips and lots of them. Friends are just as sweet as chocolate chip cookies, even sweeter.