Lost

You went hiking with some friends, took off on your own for a while, and got lost.

You've wandered around all day looking for your friends, but you can't find them anywhere.

What is the first thing you do? Have you brought food, water, and maps along, or are you the freewheeling type who just comes as you are? What thoughts are going through your head? How do you feel? Write about the situation.

Oh, my, god. Where are they?  I told Sarah and Charlotte that I would meet back up with them right here in a half hour. And that was 2 hours ago. This is not good. There are wild animals in these parts, plus, it was getting dark, and I had no food or water. Bears, wolves, some rabid animals. Just thinking about that is getting me even more worried. What if I never find my way out? What if I die, right here, waiting for someone to find me? Calm down, I tell myself, I will find my way out. Wait, the walky talky! I can use this to communicate with Sarah and Charlotte. I dug around my purse, which I had brought along with no supplies in it except for my wallet, lotion, makeup (but I don't think that the animals really care if I have extra long lashes, thanks to Revlon, or glossy lips, thanks to Bonne Bell) and a Tide-to-go instead of a backpack filled with hiking gear, and food and water.

 I finally managed to find it, under all that junk. I turned it on. "Hello," I said into it, "Can anyone here me?" I waited a few minutes without getting a response. "Whe-" someone started, but got cut off. What just happened? No, no, this is not happening. My walky talky batteries died. How am I going to get someone to help me find the way out. I paced around the little clearing in which I was standing. Crunch. What was that? I bet it's a rabid animal. I was right, I will die right here. Getting attacked by a wild animal. I love you mom, dad, I thought. I shut my eyes.

"I wonder where she could be." Wait, was that people talking? This one sounded a lot like Charlotte.

"I have no idea," someone who sounded a lot like Sarah said. It must be in my head. This sucks. I was going crazy.

I opened my eyes. But there they where, standing right in front of me.

"Charlotte, Sarah, is that really you?" I asked.

"Uh, ya. Who else would it be?" Sarah said.

"Why where you over here, instead of right over there, where we said we would meet?" asked Charlotte.

"Wait," I said, "What are you talking about? The spot we were supposed to meet is right over there?"

"Ya, and we were waiting for hours," Charlotte said.

"We were just leaving, because we figured you had just gone up to the car without waiting for us, when we noticed something in this clearing. Good thing we did, or else you would have been here for a while," Sarah said.

"Thanks you guys," I said, and I really did mean it. "Without you, I probably wouldn't have made it through the night. Come on, it's getting dark out, and I don't want to be lost out here any longer."

With the help of my friends, we found our way back to our car.