Create the Next Line...

(HINT: Read the thread of comments and add to the last comment made--don't screw it up heh heh)

BJ had his hands full when Kool left town for a full four days to The Big Apple. He wanted her to go--to get her much needed refreshment. But as soon as she left, the weirdest things began to happen. It all started with the...

Story Add-on...

It was 4:23 AM when her eyes flew open from a sound sleep. She was disoriented at first, maybe from having a bit too much Sangria with the other Parent Teacher Organization buddies earlier in the evening. But hearing the water running upstairs she could only wonder, "Why the hell someone was taking a shower at this time of night?!"

Climbing the stairs to investigate, the boys claimed they had come home around 1:30 from work but were staying up all night to catch the 6:30 AM train. "If we go to sleep now we'll NEVER wake up at 6. We just have to stay up until then, " insures the older son.

"Whatever!" She says, and slinks back down to her own bed as the head begins to pound.

Lying there in bed, trying to "not wake up! not wake up! just act like it was a dream," she hears the strangest... bird call?? from outside the window in the back yard. Her husband hears it too. He asks, "What IS that? A raccoon?" She still thinks it some strange bird, but it sounds like it's from the Amazon or somewhere very different then this northeastern part of the USA. And, it was VERY annoying. "It's a monkey!!" she thought. "What the hell would a monkey be doing in our yard? Someone lost their exotic pet into our back yard?''

She tries to decide, "Should I just put the fan on to drown out the sound... or... should I grab a flashlight and investigate? It's four frikkin forty-five in the morning!!!"

Story Add-on

Here's another opportunity for us to create a story together. I was inspired by c jane's post today. Our last story add-on was quite the disaster!!! It was WAAAAAYYY too random--but fun none-the-less. This time lets really put our writers' caps on and pretend we're "a" published author, starting a new sequel. I'll begin the story and you can add to it. As you'll see, Meg is the first character. Feel free to add new characters, but let's keep the names fictitious. (Am I ruining all the fun?--you can do this on your own blog and make your own rules).

Here's one important tip--something I learned about drama improvization skills--embrace what the person ahead of you offered and go with it. Don't try to ignore their piece based on some other idea you had in mind for the story. Use their idea and then the next person will play off of you. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, HEIDI JO--and my response is: THESE ARE NOT NAZI RULES! Just learn from "the master" (Bah haha). Ok, Here goes:

It was another cold, damp morning where the newborn a.k.a. spring had to battle it out with age-old winter. All of creation knows who wins in the end, but some years winter holds on for what seems like forever. At least the snow was gone from the ground, and a few daffodils had made themselves known.

A young woman stood dumbfounded in her driveway, reading and rereading the letter in her hand. A shiver ran through her body as the shocking news created a lump in her throat. Her barefeet were objecting to cold gravel, but it didn't matter. Life had just become complicated again.

Meg wasn't sure what to feel. Joy? Sorrow? Fear? Certainly a bit of shock was in order.

What does this all mean? She looked to the sky and said out loud, "What do you want from me?! Change? Again?"

Thoughts raced through her mind, "I finally feel healthy. I can cope with life the way it is. What's gonna happen now? How am I gonna do THIS?"

Slowly, while taking several deep breaths, Meg walked back towards the farmhouse. The long driveway gave her time to settle her emotions before facing the questioning look of her husband.

[your turn]

Once Upon a Time...

there were two girls who decided they needed a get away to someplace warm. They shedded the quilt (read the former post to get that) met at the airport terminal, entered a plane, not realizing that the plane they boarded was bound for...

(Dear commenters, this is story add-on. Please add the next few lines of the story and leave it open ended for the next author to add. If you don't understand how to play, please be silent and enjoy everyone else's brilliance.)