Scene 40:-
Int. Weiner Hotel,
Time:- 7:30 P.M
Emma texts Caleb, "Heyyy! Do you wanna go out into the woods tonight? It'd be soo fun and spooky?"
Caleb replies the next second, "I guess we can go… but, are you sure you won't be scared?"
Emma replies, "No, Of course not!"
Caleb then agrees to go with Emma.
After a few minutes they walk into the woods with their torches on, in their mobile. Just as they walk into the woods they slowly start to lose light. All the trees' breeze blowing past them makes them feel so happy. After a while, Emma starts to feel scared and she says,
"Caleb, Um… don't you think we have seen enough? We probably should just go back."
Caleb laughs and says, "So you ARE scared!"
Emma replies, "Um… nothing like that but…"
Just when she's about to finish saying a word,
A wild dog comes running at them.
Emma notices the dog and starts running, Caleb shouts, "Emma wait!!!"
Before he could follow her with the same speed as her, he falls down. Emma disappears into the woods.
The wild dog just then jumps onto Caleb and tries to bite Caleb and it scratches him with its strong nails. Then Caleb pushes off the dog and throws a stone at it, the stone hits the dog and it runs away.
Caleb walks while limping and he keeps searching for Emma, he keeps shouting for Emma, "Emma!!! Where are you?!" He tries to call her and text her as many times as possible, but due to bad signal none of his messages get delivered to Emma. He keeps walking deep down the woods. Emma, who is lost in the dense woods, finds a small pond.
She sits near the pond and keeps staring at the reflection of the full moon in the water of the pond. Tears start flowing from Emma as she closes her eyes and thinks about Caleb.
As she opens her eyes back up, she wipes off her tears. Just as she opens her eyes, she looks at the reflection of Caleb in the water, who walks towards her. Caleb walks towards Emma and just stands behind her without saying any word. Emma cries harder for a few seconds, then she quickly gets and runs to hug Caleb. She hugs Caleb and cries hard. Then, Caleb says, "Hey Emma! Cool! I'm here now… How can you even think I'd leave you alone?!"
Then Emma looks at Caleb's appearance,
Caleb will be bleeding, his jeans will be torn near the knee. His shirt looks dirty and his hair is all messed up.
Caleb then jokes, "I look like a clown, don't I?"
He adds, "I should've worn my shorts tonight. Unfortunately, there goes my pants."
Emma then wipes off her tears and sarcastically says, "You're looking more handsome than I've ever seen you before!"
Caleb awkwardly looks at himself and says,
"Wait what? You sure?"
Emma bursts out laughing with tears in her eyes.
Caleb then says, "Oh so you're being sarcastic? Thanks!"
Then, Caleb takes Emma's hands and guides her back to the hotel by following their foot trails.
Scene 41:-
Ext. Weiner Hotel,
Time: 12:30 P.M
They return back safely to their hotel, then Caleb says, "Don't think too much about this experience Emma, it'll make it difficult for you to sleep. I'll meet you tomorrow, the final day!"
Emma hugs Caleb again and starts to cry, and then she says, "Thank you so much Caleb! I don't know where I would've been without you!"
Caleb says, "Like I said, don't think too much about this! It'll haunt you throughout the night!"
Emma wipes her tears and nods.
Caleb says, "G'night!! Have a great sleep!"
Emma waves and says, "G'night."
Scene 42:-
Int. Weiner Hotel,
Time: 6:50 A.M
Caleb wakes up and tries to get out of his bed, but then his knee starts to pain. Then he realises about last night's incident. He somehow manages to get up and he freshes up. Later, he checks on his friends. All 4 of them will be in deep sleep, Henry and James will be snoring loudly. Caleb rolls his eyes from left to right, clockwise. He sighs and leaves the room. He realises that there is gonna be a beautiful sunrise. He walks upto the Avalon pier. He looks at the bright and big orangish sun. The wind blows past Caleb, he enjoys the breeze. He closes his eyes and thinks of his journey in quick bits. And finally he thinks of Emma... Just as he thinks of opening his eyes, someone closes his eyes with their hands from the back. Caleb catches their hands and turns slowly and says,
"So, y'all are finally awake?"
But, just as he turns he looks at Emma smiling.
She greets him happily, "Good Morning!!!"
Caleb gets surprised and says,
"Heyyy! What are you doing this early in the morning?"
Emma replies, "I just couldn't sleep properly last night. I woke up quite a few times, but I did manage to sleep for sometime. I just woke up a few minutes ago, I came out and saw you standing over here, so thought I'd join you for this amazing sunrise."
Caleb says, "Oh! Okay, glad to have you here... For the sunrise."
Emma pauses and asks, "So... How's the leg?
Caleb replies, "It still kinda hurts. But, it ain't that bad, I'll be alright."
Emma says, "You know Caleb? I don't think there was ever anyone who cared for me as much as you did after my Dad."
Caleb smiles and sits down at the bench. Emma sits next to him.
Emma says, "I really don't want this trip to end. This trip was probably the best ever trip I've been to."
Caleb then asks, "Have you never been to any other trip? Like a big one?"
Emma smiles with pain and replies, "Actually, I've never been to any trip since my mom's death."
Caleb says, "Oh! I'm so sorry... I didn't know that your mom is dead."
Emma replies, "It's fine. I was 8 years old when my mom died. And, I can never forget the day that my mom died."
Caleb says, "Don't mind me asking, but how did your mom die?"
Emma replies, "She had blood cancer, she had only 3 months when she knew that she was having cancer."
Emma's tears start to flow.
She wipes her tears off and says, "She always wanted to see me as a great painter. She never even got to see me draw. After her death, I was all alone at home, I had to get out and meet new friends, but in the evening everyone used to get back to their homes and enjoy with their family. Whereas I... Just had to be alone, My dad had to work untill late night. I had to eat alone, play alone and work alone."
Caleb asks, "Oh! But, how did your dad allow you to come here?"
Emma replies, "Oh he didn't, we fought about this for weeks. I had many sleepless nights, crying at my desk for weeks. After all the fight, he couldn't see me suffering anymore, he did let me come in the end. But, he was worried.... A lot!"
Emma closes her eyes and takes a deep breath.
Caleb says, "Well... I... Had an amazing time here, and most of that is because of you! I can't thank you enough for showing me around."
Emma smiles and says, "You know? You are really cute when you blush Caleb?"
Caleb feels awkward and asks, "What? Me? Blushing? Not at all! I mean you aren't even looking at me!!"
Emma opens her eyes and says, "I can sense that from your talk!"
She pauses for a while and laughs.
Caleb then giggles. Later, Caleb picks up his phone and scrolls through Instagram. After a few minutes, Emma falls asleep. She slowly rests her head on Caleb's right shoulder. Caleb notices Emma and tries not to move as much as possible.
He takes a selfie with his left hand and smiles. He takes a stunning picture with the sun as the backdrop.
To be Continued...
Upcoming,
Chapter 6:- Goodbye Kitty Hawk!