Weekend Trip (writing sample)



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Nobody suspected how far from home we were. This was just like an other trip out to the woods, plenty of alcohol, cards and music. The cabin I took everyone to is beautiful, but there’s nothing within a 10 mile radius, but since everyone slept on the way up, most of them are too drunk to realize this isn’t our normal park.

As night falls we all gather on the deck and start up a random conversation about life. The air is fresh and clean and the fire pit is keeping us just warm enough without being unbearably hot. The group gets lost in a deep discussion and I decide to turn in early since I had breakfast duty in the morning. I can get to my room from the deck so I just walk in and pull the shades. I drift off to sleep rather quickly thanks to the wine I’d been drinking through the evening.

In the middle of the night I wake up to go to the restroom. I can still see the light from the fire pit and assume that everyone is still up. I decide not to turn on the lights until I close the bathroom door so they don’t see that I’m awake and try to bring me into the conversation. When I close the door and flip the switch, I notice all but one bulb is missing around the mirror. I decide to investigate what’s happened to the rest of the bulbs because I don’t want to be charged for them when it’s time to check out. I walk from my room out into the great room and notice everyone is scattered throughout the living room area. Before I get a chance to say anything I feel a hand cover my mouth and pull me back into my room.

“Don’t scream it’s me, I’m saving your life” the familiar voice is my friend Luke.
I try to take in the scene before I’m too far to see, and I notice that there are more people in the room than our original group.

“Who are those people?’ I whisper as I grab my shoes and locate my pocket knife.

“They came up saying that they were in the cabin down the road and wanted to join the party, but they took everyone hostage.”

“How did you get away?” I ask completely confused and heading towards the balcony door.

“They never saw me sitting in the corner.” He looks just as confused as he opens the door slowly to be sure that none of them are still on the deck.

 “We should be able to get to Buford Dam Rd. pretty soon if we run for it, I know Lake Lanier like the back of my hand.” He gets an excited spark in his eye until he looks at my face.
“What’s wrong?”

“We’re in North Georgia. I have no idea how to get around without a GPS” I tell him as I grab my phone from the charger on the nightstand.

“I hope, you’re in shape.” Luke picks me up and throws me off the side of the deck.

I land soft knees and start running for the tree line. Luke jumps and catches up with me quickly. We try to find a place that will hide the light of our phones so we can call for help.