The Bridge

by boy soldier

my first story i've been havin a lot of trouble getting the full second chapter up thats why it keeps on going and coming back.but i finally got it up yay! plz R&R

1. Chapter 1

The Bridge

Disclaimer: I don't own bridge to Terabithia or anything to do with it.

Leslie sat high perched in the tree house waiting for Jesse. She looked at her watch again, he was fifteen minutes late, and it wasn't like him to leave her waiting. She sat up in the tree and said to herself "I'll wait another fifteen minutes but then I'm gone". She pulled her bright red rain jacket around her and let out a long bored breath.

Jesse ran as fast as he could jumping over fallen branches and skidded to a stop next to the bridge. He picked up a stick and manouvered the hooked end of the branch around the rope before pulling it towards him. He gripped on tightly and kicked off the bank but before he was halfway across the rope snapped and he fell straight into the river.

Leslie glanced at her watch then climbed down out of the tree house and made her way towards the bridge.

The water swirled around Jesse and he couldn't steady himself. He bashed off rocks at the bottom of the river and scraped his knees off the jagged rocks. His head hit off another rock and he lost consciousness.

Leslie trudged through the forest until she could see the clearing were the rope was. Then she squinted and couldn't see the rope she ran towards the river at full speed.

When she arrived there she gasped in horror as she saw Jesse's blue raincoat and his lifeless body lying on the bank. She ran over and pulled him onto his back. She stared at his cut and bruised face for a second before snapping back into reality.

She was clueless as to what to do, what could she do she couldn't cross the river and she had no way of contacting anyone.

Then she remembered the mobile phone that she had gotten for her birthday that her dad had assisted that she brought with her. Thank god for dad she thought.

She quickly called Jesse's house phone remembering that her parents were at a book signing.

"Hello" she said as the phone was picked up by Jesse's mom. "Oh hi Leslie I know Jesse's late but he should be the-"," Mrs.Aarons Jesse fell into the river you have to get down here now!" Leslie said worry strong in her voice Mrs.Aarons dropped the phone and Leslie just heard her shout "Jesse" then the phone went dead.