She glanced at her watch. "Oh, crud," she muttered. she was going out with her friends to watch a movie. which one she had no idea. they had a whole stash of movies they could choose from. she glanced back at her clock. the show clothes could wait. she had to get ready for the outing. personally she hoped they would watch some kind of movie with the kind of old times theme. like Pirates of the Carribean. Or Hidalgo. Or Master and Commander. Or even Lord of the Rings. She liked those kind of movies... Sometimes she wished she could have adventures like them, but she knew that would never happen.
When she was younger she had pretended that she was on adventures, building forts under the coffee table and whatnot. She was kind of old for that now, though. the closest she ever got to having an adventure was when her horse decided to bolt. Jessica sighed and pulled on a pair of jeans and a white shirt, with a black sweater over that. She heard the doorbell ring and traipsed down the stairs, then grinned at Heidi as she stepped in. "Hi! I was just getting ready to go," she said. Heidi nodded.
"What movie do you think they'll play"
Jessica thought for a moment. "No idea, but I hope it's not something like Signs... They know I hate those kind of movies." Heidi grinned.
"Maybe they'll play Lord of the Rings"
"Or Pirates of the Carribean"
"Or seabiscuit!" Jessica sent a look at her friend.
"There's no way they'll play that." Heidi grinned.
"Doesn't hurt to hope"
Jessica started out the door. "Come on, we'll be late, and you know they won't wait for us." She shouted up to her mom that they were leaving, then stepped out into the night with her friend.
Jessica came back later that night, happy. The night out had been great, the guys had picked Lord of the Rings, the second one. That was one of her favorite movies, she had even started reading the books. She was currently on the second, The Two Towers. She thought the movie was pretty different from the actual books, but that was okay. She liked to compare things like that. She went up to her room, smiling as she passed her mom.
"So how was it?" she asked.
"Great! We watched Lord of the Rings, and had popcorn, and then ate licorice and-" her mom laughed.
"All right, all right. You had a good time. Now get ready for bed it's getting late." Jessica sent an imploring look at her mom.
"Can I read for just a half hour? Please?" Her mom rolled her eyes.
"All right. But just half an hour. I don't need you falling off that horse and giving me a heart attack tomorrow." Jessica grinned. "Thanks mom!" She darted off to her room, kicking off her shoes as she did so. She picked the book off of her bed, then sat down and started flipping to the page she had left off. She frowned as she reached the page. There was a huge smudge on it. A weird smudge. It almost looked like if something was moving on it. Jessica squinted at it, then rubbed it with her sleeve. Yeah. It was a ship, sailing. jessica stared at it more, then rubbed it again to see it clearer. She couldn't make out the name, but it was the H.M.S. something... British, it looked like. She gently touched the picture with her finger, then suddenly blacked out.
