Look Once, Look Twice

by Tootles21

This group of friends, all different, all best friends, set off into a forest preserve no ones ever been into. They go in all friends, but you never know how they'll come out. This story is the tale of four friends, surviving with only themselves and each

2. The Rain

Chapter Two

As Lisa checked her nails once more, Sara was running over logs, leaping into the fresh and woodsy air. Jacob was reading a chart he brought along to check for the constellations.

"So, what do you guys want to do-" Jon was saying. But a hard thump was heard in the distance. Jacob leaped to his feet, and Sara stopped jumping. Lisa glanced up from her nails, only to look down once more and continue to file them. The thump was heard, once more, twice more, until the bumps got louder and louder, almost as if the sky was falling down onto them.

Jacob said, "Guys, do you hear that?" Sara was pale, Jon was bored, and Lisa was screaming. "Oh my God, we're going to die, we're going to DIE!!!" She started to pace around in circles, amazingly still filing her perfectly pink nails. Jacob was glancing around. He was trying to tell them not to panic and get inside the tent, but the words got drowned out by the continuous thumping of the unknown object.

"Shut up Lisa!!" Sara yelled. Jon sighed and grabbed Lisa's arm. He started to say, "Shut up!" But the thumping stopped, and a huge storm started automatically.

The soft and gentle rain drops that were falling from the sky only continued to become harsh hail-like rain that was brought along with thunder and lightning. Everyone, now inside the damp tent,