Lost Adventure

Chapter 1

The story of how 6 friends die over 6 years, is quite horrendous actually. Only a few know what really happened, yet they can't come to believe themselves. It's amazing how a little earthquake caused a great adventure.

"Haley. Haley! Haley, get up!" Lilly said quietly. Haley sat up with blue and pink paint dripping off her face.

"What?" She asked, annoyed.

"Haley, you fell asleep in the paint and crashed our project.

"Here. clean up." Lilly whispered, handing Haley a stack of towels. Maverick rolled over and tugged on Lilly's shirt.

"Morning princess. What time did you go to sleep?" He asked.

"I dunno, maybe 4? I finished the notes and Teague made the back part of the diorama. Haley slept in the paint." Lilly giggled. Lilly, Maverick, Haley, and Teague had all gotten together at Lilly's house to work on a diorama presentation for their history class. They had been working on the presentation for 3 weeks and it seemed that they learned something new every day that they wanted to add to the diorama. "Haley?" Maverick called out.

"What?" Haley said, coming out of the bathroom, brushing her long blonde hair.

"Oh darn it. I was hoping there was still paint on your face." Maverick said with an evil smile. Haley shut the bathroom door and Lilly and Maverick heard the shower start. It was about 5 in the morning, still dark out.

"At least it's Friday. I need about 30 hours of sleep if I wanna function next week." Lilly said, flopping into her bed.

"Good morning. What time is it?" Teague asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes.

"Bout' 5:07. Haley is in the shower....We should get ready for school." Lilly said. They picked up Lilly's room and then changed for school. Lilly wore her favorite pair of overalls with a light green shirt. She got a new jacket for Christmas and threw it into her bag for later. She French braided her brown hair and tied it off with some blue ribbons, she slipped on her crocs and headed downstairs.

Maverick wore his baggy jeans and did his 'sweatshirt under a t-shirt' look. He brushed his dark brown hair and looking in the mirror he saw that the blond streaks in his hair were fading.

"Don't worry. You'll always look like prince charming to Lilly." Teague said, peeking over Maverick's shoulder.

"Get outta it!" Maverick said, shoving Teague. He put on his old air force's and joined Lilly in the kitchen. Teague put on a white collared shirt and some sweatpants. He ran his fingers through his long-ish curly hair and laced up some hiking boots. Lilly, Maverick, and Teague had a feast waiting for Haley. They had pancakes, eggs, bacon, donut holes, and a nice fruit salad.

"Geeze, guys a bowl of cereal would've been fine." Haley said when she entered the kitchen.

"Wow Haley, that outfit looks very nice on you." Teague said.

"Teague, these are your jeans and Lilly's old army shirt. I always wear this." Haley responded.

"Yeah, and no matter what you'll always be Teague's damsel in distress." Maverick winked and laughed as Teague launched a pancake at his face. The four sat down and filled their plates. They talked about the speech they would have to make with their presentation, and they made plans for the weekend.

"Maverick, ya got syrup dripping down your shirt, go change. Borrow Teague's stuff if you wish." Lilly said, leaning over and pointing out a mess of syrup on Maverick's top.

"Oopsie. Hehe." He said.

Maverick left the table just as Lilly's mother called out. "Lilly! Lilly! Are you and your friends ready, it's almost 7, and Dad and I have to get to the Lab! Please hurry!" Lilly, Haley, and Teague ran up to get Maverick, then they gathered their bags and project and got into the car.

"So did you guys have fun?" Lilly's mom asked, backing out of the driveway.

"Yep!" They all said.

"Mom, can we hang out at Maverick's house after school?" Lilly asked.

"Umm... Maverick, will your parents be okay with it?" Lilly's mother asked.

"Yeah, they are on a cruise. I think. Anyways I've been left with Kaslynn." Maverick said, slumping back in his seat.

"Ok Lilly, you can go but be home by 8. Do you have your phone on you?" Her mom said.

"No it's dead, somebody left it on all night to blast BTS music!" Lilly said, looking back at Haley. Haley giggled awkwardly, as the rest of the ride to school was in silence.

"Bye!" They all said to Lilly's mother, once they reached the school and were getting out.

They walked into the school laughing and chatting, just like all the other high schoolers. It was another boring day, they each went to their own classes, met in the library for the study hall, ate lunch, presented their project, had an assembly, and continued on with classes. The last class of the day and the 4 of them were sitting at their usual table chatting away and waiting for the 3:00 bell to ring. Suddenly there was a low pitch rumble that rattled the desks, it grew louder.

"Quick students! Under your desks!" The teacher called out. Everyone got under the tables and the shaking continued. A few car alarms were heard in the distance. There was a sudden violent shake and items fell off of the shelves, there were other loud crashes heard in the rooms next door, and just like it had started, it had stopped. The intercom came on and everyone fell silent.

"Student and staff, the 3:00 bell has already gone off but no one is to leave the building for the next 10 Minutes." The principal hung up the phone.

"Class, come out from under your desks. Please help me pick up these things." Everyone helped and soon they were dismissed.

"Guys! I got an essay to write!" Haley cried

"Us too." Lilly, Maverick, and Teague said.

"I think we also have to read the 3 chapters on Medieval Europe!" Lilly said, looking down at her phone.

They left the school grounds and headed to Maverick's house to start their homework.

"Ok. So if we start with the reading, then write 1 page of the essays, work on 4 complex sentences in Spanish or whatever language class you guys take, then go back to the essays, finish the reading, do the other 4 sentences, and end with a model idea for science, then we will have all this work done by...8 pm tonight. And Then Maverick can take me and Haley home on the golf cart." Lilly said, as they entered Maverick's bedroom.