The Night under the Bridge

Charlotte's Idea

It was the 1st day of June. It was the night of Charlotte's disappearance.  Sarah and Tiffany and Charlotte were best friends. They always talked about their boy crush, what they wanted to be when they grew up and family.... and also their friendship.

It was Charlotte's turn to have their weekly, weekend sleep over.  Sarah always brought her grandmother's knitted blanket and a bag of popcorn. Tiffany always would show up forgetting something... mainly her favourite pyjamas because she would wear them the night before and her mother would wash them and fold them, place them on her dresser with a small note of kind discipline. Tiffany always avoid the note and would run out of her room and show up at either Sarah's or Charlotte's and when it came time to get ready to go to sleep she would always say "Oh, no! I forgot my favourite pyjamas". Sarah and Charlotte always laughed and then Tiffany would eventually follow in laughing. She was just happy to be with her best friends. Like always Charlotte always had an extra pair, whether the sleepover was at her house or not.

Sarah ran off to the kitchen to pop the popcorn  and Tiffany went to the bathroom to put on her again borrowed sleepwear. And Charlotte remained in her bedroom awaiting the girls' return.

She stood up since they were all sitting cross legged on her floor. Walked over to her other closet and opened her brown shoebox which contained her journal and made her way back to her spot on the floor.

Just as she sat down. She could smell the fresh popcorn as Sarah enter the room, munching on a handful. Then Tiffany enter behind her wearing Charlotte's extra pyjamas. They were full of pink bunnies. Charlotte new Tiffany loved bunnies.

Sarah and Tiffany sat down in there spot on the floor and passed the popcorn around. When it came to Charlotte she was face down fully involved in reading her Journal.

Sarah whispered to Tiffany "I think she's remembering something!" Charlotte pop her head up and look over at the girls. "Have you both been to the bridge lately".

Tiffany shriek "No!! Why do you ask." Sarah did not responded.

"HEY! Sarah did you hear me. "WHAT! WHAT YOU SAY" Sarah shouted.

Half hour later the three of them were outside walking down the pathway to the bridge. Only this time they walked off course to se what was going on under it.

A Shriek sound was coming from within. It was Charlotte's Idea. As Tiffany ran and caught up with Charlotte and Sarah as she stopped at the park bench across the way to make sure she had her flashlight.
As Tiffany arrived. It was only Sarah. Sarah was alone. She was looking at Tiffany as she came running towards her. Tiffany noticed Charlotte was gone. But it wasn't until Sarah turned back towards the opening under the bridge when she saw.

Tiffany screamed at the top of her lungs. Sarah remained silent but jaw dropped and could not believe what had happened.