Through the Years

11- Phone Calls For Help

We see Kayla walk into the bathroom. She turns on the sink and splashes some water on her face. She dries her face off with a couple of paper towels and takes in a couple of deep breaths resting her hands on the counter.

Kayla takes out her phone once again and tries to call Sarah, again there is no answer. We see Kayla look at herself in the mirror for a couple of seconds. Kayla turns around and checks the bathroom stalls to see if there is anyone else in there with her.

To her luck, she is the only one in the bathroom. She opens the handicap stall locking the door behind her. Kayla takes a seat on the floor. We see her make a phone call.

Austin: "Yyyyeeeesssss?"

Kayla: "Is this a bad time?"

Austin: "Not at all. I thought you were leaving for Jersey this weekend."

Kayla: "Oh, I did. Actually, I'm currently sitting on the floor...in a handicap bathroom stall...during my high school reunion."

Austin: "Wow!! You actually agreed to go? What did Cam have to say to get that to happen?"

Kayla: "CAMERON...didn't say anything. Frank made me come, it's a long story."

Austin: "Well, it's nice of you to listen your manager."

Kayla hears someone enter the bathroom. She begins to whisper into the phone.

Kayla: "I called because at the party you said I could if I needed anything, remember."

Austin: "Yes, that part of the night I do actually remember. What happened?"

Kayla: "Well, for starters we are snowed in at the restaurant and I need to get home. My boyfriend is spending more time with this quote, travel agent, and not me. And then there's Sarah who is MIA."

Austin: "Wow, that's a lot of-"

Kayla: "You know, if I need the obvious stated I can call my mother for that..."

Austin: "I'm sorry. Look the whole thing with Cam and Krystal is probably what he says it is. He is probably planning a trip. I looked her up actually, she has a lot of experience."

Kayla: "What did you do, look her up through your Tinder profile?"

Austin: "Haha, very funny. As for Sarah, since you're snowed in she can't be far, just try to look for her in the kitchen or something."

Kayla hears the person leave the room, assuming she is the only one in the bathroom again.

Kayla: "Kitchen, okay. What about everything else?"

Austin: "I can't physically help you leave. Don't you have high school friends you're always in touch with or something?"

Kayla: "Well yeah, but I'm having trouble trusting them at the moment...remember me telling you that at the party."

Austin: "Right. Maybe you guys need to do something a little more fun. Maybe reenact something you guys did when you were all friends to remember what that feeling of friendship was like."

Kayla: "Like karaoke?"

Austin: "No...not karaoke. You said it's snowing...why not have a snowball fight or something."

Kayla: "Do you really think something like a snowball fight would work?"

Austin: "I don't know Jersey girl, but it's worth giving a shot."

Kayla: "Alright, thanks for the help."

Austin: "No problem. And hey, if you have any other problems tonight...don't call me. I met this girl the other night and she's coming over and-"

Kayla: "OK, OK..I don't need the scripted version of your social life for tonight..."

Austin: "Who said anything about being social?"

Kayla: "Ugh...Good night Texas"

Austin: "Night Jersey."

We see Kayla go to hang up the phone. She tilts her head back, taking in a couple more deep breaths before getting up from the floor.

We see Kayla wash her hands. Before she leaves, she looks to see if anyone else is in the bathroom. Kayla finds that she is alone once again. With that she checks her make up in the mirror and leaves the bathroom.

We see a waiter leaving the kitchen, caring food out to the tables. Kayla enters the kitchen, looking to see if Sarah is there. A chef sees Kayla, confused as to why she is in the kitchen.

Chef: "I'm sorry miss, you can't be back here while we are cooking."

Kayla: "Oh, I'm sorry. I was just looking for my friend. Has anyone who looks like this walked through here?"

Kayla shows the chef a picture of Sarah on her phone.

Chef: "Not that I have noticed. Now please get out of the kitchen."

Kayla turns around leaving the kitchen. We see Kayla looking in other places of the restaurant for Sarah. Kayla sees a waiter.

We see Kayla describe Sarah to him and the waiter nods his head. We see him pointing, guiding Kayla to somewhere, I don't know where.

Kayla follows the directions, they lead her to the coat closet the party is not using. She is about to open the door, but suddenly hears the sound of moaning coming from the other side. We see Kayla's jaw drop and start to walk away from the door slowly before turning around and walking away quickly.

Kayla walks outside onto a covered balcony. She shivers as the cold air hits her skin. She looks over the railing seeing the snow is now up to the middle of the tires on Sarah's car. Kayla takes out her phone from her purse, makes another call to her manager, Frank.

Frank: "Aren't you supposed to be relaxing by a fire?"

Kayla: "Didn't Sarah call you? This plan isn't working."

Frank: "Huh? What plan? Sarah never called."

Kayla: "Frank. The plan Sarah called me about when I was at my parents house. The plan where I have to come to this stupid reunion because someone leaked a story to the press. The plan where I was supposed to be here for 2 hours and now I'm stuck here for eternity."

Frank: "Um...sure...that plan. Well it sounds like you're having a great time."

Kayla: "Frank. I got into a fight with Sam and Cameron. I've ran into my ex and did I not mention the part that we're snowed in and no one can go home."

Frank: "Okay, okay. What would you like me to do about all that? It sounds as though you have ample amount of time to fix the all issues."

Kayla: "Didn't you hear me....WE CANT LEAVE! As my manager, you should find a way to fix that."

Frank: "Yes Kayla I heard you, but unfortunately I can't help you anymore than your classmates can."

Kayla: "OLD CLASSMATES. Fine. I'll just figure something else out."

We see Kayla hang up her phone. She takes a couple of deep breaths before she notices how quit it is outside. Suddenly her phone pings signaling she has a notification.

Kayla slides open the notification and her phone opens to the Twitter app. She see it's an article about her. The title reads, "Kayron Makes An Appearance At High School Reunion".

Another article pops up after, causing Kayla's phone to ping again, this one titled "Kayron Seen Fighting At Reunion". We see eyes go wide as she looks at the pictures attached to the article.

Kayla's phone pings again. The article is titled, "Kayla Anderson Fighting At Reunion With Friends, Boyfriend and Ex-boyfriend". She sighs, putting her phone on silent and throwing it back into her purse.

Kayla wipes some tears that fall down from her face in frustration, takes another deep breath and walks back into the restaurant.