Holly L.

Lost

Chapter 1

It was a snowy day in New York City, the streets were covered with people. As Riley looked out her window she saw Jenna running up to her front door! “I have to get ready!” Riley screamed. Riley quickly, but quietly ran to her room and got changed and skipped down the stairs of her apartment. Jenna rang the doorbell.

Riley opened her apartment door and said, “Hi Jenna.”

“Hi Riley, are you ready to go?” Jenna asked.

Riley checked her bag and said excitedly, ¨I'm ready!¨ They hurriedly left Riley's apartment and went to Jenna´s apartment. The girls rang Jenna's mom’s doorbell.

“Hello girls, get your stuff Jenna,” Jenna's mom said. Jenna ran up the stairs and got the emergency kit, an umbrella, and boots. Jenna ran back down the stairs and brought her things.

Jenna and Riley stepped out of the apartment and Jenna yelled, “Bye, mom.” Jenna's mom slowly closed the door as they ran down the street.

Chapter 2    

“So where do you want to go?”Jenna asked Riley while walking down the street.

“Jenna, I don't know there's a million places to go in New York City, you don't expect me to know?”

“Whoa, watch out the car almost hit you!¨ Jenna screamed frighteningly. They got so scared because they unexpectedly turned the wrong way. “Riley, watch out New York is filled with cars; you can get hit very easily,¨ Jenna said angrily staring right in Riley’s eyes.

They suddenly found themselves surrounded by buildings that were not as nice as the ones they were just by.  They didn't think that they were in Manhattan anymore. ¨Ugggh Jenna, we should turn back now.¨ Riley said with her teeth chattering and with her arms crossed holding the other shoulder they were both very cold.

“Don't be such a scaredy cat,” Jenna said very proudly. “I also know my way back home from here.” Riley knew Jenna was lying.

Chapter 3

¨Help!¨ they both screamed on the top of their lungs. ¨Help!¨ they screamed again. Suddenly after what seemed like hours, they stopped, they sat on a bench, and shivered.

Then a short while later nice a homeless man stood in front of them speechless, he thought the girls were orphans or something. The man exclaimed ¨Where are your parents?”

They both remained speechless. ¨Ugggh…they are…,” Jenna said nervously.

“...Over there,” Riley said to the man pointing to the bench.

“That’s right Riley, over there,” Jenna said to the man. She knew she was lying.

“Okay bye then,” the man said walking away.

Chapter 4

Jenna looked and saw an entrance  to something familiar. “Riley, look, the Bronze Zoo!” Jenna said proudly.

“No Jenna, the Bronx Zoo.” Riley said. “Let's go in then… what are we waiting for let's go!”

As they walked in they saw a billboard that said Welcome to the Bronx Zoo! They saw a sign that said Kangaroo Crossing, and they also saw the signs that said Amphibian Ave, and Lizard Lane. There were lions, seals, and penguins. Riley laughed, she thought the place was strange like a town filled with animals.

Chapter 5

“Riley, look a police man not some homeless guy,” Jenna. Riley knew that Jenna wanted to go home.

“Jenna you can leave, but I’m staying.”

“Fine I’ll stay.” Jenna said with an attitude. “Look Riley, Lizard Lane, I love lizards.” The girls walked down the path and went into the lizard house. In the house there were many kinds of lizards. “Riley look, there are blue lizards, my favorite color,” Jenna screamed.

“I guess you are liking the zoo,” Riley said. “Lets go over there they have elephants you can ride.” They both walked down the path to the elephants. When the girls got there Riley asked ¨Jenna do you want to ride the elephants.

“Well, I'm sorry elephants. I'm not riding you because I don't want to get whatever disease you have that makes you look disgusting and old,” Jenna said meanly.

Before Riley could get on the elephant a police officer came up to the girls and said, “Where are your parents?”

The girls knew they couldn't lie, he was a policeman, nobody could lie to him. The girls said, “They are all the way back in Times Square.”

“Well, they left you here?” the policeman asked the girls.

“No,” the girls said with their head facing the floor. “We got lost and ended up here.”

“Well then, it is almost dark, come in my car and I will take you home.” The girls walked into to the car and sat behind the cage in the back of the police car.

Chapter 6

“Where do you live?” the policeman asked.

“We live on 5th Ave, close to Times Square.” Riley and Jenna said.

“I will drive you there then,” the policeman said happily. As the girls were in the car Riley thought how Mom, Dad, Jack, and Jemma would be worried about her.  Then she heard a call from the the policeman's phone. RING… he quickly picked up the phone and said, “She's here in my car I am driving her home now.”  As the policeman put down the phone he said, “Your mom was worried, but she is okay now.”

Thank goodness, Riley thought. They arrived at Riley’s apartment building, rang the doorbell, and Riley's Mom screamed “Riley, thank goodness you're okay!” as tears started to roll down her eyes.

“Mom I’ll be right back, I have to drop Jenna off at her apartment and I won't get lost AGAIN...”