Genre- Social realistic drama
The idea/story- about a young girl who decides to go on a chat room site, to try and meet some people of her age (early teens). The girl meets a guy, who tells her he is in his late teens. Thinking that she was lucky that a guy of that age would take any interest in a girl like her she feels special and so over the next few months they get to know each other and seem to grow a connection, with the girl still unwittingly knowing that the supposed ‘19 year old guy’ she is talking to is in fact, a old man in his 50’s. The pair get to the point where they start to chat every night on the site, with the girl deceiving her mother the whole time but convincing her she is actually doing school work in her room. The pair swap photos and phone numbers, the guy finding a picture of a good-looking young man on a search engine. Soon after the photos are exchanged the man suggests that they meet up for some ice cream and could go for a spin in his car before that. The young girl thinking that sounds like such a cool thing to do, especially for a girl of her age agrees and they set up to meet in a small road behind a park in the outskirts of town after school on Friday. As the girl approaches the car that meets the exact description that the man told her she opens the door and looks inside. Is it too late for the girl to get away?
The plot- A girl who is having trouble with bullies at her school, comes home one evening and decides to go on a char room sight to see if she can meet some people of her own age to stop her feeling so lonely.
Detailed plot-
• As she logs on to her account, she immediately gets a pop up asking her if she wants to start a conversation with ‘Jack’. Seeing his profile picture is a nice looking boy who seems to be a little bit older then she. Thinking that she is lucky that this guy is wanting to speak to her, she doesn’t give it a second thought, clicks “accept” and says hi. Jack replies with a ‘Hey, how you doing babe? Loving your profile picture!’ The girl and ‘boy’ seem to hit it off as they talk about how they have the same hobbies and traits.
• Through out the next few weeks the only thing that Ella, could look forward to was getting home from another day of being bullied at school and going straight on the computer to talk to Jack. Feeling closer and closer to Jack, Ella feels like she is wanted by someone at last and feels like she has somewhere to escape to when talking to him.
• Ella is continuously deceiving her mother, but making her think that she is always holed up in her room doing homework, making sure that each time her mum walks in she has a word document ready to pop up and cover her conversations with Jack.
• After a few months of intimate conversations, Jack finally asks the question that all of this has been leading up too, ‘So when am I going to get to see your gorgeous face in person then babe?’ Ella feeling flattered that Jack still likes her after al this time, jumps at the chance of a meeting with him. They make plans to meet on the outskirts of town behind a park after school the next Friday, with Jack saying that its best if they meet there and then he can drive them both into town for ice cream afterwards. His give Ella a detailed description of his car and tells her he can’t wait to see her and give her a big hug.
• The pair continue to talk every night on the run up to their meeting, with Jack convincing Ella that it would be best for her to stay in her school uniform as he would easily recognize her that way. Ella questions Jack on how she will recognize him and he reassures her that as long as she knows what the car looks like she can just get straight in and he’ll be there.
• The Friday of their meet finally come and the girl is willing for the end of school. She goes through the day as normal with her bullies mercifully calling her names and slyly hitting her. As the clocks strikes 3 and the school bell rings, Ella runs straight through the school gated entrance and doesn’t stop until she is around the corner from her and Jacks meeting place. She quickly straightens herself out, takes her hair out its bun and lets it fall down, and puts some lip gloss on thinking it will make her look older.
• Just as she picks up her bag and is about to walk around the corner her phone goes off, its her mum calling, she takes a deep breath and answers, her mother questions where she is and why she isn’t home straight after school like usual. Ella explains that she has gone to a new friends house and won’t be back any later then 6 o clock. She tells her mum she loves her and puts the phone down.
• Ella walks around the corner, she sees the old, clapped out Citroen Saxo, which her apparent fellow teenager would be waiting in. As he said the windows were blacked, so Ella could not see in side the car.
• She takes the handle and opens the car door and leans inside. Looking directly at her is Eric, a 56-year-old balding man. Ella shocked and panicked that she has made a mistake with the car, goes to apologize and step back, but before she can do any of these things, Eric pulls her into his car by her school blazer jacket. Ella is too shocked to do anything.
• You see the car doors lock and the sound of Ella pounding at the windows trying to escape. You then see the car speed off down the road knowing that it is now too late for Ella to escape from the man she once thought was a teenage boy who liked her for who she was.
This is a more detailed idea for one of my 'the meetings' short story. I have done a much more detailed plan, including the whole plot line and i have introduced the characters and the locations some more.
if you could let me know what you think that would really help me!
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