Higgins Lake: A Short Story

It was a cold, frosty winter day on January 19th. The girls had decided to go for a drive to see the countryside. They were staying on the prettiest lake in the entire state of Michigan. The lake was a beautiful cool blue that matched the morning sky. It was early in the morning when the three girls entered the car to take a drive around. It was Megan’s birthday, so Rachel and Emma had been planning to throw her a birthday getaway at Higgins Lake. Rachel had been planning this for weeks, she was so excited for what she had planned. Megan and Rachel grew up together in a small town.As their senior year approached they go accepted to the same college and eventually became roommates. Megan was the sister Rachel wished she always had. Emma, on the other hand, was new to the friend group. They’d met her in college, and she was going to become an elementary music teacher. She had lived in the dorm room next

It was two stories with huge windows looking out onto the frosty blue lake. When they entered the house they first went and put their stuff into their rooms. There were two rooms on the first floor and one room on the second floor. The first night, as they were settling in, they decided to just watch movies and eat pizza, like a typical girly sleepover. Day two they took that beautiful ride through the countryside. They stopped at a local grocery store to find the items to make dinner that night. They had decided to make fettuccine chicken alfredo with a side of ciabatta bread. For dessert, they were gonna make Megan’s favorite dessert, chocolate chip skillet cookie. Everyone was super excited to get home and began cooking. They checked out at the store and realized they had been gone for about an hour. When they arrived at the car everyone could tell something was off with Emma. “Do you guys feel that?” Emma said kinda questioning if she even did