Patricia Chan's Short Story Proposal

* Note: Very cliche. :)

Exposition: Just like every other summer, 15 year old Alexis and her parents goes to their beach house to spend the vacation.

Inciting Action: Alexis wakes up to a loud noise outside the window of her room. She drags her feet to the window and sees a boy her age, leaning against his window frame in the house that sits across from hers. As a meet-and-greet gift, this boy, Jason, gives Alexis a dolphin-shaped seashell necklace.

Rising Action: One morning, Alexis meets up with Jason at the beach where he promises to show her a surprise. He leads her into the forest that runs along the beach and they come upon a waterfall. They make their way behind the waterfall and up a flight of stone stairs, which leads into a cave. She steps into the cave to see it filled with seashells, all shaped and colored differently. From then on, every single minute of their time spent together is in this cave of seashells. Even though her heart is supposedly, already taken, she finds herself falling for this strange boy who has a peculiar affinity for seashells.

Climax: Alexis actually has a boyfriend, Tyler. He arrives at the beach towards the end of summer hoping to spend time with Alexis. Jason, who had always thought that Alexis was single, is crushed when he realizes that Alexis already has somebody else. The next morning, Alexis finds Jason moving out of the beach house next to hers. She tries to stop him from leaving by confessing to him, but he doesn’t believe her, he tells her that there’s no point for him to stay if she doesn’t truly love him.

Falling Action: Alexis’ efforts to stop him are in vain and he leaves, so she, of course, is heartbroken. She and Tyler broke up since she realizes that she doesn’t love him anymore.  Every night, she cries herself to sleep, clutching the dolphin necklace.

Resolution: A couple days later, a new neighbor moves in next to Alexis' house. Alexis sees a familiar face and, just like the first time time, he presents her a gift for being his new neighbor.