JESSIE AND EMMA'S DILEMMA Version 2

THE STORY

"That's a wrap, girls" the director yelled into his megaphone as both Debby Ryan and Peyton List stepped offset, greeting producers as the cleanup crew began to step on the set.

"Great job today, Debby, really good stuff. And you too, Peyton. You two were hilarious today" the director said. Debby gave a **** smile, while Peyton glanced down at her phone, rolling her eyes. The director looked back at them uncomfortably. "Alright, well I can see you two are busy. Just a reminder, the studio closes at nine tonight, so I suggest heading to your trailers early."

"Thanks," Debby said, as she left with Peyton following closely behind. The pair departed from the set and headed toward the exit. After Peyton and Debby made it passed the crew, Peyton grabbed Debby's sleeve and pulled her to the side, out of hearing from anyone around.

"What's the problem?" Debby asked.

Peyton looked at Debby anxiously. "Debby, look, I know you know that our film props have been going missing for months now. I know you talked to the producers about it. Well, I think this could be the perfect opportunity to do something about it." Peyton said.

"What do you mean by that?" Debby asked.

Peyton looked around before confiding in Debby, "I think we should stay the night. We can camp out and catch the guys who have been stealing our stuff."

Debby gave Peyton a concerned look. "Peyton, we should let the professionals take care of this. Besides, it violates our contracts to stay passed curfew."

Peyton began to pout towards Debby. "Come on, Debby. Where's your sense of adventure?" Peyton asked.

"My sense of adventure ends where my career starts," Debby responded.

"Come on Debby, just this once."

Debby rolled her eyes and begrudgingly nodded to Peyton's excitement. Peyton began hopping up and down.

"Yay, we're going sleuthing!" Peyton shouted happily, before Debby placed her hand over the blonde's mouth, realizing that people could've heard her. Peyton rolled her eyes as she sighed into Debby's hand.

Hours passed as Debby and Peyton waited for when these thieves would strike. Finally, after the studio had been officially closed, Peyton and Debby snuck inside the back, carefully avoiding the security cameras. Both girls were dressed up in t-shirts and jeans, although Peyton's outfit was meant to display considerably more cleavage.

Peyton and Debby snuck over to the props area, where the only exit was through the makeup department. The girls hid behind mannequins, hoping to take their captors by surprise. After a few minutes of patiently waiting, they heard a sound coming from the makeup department.

Peyton immediately tried to get up and investigate, but Debby grabbed her wrist and pulled her back behind the mannequins. Soon after, Peyton and Debby noticed two suspicious 'masked figures' walk through the door of the props area, so Debby and Peyton got down to hide.

Debby peered over the shoulder of the mannequin she was hiding behind to catch of glimpse of what the intruders were up to. She saw the intruders going through various props and casually disregarding some of the set pieces, apparently looking for something specific. Debby kept her breathing measured as there was little sound in the room.

Debby focused on their movements when suddenly she heard the sound of a cell phone ringing coming from her right side. She turned to Peyton who was petrified as the phoned glowed in her pocket. Peyton panicked and clutched her phone, desperately trying to hit the power button. Just as soon as she turned her phone off, Peyton was greeted by the sight of the intruders staring down at them, they pulled her and Debby out from behind the mannequins, pinning both of their arms behind their backs.

"What are you doing here?" the man asked in a gruff voice.

"We were lost," Debby said trying to think fast, while Peyton struggled in the grip of one of them.

"Yeah right." the man said, "this place was marked as closed. There are signs everywhere."

"Well then, what were YOU doing here?" Debby asked.

The man froze, "we were ummm, never mind what we were doing.....tie them up. And if you resist, we'll hurt your blonde friend over here." the man said to Debby, motioning toward Peyton, who's was squirming vigorously in the other man's arms.

"Alright, just don't hurt her," Debby said as the man released her arms. She looked over at Peyton, who was now in a chokehold, "if 'red' tries anything blondie here suffers"! "PLEASE LET US GO" Peyton pleads, "we won't say anything" hearing "yeah right we have rap sheets...we're not going back to prison bitch"!

Debby turned around and held her wrists out in front of her and batted her eyes. "Ok you can tie me up now" hearing "UH UH, behind your back" taking out two pairs of handcuffs, FINE" she says dejectedly.