Rising action: The lights went out for a few seconds, then it went back on again. Although she noticed something on the floor, near the table, it's a hand but there's something flowing out of it. She ordered her maid to lift up the table sheets, suddenly started screaming that she caught all of their attention. The girl turns around and saw the corpse of her second ex, she looked in terror as her ex died under the table, blood was flowing everywhere, a necklace, a few knives, and a plate surrounded the corpse. A man behind the pillars was caught with a knife that has blood on it, she realized that it was her secret boyfriend. She tries to stop and told the crowd that someone was trying to frame him.
Climax: She desperately asks every guest if they were with her ex, she gathers every evidence, learn everyone's alibi but then, her fiance was shot from out of nowhere, her maid went missing, and both of her exes are accusing each other. She thinks it through, the only thing the girl ever heard that made sense is that her dead ex wants her back.
Falling action: The girl gathered all of her guests and told them what happened. Her dead ex was attempting to talk to her and wants to give her a necklace, but the culprit stops him by turning off the lights, then buys time to kill him, and placed him under the table then the culprit forces her boyfriend to take the murder weapon. Her fiance was shot, at the same time, her maid went missing, so she concluded that her maid is the culprit. By chance, they saw the maid attempting to kill the girl's boyfriend but failed.
Resolution: They arrested the maid, but the girl wants to ask why did she kill them. Her answer was they were breaking the girl's heart, hurting her, so she had no choice but to either kill them or ruin them because she wanted to stop the girl's suffering. The party ended as the girl announced her relationship with the man and decides to continue it even further.
"... The story may not have a complex case, but it'll do. The set-up is the beginning, rising action is the part where the problem appears, the climax is the highest point of tension as you solve the problem, falling action is the result of the climax, and the resolution is the end of the story. You managed to create a proper plot, good work."
"Does that mean--"
"Wait. It's true that you made a proper plot... But it's still short, the protagonist suddenly solved the case when it could've been anyone, the murder scene happened too early, the interaction between the characters is lacking, I don't feel the romance which is the only thing I liked and again, not a complex case. I'll give it a 3.8 out of 10 points."
"That's tough, but it's true."
"You got a lot of learning to do. By the way, what's the theme of your story?"
"Too much love will kill you."
"Acceptable. You need to make another story again, but this time... Horror and Humor will be your next genre in your story. I'll explain them later but for now, you have work to do."
Esther shows Asher a bookshelf with mixed books.
"Some people don't know how to put books back in its 'proper' places. So I need you to organize these books alphabetically in each section, if it doesn't belong there just put it on the desk."
"Sure, it shouldn't be that difficult."
"Now if you'll excuse me, I have to help Parker on the counter."
"Wait!"
"What?"
"...thanks for helping me Esther, my knowledge on story writing will go even further because of you."
"Shh... Be quiet, this is a library." She said gently.
"Sorry."
Esther keeps her poker face but as she turns around, she faintly smiles and whispers, "You're welcome."
"So how did it go?" Parker asks.
Esther checks the books under the counter, "So far, so good. But as expected of a rookie, he has much to learn."
"So he's going to be here in a while."
"Yeah, a really long while."
"Esther..."
"Yes?"
"It's almost lunch break, where are you going to eat?"
"The same place as yesterday, their food is delicious."
"Can I have some of your lunch?"
"What? Again?"
"Yeah... The food you buy is kinda expensive but it's so good, and I forgot to cook at home."
She looks at Parker, "Something tells me you're doing this on purpose."
"I have no regrets."
"Fine. I'll share, but if you intentionally forgot your lunch again. I won't pity your starvation."
"I promise."
Three days ago
Esther just walked out of a shop but runs into trouble when a large number of delinquents appeared in front of her.
"Boss that's her! That's the witch!" Said the delinquent.
"Her? Are you sure?" The boss asks.
"Yes! She scared the hell out of me!"
"Well, why didn't you say so."
The boss smacked the delinquent to the ground, then he asked Esther, "Hey cutie, why don't we have some fun together?"
"No thanks, I'm not into bears like you."
"I promise I won't bite. I can be gentle if you want."
"You're disgusting, more disgusting than that guy you smacked."
"Listen, girl, I just did you a favor. So you must give me something in return, right?"
"Do me a favor? You did that yourself."
"LISTEN UP WOMAN! BE MINE RIGHT NOW OR I WILL MAKE YOU!"
"What if I refuse?"
"You can't. Get her!"
His goons try to catch her... But in a blink of an eye, Esther knocked them out effortlessly. She disappeared in the boss's eyes until he heard her voice behind him.
She said, "When it comes to guys like you, I compare you to garbage. Disgusting, yet easy to take out."
She kicked him in the face by the heel, and he fell unconscious.
Esther walks away without sustaining any injuries, and she thought to herself, "When can I find a boy who will be perfect for me. I guess that must be impossible since there's no such thing as a 'perfect' boy."
She returns to the library and told everything that happened to Parker.
"Wow, you're pretty good at fighting. I never knew that side of you before." Parker commented.
"It's because you weren't there but then again, it would've been hard fighting while protecting a child."
"WHAT!?"
"Quiet, you're in a library."
Parker pouts and ignores her for a while. Esther on the other hand is putting up new books on empty shelves.
Present-day
Esther and Parker are having a lunch break in a popular café. Parker seems to be enjoying the expensive food Esther shared with her.
"By the way, where's Asher?" Parker asks.
"I don't know. He left after he finished his work, I assume he went back to his place for lunch as well."
"Hey, have you dated someone before?"
"No, I'm not planning to."
"Why? All the guys rather seem to be having their eyes on you."
"I thought they were looking at you, you know... Looking down."
"Can you survive a day without making fun of me?"
"Alright, those guys who look at me... Aren't qualified for me. They're only after my looks, that's all."
"What kind of guy do you like anyway?"
"Well-mannered, appreciates me for who I am, definitely not a cheater, and can do household chores."
"Tough requirements, especially that last one. I don't know if there are guys like that."
Esther sips her tea carefully, "That's what I thought to myself as well. If no such person exists, might as well die a virgin."
"What!? Are you serious?" Parker almost choked on a cupcake.
"Yes. Why? Do you want to die a slut?"
"No. I mean, I have my opinion of what boy should I go out with too, but you take it way too seriously."
"I can never be too serious about this."
Then they overheard a conversation,
"Hey, have you heard? Asher's in town again."
"What? Really? Yeah, some people saw him this morning, I heard he went to the library!"
"Yeah, I saw him going out without looking scared."
"Haha, not even the librarian's scary eyes can faze that hotness."
"Shush! She's right over there..."
Esther said, "Are they, idiots? We already heard it."
"I guess Asher's popular around these parts. Since he's kinda handsome."
"Hmph. I guess..."
They continue to listen some more,
"I heard someone's going to confess to him today."
Surprised enough that Esther and Parker spit out their drinks.