I basically fell on my bed that night and didn\u2019t even take off my t-shirt. Dad brought me home cause I said I wasn\u2019t feeling well and went back to the party. I just needed this day to end. I didn\u2019t even eat anything even though Mom sent some bbq chicken home with Dad for me to eat later. I just threw it in the frij and barely made it to my bed before I crashed with my shoes on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I must have slept cause I was having that old dream again \u2013 the one where I\u2019m stuck at the bottom of the well and no one can hear me and I can\u2019t climb up cause the walls are too slick and the water begins to rise and I can\u2019t swim and then I\u2019m drowning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My own voice woke me. I must have gurgled something out. I put my hand on my head to clear it and felt all the sweat. I was still panting and breathing hard. If everyone is going to leave me, well, so be it. It\u2019s ok to be a complete loner isn\u2019t it? A complete nerd. Bill Gates was a nerd and look at him now. Tomorrow I\u2019m gonna look up and see if he had any friends in high school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If Brian wanted to steal my girlfriend, so be it. I\u2019ll walk away, I sure will and then become the richest man in the world and then they would be sorry. But wasn\u2019t there a guy code that you weren\u2019t supposed to steal your best friends girlfriend? Anyway, I hadn\u2019t said two words to her, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s important between best friends, is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By now, I was awake and took off my shoes and clothes and put on my PJ\u2019s. They were blue with stripes. I had made Mom get rid of the ones with the planets on them and the dinosaurs. I mean, I\u2019m in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kitchen lit up when I opened the frij door to get my chicken. Mom had been right after all and I did get hungry after my little nap. I put the chicken on a plate and into the microwave when I heard a noise. I naturally glanced at the clock on the microwave. Interesting that they would have come home so early. It was only 6:35 pm. When they were at Aunty Gertrude\u2019s, they don\u2019t come home until late even on a school day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ignored the sound and pushed the buttons to heat the chicken and went up to my bedroom to eat which I\u2019m not supposed to do. But I\u2019ll clean it up and no one would know any better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before I closed the door to my room, however, I heard a harsh clinking sound, like the sound our window makes when we open it. It\u2019s an old house and I know all the sounds it makes. Then I heard a thud. Now, for sure, Mon and Dad would not be using the window to come into their own house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I walked out of my room and down the hallway towards the sound which had been coming from the living room. When I got there, I ran back as soon as I could. Because climbing in from the open window of the living room was a man dressed in all black. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I ran back to my room and closed the door quietly. This was all wrong right?<\/em> What was happening? <\/em> I opened the door slightly so I could see and hear better but the thumping of my heart was so noisy, I couldn\u2019t hear anything. I leaned against the wall and took deep breaths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n OK, Jimmy. Calm down<\/em>. It was like that time during the Calculus test when I went blank and couldn\u2019t think, even though I was ready with all the studying I had done. I had to calm down and take a deep breath like Dad had shown me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cTake stock of the situation, son,\u201d Dad always said. \u201cTake stock of the situation and the answer will come to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The situation now wasn\u2019t good. I was alone in the house. There was a burglar inside or worst, a killer. There was no lock on my bedroom door. I started to panic again. Then I heard something fall, like metal and I jumped. That must be the mask that Mom had bought from the antique store last summer. It looked like a African priest. OK Jimmy, take stock.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If the sound I heard was from the mask falling, then the burglar was at the end of the living room and the beginning of my hallway, the one that leads to my room. The sweat came back, and I think I was shivering, but I think it wasn\u2019t shivering, but trembling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Be as quiet as possible, Jimmy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n I looked around the room for something, anything to help me. My eyes fell on my window which faced the street. I tip toed over to it and tried to open it without making any noise. I mean, that was going to be impossible because, like I said, the house was old and I knew opening it would not be quiet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just as I got to the window, I heard footsteps. They stopped outside my door. I saw the knob turning and I didn\u2019t care anymore if the noise was like a bomb. I pushed the window up and started to climb out. I screamed when the door to my room opened and was kinda paralzed to come face to face with the killer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The door opened wide and it was Mom. Mom! She looked at me with shock. There I was, one pajama leg out the window, and screaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cHoney,\u201d Mom said looking concerned. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I basically fell on my bed that night and didn\u2019t even take off my t-shirt. Dad brought me home cause I said I wasn\u2019t feeling well and went back to the party. I just needed this day to end. I … Continue reading