The Shadow Girl in the Hallway
Sis I’m telling mom you are not in Bed!……Sis… Sis?
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ick toc tick toc tick…..tic. Uhhh I just don’t know why my mom has that loud old clock on the wall since it is good for nothing. Other than being loud and ugly. So to make this case even worse I could not see the current time, furthermore proving my point. Now that it woke me up I’m sure it will be impossible to go back to sleep especially with my Play Station Portable aka PSP next to me. It was a huge temptation. I knew it was a bad idea to try and beat the level I was stuck on especially since it was a school night. Wow, I felt my stomach tighten, and great now I have to go pee. “Just great.” I repeated out loud. Uhh, what time is it? As I turned over toward my Nickelodeon digital clock. In bright, huge red font I could see 03:00 AM. At that moment I for whatever thought it was odd I had woken up at that specific time. But I wasn’t worried since according to Mexican tradition and folklore it’s is 01:00 am when scary stuff happens. So my parents had said to me but I was soon about to find out how true this was not the case.
I held on to the feeling of having to pee but before I could give up and run to the restroom to seek relief. I heard something. My eyes widened. My heartbeat slowly began to speed up. I propped myself against the headboard of my bed…