I enter trough the door and open my eyes. A light dangles from the ceiling. The floor is littered, this room is a mess. Pieces of junk lay everywhere. There’s a chair in the middle of the room. I sit down. Chills run down my spine. It’s cold in here. In the distance, I can hear music. I hear a door slam shut. A car passes. Chills run down my spine. I look around me. The walls are painted in a faded yellow. There’s a light shining in my eyes. There’s litter everywhere, from filthy clothes to candy rappings. Surrounded by this mess, I try to clear up my head. What the hell is this… More chills go down my spine, it’s way to cold in here. I really should turn up the heating when I’m about to clean my room.
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“How did I get here?” I think. This isn’t right… I look through the window, I see nothing. The world outside the window is a blur. This isn’t right. I’m sitting. I’m sitting on a hard bench. I suddenly realise there is someone sitting next to me on that bench. Who is this? What is going on? My eardrums are being terrorised, sound after sound banging against them.
And then I see them, all those eyes, staring at me.
Maybe I should turn the volume of my walkman down while I’m on the bus…
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I wake up. Rays of light try to break through my eye lids though I keep my eyes shut. I’m afraid of what I’ll see, I don’t remember what happened last night, feel heavily dazed. I shiver, hear nothing, someone put the world on mute. I keep asking myself what happened. I hear a bird screeching. Okay, I’m still alive. Blurry memories of things that passed flash before my eyes. I ask myself what happened. Slowly, I regain consciousness. And then I hear it, a door creeping, distinct foot steps closing. I have to get out of here. I try to get up, fall, get up again, I pull a door open and …
“CRAP”
Ha, I’ve beaten my sister again in the race to the bathroom, it’s Saturday morning.
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