•G L I T C H• (remake) DISCONTINUED

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑

2021
16:58/4:58pm
May 21st
Friday

Alex POV

Kaylee won. Of course, she's smarter than Jackie academically but still, Jackie is normally the winner in Just Dance.

She lost the bet, all in all, we had a blast.

Tia Diana picked Jackie and Kaylee up, said bye to my dad and me, and then left.

Dad made me come downstairs to eat dinner with him, he made Carne Asada with sautéed mushrooms and broccoli. It was my favorite dinner to eat but it still makes me uncomfortable sitting down across from him.

I saw something behind him and when I looked at it, it looked like a boy: he seems to look like around my age.

Dad noticed me staring at something so he looked behind him only to see nothing.

"What the hell are you staring at?" He asks somewhat aggressively. I blinked and then the boy was gone.

"I saw..a boy. He was behind you. He was I swear!" I replied to dad, swearing that I really did see him.

He rolled his blue eyes at me and just scoffed.

"You know you shouldn't lie to your own father like that, right?" He asked.

"But—"

"Enough. Just finish your fucking food and get out of my sight..," he said with a more angry tone.

I went silent and continued to eat my food. I felt like a burden to him: after he and mom got a divorce, he was never the same.

After dinner, I went to go get my clothes and my hair brush to take a shower. I went into the bathroom, locked the door behind me, and started the water.

As I started to take my sweater off, in the foggy mirror, I found that same boy again. But instead..he had a wicked smile on his face.

I quickly turned around and tried to punch him, but to my surprise, he wasn't there.

I ended up punching the wall and managed to crack it.

My knuckles started to hurt badly, and apparently dad must've heard it because after that I heard a loud bang on the door along with yelling.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN THERE?!" I heard him yell.

"N-NOTHING! I JUST TRIPPED ON MY JEANS AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE WALL!" I yelled back as a lie.

He must've left because I didn't hear anything else. I just sighed with relief and continue to take off my clothes.

But something is telling me that the boy in the mirror wasn't my imagination...

2021
22:31/10:31pm
May 22nd

It was time for me to sleep but I couldn't, the boy in the mirror is all I'm thinking about.

Why was he there? And why was he behind dad? Who is he..what is he? Is all I could think about.

In all honesty, I was confused. I didn't know what it was.

All of this goes through my head as I hear giggling..a creepy..kind of giggling.

My thoughts go away as I continue to hear the giggles. It sounds like it's everywhere. I stood up from my bed and I began to walk to the closet because that's where the noise is coming from.

With my shaky hand, I open the closet and I see this dark smiling figure jump out and caused me to fall back down in fear.

I screamed as I stay down on the floor, looking at my closet where the figure was. My dad heard it and came into my room with the door hitting the wall hard.

"WHAT HAPPENED?!" He asked in a panic. I was just laying there, looking at my opened closet, paralyzed.

"T-There...T...There—" I was stuttering. My shaky hand pointed at the dark closet.

Dad went to look inside of the closet and sees nothing. He moved around the clothes and still sees nothing.

He turned to me with an angry look and slapped me.

"You made me COME IN HERE AND LOOK IN THIS GOD DAMN CLOSET TO FIND NOTHING. You CANNOT keep doing this to ME, LYING TO ME WON'T MAKE YOU ANY LESS SAFE. NOW GET YOUR ASS UP FROM THE FLOOR, GET YOUR ASS IN BED AND GO TO FUCKING SLEEP," he yelled at me.

I was still shaking, everything was blurry and hazy. I got up and immediately went onto my bed and put my covers over my head.

I hear the door closed and that made me think that he's gone. I check to see and he was. I was relieved but hurt when he didn't believe me.

I just tried to get some sleep but when I opened my eyes again..the boy was staring at me.