Lullaby

DAY ONE

As Tommy Hedgerson walked down the halls he noticed one of the school bullies, Martin, hiding behind a door with a water bottle. Tommy, who was 17 at the time stood and watched as Martin stood behind the door. Suddenly Martin jumped out into the hall spraying a junior student with the water bottle. The kid spun around and pushed Martin back several feet, he was a tough little kid to be honest. Shocked, Martin put up his fists "come at me you little punk," he yelled to the kid. All of the sudden the junior lunged at him right in the middle of the hallways, within seconds Martin was on the ground. The bell rang.

After deciding not to go to his class, Tommy never went to his support block, he found himself wandering the empty halls of the school. He was so happy to see Martin getting jumped in the halls earlier, he and his friends had been bullying Tommy since the start of their senior year, and it was getting really damn annoying. After a couple more laps around the school, Tommy decided to sit down at one of the benches in the common area. That was when he heard it for the first time.

"Would you like to come and play with us, Tommy?" Said the voice of a little girl, "I know you want to," she giggled. Tommy jerked his head in the direction of the voice, he glared down the long and dimly lit hallway, but there was no one there. Thinking it was just some stupid prank from Martin's friends, Tommy just ignored it. About an hour later it was lunch and Tommy went off to hang out with his friends. The rest of Tommy's day was laid out as normal and ended with him walking home and going to bed a few hours earlier than normal that evening.