Nicholas

Chapter 3

I wake up and noticed that my mom wasn't in my room. I looked at the clock and it was 2pm (14:00). I sat up and remembered last night, it felt like a fever dream to me. I hug my legs and start crying. My mom walks into the room with some food. She sets it onto my desk and sits next to me.
"Your father told me that he's going to be home late today and not to call him at all."
"Good thing I don't want to talk to that dick, he's a fucking asshole"
"Nick watch your language please. I know he is but please."
"I'm sorry mom.. I'm just pissed off" my mom hugged me and kissed my forehead. I felt so upset about last night that I just wanted to punch something. My mom was standing up looking around my room. She looked around at my artwork on the walls, looking at every detail on each drawing. I didn't know what to say since I was still shaken up from last night and confused. Everything was feeling like a dream, like it wasn't real. I started to space off when my mom was still looking around in my room.
"Hey Nicky, what's this drawing?" She showed me the drawing of the boy I drew. She looks back at the drawing examining every detail carefully. She looked confused and a little startled like she also knew who he was. I stared at her for a while thinking of what I want to say to her. I didn't want her to freak out over it, especially after what happened to her last night.
"He's just an oc that I thought of" (oc= original character) I finally told her. She looks back at me.
"What's his name?" She asked.
"I don't know yet" I look down to avoid eye contact.
"What about James? He kinda looks like your best friend he should have his name" I looked at her in shock. It was him, it was James. I could just tell he looked too much like him for him not to be. His eyes, his hair, his height, his facial features, everything it was too similar. I didn't want to tell her it was him though. I feel crazy for even seeing him day and night. Without anything special to see him with. He was always really clear, you could see every detail on him. He was transparent but everything about him was detailed like he was a real human being. I started thinking about my dad's knife and how it seemingly disappeared out of his hand.
"Hey mom, have you seen dad's knife lately?"
"No, why Nicky?"
"I watched it disappear out of his hand, well, it looked like it did. I never saw him put it away"
"Huh. That's really weird. Are you sure he didn't drop it?"
"I'm sure I looked around my room last night for it. It wasn't anywhere" my mom looked around confused. She looked at my floor and carpet looking for this knife. She looked at me one more time with her silly puzzled look and then left out of my room. I lay back down to process everything. I start hearing heavy footsteps walking up the stairs. I didn't recognize them so I jump up to look out my door to the steps. I hear them walk all the way up the stairs but, I didn't see anyone. I rub my eyes and look at the stairs again. No one was there. I walk into the hallway and look everywhere. No one was around and it was silent. I could hear the air moving around me, it was so quiet. I couldn't hear my mom so I assumed she went to do laundry in the basement. I went down the stairs to look for her. I looked in the kitchen, living room and dining room, she wasn't there. I finally looked in the basement and looked all over, I didn't see her. I scratched my head in confusion, looking around for my mom. I see a shadow go across the basement window in the corner of my eye. I looked at the window and waiting for something to go across it again. I waited for at least 2 minutes before I walked over to the window to see what was outside. I looked out and saw my mom in the garden pulling out weeds and taking care of the plants. I sighed in relief. I walk out of the basement and go back to my room. When I was walking up the stairs I heard footsteps. I stopped and waited for more. I heard them coming towards me from the right. I looked for whoever was upstairs. All of a sudden I hear running towards me. The loud thumping scared me and I trip over the carpet. The footsteps and other noises fell silent, I could only hear my heartbeat pounding in my ears. I sat on the ground looking everywhere around me. I saw nothing that could cause the noises or shadows. I stood up quickly and ran into my room. My footsteps thumping down the hall to my room. I slam my door and stuff flew off my walls. Papers and craft supplies landed on the ground. I was hyperventilating and crying on leaned against the door, I fall to the ground. I couldn't wrap my head around it at all. Everything was so confusing, my head was racing. I didn't know what to do anymore, I rubbed my eyes and wiped my tears away. I looked up and seen a random figure stood up staring at me. It was a Meiko Vocaloid figure. Her short brown hair and her red outfit. I felt super uneasy that a figure was staring at me. Her smiling is usually welcoming and warm, but this time it's creepy and sinister. I grabbed the figure and aggressively placed it on the desk facing away from me. I went to bed pissed off and I grabbed my pillow. I squeezed it hard and covered my face. I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry, I wanted to rip everything up.