Peter's Nightmare

Night 1

Everytime I go to sleep it feels like an internal battle with myself. No matter what I do it feels like I'm forgetting something but today it feels almost work. That new employee... Jack... He seems familiar and not in a good way just looking at him makes you feel vaguely annoyed, you wouldn't say he's the perfect employee but he's not bad either he's just typical really. He picked up that call from Dave.. shamelessly in front of you... maybe that's why that's rude and Dave's all wrong you just don't want anyone getting caught up in any drama....

Open the door, open the door, your family is waiting for you. It's already past dinner. I open the door.

I turn the door handle opening it and Dee comes over, grabbing my arm.

"Peter!" She says happy. She looks all wrong, if she looks like anything you can't really make out her face does she have on face paint? Is there a carnival in town?

I realize I'm not paying attention and come back to reality, Jack is on the couch, Caroline is in the kitchen and she's cooking meal.

"Oh- Peter! You're home, how was work?" Jack asks Sitting up on the couch to get up.

If Dee looked wrong Jack looks... horrifying, almost demented... he looks like he's rotting like REALLY rotting in front of you, you think his eye is missing from its socket.

"Jack-" You say, quietly before being swiftly interrupted by him

"Nevermind you probably don't want to talk about it, I get it no one likes bringing work home." He speaks quickly like he has one million places to be.

"You should go chat with the old ball and chain, she's cooking something up in there, she probably misses you!"

I decide to go take that walk to the kitchen but I swear the second I face my back to him there's quiet whispers and snickering, between him and another....

"Caroline!" I say, excited, a friendly face!

She looks over to see me he features look... all.... scrambled. Maybe she's just a little tired.

"Oh hey dear! How was work?" She asks, turning back to her cooking.

I hear skittering in the vents.

"Did you hear that hon?" I ask, alarmed.

"Hear what? You're so paranoid sometimes, you need to calm down." She sounds frustrated.

"Sorry, it just I could have sworn..." I say trailing off.

She's quiet so I walk back to the living room. Jack is playing with Fee He's playing to harsh, you don't think that's safe he's going to drop her he's going to drop her-

And he does.

With a much too loud crash she falls right on her head. I rush over no- Not again- He can't you should've left her and Jack alone Jack is so reckless you knew it and you let him!

Her pulse, I need to focus on her pulse. I sit there for several minutes. As Jack just watches me like an idiot.

It takes me a while to pick up on it but her pulse is gone. All I can hear the blood rushing in my ears, she's dead Jack killed her. How could you be so stupid to think he had half a mind to keep her safe your so-

You wake up sitting up immediately drenched in sweat. Another day begins you guess.... That meant nothing, just another nightmare Peter. You're fine.