Power Out

Part 1

The birds chirp loud outside of my mom's apartment in California. I set my backpack down in the hall way, I just got out of school. I slump down onto the new ( uncomfortable ) couch my mom just bought. I look for the remote and remember I left it in the kitchen this morning. Ugh, the kitchen is so farrr awayyyyy. I force myself up and and walk toward the kitchen, the floor is cold under my cat socks. I find the remote on the kitchen table and check the time on the microwave, 3:32, the blue light shines. Mom doesn't get off till 6' I remind myself and sneak into my moms ice cream. Haha.

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Beeppp....Beeppp... Beeppp

"Hey, Claire, do you want to come over and work together on the essay Ms. Piper, our English teacher gave to us?"

 I wait for a response, I hear her shouting at her little brother,

"My dad is the only one home right now and you know how that goes.... sorry Cassidy..."

"Just sneak out through your bathroom window like you always do, please? The boredom here is killing me, and I'm eating all my mom's ice cream, I'm gonna be fat!" I tell her desperately.

"Girl! Put that tub of chocolate mint ice cream down!"

"Why?" I say, scared, as I set the ice cream down on the table.

"I'm gonna need some!" I smile.

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Knock, Knock

I sprint toward the door and open it.

"Hey Claire!" I reach in for a hug but she walks past me and goes toward the ice cream.

Claire reaches into a cabinet above the microwave and grabs a bowl. She has been to my house so many times she knows where everything is as if she lives here, technically she does, the guest room is her room. Decorated with many drawings taped to the wall.

We sit down and watch "The Real House Wives Of Hollywood"

We make fun of their spray on tans together.

Suddenly the t.v. turns off.

"Why did you turn off the t.v?" Claire asks.

"I didn't, I think the power went out" I tell her.

"Huh that's strange" She says and tries to turn the t.v on again, it doesn't work.

"Check the microwave" Claire says

I walk into the kitchen and look where the time would usually be.

"Yep, the power defiantly went out" I walk back to the couch.

"Cool!" Claire says, she is an optimist, and so am I.

I get up and walk with Claire to the balcony and move the curtains, it's pitch dark outside, the sun already went down.

A clicking sound comes out of nowhere, Claire turns her head away from the slide door, her red curly hair bounces.

"What's that?" She asks

"I.. have no idea, I think it's coming from the door..."

We both look at each other, now my blonde hair bouncing.

"Let's go check..." Claire whispers to me and takes me by my wrist.

I yank my hand back. "Come on you scaredy cat!" she whisper yells at me.

"Uh how about no?! In every horror movie ever made they always go to check the creepy sounds out and something happens to them! Come on, where's your knowledge from all our Halloween Netflix binging?!" I scorn her.

"Fine, but I'm going" She turns away and goes across the living room, past the couch, toward the hallway, until she disappears past the corner.

The clicking gets louder. louder, and louder.

She suddenly sprints toward me with a look of horror on her face, "What is it?!" I asked scared.

"SHHHH!" She takes me by my wrist again, but this time she yanks me behind the couch, and crouches down with me.

"Haha, very funny, I know what you're doing." I say as I stand up.

"Shut up!" She whispers/ hisses at me. She pushes me onto the ground. Hard. I hear my elbow crack on the hard wood floor, I should tell my mom to get a carpet, but then I realize it wasn't my elbow that I heard cracking... A cold shiver runs up my spine.