The secrete closet

Two

I shot up from the mattress, eyes wide and belligerent. Leaning over I pulled the string of the fluorescent lamp instantly igniting a portion of the bedroom in a warm light.

I looked around the bedroom in curiosity.

Maybe it was Brandon I thought trying to come up with a logical solution.
But no, Brandon was all the way down the hall and the laughter seemed so close almost as if it was right beside me....

I looked over, my eyes meeting with the royal portable closet with the rose peddle lock.
It looked creepy sitting there in the shadows all eerie and mysterious.

I shakily got up from the bed cringing when my bare feet came in contact with the cold floor.
I inched my way towards the closet. Dusting away some of the dirt, I bent down and pressed my ear to it.

I stayed there for a while just hoping to hear anything, anything at all.
Nothing. It was completely silent and I began to wonder if I was slowly losing my mind.

I sighed standing up and returning back to bed, but just as I lifted my leg to climb up on the mattress the laughter returned but much louder this time followed by a bang rupturing from the closet.

In terror I sprinted to the other side of the room my body trembling.

I jumped back when my door opened but I instantly relaxed once realizing it was only my mother.

"Jesus Iris what the hell is going on in here?your waking everyone up" She asked with an irritable look on her face, thick heavy bags  rested under her eyes.

"It's not me I swear" I retorted pointing at the closet              "Its that thing."

She looked at the closet with confusion written across her features.
"Iris I'm really not in the mood for jokes and games it's 2 in the morning" She scolded giving me that knowing look.

"I'm serious mom I keep hearing noise coming from that closet"

"Sweetie it's probably just your imagination"

"But its not I swear!"
I knew that I wasn't imagining things. What I was hearing was real and it was coming from that closet.

"Ok I'm not going to argue with you so here's what's going to happen. I'm going to go back to sleep and so are you wether it's in here or not" She said before waking out and closing the door behind her.

I groaned dragging my hands down my face as I paced back and forth across the room.

This is insane.
This is totally completely and utterly insane.

It's just a closet, I told myself laughing quietly.
With those reassuring thoughts I climbed back into and turned off the light.

Although it took a while sleep once again found me and this time kept me in its grasp.
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Morning

I awoken this morning with the sun beaming on my face.
I sat up with a yawn running my fingers through my tangled brown hair.
I got out of bed grabbing one of my suitcases and pulling out my my pink toothbrush and a tube of toothpaste.

I made my way to the bathroom closest to me.
"Good morning Fiona" My brother announced emerging from around the corner shirtless and in a pair of sweatpants that hung dangerously low on his hips.