Scared of the dark

Flashbacks

This whole chapter will be a flashback

Dan's pov (2008 Oct 22)
( Dan was 17)

I sat in my small room, it's a Sunday and I have school tomorrow. I sigh as I look at my clock on my computer desktop.

11:30 pm

I pause the YouTube video I was watching. I have grown a liking to youtubers such as Shane Dawson and AmazingPhil.

I was currently watching amazing Phil, I quickly learnt about the 'Pyshco boyfriend' that was at Phil Uni. He apparently bit a chunk out of his girl friends neck. I winced at the gruesomeness of the story. Thankfully he didn't go into details.

I laughed as he looked confused as he herd Police sirens outside.

" That's probably from the police casing the crazy boyfriend guy Phil" I laughed.
I stopped when I realised that I was alone, talking to a computer screen, to someone of whom I didn't know. They couldn't even hear me.

I just wish I could meet Phil one day. I felt like we would get along well.
Besides his hugs look like he means it.

I sighed as the video ended and I closed the window. I collapsed onto my bed and let out the air in my lungs into the pillow. I needed to get to sleep, I had school tomorrow and my parents would not be impressed if I woke up late.

I closed my eyes and wished for sleep, to lazy to get out of my black jeans I kept them on. Hoping they wouldn't be too uncomfortable tonight.
Lately I have been having trouble sleeping. I seemed to be having what I call an existential crisis, where I question everything in the world including my own existence.
This made things like sleep and school work nothing compared to the never ending reality that we live.

I brushed my hair out of my face as I rolled over onto my back.

Tonight was a windy night and the tree outside kept tapping on the window. I jumped when the tree hit it especially hard. I scrambled to turn on my bedside lamp, I found the switch at the wall and flipped it on. I watched as the room lit up with soft white light.
I didn't know why but I had always disliked the dark even feared it.
The thought of something supernatural or out of my power could be lurking, that I'd be powerless to stop it. Well it scared me.
I know what I would do if a home invader came in, I put either run and scream or fight and then ran and scream.
But when something else with powers I can't comprehend and can't fight comes. I would be powerless.
Now I didn't believe in any of these things. I doubt I ever would.

I jumped again when I herd the tree rattle the window again. I glanced up and I couldn't see anything. I was just rattling myself over nothing.

I buried my face into my pillow.
I have a maths exam tomorrow, I didn't study and I'm still up, I'm such an idiot...

I was pulled out my my thoughts when the power went out. The lamp flickered and turned off, leaving me in complete darkness. Which was something I hated.

I jumped again when I herd what seemed to be my window slamming open. But I was so sure I had latched it closed before I went to bed.
I relaxed when I figured it was just the wind.

It's nothing Dan relax...

I got up, the small cold breeze from outside nipping at my feet. I walked over to my window to see it fully open. Outside the old oak tree was gently moving with the wind. I hesitantly reached out into the cold night and closed the window with a creak and a small thud. I made sure it was tightly latched and wouldn't open again.