Do you belive?

Alone

Rebecca walked along the dark path as quickly as she could; she was regretting walking down the alley behind the houses. She knew it was the quickest way, from work at the Restaurant, but not the most inviting.

The alley-way was dead quiet and empty and made her uncomfortable but she carried on none the less. Rebecca could have just taken a lift with Gemma and Mark, but she insisted on walking so she could clear her head. Her boyfriend had dumped her for another girl and Rebecca was devastated.

She thought to herself "How could that idiot leave me, for some bimbo?!" Rebecca tried not to think about it, but she couldn't help shedding a tear. "We were together for 2 years!" she protested and sniffled into her hands. Out of nowhere, Rebecca heard a faint laughter and she suddenly froze and listened, but she couldn't figure out where it was coming from.

She pulled out a tissue from her pocket, wiped her eyes and nose and stopped crying, only to be met with silence. "Gemma?" she shouted "Mark?" still nothing, "This isn't funny you guys!" but there was no reply, only the same silence as before but now even more uninviting.

Rebecca was scared now, more than upset but she shook off the fear that appeared to be nothing more than a gust of wind, then made for the exit of the dimly-lit alley and she ignored anything that was probably not even there.

Finally, a few metres down and she could already see the bright exit greeting her with warmth and safety. Rebecca nearing closer was relieved, she laughed because she worked herself up over nothing and thought she heard sounds which must have been a trick of the mind and nothing more. She stopped laughing.

The laughter from behind her didn't.