The Real World

Chapter 1

Nicole's Point Of View

Me and my family were driving to our province, our province was usually a Nipa hut. Around the hut is trees lots and lots of mango trees. Some are banana trees, some are coconut trees. But way deep in those trees are bamboo trees. Our family are known to our bamboo trees and a wide acres of land.

Back to my story, I was clearly a nobody to them. They only see me as Nicole the destroyer and Nicole the naughty one. But what they don't know is, all I want is just to fit in. To be love for me and not just a good girl my parents see.

"We're here! Come on let's unpack" my mom said happily.

First time I saw my mom excited this time of occasion. I just have one problem, I can't let my cousins know I have a failing grade in Chemistry and I have to retake it.

"Nicole, Neil come and help me unpack" she said again inside our room.

"But mom it's too hot outside. And we are really tired" Neil said.

This is my little sister Neil, they call me Nicole. My friends call me Nikki, I love writing stories. I have friends in and out of the internet.

I have to live here where I can't be myself. They all know me as a little naughty girl who is doing her best to get everyones attention. But really all I want is me time.

It's not my fault that I love being alone. Speaking of being alone, I don't have a boyfriend since my last one. My last boyfriend left for the states and I never heard from him since. It's been a year since that.

And I'm not planning to have one I think. I'm really easy to tame actually. And I hate that by the way.

"Do we still have sodas?" I said.

"Stop drinking too much soda you'll get fatter" mom said.

"I'm not fat I'm just... chubby"

I hate it when someone calls be fat, well I'm kinda are. Still I'm tall, kinda smart, cute some says, funny to be with, and lovable. I think.

But all those good traits I have my weaknesses. I'm fat as they say, talkative, loud, crazy, and sometimes lazy.

But all they can see is my negative side. So what would I do?

"Mom, I'm going to sleep! Please don't wake me up thanks" I said then doze off.

After how many hours

It's to quiet, so I tried to peek what's up and what I saw is wasn't pleasant. I saw my whole family on the floor all covered in blood. It's a good thing that they are all alive but one more minute they will be.

"Mom! Dad!" I said rushing to them.

"Nic... cole... Run!" Mom said abit shakey.

"What happen to you? What Monster did this?!" I said crying.

But they were now unconscious, I immediately rushed towards the kitchen and back to my mom. I stayed hoping the culprits will come back, I already called the police and an ambulance.

What kind of monster do such a thing?!

After a few days, they are good as new said the doctor no one died thanks to me. But my sister is still in a comma, and still in the hospital.

I got the courage to ask mom is she saw the culprit. "Mom, can I ask you something?"

"Sure honey, what is it?"

I breathe in and I breathe out. "About the attack the other night. Who really attacked you?" I said not looking at her.

She didn't say a thing but I look at her and waited for an answer. When my phone rang, and Mom saw my wallpaper.

"That's him!! Tell me Nicole do you have something to do with him?!! Tell me!!" She said holding both of my shoulders.

"Mom? What are you talking about? Slenderman isn't real" I said a bit scared.

How come a fictional character be real? It's not even possible that he's or it's real. Like come on, when the internet there's something sometimes it's not real. Slenderman is just a myth, or I remembered my classmate said.

"Ah, Slenderman. They say he's a legend that kills people imitating the ones they last seen with"

I grew scared, knowing Slenderman was real. So I stayed at the small hut next our house like hut. I stayed and stared at the woods just one straight ahead at my side.

Thinking if Slenderman was real why do all the dirty work? I remembered reading his stories he has this 'proxies' as they call it and a mansion way too deep in the forest. Not here anyway, I am living in the Philippines after all. The last place where Slenderman would actually be.

"Hey, Nicole wanna watch Insidious 2 and Conjuring?" One of my beautiful cousin mom usually compare us to.

"Ahm... sure why not?" I said moving my stuffs aside for the laptop to be placed.

We just watch and stayed up all night just to finish all the scary movies they brought. Actually we're not the only ones there, we have my brother, and eight more cousins with us.

I didn't watch, I didn't like the flow of the story. And it didn't scared me one bit. It only made jumpy.

One of our older cousin walked towards the hut and ask what are we watching as usual. I didn't speak cause if I do speak he'll just ask another person not liking hearing my voice.

"I better go, I need to go to sleep I kinda need the rest for later" I said.

"Why? Don't you like the movie?" One of my cousin who actually kinda likes me for me.

"No, I liked the movie just. I don't like the flow of the story, plus I'll be accompanying dad to go to the hospital where Neil is confined. So maybe I'm not coming to the beach tomorrow" I explain for them to know what I'm doing. And maybe care for what I'm going to do.

My expectations was  they'll postpone the outing and waited for Neil to recover but the reality is they still want to go.

But walking to the front stairs of the hut I felt like someone is staring at me. I stopped and look at the woods and stared the feeling is coming from. I stared at it like I was forming an image, when I felt a hand on my shoulder making me jump.

"Whoa, easy why so jumpy?" One of the most handsome cousin said making me look away from him and walked inside of the hut. And sleep.

Before I go to sleep I prayed my night prayers and wishes. And went to sleep.

I remembered my dream I had that night.

I was walking to the forest with a black figure not knowing who he is. He is way taller than me, and I can't believe he made me laugh and smile all the way back to the Hut.

My family are happy yo see me they all looked at the guy assuming his a guy and smiled at him. I can't believe they would actually approve a guy for me.

Even my cousins are being friendly to me. They are really happy that I'm with them.

Offering me things and I can see they are treating me as one of their cousin. My brother is still my brother, annoying me the way he annoys me. But the weirdest thing is he starts protecting me when ever they are teasing me in a funny way.

The dream that my heart always wanted, but just like all dreams you have to wake up.

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Finally I've finished my realistic story unlike my other one hehehe but yeah I'm keeping both ;)