Short horror stories (THRILLER, PARANORMAL, HORROR)

The Woman In White

I have always been really easily spooked/startled. I often see glimpses of someone in my peripheral vision. I turn around scared as hell, thinking I see someone, but when I look again the person is gone. I have had a few moments of certainty that someone was in fact there, and those I remember vividly.

Once I was sitting on my porch when I was young, probably around 7. I was looking across the road at my friend's house. I saw this young woman, probably around 18, and she had long, blonde, beautiful hair, a very pale complexion, and a long white dress, almost like a nightgown. She was just sitting there, smiling at me and rocking in the rocking chair. I didn't feel scared per se, maybe just a bit uneasy (not like other times I have glimpsed something or someone). I looked away, looked back, and the woman was gone. The rocking chair had also stopped rocking.

I'm now 27, and a few weeks ago I saw the young woman again. I went to a ski resort with my boyfriend and his family. One night I woke up from a nightmare. Being really scared, I didn't want to close my eyes and go back to sleep. I looked over to my side and standing in the bathroom doorway was the young woman, looking just as she did 20 years ago. She was standing there just staring at me. I wasn't scared or uneasy at all this time, in fact quite the opposite. I felt a calming sensation. I looked away, I looked back, and she was gone. I soon drifted off to sleep which is not something that comes easily for me.

I have no idea who this girl may be or what she might represent to me but it has to have some sort of significance, no?

I was thinking, I want to get my old Ouija board and see if I can figure out who this girl is that I've seen now a couple of times in my life. I am now experiencing things that are making me more of a believer.