My 30 Days of Spooky Tales competition

Prompt 2 - Scuttle Across My Window

~~~ PROMPT 2~~~ "Just before you fall asleep something scuttles across your window scaring you awake. Describe that moment in 50 words or less:

My heart pounded as my brain searched out the unfamiliar noise that woke me rudely. Frozen scared until I saw a shadow framed on my wall from a car's passing headlight. My sweet parrot Nala had returned to tell me what my boyfriend had been up to tonight. I smiled.