I Am Waiting For You

How far would you go for the one you loved the most? What would you do to protect the person you most cared about? Would you die? Would you kill? Have you ever been to a situation where you had to choose? My name is Lysandra and this is my story.

It all begun one godforsaken night, when the air pierced your body like a pair of pins, its cold embrace making your teeth chatter, and when the dark covered your body like a blanket swallowing you whole.

I was walking down the road on my way to my boyfriend's house when I heard this piercing sound and a scream. I moved towards the sound without really thinking about it. My curiosity always getting the best of me. As it turned out, it wasn't far from where I was going after all. I walked with caution not wanting to be noticed and I had a look. Someone was standing just around the corner. I was so close to him that I could touch him. Another scream pierced the air. It came from the house around the corner. The man was standing right in front of it demanding all of his attention, which was good for me. Less of a chance of being noticed if the man wasn't looking at my direction. The house looked normal, a little dark; maybe too dark, even for a night like this, but it gave no reason for concern. The scream came again louder than ever and the man lifted the corners of his mouth in approval. Then the screams ended and after a moment of notice the man disappeared into the thin air like he was never there. I shook my head in confusion. Then I looked again. Nope, he was still gone. The man had somehow disappeared without being seen. Did that really happen or was I hallucinating?

I moved towards the house and stopped in front of it like the man had done before. It looked normal, brighter even. I walked around the house but couldn't see anything through the closed curtains so I went up the stairs and towards the front door. I lifted my right hand and placed it on the doorknob. The hair on my hand had gotten up, funny I hadn't noticed that before. I hesitated for a moment but turned the doorknob anyway and entered the house.

"Hello?"

"Hello?" I said again. "Is anybody here? I heard someone screaming. Is everyone ok?"

The silence was deafening.

I went into the house and looked at each room. Nothing. There was nothing there. No sign that any human had ever been inside this house. The furniture where there, unaligned, some were upside down. The water in the bathroom was still running overflowing the tub. Yet, there was still no sign of a human presence, no man or woman, anywhere inside the house.

I started walking backwards towards the door when a draft of wind touched my face. Having checked the house earlier, I knew that the windows where closed. So where did the wind come from? I jumped the remaining stairs and run all the way to my boyfriends' house. Not waiting for him to fully open the door I got in the house and slammed the door behind me. I made sure it was locked and then collapsed on my boyfriend's sofa, trying to catch my breath.

"What the hell Lys? What happened?

"I... I'm not really sure."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means I Don't Know! I don't know what happened. I don't understand it." I said hugging my legs and resting my chin on my knees.

"Why don't you start with the beginning?" Jonathan put his hands around my arms pulling me closer to him.

"I was coming to you when I heard it."

"Heard what?"

"A scream... Well, a sound and then a scream. There was this loud piercing sound like a thunder or a lightning flash hitting the ground and then the woman screamed. At least I think it was a woman. So, I went to see what it was and−"