Long, restless nights aren't uncommon for you. As you're enduring your regular routine of boredom and longing one night, a mysterious tapping comes from outside your window.
Night after night, I've been hearing mysterious sounds from under my bed. Taps. Scrapes. Bumps. Maybe an occasional hiss. After a while, I grew used to the sounds, and I decided that I wouldn't let the resident monster under my bed scare me. But everything changed the night it decided to speak.