I'm just know coming up with this Coraline story. Hope ya like it!
It was always the same routine every night, after her encounter with the other mother. Every night she heard the slightest sound a scratch at the window, the rustling of leaves outside, set her off. Although she tried to reassure herself, her body and mind were still on alert. Nothing she tried could calm herself, she got rid of the key, set the ghost children free, she had even locked her windows and dropped stones on the cover of the well. Still the other mother haunted her in her dreams
Coralines eyes snapped open, and she sat up quickly, trying to steady her breath. The other mothers laugh still rang through her ears. Another bad dream again, thought Coraline. Lucky for her though, by the time she was done with her dream, the sun was already high in the sky. A flicker of happiness ran over her. She saw the sun and hadn't had to go back to bed and face the other mothers cackle.
Coraline crawled out from the covers and shivered as her bare feet touched the hard wood floor, and the cold air hit her. She hurried into the partly carpeted hallway outside her bedroom and skipped down the flight of stairs. She crossed the threshold that separated the hallway from the kitchen.
There in the kitchen sat her mother and her father. As usual, her father was cooking and her mother had her face practically buried in her computer. None of them bothered to say good morning, only, " you look awful, look at the bags under your eyes !" exclaimed her mother.
"Thanks." said Coraline "...and good morning to you too". "Don't get flip" snapped her mother.
Tension had been building also after the incident with her mothers accident. It had also gotten even worse after the numerous times Coraline tried to explain what happened with the other mother. But it was proving useless after awhile.
" Are you getting any sleep" asked her father. " No"she answered. "Why not ?" he asked in reply. Coraline wanted to answer truthfully, but she knew, that telling the truth would turn into lies in the mind of her parents. Coraline thought over the possible answers in her head. She finally decided to lie and settled in an answer. " The house", STUPID ANSWER! ,she thought to herself. In her head it sounded a lot better than actually saying it.
" What about the house" asked her mother, who looked up from her computer. She had to think of a better answer to make it sound truthful. " I think they are rats in the attic" That's better, she thought. "Call the exterminator charley". Thankfully for Coraline, her mother was scared of rats, so it made it sound truthful. But if you only knew, thought Coraline.
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