Two days later Nicole still couldn't get that dream out of her head. The memory of that man was burned into her brain. She'd been afraid to sleep every since then. She didn't want to have that feeling of dread again. Her knee still hurt. She didn't tell anyone about her dream. She'd just finished helping Corey with chemistry. They were in her room.
"Thank you." He said.
"You're welcome."
"I hate chemistry."
"Me to."
"Wanna come over to my house and watch movies tomorrow night with me, Sara, Savannah and Chris?"
"Sure."
They were walking down the stairs. Corey noticed Nicole was limping a little.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"My knee's a little sore."
"What happened?"
"I whacked it in my sleep."
"I'll see you tomorrow."
"Ok bye."
"Bye"
Corey went home. He was in the kitchen heating up some dinner. Sara walked into the room.
"Hey Sara." He said.
"Hi." "Is Nicole coming tomorrow night?"
"Yeah."
"I bet that makes you happy." She said smiling.
"Shut up."
Nicole was sitting at the desk in her room doing the rest of her homework.
"Nicole." She heard her mom called.
She got up and went out into the hall but didn't see anyone. "Mom?" "Mom?" She turned around to go back to her room. She was back in the house of her dream from the other night. She was so scared. She didn't want to be alone. She yelled the first name she could think of.
"Corey!"
Corey was sleeping and sank into his bed disappearing.
Nicole went downstairs very cautiously hoping not to see that man again. She went into a room that looked like it was once a living room. Suddenly the floor on the spot where she was standing was covered in a sticky substance and she couldn't move. She struggled and struggled but it was no use. She heard a scrapping sound on the other side of the wall and saw a shadow on the wall outside the living room. She knew exactly who it was before she even saw him. Sure enough the grotesque burnt man in the dirty brown hat and the dirty red and green sweater appeared in the doorway, grinning evilly. He stepped into the room slowly as if stalking his prey.
"Who are you?" She asked. He didn't answer. He just got closer to her. "No." "No!" Suddenly the man was hit from behind by a dusty vase. Nicole saw Corey. He grabbed her pulled with all his might and got her out of the sticky substance.
"Run." He said. He grabbed her hand and they ran upstairs to one of the bedrooms and locked the door. Seconds later they heard the door start to rattle.
"Here to help your little girlfriend?" They heard the man say from the other side of the door.
They knew they were trapped.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" She thought.
Suddenly she and Corey disappeared.
Nicole quickly lifted her head up from her desk. "Ahhhhh! She screamed.
Corey sat up in his bed and gasped. "Jesus, not that guy again."