Chapter 2

I woke up to find my dad watching me "bad dream?" he asked

I look at the window and saw the sun, I sighed heavily, my heart was still beating fast, so I took a deep breath, but before I could answer, my little brother jumped in my lap.

"Look what dad gave me!" he says with a huge grin on his face holding a book, he's adorable, he had my father's big blue eyes, and dark hair just like me, but instead of looking like a ghost, he looked like a little angel, my little angel. I couldn't help but grin back and forgot all my worries. Until, he showed me its cover, and read the title 'green eggs and ham'. Of course. I felt a chill at my spine.

"Will you read to me before bed?" he asked practically singing.

I kept staring at the book, luckily my father intervened and sent Jake to the shower. He stood watching me. "Is everything all right, kiddo?"

No, I think I'm going crazy. "I couldn't say the lie at the tip of my tongue, so instead I asked "When is your flight?" remembering that he a medical convention in New York tomorrow.

"At 10pm, but I can stay if you're not feeling well"

"And who will give the speech?" My father was a famous surgeon, people were expecting him to go. "Go, I'm fine. Really."

He smiled and let it go, which was good because I were mustering up all of my strength not to ask my daddy to stay. Put yourself together, Sarah, you're a grown up, for god's sake!

So, i helped my dad pack his bags, made dinner and went to check on my brother. When I got to his room, he was about to put on his Spongebob pajamas, to my horror. I spent the next 10 minutes convincing him to wear his adventure time pj's, all the while thinking I was going insane.

I started doing my usual chores at home, they were a bliss, by night, I was feeling like myself again, and forgot about that creepy dream entirely. I assured my dad, that i was okay one last time and gave him a goodbye kiss. But my peace shattered when I saw Jake holding that damn book.

"How about we read another story tonight, how about calvin and hobbes" That ought to work, he loved calvin and hobbes.

"You so silly, Sarah, we readed that one yesterday" Truth, now what? I picked up another book, at random.

"Read. How abooout this one?" ugh, Cinderella, bad choice.

"Saraaaah" He whined her name, beginning to pout. One more minute and I would feel the world-famous wrath of the 5-year-old. Great.

I gave up, i was being crazy anyway, so i laid down beside him and told him the story. We fell asleep peacefully, at his bed. Until, i had a scratching sound at the front door, the clock was marking 12:05. I pinched myself, but deep down i already knew i was awake. In my dreams the creature was next to the living room window. So, i decided to open the window's room and get out, then run to the convenience store at the corner and call the police. Better crazy, than dead.

Quietly I opened the window, then put my hand on Jake's mouth and woke him up. I made him a sign to stay silent and helped him get out through the window, he looked scared, but trusted me. I got out right after him, took him by the hand and ran. We were halfway to the convenience store, when i heard a deafening growl behind us. without looking back, I held tighter to jake's hand and kept running.

I opened the convenience store's door, and saw a guy half asleep behind the counter.

"Do you have a gun?" i shouted to him before even closing the door. There was a lighter on top of the counter, I picked up and went to the back of the store, grabbing a deodorant along the way. I put Jake behind me and saw that the guy was calling the police.

The glass door exploded and the creature entered, its red eyes searching for me, instead it found the salesclerk, holding a gun. Before the man even thought to shoot, the creature's claws were on his neck and blood was dripping on his white shirt. For a moment, I was too shocked to react, but my brother's scream woke me up. The creature turned its head to us and I was ready. 5 steps away, 4 steps away, 3 steps away, now. I held the open flame of the lighter in front of the deodorant and pointed at the creature. I sprayed, and the flame shot out to the creature's face, it stepped back, hissing. I grabbed jake's hand and ran through the night, again.

I saw a cab coming and letting go of Jake's hand, threw myself in front of it, it stopped just in time, we got in while the driver was screaming at me. He looked like he was about to throw us out, the he saw the creature through the rear-view and drove away at full speed.