I am really happy with how this chapter turned out. Sorry for the long wait I wanted it to be as good as possible. Like I said this chapter starts the POVs switching so Enjoy!
It was about 10:30 when I awoke from a knock on the door. I grumbled to myself and thought maybe it was for my mom so I rolled back over and closed my eyes. Three minutes later another knock. I opened my eyes and decided to get the door. I got out of bed and picked up a pair of pants not knowing if they were dirty or not, put them on with a shirt and walked downstairs. I looked through the glass to see it was Josh. "Dude its 10:15 and its Sunday shouldn't you be sleeping?" I asked as I began rubbing my eyes and I started to yawn.
"I would if I didn't read what was in Andrew's journal." Josh said as I let him in the house asking him if he wanted anything to eat or drink. He asked for a glass of milk and I went to the kitchen and got it for him. He took a sip and showed me the journal. "Here read the first page" Josh said. I began reading the journal and felt puzzled but I tried not to let it show but I think he had thought the same thing when he read it. After I read it I sat there for a few moments just thinking about what Andrew wrote. Josh broke the silence first "I have no clue what Andrew meant but I couldn't sleep the whole night because of it." He said as he got up. "I'm kind of tired and I just wanted to show you this, I'm going to head home to try and catch some sleep." Josh said as he began walking to the door.
"Do you mind if I keep the journal I want to read a little more of it" I said as Josh was beginning to walk down the path to the driveway.
"Yeah sure go ahead and keep it for now See you tomorrow!" Josh said as he went walking down the street. I went back inside and put the journal on the table and went upstairs to take a shower. 'Thanks Josh I'm awake now and once I am I can't go back to sleep' I thought as I got in the shower. I took a pretty long shower because I kept thinking about the journal. I got dressed, ate and took a walk around the block. When I got back I noticed the journal from this morning and grabbed it. I went upstairs to my room and began reading the next entry.
July 25 2009
I don't know why I want to continue with this journal. Each time I write my experiences I relive them in my mind. I just want to forget everything that has happened but I know I will forever be stalked by this creature unless I or it does something. The encounters with it have begun to get worse. I see him everywhere I go now: school, work, and home, anywhere! It has gotten so bad that when I was in the library doing research for this project in Japanese Mythology that I nearly screamed when I saw him. I was getting a couple of books to check out and when the librarian, Mrs. Steen, went into the back I looked around and saw him sitting at a desk staring at me. I was so scared I nearly screamed and threw a book at him. Everyone in the library saw me do it and thought I was insane. I snatched my books and ran from the school to my house and went into my room and sat on my bed. I wanted to start crying because I couldn't talk to anyone about him. My mother, oh please if I tell her she'll take me to a psychiatrist; my best friends, Josh and Kyle, if I tell them they might think I am crazy and never talk to me again. What if I am crazy though?
I looked at this entry for what seemed like hours. I couldn't believe what Andrew was experiencing. I thought for the longest time if he did tell Josh and me about this creature would we think he was crazy. I closed the journal and thought it was time to do some research into "this creature". I stayed up for a few hours on my computer typing into Google "Creature that stalks little kids". A lot of results came up but only one had much information. A newspaper article and the headline read "Local Boy found dead in woods" I skimmed through the article and found that the kid was found by a tree with multiple slashes on his skin. I returned to Google and typed Stalker Creature again many results came up. But a lot of them came from this one myth about a creature named Slender Man.
I read through the article and this creature seemed to fit with what Andrew had experienced, and wrote its name into the journal. I decided to go to bed because it about 1:30 and I had school tomorrow. I decided that I would tell Josh of my many findings. I walked over to my window and I saw him. I almost shit myself; I'm not going to lie. But there he was looking at me with his blank face. I ran downstairs and locked all my doors, windows, and anything else I could find. I ran back into my room and looked back out the window. He was gone. Had I only imagined him because of the journal? I decided the answer was yes and turned my lights off. I was asleep before my head hit the pillow.