Chapter 3: Night Terrors
At ten thirty Mike decides to go to bed, Sarah and Jake still aren't home. Before he goes to bed he decides to call Tom and Kate.
"Hi, Mom." Mike said with joy in his voice.
"Hi Sweetie, is everything okay?" Kate asked.
"Everything's fine, Jake and Sarah are taking good care of me." Mike lied.
"I hope those two are taking care of you." Kate replied.
"I just called to say good night, that's all." Mike sighed.
"I wish that you three came with us. We miss you guys." Kate told him.
"We miss you guys too." Mike then said.
"Put Jake or Sarah on." Kate said.
"They're both sleeping right now. You know how Jake and Sarah are when you wake them." Mike lied again.
"Tell them I'll call tomorrow and I want to talk to both of them." Kate then told him.
"I will Mom, I love you." Mike said.
"I love you too Sweetie. Good night." Kate said sweetly.
"Good night Mom, tell Dad I said good night and I miss him." Mike replied.
"I will Mike. I'll call you tomorrow." Kate said.
"Okay, Bye." Mike then said.
"Bye." Kate then replied.
Mike hears the dial tone after Kate hangs up the phone.
"You can do it Mike, you're twelve you can spend the night alone in this old house." Mike told himself.
Mike goes into his room and lies on his bed. He starts to fall asleep then he hears the neighbors dog start barking.
"It's just that stupid Dalmatian, he barks every night." Mike told himself.
He then hears the floor start to creak.
"That's normal the floors are supposed to creak when no one steps on them." Mike then told himself.
The heat comes on and his door closes by itself.
"Maybe, Lorraine will let me sleep over there." Mike said to himself as he got out of bed.
He puts on a hooded pullover with his sneakers on; he also grabs his house key and goes across the street. The lights aren't on at Vinny and Lorraine's house so; Mike goes back to his house to get the spare key to Vinny and Lorraine's house. When he gets back to their front door he opens it with the key, closes the door behind him and locks the door.
"Vinny, did you hear that?" Lorraine asked him as she heard the front door open and close.
"It's probably the heat coming on." Vinny yawned.
They now hear someone coming up the stairs.
"Do you have an answer for that?" Lorraine whispered to him.
"I'll go check it out." Vinny whispered back.
He puts on his slippers and grabs his alumni bat from the closet. He opens the bedroom door and goes into the hallway. Vinny has the bat in his hand ready to swing it. Mike hears someone in the hallway.
"Hello?" Mike asked in fear.
Vinny turns on the hall light and is about to clobber Mike in the head. Mike falls to the ground into the fetal position.
"Mike, what the fuck are you doing here?" Vinny asked him.
"Sarah and Jake still aren't home yet and I was wondering if I could spend the night here." Mike answered.
"You almost gave me a heart attack." Vinny told him placing the bat at his side.
"You almost had a heart attack? I might need a new pair of boxers." Mike then told him.
"I didn't need to hear that." Vinny replied.
"So, can I spend the night here?" Mike asked as he got up.
"Fine, use one of the guest rooms." Vinny told him.
Mike hugs Vinny.
"Why did you just hug me?" Vinny asked confused.
"For letting me spend the night here." Mike answered as he let go of Vinny.
Vinny points the bat at Mike's chest.
"Please, don't make me regret this decision." Vinny pleaded with him.
"I understand." Mike gulped.
Vinny walks back to his bedroom, Mike walks to the guest room furthest away from Vinny and Lorraine's bedroom. He takes off his hooded pullover and lies in the bed. He breathes a sigh of relief and goes to sleep. Jake gets home at midnight and goes up to Mike's room.
"Mike, you asleep?" Jake asked as he walked into Mike's room.
Jake doesn't see Mike and panics.
"First thing I have to do is call Mike's cell phone." Jake said to himself.
He calls Mike's cell phone and hears it ringing in Mike's room. He sees it on Mike's homework desk and picks it up.
"Next thing call Sarah and tell her Mike is gone." Jake then told himself.
He now calls Sarah's cell phone.
"Sarah, its Jake." Jake said as she answered.
"What is it?" Sarah then asked.
"Mike isn't home; do you know where he is?" Jake then replied.
"What do you mean Mike isn't home?" Sarah screeched so loud she echoed through the phone.
"Well, he's not in his bed; he might be in Mom and Dad's." Jake then said.
"Go check!!" Sarah ordered.
Jake checks Tom and Kate's room.
"He's uh, not in there either." Jake then said.
"I'll be right home. Stay there." Sarah told him before she hung up her cell phone.
When Sarah gets home they go looking for Mike and calling his friend's house much to the displeasure of their parents.
"Well, it's three in the morning and we don't know where Mike is." Sarah explained.
"Mom and Dad are so going to kill us." Jake sighed as he sunk down in the passenger seat of Sarah's car.
"This is our last hope." Sarah said as she started to dial a number on her cell phone.
"Who are you calling?" Jake asked her.
Vinny and Lorraine's phone starts to ring.
"What?" Vinny answered with distain in his voice.
"Vinny, it's Sarah." Sarah told him.
"Why the fuck are you calling me at three in the morning?" Vinny then asked aggravated.
"Me and Jake are desperate and we need you to help us find Mike." Sarah then told him.
"He's over here sleeping which, is what I want to do at this moment." Vinny said before he hung up on them.
"He hung up on me!" Sarah scoffed.
"Is he going to help us find Mike?" Jake asked.
"No need. Mike is sleeping at Lorraine's house." Sarah replied.
"He could of left a note telling us that." Jake then scoffed.
Sarah drives back to their house.