I walked back inside the house and kicked off my shoes. All I was thinking about was hitting my bed and sleeping. Dang, the mere thought makes me feel so good. I need to get upstairs quick, I thought throwing my bag on the couch and rushing upstairs.

I opened my room door, imagining it all happening in slow motion with trumpets and violins as the slow instrumental background music, ran to my bed and plopped on it letting out a satisfying sigh.

"Oh how I've missed you, " I mumbled against the bed and hugged my pillows. Then suddenly, the record scratched to replace my trumpet and violin music with the voice of none other than the demon itself.

"Page! "

"No, no, no, " I groaned hugging the pillow harder.

"Page! I need you," my mom yelled again.

What is it with mothers and yelling? Page this, Page that.

"Page! Jesus child hurry up! It's an emergency, quick! " she yelled again.

"What do you want woman? " I mumbled to myself getting up from my bed because let's face it, if I did say that to her face; man would I still be living!

I came out of my room and got down the stairs seeing my mom sitting on the couch too busy watching Netflix, "Yes, mother? " I asked looking at her.

"Are you busy?" she asked with her eyes still glued on the screen.

Yes, yes I was. I was very busy indeed. I was about to fall asleep because I've had a really long day of torture from the brat and then I get this stupid phone call from one of the clients who didn't have anything involving the network as a matter of fact but he was only calling because he wanted to find his boxers! So yes! Yes I was very busy! Busy trying to sleep!

"No. No I wasn't busy at all, " I replied groggily.

She looked up at me, "Oh okay great! Can you get me a glass of water, please?"

Are you serious! This is the emergency? You called me out of my room, away from my love to get you a glass of water? The kitchen is less than a feet away! I'm not doing such a thing!

"Sure, I'll get it in a jiffy, " I turned and walked towards the kitchen getting the water and then coming back out to give her.

I turned to walk back away but she stopped me, "What Now? " I grumbled.

Literally, I'm dying to drop dead and sleep. Leave me sleep!

"I wanted to ask what color nail polish is better, " she lifted her toes up on the coffee table for me to see, "I was thinking the sky blue because my skin is a little paler and they match but then I saw how great the maroon blends with my skin tone and how it just comes off full on all-"

"Mom! " I cried looking at her.

"What? " she said putting her legs down from the coffee table.

"I had a long day-" I've been waiting all my life to say these words, especially since I'm saying them to the person who usually says them! "-and I'm tired and brat wouldn't stop annoying me and then I got a stupid caller and my head is aching and on top of that, I have to study my notes because there will be a test next week, including some quizzes and then I have this important meeting that... we have. "

Okay I might've lied about the test part and the quiz and the make believe meeting but she doesn't know that! I've always wanted to sound so busy, so here was my chance and I took it and played it pretty well because the look on the lady's face in front of me was priceless.

Mentally patting myself on the back. You did a great job dad. I am a proud offspring. Lawyers are such good liars.

"I'm sorry dear. I was just thinking that we could have some family time. You know, mother and daughter bonding," she said smiling sadly then put her head down, "but I understand, you're growing up to be a teenager and young lady and I understand that you will need your space but as a mother it's a little harder because we will miss those days that you were just a little baby and-"

"Stop doing that! " I yelled looking at her.

"Doing what? What am I doing? I didn't do anything! " she said back defensively.

I glared at my mother, "Stop making the conversation longer so I can stay and listen to you! In other words, so I can stay with you! "

I know your tactics woman! You're out of moves. Check and mate.

"No I wasn't. I would not do that! If I wanted a conversation, I would just say straight to your face that I want a conversation. Who told you that? Pff, I don't do that. That's- that's silly, " she huffed shaking her head.

Your husband did, I thought staring at her.

"Well, whatever. I have to go," I turned around and walked up the stairs talking to her while I was doing so, "And you have to sleep! It's almost 1 and it's not healthy for you to stay up late. Now turn off the TV and get to bed! "

"But it was just getting to the-"

"Mom, I said get to bed! "

"Fine! " I heard the TV clicking off then a long sigh saying something like it was getting to the interesting part.

Who cares? You never had mercy on me when you did it! Now it's my turn.

I opened up my room door again and walked to the bed. No background music played to put effect to it. It was more of a lazy tune playing like in Tom and Jerry when Jerry hits Tom on the head and he sees stars. The imaginary tune died down when I crashed on my bed.

"Alone at last, " I whispered sleepily against my pillow after I checked the time which was 1 am, "Where have you been all my life? "

I closed my eyes with a satisfying smile on my face but it died when I heard a sound. Why won't the universe let me sleep? I remained sleeping. Then it happened again. Immediately, my eyes shot open and I sat up in bed looking around my room. I turned on my bed lamp and got off the bed.

Clink!

Where was it coming from?

Clink!

The window? No one would be doing that, only my book boyfriends and my celebrity crush in my dreams.

I walked over to it, just then a tiny stone hit it again making me jump back.

"What sorcery is this? " I said moving back from the window.

Clink. Then-

"Open the damn window! " Someone whispered outside the window.

I stood there looking at it. I wasn't just going to open the window because someone said to! It could be a rapist or a murderer or a psychopath. Or it could be anyone!

"Help! I need help! Now! " The voice whispered again.

It needed help. I needed to help it or she or him, whatever, I couldn't hear the voice clearly, was going go I don't know. But I can't let it slip.

So despite the scary thoughts flowing through my mind, I grabbed a pencil on the study table and walked towards the window pulling it open and stuck my head out just in time for another hard ass stone to kiss my forehead.

"Ow! " I cried looking around, then I looked up at the sky, "God if this is because I didn't spend time with my mother I'm sorry. I promise I'll do it next time. Just don't make me have amnesia! "

"It's a pebble. It doesn't hit that hard and um, nice speech. I think God will forgive you, now help me! "

I looked down to see a person standing down there in a black hoodie. It seemed more like a guy. I could only see the tips of the blonde hair covering over his forehead and his eyes. Oh shit, rapist! He is kind of hot, but shit! Rapist!

Shit, there's a hot rapist at my window!

"Who are you? " I asked pointing the pencil at the rapist. "Are you going go rape me and kill me? "

"What? Geez, no! I just need your help please! I'll give you five hundred thousand dollars if you do, just help me please. I'm begging you! " he said.

Does he even have that type of money? I thought looking at him.

"I don't want your money! " I said despite me loving the sound of cash. Ca-Ching!

"What? It's money, Who doesn't want money? " he asked looking at me.

"Me." I'm such a liar.

"Fine, no money. Just help me.. Please, please please, " he said looking around then up at me.

"Why would I help a guy who just came to my house at 1 am in the morning throwing stones-"

"They're pebbles, " he corrected.

"-pebbles at my window and then hits me on my forehead again, with a stone-"

"Pebble."

"Shut up! Who cares what the difference is? The point is, how do I know if you're not a rapist or a murderer? "

"Um because if I was you'd already be raped and murdered? " he stated but it sounded more like a question then an answer.

I thought for a while. It's like my angel and evil tiny spirits were talking to me. Angel: He is right. And two, I don't think a rapist should be that hot. Evil: It's one am, this could be a trap and you could still be sleepy. Don't help him, looks can be deceiving. Angel: don't listen to him. Evil: don't listen to her.

"Oi, I'm still here! Hello? " the guy said waving up at me.

"Right, right. "

"So, you gonna help me or what? " he questioned.

I thought for a moment thinking of my evil and angle tiny spirits opinions. Angle was right, he is too hot to be psycho but then evil had a really good point. Looks can be deceiving.

"While I'm still alive and young please! " he said again.

"Fine fine! " I finally said.

"Fine what? Fine, you'll stop daydreaming or fine, you'll help me? "

"Fine, I'll help you."

"Yes!" he exclaimed.

"Shut up, you'll wake my parents! " I scolded him.

He lowered his voice in a whisper, "Yes!"

I rolled my eyes, "So how am I suppose to help you? What happened? "

He turned and looked around in the back yard. "Look, no time to explain. I just need you to hide me in your room for only a short time and I'll be out as soon as I can, I swear! " he whispered looking up at me. The spotlight on the back yard shined on his dark hazel eyes making them look like they were glowing. It was so brown! Dang.

"How? I don't have a tree in the backyard near my window so you can't climb! I also don't have a little balcony so you can climb either, " I said looking at the guy.

Just to think that I was waiting for my future boyfriend to sneak in to my room like in those movies and all I get is nothing! Thank you life!

"Do you got sheets? "

"What! Excuse -"

"Not shit idiot, sheets as in blankets! " he said rolling his eyes.

Great, now I sound dumb and look dumb, "Right of course. I knew that! "

"Sure you did, now hurry up already damn it. They're coming! "

"I can't believe I'm doing this, " I said grabbing my blanket. I started gathering up my other blankets from the drawer and tieing them at the ends together to create a rope. I've watched my share of action movies, and I knew exactly what the guy was getting at.

"Hurry up! " he urged on outside the window on the ground in the back yard. My house was a two story so, life is complicated right now.

I finished and threw down the blanket rope. "Oh I'm sorry. I'm freaking helping a guy who in fact I do not know in the middle of 1 am in the morning! So excuse me for feeling a little sleepy! Besides, Who gets in trouble and needs help at one am in the morning! " I said dropping down the blanket rope piece by piece.

"Is it strong enough to hold me? " he asked tugging at it when it landed on the ground near him.

"Of course it is. I tie knots like the navy, " I replied confidently.

"Okay? Next question, can you lift me? " he said looking up again.

I huffed, "Sure, I mean. I can lift stuff. "

"Pull with your legs, " he said as he begun to climb up the wall with me pulling with all my might.

My legs were giving in and I was already getting short of breath. I really need to take part in rope climbing in gym class more. Or better yet, I need to work on my arm muscles.

"Um, dude, " I said breathlessly.

"What? " he asked out of breath too but he sounded more scared then out of breath.

Hey, that could be a cool song lyric of something.

"I don't think I can hold it any longer, " I grunted pulling the blanket.

"Don't drop me or I swear I'll hunt you down and- woah! "

I flew backwards and landed on my ass against the wooden floor, then heard a loud bang on the ground outside followed by grunts, a few curses and then silence. I lifted up what I was holding and examined it biting my finger nervously, I whispered to myself, "I think the blanket broke?"

Ignoring that fact that my mind was screaming at me saying, you think!

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