I ran to my parents bedroom, my heart beating wildly.

I woke them up amd told them about the man. My dad went out to check, while my mom stayed with me, trying to calm me down. My hands were shaking.

Suddenly, I remembered Tess. We went to check up on her.

Her light was still on, and she had her headphones on. Miraculously, she hadn't heard one bit of all the commotion.

We were telling her about it, when Dad came upstairs and reported that he hadn't seen anybody or anything.

"The street was totally empty. " he said.

Mom and Dad looked at each other and then at me. It was clear that they thought that I had imagined the man.

The next day, I woke up with a groan. I had slept badly. I threw on some clothes and went downstairs, barely paying attention to anything.

According to mom and dad, I had imagined the man , so there was nothing to be worried about- and they hadn't even considered tightening the security.

As I didn't feel at all safe, Mom decided that I should go over to my friend Cherry's house and spend the night there .

I took the bus as it was no longer safe to walk. When I reached school, I could sense the tense atmosphere all around. Nobody was lingering to talk or hang around - everyone hurried on and went on their way.

Ana still hadn't recovered from flu( I should check up on her). Even Axel hadn't come today.

Time passed by quickly , and soon school was over.

I met up with Cherry outside her locker.

"Omg! Hi! My mom and dad are totally not at home today- and you are coming over! We will have lots of fun!"

"Yeah. Ofcourse. Thanks for having me."

Incase you haven't guessed- Cherry is a little perky. She is really tall with auburn hair and is really pretty. And she is really nice.

We headed over to her house in her car.
We watched movies until it became dark outside.

"I think we should go upstairs now. " Cherry suggested. " I want you to try all my new nail polish colours. They are H-A-W-T. Omg - you know what - we could totally do makeovers too! "

"Yeah." I smiled weakly. "Totally. "

She must not have noticed my lack of enthusiasm because she continued talking about latest fashions.

I kind of tuned her out. We still hadn't gone upstairs yet.

I casually looked out of the french windows,into the garden.

And nearly fainted.

Three white mottled skin men were standing in the the garden, staring at us.