LEAVE ME ALONE !

I Parked in the driveway and got my boxes from the trunk of the car .  I was more than just excited !
This is the first night i will spend in my new House !!! I bought this house a month ago . A charming doublex in a calm  neighborhood  filled with really nice people . As I walked to the door i couldn't help but smile .
I went in and turned on the lights . It was about six thirty in the afternoon so it wasn't very dark outside .
I contemplated the furniture . My mom bought all the furniture as a moving out gift . My dad bought me the car i just parked outside . And i bought the house . I'm gonna miss my family,  but i'm 23 i have to start depending on myself . I placed  the boxes on the kitchen counter and went back to the car to get the rest of my stuff . One of the neighbors kids , Alex ,  a 17 year old boy offered to help me carry my things . What a nice boy ! After he left i moved my clothes from my suitcases into my new closet and made myself a sandwich and a cup of tea . I watched some Tv as i ate then climbed up the stairs to my new room . After brushing and flossing i covered my body with the warm blanket and closed my eyes .


At about 12 o'clock that night i woke up . There was no apparent reason for me to wake up . I wasn't having nightmares . I didn't need to go to the bathroom . I wasn't in any kind of pain but i just woke up and felt really weird .

I went down  to the kitchen to get a glass of water . Then went back to my room and lied on my bed .
My pulse quickened . I started sweating . I turned my head slowly to see what was laying next to me .
I screamed and pulled back causing me to fall to the cold hard floor . What i just saw ! I think it was the Devil !
It sort of looked like a human sized monkey . But the thickness and length of it's dark black fur reminded me of a gorilla . It had a long orange eyebrow that somehow glows in the dark , sort of like neon . The fur on it's nose was just like the eyebrow except it was green .
And it's smile . It's huge smile . The white large pointy teeth ! The teeth were so white they also glow in the dark !

I looked back up to the bed and it was gone . Maybe i just imagined it . no . There's no way i could've imagined something so horrifying !  But what if i did ?

The next night i woke up at 12 o'clock . And this time i didn't have to get out of bed to see it. It was standing right in front of me . It didn't speak . It didn't move . It just stood there and watched with that smile showing off those deadly teeth .

What is it ? i thought . and to my surprise it answered . "Diego" it said in a  whisper . The voice was low and raspy and masculine .
wait a second ! Did it just read my mind  ?! come to think of it ,The smile was still there when it answered , did it or he speak into my mind ? Could i really hear his thoughts ?

what do you want from me ? i thought hoping to get an answer but i didn't  . He just kept staring . And it was creeping me out . I slowly got out of bed . I left the room glancing at him every second . He didn't move . Once i was outside the room i ran to my neighbor's house and begged them  to come help me ! I told them there was an intruder in my house but when they got there he wasn't here  anymore ! Diego had    disappeared .

The next night at 10 i was in the living room reading the newspaper . I put down the paper to take a sip out of my tea cup and nearly fell off the couch . Diego was standing there watching me .


"LEAVE ME ALONE !" I yelled almost crying but he didn't respond .

I decided to sit on the veranda , i sat on the wooden chair and stared at the neighborhood drowned by the darkness of the night. I looked to my right and Diego was there again ! he's following me !

"i watch you sleep" he whispered again right into my mind . I ran to the bathroom , locked the door and hid in the tub behind the curtain . I fell asleep there . After two hours i woke up and slowly moved the bathtub curtain . Diego was standing there smiling as always .
Feeling tired and hopeless i walked pass him and laid on my bed . I fell asleep knowing he was watching me. It was the worst night of my life .
When i woke up in the morning , Diego was still there . Standing in the middle of the room smiling and starring .

I Had Made My Decision . I'm Gonna leave this house right now !


I walked out the door and marched to my car . When i was halfway there he whispered into my mind again .
"you can't leave this house "

Yea ? watch me !  i replied with my thoughts .

"YOU CAN'T LEAVE THIS HOUSE !" It was the first time i hear him yell .

I quickened my pace and got into the car and drove away from the house .

Suddenly , as i was driving ,  Diego appeared in the ,middle of the road !!!!

Trying not to hit him i turned the car around quickly without noticing where i was going and my car crashed into a tree .

Blood raced down my forehead , i turned to my left and saw Diego sitting next to me in the passenger seat smiling like always .


"Diego " i pronounced his name slowly .

And that was the last word i said .


by Mada El-Horr