Fright

"Can it be that am all alone in this house, and what is it that my parents are doing to me? Jonny mind questions a lot of things. Where could they have gone to" he did not believe what was happening?

Jonny stood there like a statue for a while not knowing what to do. He has never been in a situation like this before. The longest he had been alone in the house and that was during evening when his parents went to comfort their family friend who lost their child in an accident.

Jane was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter, although they were family friends, he did not see Jane frequently because she was in a boarding school and when schools were closed she went to stay with her aunt uptown. The only time he had a chance to be with her for long was during one Christmas Eve where they went to Mr. Walter house and they had to stay for a week there.

But apart from that, they only saw each other once in a while but not as much as they could wish for. The two were sweethearts while growing up, and it was easy for them to have a crush on each other since their families are very close. They always joke around that they will marry each other when they become adults.

He could not go with them to go and comfort his friend for the loss of her brother only because by that time he was at school, and his parents went without him knowing, but should he be there he could have accompanied them there.

When he got home after he was dropped by the school bus, he found none at home. Luckily for him, he knows where the key is stored in case no one else is home. His parents do keep the key under the vase that is in front of the front door. He sat there for an hour then his parents return home. That was a long time ago when he was in grade six, but now he is sixteen all alone at night inside the house.

He is not used to being alone in the house at night leave alone being alone on a scary night like this. Now that he is sixteen, he decided to act brave for the rest of the night or until his parent gets out of wherever they are hiding. Being brave was the bravery thing he could do at a time like this. Jonny thought at this time as a trying moment for him, "maybe my parents decided to test my bravery and see how I react to the situation, and how I conduct myself at a stressful moment."

He was thirsty now and decides to go and get water from the kitchen tap to quench his thirst. With two flashlights in his hand, he was now brave though inwardly he was afraid as hell. On reaching the kitchen, he opened the cupboard and draw a cup from it went straight to the sink and open the tap to draw water from it.

There was no water coming from the tap, and for a moment he thought maybe he has rotated the tap wrongly, so he did it again and this time he rotates it in opposite direction of how he did it the first time still nothing happened.

He then went to the fridge to see if his mother stored water there with the bottle as she occasionally does, in there he found none too even the milk that a day has never passed by without being in the fridge today was not inside the fridge. Everything was against him today. He did not like how everything now has turned on him.

He walked slowly back to the living room sat on a couch and start sobbing softly. He was now completely confused with what was happening to him and did not know what to do. He did not know how to react to situation like this. He always depends on his parent for any decision making and was not worried when a situation did happened that required critical thinking.

But now he is all alone so crying was the best thing he could think of at a time like this. To let his emotion out that was the thing he needed. The night is not over yet, and Jonny was tired already. He was tired of everything that was happening, and above he was afraid for there was where strange feelings inside him, but he could not guess what was wrong tonight that make him feel that way. He wished that it could be over.

He was not able to sleep on the couch not with everything happening tonight. The couch was not safe for him, and the living room was not safe either to be at alone. It was too open, and without the lights it was risky for one person alone. He could not risk it, maybe if the lights could have been on, he would have spent the rest of the night watching movie but that could not happen now.

Movie was a good idea he thought, watching a non-monster movie would have soothed his soul and make him forget everything that was happening for a while and maybe make him to sleep. He thought of playing music also which is a best remedy for depression.

He sat there on the couch thinking of the good times with his dad watching movie while his mother was busy in the kitchen preparing the food. He would later fall asleep while leaning on his father on the couch watching. He would be woken up when the food has been served.

After the supper they would do the dishes together with his father. His father washes while he rinses and arranged them on the cupboard. To him that seems like a long time yet the last time he did that with his father was hours ago.

But today it was his father who cooked while giving him some lectures on how to prepare a mouthwatering supper for everyone and his mother was watching her favorite series aired in TV channel. They washed the dishes also after supper.

Now all he need is to pass the night and wake up tomorrow. To spend the rest of the night he needs to be somewhere he thinks is safe. Being that his room was the first place he was tormented earlier when everything was starting it was not the best place to think of. He did not want to go back there just to be tortured.

The next place was his parent's room, there he thought he would be safe. Being that there is a good lock system to lock the door. That was going to protect him from anything that might be inside the house. The monster will not be able to get in after he locked the door from inside.