Being the only child is something to think about. Hi, I'm autumn. I'm 16 from Southern California. My parents do a lot of business trips so I'm usually left home alone 70% of the time. I just moved here, to Los Angeles, and some strange things happen.
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"Hey mom are can u help me unpack?" I don't get any answer so I assume she's getting the groceries. I continue to unpack my bags. I keep turning my shoulder, thinking someone's there, but there's no one. "Your being paranoid" I tell myself as blow up an air mattress for the night. "Everything's fine".
I get my money pouch and head for a trip to Burger King. Mom won't be back for hours, so this is a good treat to myself. As I wait in this long ass line, I text my mom and let her know where I am. "Next customer please" the cashier says. I place my order and walk to the bathroom. As I'm in the stall, I can hear mild breathing. So loud i can't even hear my own.
I wash my hands and quickly jump out of that bathroom, it freaked me out because when I said "Is everyone okay"? It suddenly stopped. I hate public bathrooms, or maybe I was just hearing things after all.
After my meal, I hop into the car. I'm driving home and decide to stop at target. It's almost summer, so I need more clothes. After my shopping I head back home. I walked into the house and see my mom moving the furniture.
"I'm gonna head upstairs"
"okay I'll do this myself!" She replies with.
I head up to my room and unpack the rest of my boxes. My bed comes in the mail tomorrow so I'll have to sleep on the air mattress again tonight.
After I'm finished I take a hot shower. It's freezing in my house, so hot showers are appropriate.
I go down to check on my mom and she's passed out on the new furniture. I finish unpacking the boxes downstairs and watch criminal minds. I make myself a nice cup of tea and walk upstairs.
I start watching Netflix, "orange is the new black" and drink all of my tea. I hear the floorboards creaking and it catches me off guard. I open my door quietly and see my mom sleepwalking. I fill with relief.
"Common mom lets get you back into bed". I say as I try to grab her but she refuses. I then thinks she's messing around. "Your no fooling me mother" I say as I laugh and go right to bed.
I wake up around 4 Am, and see my mom sitting in my new chair. "Your starting to freak me out mom" I say to her as I crawl up in the corner of my bed. She gets up and reaches her arm out. I grab her arm and place it back down. Her hand was freezing cold. She's pointing to something odd. It's my teddy bear. I give it to her and she rips the head off. "Your buying me a new one". I explain to her.
She walks off out of my room, shuts the door.
The next thing I remember is...waking up?
