Dear Diary - A Haunting Story (Chapter 1 out!)
Today is the day I flew the nest and moved into my own apartment, I'll admit it's a little daunting for me to be living on my own but I'll survive, after all I'm no kid anymore. When I arrived at my new home I had to stand outside for a moment and take it all in, I stared up a the tall apartment complex and thought to myself "This is it, this is the beginning of my new journey"
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My Dad had already helped me more my furniture a few days prior so I could settle in straight away, I was so thankful for this. I grabbed my cell phone and dialled his number, it was so good to hear his voice even though I had only seen him the day before. I could hear my Mom rambling on how "her baby is growing up", my Mom has yet to let go of seeing me as her little girl but I get it, I'm the only child she has. We spoke for quite some time, my mother had told me that she and my dad will visit me in the next few days, I can't wait to see them but my Mom can be a bit over dramatic sometimes.
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A little while after the call, I had no idea what to do with myself so I decided to turn the TV on to see if there were anything interesting. After flicking through what felt like 1000's of channels I settled on a show called "Help! There's a ghost in my house" what a load of rubbish I thought and snickered to myself.
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While I was in the middle of having a laughing fit at how lame this show was, I was interrupted by the sound of my buzzer. It was a sweet elderly lady who lives nearby, she had came to welcome me to the neighbourhood. We stood outside chatting for a little while, I told her about the show and how I thought it was ridiculous, that's when her face changed. "You're telling me you don't believe in ghosts?!" she said, "Well you certainly will soon".
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I asked what she had meant by this but there was no reply, her eyes moved to behind me and I watched as her expression changed to what I could only explain as fear, her face turned white and she just stood there as stiff as a statue. Quickly, I turned around to see nothing, confused I turned back to face the lady but she was gone. I looked around and found her running away up the street, I've never seen a granny run that fast before.
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"Whatever crazy lady" I thought to myself, having a fair share of experiences with crazies living in the city this didn't really bother me, I had soon forgotten about it as I stuffed my face with the pizza that I ordered, that some darn good pizza. I looked over at the clock, it was midnight "Where did the time go?" I thought.
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I got myself into bed, I had work the next day so I had to get up early. I'm not sure if it was because I was so tired but man this bed was so comfortable, I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
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My wonderful and peaceful sleep soon came to a halt when I woke up to a sound, I wasn't exactly sure what it was but it sounded much like footsteps right outside my bedroom door. As I lay there for a few moments trying to figure what the could be, the footsteps got louder and louder. Ok, I'm not the type of girl to scare easily, I like to think of myself as pretty tough but the thought of someone breaking into my apartment sent shivers down my spine. I knew what I had to do, I reluctantly removed myself from my warm cosy bed so I could investigate.
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Slowly I crept towards the bedroom door, I waited a few seconds to build up my courage and then swung open the door. "The police are on their way so you better get out!" I loudly stated before realising it was pitch black and even if there were someone in my apartment I wouldn't see them. I flicked on the light, nothing. I checked in the bathroom, nothing. I even opened my front door, nothing. I shrugged it off as some noisy neighbours and went back to bed.
