Nightmare

"Ahhhhh," screamed Sandra as she wakes up abruptly. In her dream she was in the middle of running from a woman trying to kill her. She wipes the sweat off of her forehead and sits in the edge of the bed. This was strange to Sandra because she never had a bad dream. Did this mean something she thought? She reaches for her phone to check the time.
"Man I have to get ready for work now,” said Sandra with disappointment. She should have never answered the phone when they called her in for work last night. When Sandra is finished getting ready she walks out her house and locks her door then heads towards her car.

Riding with her top down, Sandra is blasting her music on her way to work. Arriving to the entrance of her job there is a homeless family of three sitting on the edge of the sidewalk begging for money. Sandra never liked giving money to homeless people because she felt they could get a job or find another way to maintain their family without begging. When Sandra parks her car the mother of the two children approaches Sandra’s car and asks for some spare change. Sandra completely ignored the lady and kept walking until she got to the door of her job. She could hear the lady mumble under her breath. Sandra looks back and the lady was nowhere to be found. This was the second time this has happened to her.

All day at work Sandra kept thinking about the homeless lady. She looked familiar, and then all of a sudden she remembered her nightmare.

“Sandra what is wrong with you today,” asked Lisa her boss.

“Nothing, I’m just tired,” said Sandra.

“Ok well since it is slow you are more than welcome to go home,” said Lisa.

“I was only here for six hours that isn’t even half of my shift,” says Sandra.

“I don’t care how long you were here for get out or you are fired,” shouted Lisa.

Sandra gets her things and walks out to her car. Trying to look for her keys in her purse she notices a note on her windshield. It said watch your back.

Sandra looks around trying to see if anybody was around watching her. She finally finds her keys and speeds out of there. What in the world is going on thought Sandra? She feels her phone vibrating in her purse and takes it out to see who is calling once she sees who it is she ignores it. Her ex boyfriend was always sending her messages threatening her.

“Oh my god it all makes sense now, he is the one that left that note on my car,” said Sandra. Quickly making a U-turn she is on her way to his house. He lives pretty far but she doesn’t have anything better to do and this was going too far so she needed to end it now.

Two hours go by and she finally arrives to his house. Sandra gets out of her car and yells his name. it is dark outside

“Who is that making all that noise,” asks Daniel.

“Daniel it is Sandra, why the hell are you constantly bothering me,” asked Sandra.

“What are you talking about,” asked Daniel.

“The note you left me on my car and the phone call you made right after I found it,” yelled Sandra.

“I never left a note on your car I haven’t even left my house all day and I lost my phone two days ago so that couldn’t have been me Sandra,” said Daniel.

“How am I supposed to believe that when you would always leave me crazy texts ever since we broke up?”

“You broke up with me three days ago and I lost my phone two days ago add the pieces up Sandra that was not me doing this to you.”

“Then who is doing this to me, this is crazy and I am starting to get scared,” said Sandra.

“It will be ok, do you want to come inside for a bit,” asked Daniel.

“Yes that would be great but I can only stay for a little while.”

Sandra walks inside the house with Daniel and sits on his couch. Daniel goes to the kitchen and grabs a couple beers. Sandra grabs one and starts drinking, whenever she is stressed out she becomes an alcoholic. She finished two bottles and kept asking for more but Daniel told her that wasn’t a good idea because she had a long drive back home.

“Come on Daniel you know I am good at driving drunk,” said Sandra.

“I won’t let you take the risk, I care about you Sandra maybe you should spend the night here.”

“Are you only doing this so we can get back together because I don’t want to get back together with you sorry.”

“No Sandra I am doing this because you are in danger.”

“It is time for me to go, thanks for the time I wasted here.”

“Sandra stop being ridiculous right now. I am tired of your shit. That’s why you are lonely because you constantly push people away and now you lost me permanently don’t ever come looking for me again!”

Sandra is upset now because what he said was true. She had no one, she was always pushing people away and she never knew why. She started crying and looked back to look at Daniel but he had already closed the door on her. Daniel was so disappointed in Sandra all he wanted to do was be there for her. She lost the only person that would actually be there for her. He really cared about Sandra it killed him to let her go. He felt like that was the only way she will realize she needed to change.

Sandra didn’t have a jacket on and it was freezing. She looked up at the sky. The moon was shining bright. It was beautiful but it didn’t make Sandra feel any better. Her night couldn’t possibly get worse she thought.

It took her longer than expected to get home because she was a little buzzed and she didn’t want to get pulled over by a cop.

Once she turns into her drive way she parks her car immediately. She was so tired all she wanted to do was sleep so she wouldn’t have to think about Daniel or anyone else. Walking to her door step she trips over something. Sandra gets back up and looks at what she tripped over. It is a little boy sleeping on top of a lady. Sandra screams! They boy and the lady wake up.

“Who are you and what are you doing on my property,” asked Sandra.

The lady doesn’t say anything she just stares at Sandra.

“We are sorry to bother you but this was the nearest house we got to, my boy is really tired and he just wanted to sleep but we will leave if you want us to,” said the lady.

Sandra had to think about it. She had no idea who these people were and had no idea what they were capable of. Sandra looked at the little boy and he looked at her with his sweet blue eyes. She had no choice but to let them in her home.

“It is ok; I think it would be better if yall came inside. It is freezing cold out here and it isn’t good for yall so come follow me,” said Sandra as she opens the door to her house.

The lady picks up the boy and she walks inside of Sandra’s house. Sandra goes upstairs to find some blankets and pillows so they can sleep in the living room.

“Thank you so much Sandra,” says the boy.

Sandra stares at him confused.

“How do you know my name,” asked Sandra.

“It was just a guess,” says the lady as she covers the boy’s mouth.

That was real strange to Sandra but she doesn’t pay much attention to it. She tells her guests goodnight and heads upstairs to her room. Knowing it wouldn’t be easy going to sleep she takes some Nyquil to help her out. Once it kicks in she is knocked out.

“Ahhhhhh,” screamed Sandra. She wakes up having the same nightmare as last night. This time when she tries getting up she can’t because her hands and legs are tied up restraining her from moving.

“What the fuck is going on,” yells Sandra. As soon as she says that the lady from yesterday walks in with a knife.

“Hello Sandra, I have been waiting for this day to come,” says the lady while she smirks.

“I don’t even know who you are how do you know my name,” asked Sandra.

“I am the lady you always fuck over.”

Sandra just stares at this crazy woman.

“How the hell did you get in my house,” asked Sandra. The lady points at the other lady from last night.

“How could you do this to me, I let you in my home when you needed help and you fucked me over,” said Sandra.

“This was all a plan,” said the first lady.

Sandra was so confused. She had no idea what to do. There was no way she could get out of the rope she was tied up with. This was the end of her life she wished she could have done things better. Sandra closes her eyes and tells the lady to just kill her already.

“I am not going to kill you dumb ass, I just wanted to teach you a lesson.”

Sandra just lays there clueless. She still has no idea why this started in the first place. She was so angry right now, Sandra starts cussing up a storm but everyone was already out of the house. She is still tied up on the bed and had no idea how she was ever going to get out she had nobody. Sandra starts screaming hoping one of her neighbors will hear her and come to the rescue. All of a sudden Daniel is in her room and he starts laughing.

“What the heck are you doing tied up,” asked Daniel.

Sandra just rolls her eyes and tells him to untie her.

“I will tell you later,” said Sandra.

“I came to apologize for the way I talked to you last night, I didn’t mean to talk to you that way I was just upset,” said Daniel.

Sandra smiled and couldn’t have asked for anyone better. She had learned her lesson.