Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24881951-20140725223802

Some people have the habit of checking behind their shower curtains for fear that a serial killer is hiding behind them. Honestly, what good would that ever do? The killer would just lunge at you and kill you right then and there.

I live by myself, and I always keep the curtain to my shower open whenever the shower isn't in use. That way, if I ever find it open, I know for a fact that someone has broken into my house, is hiding behind it, and is most likely planning to jump out and attack me, and I'll know not to get too close to the intruder.

This used to be a mere superstition, and I always truly found it unlikely that anyone would ever try to kill someone by that method. That was until I came home one day and actually did find the curtain closed. I was immediately filled with shock and fear to the point that I didn't think through what I was going to do next: take the law into my own hands.

As quietly as I could, I went to my room, grabbed the gun under my pillow, and went back to the bathroom. The door and the curtain were parallel to each other, so it was easy to let out the full round of bullets onto the shower area, which I was sure would kill whoever was hiding.

Once the pistol was empty, I slowly walked to the curtain and reopened it. To my utter confusion, there was no dead body. My confusion was instantly replaced by horror as I heard a sinisterly amused voice behind me: "I've been watching you. I knew you would try that."  