Locked Up

Alice's dad had to go out for a evening, something at work had come up. He promised her that he would be back in a few hours. Alice didn't like being alone in the house, the creeking, the sounds of the house, it all sounded like footsteps. But Alice thought she knew better, she locked all the doors, closed all the windows, shut all the curtains, turned off all the lights downstairs. Ran upstairs as fast as possible, she slammed her bedroom door and sat on her bed. She was scared to open her door again, she locked that door, turned off the light... breathing a side of relief she lay in the darkness of her bedroom, remembering she looked the house down. Nothing can get in she told herself. But that all changed when she heard from the darkness "Good, now we're locked in for the night"