Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26997268-20151002042845

I grew up in a part of Texas that was perpetually sunny, so for new years my friends & I decided to rent a cabin out of state primarily because there would be snow. The drive there was eerie, the road was very narrow and went up the mountain in a corkscrew fashion; sky was a dark gray color pregnant with storm clouds and the woods grew thicker and thicker around us. Contrarily conversation inside the car was light hearted

"See, you guys are all excited about sledding and skiing and I am concerned about how we are about to manage any of that shit-faced" Candace hiccups then she sips from her thermos filled with hot chocolate and fireball "I care about two things on this trip, alcohol & the hot tub". "I think it would be fair to say that tonight we get plastered and then tomorrow accompanying our awful hangover we will go play in the snow" I said not turning my head towards anyone because of the precarious road I'm driving on. "Stop taking selfies you vain bitch" Candace says to Fernie "Girl, you know i never get to wear this cute winter stuff, i'm taking advantage". "So, what excuse did Jacob make for not coming down tonight?" I asked Fernie. He made a tiny annoyed sigh "What does it matter?, yes Jacob is my boyfriend but its like anytime I go anywhere without him everyone is all 'wheres Jacob' Am I not good enough company for you two girls",  "yes, of course you are" Candace assures him. I don't say anything Jacob is my best friend i invited him assuming they would come together but i was determined to not let it ruin our good time.

We arrived there soon after and not soon after that music was playing and drinks were being poured; mostly shoved at me urging me to "catch up". Fernie opened the tab off a beer for himself then placed it on the countertop as quickly as he turned around to put the bottle opener magnet back on the fridge we heard the bottle break. There was beer and brown glass all over the counter "Nice going" Candace tells him while getting a towel to clean it up "I didn't drop it though" he said confused. "You are about to get cut off & we just got here, I'm going to go check to see if theres maybe a broom in here" I call out heading over to the pantry closet. The pantry was pretty unremarkable and empty there was a little window facing the woods, I saw a dark figure out among the trees for a second I focused in on it for a minute and figured my eyes were playing tricks on me. "Caaaasssss" they called out from the kitchen "come look at this" I turned away from the window then I heard a creaking sound to my surprise the little crank on the window was turning all on its own and the window began to wedge open. I ran into the kitchen a little out of breath "no, you guys need to come see this" I tell  them ,they follow me into the pantry the window was closed again. "This thing was opening by itself" Fernie tried to turn the crank, it didn't budge. They looked at me dismissively like I was stupid. I was shaken at this point my hair started to stand of end and i felt this sick feeling in my chest. "What did you guys wanna show me" fernie points over to the mess on the counter and carefully picks up the bottom of the broken bottle "the bottom of it is still intact, I didn't slam it on the counter or drop it, so how did it break? like it literally just burst open" my face went blank "thats weird" ..

"Where's Candace?" Fernie shrugged. I walked over to the bathroom the door was open, and the water from the sink was running. I saw Candace washing blood off her hands the bright red mess was all over her forearms and in the sink. "Oh my god, are you okay? did you cut yourself on that glass?" She looked at me puzzled and starts patting her still bloody hands on the towel "no... just washing my hands" her eyebrow furrowing. The sink was covered in blood I blinked and it was gone. "You've been acting strange ever since we got here; tonight is supposed to be a good time, right?" Candace moves her red curly locks away from her face "Yeah, yeah" I say shaking my head. I'm thinking I haven't even had that much to drink I must be going crazy.

The rest of our night went on as you would expect lots of drinking, laughing and catching up. We counted off the seconds of the new years and cheered with champagne. Around two in the morning Candace started puking and that signaled that our night was coming to a close. We got Candace into her bed I left her a big glass of water and some advil. I  brushed my teeth, washed my face and headed to bed. I was feeling pretty dizzy  and I was relieved that the bed in the cabin was not too firm but like a big fluffy cloud. I called for a wake up call at 8:30 in the morning it was early but i wasn't going to waste our entire trip in bed & hungover seeing as we could've done that back home. I closed my eyes and fell asleep almost instantly.

I woke up and looked over to the red numbers on the digital clock 4:12 in the morning my heart was beating really loudly I could feel it reverberating all throughout my body. I looked around the room in the pitch, black dark and even though I knew it was not a familiar place I got this sickening feeling that something was not right. My eyes focused in on a shadowy tall figure by the door that I couldn't explain I opened my mouth to call out but no words or sounds escaped my lips. I tried to reach over to switch on the light but i was paralyzed, frozen in fear  I kept telling myself move your arm, move your finger, move your toe something I had one hundred percent lost control. I couldn't move at all and this figure was moving in towards the bed the door closing behind it. It slithered unto the bed my eyes widened in terror and tried once more to scream but again no sound came out. This thing was hovering above me long hair fell against my pillow by my face. In the dark I could only make out a long sliver of saliva dribbling from an ajar mouth lined in impossibly sharp teeth. I lay there perfectly paralyzed and useless my eyes jumping from their sockets, a forked tongue emerged from the dark and ran over cracked lips so cracked it made a disgusting sound like rustling leaves. Suddenly just when I thought I might possibly faint from terror I regained control of my arm I swung my arm wildly into the dark, nothing, I swung my both arms in all directions still mute my arm met with whatever crap was sitting on the nightstand beside me including a glass of water which shattered colliding with the tiled floor. However long it took for the hall's light to be turned on seemed an eternity, "Cass?" Candace called out, opening the door and the light in my room turned on. Finally I was able to look around my eyes darted quickly around scanning the room, I immediately sat up and began to shake uncontrollably and sob. I told Candace "there is someone in here" I kept repeating it she rubbed her sleepy eyes and started looking everywhere. I felt much like a child telling their parents there was a monster under their bed; a bit embarrassing honestly. I sat up in bed and made a horrifying discovery my shaking hand met with a wet forehead connecting with an undeniably familiar consistency of frothy, warm sputum. 