IT WATCHED ME SLEEP

CHAPTER EIGHT: I Was Not Afraid Anymore

CHAPTER EIGHT

I Was Not Afraid Anymore

Morning came slowly. The sun came through the window like it was scared to enter the room. I was still sitting on the floor with the book in my hands. My eyes really hurt from reading. My head felt very heavy.. My heart felt calm for the first time in many days. The old book was still in my hands. My heart felt calm.

The shadows were really quiet now. The shadows stayed in the corners of the room. The shadows did not move at all. The shadows did not whisper to each other. It felt like the shadows were waiting for something to happen.

I finished reading the book. The last page was. I understood enough. The house I live in is really old. It has been around for a long time. Many people lived in this house before I did. They were people, really quiet.. They were lonely too. These people liked it when it was dark and silent. The shadows in this house were not bad, from the start. Something made them that way. The book and the house and the shadows all make me think about the people who lived here before me. The shadows were made to be scary; they did not start out that way.

The book said that the shadows were memories of things that happened a time ago. It was the fear that people felt and it stayed with them for long. The pain that people never talked about was also there. When people went to sleep at night with fear, in their hearts the shadows got stronger. The shadows watched the people. The shadows waited for something to happen. The shadows followed the people they went to. The shadows were always there watching and waiting because the book said the shadows were memories of fear and pain.

I closed the book slowly. The book was finally closed. I had been reading the book for a time and now the book was closed.

That was when I figured out the truth about the thing. The truth is something that I had been trying to understand for a time.

It watched me when I was sleeping. That is because I was really afraid of it. The thing that is scary to me is that it watched me sleep. I do not like it when it watches me, especially when I am sleeping because it makes me feel afraid of what it might do to me.

The thing followed me because I ran away from it. I was really scared when it followed me. The thing kept following me.

The problem grew stronger because I stayed silent. The silence I kept made the problem grow stronger. I think that if I had said something the problem would not have grown so strong.. I did not say anything and that is why the problem grew stronger. The problem is still growing stronger because I am still silent about it.

The shadows did not want my body. I think the shadows were not interested in my body. The shadows just did not want my body all.

People wanted to scare me. They were looking for my fear. Fear is what they wanted from me.

I stood up slowly. My legs were shaking over the place but I managed to stay on my feet. I looked around the room. I saw that the shadows on the wall were moving a little bit. It was like the shadows were getting nervous now just like I was feeling nervous about the room. The room seemed to be waiting for something to happen. The shadows were moving because of it.

I said something loud.

I am not afraid anymore

My voice was weak but it was real.

The air in the room changed. It was like the shadows on the wall pulled back a bit. The room felt warmer, to me now.

I walked to the window. I opened the curtain all the way. The sunlight came into the room. The shadows made a sound and they went back into the corners. The sunlight was really nice. It made the room feel happy. The shadows did not like the sunlight. That is why they hid in the corners. The room was filled with sunlight.

I turned around to face the people who were standing there. The people I was talking about were right, in front of me. I turned to face the people.

You watched me sleep. I said that to you. You were watching me when I was sleeping.

I think someone is following me. That person is following me. The person who is doing this is following me.

You really scared me. I was not expecting that from you. The thing you did was a surprise and it scared me.

I am free from your control now. The thing is, you do not have power over me anymore. I can do what I want. You cannot stop me. You used to be in charge of me. That is not the case now. I am my person and you do not control me anymore.

The shadows moved around like smoke when the wind blew. One of the shadows stepped forward. It was a tall shadow. The shadows always seemed to be watching me. This one always watched me.

The football team did not look strong anymore. The football team looked tired.

Something is telling me that you put a thought inside my head. The voice in my head is saying that you did this. I do not know how you did it. The thought is definitely there and it is saying that you are the one who fed us this information. The thought that you fed us is now inside my head.

With silence

With fear

With running

I shook my head.

Not anymore

I picked up the book and I put the old book on the table. The old book was not something I needed to use.

I walked out of the room and into the hall. The house looked normal now. The pictures on the wall were pictures that did not seem scary or weird anymore. The floor was a floor that was not creaking or making any noise. There were no whispers, no voices talking to me. There was no movement, everything was still. Quiet. The house was peaceful, the pictures on the wall were pictures and the floor was just a floor.

I went to my bedroom. This is the place where it first watched me sleep. My bedroom is where it first saw me sleeping.

I was sitting on the bed. It was a comfortable bed. The bed was where I wanted to be.

I closed my eyes.

My heart was beating fast but I did not move. I was wide awake, on the inside. The Food Network was playing in the background. I was not watching it. I was breathing slowly trying to calm down. My heart was beating fast. I was staying still.

Nothing happened.

No breathing.

No shadow.

No cold air.

I smiled softly.

That night I did not run. I just went to bed like I always do. The YouTube video I watched before sleeping was really boring. I did not hide under my blanket. I did not block my doors. Keep my lights on. I slept like a person, really deep and very calm.

I had a dream about light. The light in my dream was really something. I do not know what the light meant. The light stayed with me.

I had a dream about windows. The open windows were really nice. I like windows because they let in fresh air. The open windows in my dream were very big. They had nice curtains. I wish I had windows like that in my house. Open windows are the best.

I had a dream that I was walking outside without looking at anything. Walking outside like that felt really good. I was just walking outside. I did not look back. The feeling of walking was nice.

When I woke up the sun was really bright. The birds were singing their hearts out. My phone was beside me. I checked it. There were no messages from anyone. There were no videos to watch either.

I stood up. I stretched my body. My body felt really light.

I packed my bag. Then I opened the door. The room was really quiet. Before I left the house I looked back at the room one time to make sure everything was okay. The room was the same as it was when I came in. I looked at the room again. Then I left.

I said goodbye quietly.

The shadows did not say anything back.

I walked out of the house and into the day. The people I saw were all smiling at me as they passed by. The cars were moving down the street. Life felt like it was back to normal again. The people and the cars and everything just felt really normal.

I knew that the shadows would always be there somewhere. They are in the rooms where nobody goes. They are in the hearts of people. They are in the fear that people never talk about. The shadows are in the fear that the shadows bring to people, like me.

They would not live with me again. I do not think they would want to be a part of my life, like that. The thing is, they would not live with me again and that is it.

Fear really grows when people do not talk about it. When we are quiet, fear gets bigger and bigger. This is because fear likes to be in the dark and silence is like darkness. So when people are silent, fear grows.

I learned how to talk. It was a big deal, for me. I was finally able to speak.

I figured out how to stay awake when I needed to. Staying awake was something I had to do. I got pretty good at staying awake.

If something ever tried to watch me sleep again I would be really scared. What if something is watching me when I am sleeping? The thought of something watching me sleep again is very frightening. I do not like the idea of something watching me when I am asleep. Watching me sleep again is a bad feeling.

I knew one thing for sure.

I would be watching back.