A Ghost Story
It was a dark evening and I had just finished school. It was 3:30 and
my mum’s car had broken down in a country lane about seven miles away
down the twisty lanes. She rang my mobile to say she would be home
late.
I was getting worried whilst walking home alone. I didn’t have any
credit on my phone to phone my friends for a chat so I couldn’t get
home quicker. I couldn’t even pop around my friends quickly because I
was half way home and my friends live in the opposite direction to me.
I started to run because it was raining heavily and eventually I was
very close to home. I heard an owl hooting and I was beginning to get
really scared. I was running my fastest. The wind was howling through
the trees like a soul in anguish.
I managed to get home and the spare key was under the mat. I went
indoors and warmed myself up in front of the fire and then went any
made myself a cup of tea, as I went to pour boiling water into my cup,
it seamed like someone jogged the cup and boiling water went all over
the table.
Now I was getting confused. Mum still didn’t phone me, so I didn’t
know when she was getting home.
I wiped the boiling water off of the table and decided to have a bath.
As I was running the bath I saw a shadow walking across the bathroom
wall. I couldn’t believe it was true so I just ignored it and thought
that is was my mind playing tricks on me.
As I went to get in the bath, my leg slipped as if someone pulled it.
I fell over and lay there thinking what could possibly be happening.
My mobile phone started to ring so I quickly got up and wrapped a
towel around me and ran to answer it. I missed the call so I went to
phone my friend and suddenly the switch pulled itself out of the
couldn't do anything about it. Then, I saw my aunt rising from her chair to get
It was the end of my parents’ conversation so I decided to go to bed. I brushed my teeth with my bamboo toothbrush and went into my room. I blew the candle out and went to bed.
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I didn't answer my phone, but that just made it ring more. So, after awhile of it continuously ringing, I pulled my purple cell phone from my jeaned pocket. Checking the screen, I noticed that the person that kept calling was none other than, my mom. Pressing the talk button, I answered the phone.
I slowly got to my feet. My leg was really hurting, but I didn’t want to look down for fear of what I would find.
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When we were dressed, we headed out to the kitchen and ate a quick breakfast of cold
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After getting dressed, I went downstairs and the wait began. I thought I was going to be
back to the room and was scolded by my mom. My mom held on to my arm