Nothing Serious

You had a late night, and you think its time to turn in. As you turn off the lights and are about to go to sleep, you change the wallpaper for your lock screen. Your phone vibrates. Odd. You swear that you turned it off before going to bed. You check it anyways, and it reveals a text message from a blocked number. Confused, you open it to see there is a picture attached to it. You see a bed with a bloodied blanket with two glowing eyes at the foot of it. It takes a moment before you realized that the bed is your own. You think to yourself, Someone probably is just playing a joke. Nothing serious, you try to convince yourself. Then you see the time stamp. It is marked 2:34 A.M., December 16th. You look at the clock beside you. 2:04 A.M.. The date is December 16th. You start to panic. There’s no way this could be real, it’s just someone who messed with the time stamp. Nothing serious. You laugh it off and are about to go to bed, but the phone vibrates again… another message. There is another picture attached. This time it is of your nightstand. It shows your phone on. The time is 2:35 A.M., December 16th. The screen also displays a notification for one new message. You start to worry. Could this actually be real? No… there’s no way, someone is obviously playing a really elaborate joke. Nothing serious. But you notice something else. The picture of your phone has the new wallpaper on it. Nobody else knows about this. You begin to panic. How could they have known this? Could it just be a coincidence? You try to convince yourself. No, this might be serious, how could anyone have known what I would change my wallpaper to, or if I changed it at all… You laugh at yourself, you’re being paranoid, there is no way this could be real, you are just tired, you’ve had a long day and you aren’t thinking straight. You decide to just go back to bed, it is probably just your mind over-thinking this, Nothing serious. You go back to bed and doze off. You wake up to the sound of movement. You check the clock. 2:31 A.M.… you recall the messages you received earlier. This is weird. You try to laugh it off. Your mind is just playing tricks on you again. You hear movement nearing your door. You panic a bit. Nothing serious, you try to convince yourself. You think you hear your door starting to creak open. “Nothing serious,” you mutter to yourself, “nothing serious…” As you see the door slowly swing open, the confidence in your voice begins to waver. You begin to question your resolve.  “Nothing serious”, you attempt to convince yourself, as a shadowy figure with two glowing white eyes manifests itself in the doorway to your room. It appears to walk forward. You close your eyes. This isn’t real. There is no way this is real. I have to be hallucinating. Your phone goes off one more time, another message received, just as in the photograph. You hear the creature’s raspy breath as it  moves closer. You tighten your eyelids and convince yourself this isn’t real. The hoarse breath moves closer….




...Nothing serious...