Paranormal Anthology With a TWIST (15 page)

“Honey, I’m home,” Ted says as he walks through the front door of
his home.

With a mixing bowl in her hands, Katie walks out and kisses him on
the cheek. “Got your favorite for dinner tonight,” she replies.

“Brains?” he asks.

At that point, Shelley calls out from the back yard. She is
detaching her arm and then returning it to its socket.

“Dad, look at me.”

“That’s great, Shelley,” Ted says distractedly, completely
oblivious of what Shelley is doing. He waves to his daughter without even
looking at her.

There is a loud knock at the door. As Ted makes his way to open
it, there is another loud knock. As soon as Ted opens the door, Dave and his
family rush inside. Dave’s son Jamie is holding his arm in pain.

“One of them bit him on the arm. There are these creatures
outside, Ted. They attacked us,” Dave exclaims.

“What?” Ted asks, looking outside.

He sees two Mormons circling up and down the street menacingly
while two Mormons walk slowly towards the door.

“What are they?” Ted cries, panicking.

The front door is still open and, as Ted tries to close it, one of
the Mormons sticks his foot in the way to prevent it from closing.

“Have you been blessed, brother?” one of the Mormons asks.

Dave joins Ted and together they are able to force the door
closed. Ted looks once again out the window. More Mormons walk up the driveway.
There are now five Mormons on the road, going in circles. Suddenly, a Mormon
appears out of nowhere and scares Ted half to death. He is holding a book and
waving it threateningly.

“Look, out the back,” Dave says.

There are several Mormons peering over the back fence.

“Quick, get the kids inside.” Ted is too late; the kids have seen
the Mormons and run into the house screaming.

“I need nails and a hammer. We have to board up the windows and
the doors,” Ted remarks hurriedly.

Darkness descends on the Jones’ house. The windows are heavily
boarded and the two families huddle into one small part of the living room. The
drone of Mormons calling out and bashing on the door is relentless.

“AAGHHHHHH,”
Jill Thompson
screams.

Everyone jumps back to see what has happened. There stands Jamie
Thompson, neatly dressed, his hair combed, his teeth whiter than
white—with a bible tucked under his little arm.

Jason Brant grew up in the mountains of western Pennsylvania where
he eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania.

After spending more than half a decade working as a Digital
Forensics Analyst contractor for the Department of Defense, Jason prefers to
spend his time writing and watching movies.

As a Steelers fan living outside of Baltimore, Jason and his wife
Erin spend most of their days dodging flying cans of National Bohemian Beer
being thrown at them by Ravens fans.

Facebook:
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November 19

Dear Diary,

I’m so pissed!!!!

My dad is being such a jerk! I’m thirteen years old now and he
still treats me like I’m ten. He doesn’t care that I’m an adult - he just wants
me stay his little girl forever. It makes me so mad!

He won’t let me stay out at night, he won’t let me watch The
Walking Dead, and he won’t let me go out with Stevie! I’m thirteen and I’ve
never gone on a date!! I know that Stevie is so totally perfect for me but nooooo!
Dad won’t even let me invite him over to the house. I mean, Stevie doesn’t even
know I exist, but he might someday.

Mom doesn’t help me either. I can tell that she thinks I’m old
enough, but she doesn’t want to argue with Dad. Usually I can get Mom to let me
do something, even if Dad says no, but she won’t listen to me about this at
all!

“If Dad says you aren’t ready, then we should listen to him,” she
says.

Like he knows everything…

November 28

Dear Diary,

OMG!!!! Stevie said hi to me! I can’t believe it! He caught me
staring at him in Math class, again, but this time he said hi! I thought I was
going to die right there. I tried to say something back but only a squeak came
out. That was soooo embarrassing.

Superbitch Megan Lockard laughed at me. Why is she so mean to me?
I haven’t done anything to her. I think she likes Stevie and she was just
jealous that he said hi to ME. God, I hate her. She thinks she’s so much better
than everyone else just because her father is a rich doctor. Who cares? I mean,
she isn’t even all that pretty.

Ok, that was a lie…she’s totally pretty, but still.

December 5

Dear Diary,

I sat behind Stevie at lunch today and he smelled so good! I never
noticed it before, but he smells really sweet. He definitely wears too much Axe
or cologne or whatever, but still, he smells awesome. I just wanted to eat him
up right then!

He caught me staring at him again, but he smiled at me instead of
being mad. I really think he’s noticing me now. Finally! I mean, it’s only been
three years that I’ve been in school with him. His face looks so CUTE when he
smiles too—I wanted to just grab him right there and take him home with
me. Oh, the things I would do to him…

Of course, Superbitch saw us and got all pissy. She told her
Megawhore friend Stephanie Mitchell that I was a carpenter’s dream. I didn’t
even know what that meant. They both laughed like it was the funniest thing
ever, even though it was totally lame. I had to look it up on Google when I got
home. It means I’m flat as a board and easy to nail! Assholes!!!!

I told Dad that I wanted to do something really mean to her but he
won’t let me. He says that her father is too important and that I would get in
a lot of trouble. I hate when he says stuff like that. So it’s OK for me to do
something to a poor, unpopular person—but not to Superbitch? Isn’t that
racist or something?

December 14

Dear Diary,

I want to run away!

So today was awesome—until I came home from school. Stevie
came up to me and asked me what I was doing over Christmas vacation! He even
knew my name! I stood there like a total dweeb of course and didn’t say much of
anything. I think I said something stupid like ‘nothing’, but I can’t really
remember. He’s so perfect. Whenever he talks to me, I just become a moron!

Then he asked me if I wanted to hang out with him sometime! Uhh
yeah! I told him he could come to my house and I would do something with him
that I’ve never done with anyone else before. That got him really excited. He
said he would come over after school today, but I said I had to ask my dad
first. Stevie got a little sad then, but he’ll get over it.

When I asked my Dad if I could have Stevie he said no! WTF?! I’m
so sick of being treated like a little girl! And then he told me something
stupid like ‘all good things come to those who wait’. What a crock! I don’t
want to wait anymore. I want Stevie!

Mom did nothing, of course. I thought she might help me this time,
but noooo. I asked her when her first time was and she got so mad at me. Now I
feel guilty, even though they’re the ones being jerks. I hate this! I’m running
away right now!

December 14

Update #1

I didn’t run away. It’s too cold outside. I’m still mad.

December 21

Dear Diary,

Stevie hasn’t been talking to me as much.

After I told him that my stupid dad wouldn’t let him come over,
Stevie got upset. He didn’t say anything mean, but I could tell that he wasn’t
happy. He said it was OK and that we could maybe sneak around after school
someday. Mom and Dad pick me up from school every day, so I would have to lie
to them about it. They ALWAYS know when I’m lying! I hate it!

Of course, Superbitch is now all over Stevie. I swear that she
didn’t like him at all until she found out that I did! And now he spends more
time talking to her than he does to me. She’s totally playing with his mind and
getting him all confused. If she doesn’t stop, I’m going to have to do
something bad to her. Dad will probably ground me forever, but it will totally
be worth it.

Megawhore Stephanie is going to get it too!!!!! She tripped me in
gym class and I hurt my knee! I didn’t do anything to her. Just because she’s
friends with Miss Priss doesn’t mean she has to be so nasty to me. They’re both
going to get it! All of the other girls in class laughed.

They always tell me I’m weird, which is totally true, but they
don’t try to hurt me or steal Stevie. Dad says don’t sweat the small stuff.
Well, I don’t think that Superbitch trying to make out with Stevie is small
stuff!

Today is the last day of school before Christmas break. I’m
writing this during lunch because Stevie is talking to S.B. and it makes me
sick to see them together. She needs to get her ass kicked! I just have to get
through this last day…

December 21

Update #1

Superbitch threw gum in my hair! OMFG! She is so dead!

December 21

Update #2

I slapped Superbitch H.A.R.D.! She cried!!!! She tried to say that
she was crying because she was so mad, but I know the truth! Everyone else did
too!
 
They all laughed at her and
pointed! Now she knows what it feels like. She and her little butt face friend
Megan ran away.

Everyone stared at us in the hall after I smacked her. They all
looked shocked and most of them didn’t even seem to recognize who I was. Dad
says it’s important to hide in the background, but it sure felt nice to be
noticed for once!

Stevie stayed behind and talked to me then! He is so awesome!! I
wanted to pass out right there in the hall. He said that he didn’t really like
Superbitch and he still wanted to hang out with me over Xmas break! I thought
he was going to ask me to the Winter Dance right then, but he didn’t. I think
he was just being shy though. I hope.

If my parents don’t let me take Stevie to the house… I’ll die!

December 24

Dear Diary,

I hate my life!!!!

I begged and pleaded, but they won’t let me take Stevie to the
house! I’ve been bawling for days but Dad still says no! This is such crap!
Tomorrow is Christmas and I couldn’t care less! All I want for Christmas is
Stevie and I can’t have him. I don’t care what stupid books or robes or candles
I get this year! What good is all this stupid stuff if I can’t have one boy
over to the house?!

Dad said he was tired of hearing me complain and he left to go for
a drive. Mom has been sulking around, trying not to get involved, which is
total B.S. I can’t understand why she won’t stand up for me! I bet Superbitch
is going to get whatever she wants tomorrow! And that better not be Stevie!

I can smell Mom cooking a stew downstairs, the same she does every
Christmas, but I’m too mad to help her like I usually do. If they want me to
stay a kid forever, then I’m going to act like one. Maybe that’ll show them.

My gifts are already under the tree. Usually I pick them all up
and give them a shake, trying to figure out what they are. I’m too mad to even
do that! I’m just going to lock myself in my room and hope I die!

Christmas Day

Dear Diary,

I wanted to stay in my room all day but I got hungry, of course. I
keep telling myself I’m not going to keep eating so much, but I’m just so
stressed! Ugh! So I went to the refrigerator and drank from the cartoon, just
like Dad hates, when I saw a new present under the tree. Well, it was more like
beside the tree, but it was way big.

I tried to push it with my toe, but it was so heavy it didn’t
move. So I tried to pick it up and I couldn’t. Then it moved! Not a lot, but it
shook a little and scared the crap out of me! What the hell is it? I wanted to
tear it open right then but I knew that Dad would go on a rampage so I didn’t.