Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The Great Scare

So, picture this.
I am driving from Kathy's house after a great day of hanging out.
Enjoying each other's company and KFC.
Just as I'm about 6 to 7 minutes from my house, it starts pouring.
Very, very hard.
I can't see two inches in front of me.
I slow down to 10 mph.
I'm concentrating so hard on the road that I don't hear my phone ring.
Did I mention the car was excruciatingly low in gasoline?
So, when I stop at the light, I see around 15 missed calls.
I try calling back my dad and my phone dies.
No biggie, I'm only three blocks away.
Right?
Wrong.
I go inside my house and quickly turn off the alarm, which seems to be a little weird.
Whatever, maybe it was because I took too long turning it off.
I run to the kitchen and look for the house phone.
I didn't mind that the lights were off.
I'm not scared of the dark.
So, I dial and as I wait for my dad to pick up, I turn on one light.
Suddenly, my dad picks up.
He starts screaming at me telling me "how dare you not answer?"
I'm thinking calm down and really not paying attention, when he says "the alarm company called, the alarm went off, there might be someone in the house".
At this moment, I'm already outside the front door.
I'm freaking out.
I start screaming to the phone.
My mom takes charge.
She tells me, "it might be nothing, stay in the car".
Don't they understand I've already gone into the house?
That the car is locked?
That I have nowhere to go?
What am I to do?
WHAT AM I TO DO?
I tell her "I'm outside, its raining, the car is locked, I'm talking thru the house phone".
She tells me to go to the neighbors.
But they're not there.
What am I to do?
She says "run to the car!"
So I do that.
I try a door.
Locked.
I try the second door.
YES!
Success.
I am still crying.
But now, I'm not wet.
And safe.
Yes.
She tells that they are far.
They will be right here.
I hang up but I'm still crying.
Who can I call?
My friends are gone.
I can't call anyone.
So, I wait.
I wait and I calm down.
By the time, they get to the house.
I'm OK.
It was just a false alarm.
Thank God.

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