Post by TBP on Feb 19, 2010 17:32:48 GMT -5
She saw a flash outside the window, followed by booms of thunder. There was a bad storm this night. She hadn't seen a storm this bad for a long while... she wrapped herself in a towel and went through to her bedroom. The lights flickered, and the electricity went off for a brief moment. She shivered... her house was cold... she was the only one awake, and she wasn't allowed to have the heating on in the dead of night. The lights flickered again for a moment, but turned themselves back on. She opened her wardrobe, pulled out some old clothes to wear, and put them on. She sat on the edge of her bed, and listened to the rain pattering against the window panes. Rain leaked in through a hole in her ceiling. She sighed, and held her head in her hands. She was tired and bored, but knew she couldn't sleep because of all the noise outside. She got up and moved over to the curtains on her window, and pulled them open. All she could see clearly was her reflection in the window pane, and the pitch black night sky. She rested her elbows on the window sill and stared into the darkness. A bright flash appeared, a stroke of lighting, and she jumped a little, unsuspecting. She moved back from the window a tad. She picked up a dusty, worn book straight from her bedroom floor. A nice, chilling horror story, perfect for such a night. She flipped it open, but as she began to read, the power died. She heaved a huge sigh - 'Bound to happen, eh?' She thought to herself. She threw the book back onto the ground, uncaring. She tried to think of things to do. She thought of none. Another bolt struck the sky, followed by roaring thunder. She peered out of the window again. She could distinctly make out the rain as it fell, heavily.
