good prank, sir.

   This past Friday night, my friends and I made the brilliant decision to watch “Jeepers Creepers” on Netflix. Splendid movie, just grand.

   We watched the movie (I might have fallen asleep) and the incredible cinematography was just coming to an end, finishing with a lovely scene where a guy is hanging from the ceiling with no eyeballs, and literally right as the credits started to roll the doorbell rang. We all just looked at each other with really wide eyes, none of us moving. The house was completely dark, it was almost 1:00am, and no one ever rings the doorbell.

   It rang again and we could see someone standing out on the porch in the dark. The porch light wasn’t on so we could only see a dark figure. Perfect timing! I was already afraid that as soon as I stood up from the couch after watching the movie, some creepy monster-faced visitor of death would pop out and grab me. Now my heart was beating 15x its normal rate and my palms were sweating.

   Finally my boyfriend got up to answer the door. He opened it just enough to see a police man standing there in the dark. He was really short and pale and looked like he just saw his grandma naked. 

     “Good evening, sir.” – Officer

     “Hi” – boyfriend

     “What are you doing?”

     “Watching a movie…”

     “Hm”

     *Awkward silence where boyfriend and officer just kind of stare at each other*

     “Do you drive a blue XTerra?” – Officer

     “No, but my neighbor does” – boyfriend

     “Hm”

     *Cricket….cricket…*

     “What’s that on your shirt?” – Officer

     “Oh, it’s just grease. From a long time ago” – boyfriend

     “Hm”

     *Officer grabs his little shoulder-radio to say something but then doesn’t*

     “Have a good night” – Officer

   Then he left. As he was leaving, another officer appeared from the shadows in the far corner of the porch, nodded at us, then walked away into the night...

   Creepy much?!

   My boyfriend slowly closed the door, locked both the knob and the deadbolt, and turned around. None of us had really moved from our positions-of-fear during the conversation, eyes still wide, so without really saying much we turned off the TV and retired for the evening so I could get plenty of time to dream of this and fear for my safety: 

So much for restful beauty sleep.