Short-Short: Prank Calls

           They had done it so many times before, every time they had sleepovers really. Sara’s parents had gone out to dinner so the three decided to have a little fun. Hannah, Amanda, and Sara were infamous for prank calling, but this time it had gone too far. As they sat huddled in the closet, one holding a phone, one a pen, and one a stiletto as make-shift weapons, they wondered how an innocent prank had turned into a horror film. All they had wanted to do was mess around with someone and they had obviously picked the wrong person to mess around with.

He had said he’d traced the call and was watching them from the back yard at that exact moment. Just as those words came out of his mouth there was a loud bang on the window. The girls all screamed, grabbed the closest thing that could be used as a weapon, and ran to hide behind the clothes in the closet.

After about five minutes of hiding Sara felt like they were all being stupid so she convinced the other two that they should walk out and have a look around. Once they made their way up the stairs and into the back hallway they saw that the bathroom door was shut and that the light was on inside. They tried the door planning on surprising the intruder hiding behind it, but it was locked. All three immediately said that they were not responsible. After they looked at each other and realized that someone had been in the house, they ran back downstairs and straight into the closest.

About the time they had settled into the closet they began to hear footsteps upstairs, and it sounded like they were headed for the stairs. After moments of holding their breath they began to hear the descending sounds of feet on the wooden stairs. They waited, for what seemed like forever, for the man on the phone to open the door and turn them into the town’s newest horror story, but the door never opened. Then they heard it, their names were being called. For a moment all they could do was focus on the sheer terror running through their bodies as they realized the man knew their real names, but then the familiar voice spoke again and they realized it was just Sara’s father. They all burst into simultaneous laughter as they realized what drama queens they actually were.

After telling Sara’s parents their story, and finding out it was Sara’s mom who had accidentally closed the bathroom door while the lock was still turned, they felt like idiots. That night they decided they would never prank call anyone again because their prank could just as easily be turned around on them.