The Lake House

The Lake House.

Tairi Ford-Takiri

If only we didn’t go, If only we had listened to Leki, If only we got in the car with Leki, then we wouldn't even be here in the first place. Why did we even trust him? I thought to myself. It all started on a dark stormy sunday.“ Oh my gosh man im bored lets go to the lake house’’ Tarani said.
“ Alright let me just text Leki to see if he, Lenga and Leko wanna come to” I answered. “Yeah yeah but hurry up cause I'm bored as bro”
Tarani replied. “Okay go pack your bags” I told Tarani. As I was packing my bag I got a weird feeling in my stomach like it was telling me to stay home and not go but I was so caught up in my own excitement that I just ignored it and kept packing.
“Are you finished packing?” I asked Tarani. “Yea bru I've been ready for ages, hurry up and get in the car man” Tarani shouted excitedly from outside. As we arrived at the lake house I felt shivers going down my spine. The house was old with white paint peeling revealing the decaying wood underneath, overgrown vines growing up the sides of the house and the windows covered up with old weathered planks.

There was what looked like fresh blood on the wall door and the veranda “ I ain't sleeping in that house” Leki shouted.
“Why not?” Lenga asked
. “ Because it's scary and I wanna stay alive,” replied Leki.
“C’mon man don't be a wimp, '' Tarani replied.
“Nope I'm going home and if you wanna live longer you better come with me” Leki said.
“ Nah, we're gonna stay here and explore the house,” Leko said.
As we approached the house a strange sound came from the depths of the surrounding forest, as if the trees themselves were warning us to turn around but we just ignored the eerie sound. The door creaked as I pushed the door open, I walked inside and noticed there was a mysterious and eerie atmosphere. Bang the door slammed shut. We ran to open the door but it wouldn’t open, it was locked. The creaking of the old wooden floors sent shivers down my spine. “Oii lets play i dare you” Tarani whispered. “Yo alright” everyone replied back.

“ I dare everyone to sleep in this creepy house for the night for 50 bucks” Tarani mumbled.
“ Yo I’ll do it for 50 bucks'' the two boys replied.
“ Nah i'm not sure about this guys lets just go home instead” I stated loudly.
“Ghee its algz i got you trust ghee straight up trust” Lenga replied.
“Okay” I replied in an unsure tone.
As I settled in for the night, strange things started to happen. I could hear whispers in the dark corner of the room and objects would move on their own. The tension grew more in the night. I couldn't shake the feeling that I was being watched, suddenly the lights started flickering on and off. I got up out of bed to see what was happening when all of a sudden I felt someone start pulling my hair and dragging me by my hair down to the basement.
“Hello let me go, What are you doing.?” I screamed and shouted for help but no one answered.