Something Old(ish)

It's only week 3 and I'm already behind! I have two major papers to work on that are due Wednesday so I haven't been able to work on anything new for this. So here's something old! The piece isn't that old-only from 2009. It's a work from my Creative Writing I class that I took my second year in college. The prompt came from our book and we had to describe how we would react in this situation. Hope you like it and again, I'm sorry for nothing new.

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The weather man did call for high winds for tonight, that’s why the scratching could be heard. It was the branches of the old oak tree next to my bedroom window. I really should call one of my brothers over to trim them back for me. It was an awful sound-the harsh, hissing scratch of wood against a glass pane. But the noise of running water from my shower was able to drown it out some.

I really needed this shower. It was my therapeutic time for me to rewind and hit the pause button for twenty minutes. The warm water and steam aided with the scent of my shampoo really helped me release my mind and worries with the knots that had formed in my back as the day had progressed.

That’s when I heard the crash.

The warm water no longer relaxed but rather pierced my skin with scalding knives-glass had been broken. I turned the water off as quickly as I could with my wet fingers and rushed out of the shower stall, grabbing my gym shorts and old tee shirt as I hurried to the door to lock it. Standing there, locked in my own bathroom, I looked around for something to defend myself with. I had my flatiron on, it was already hot. I grasped that while I tried to find the cord to my curling iron that would heat up quickly-safer to have two scolding items then one.

I heard stumbling. My heart raced-I was beginning to panic. My shirt and shorts stuck to the skin of my thighs and back. I heard muffled footsteps. My hands tightened turning my knuckles white.

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I just came up with an idea. For anyone who wants to give me an idea to write about-create a prompt for me :) I'll go through and pick one to focus on for next week!