A Nightmare In One Week Chapter 2

In the first three days and nights she was there, she finished one of her books and did some knitting while watching her movies. She was going through everything faster than she thought she would. By the fourth day, she was starting to get bored.

She stepped out into the backyard and stared at the woods. She knew she was warned about them but she still didn't understand why. The woods can be dangerous with lions, tigers and bears oh my. She chuckled at her own little joke. On a more serious note, the dangers that the woods can bring wasn't enough for the guy to be so stern about them and for her to just ignore them.

Darlene figured what the hell. She had her pepper spray that she could take with her. She also grabbed some paper, a marker and some stick pins that she could take so she could mark her way through the trail. The last thing she needed was to get lost.

The trail was pretty easy to find. As she made her way through, every few feet she pined a paper with a number on it to a soft spot in a tree. She started from 1 counting up at each stop so all she had to do was count backwards on her way back.

She finally reached the creek. It was gorgeous and peaceful. There were small cascades over rocks and some bigger rocks that she sat on. She took some photos from her phone and just took everything in. She then heard some branches crack behind her. She whipped around but nothing was there. Probably just an animal but she didn't want to stick around to see what it could be so she got up and continued down the trail.

About five minutes later, she finally reached the lake. It was smaller then she expected but it was still a sight to see. She could see all the way around the lake and the trees surrounding it. Some areas of the lake had huge boulders to sit or lay on. Some where placed where you could walk out onto the lake.

She went to one of the boulders, stripped to her under clothes and dove off the giant rock. The water felt so refreshing. She started to get tired so she got back onto the giant rock and laid there. When she started to doze off, she knew it was time to head back.

The walk back didn't feel so relaxing. Darlene couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. It really started to make her feel nervous. When she reached the creek, she heard someone or something following her. She picked up the pace and kept looking around to see if she saw anything. At first she didn't but then she did see something. She stopped for a moment but it was gone almost as fast as she saw it. Did she really see a big black thing watching her? It had to be her imagination. I mean Hedley being creepy about it could be making her paranoid. She then started to jog back to the house tearing down each number as she came across it.

When she got to the house and inside, she locked the door behind her. After catching her breath, she took a long hot shower. After dinner, she checked her facebook page and found some stuff on Netflix to watch hoping that it would help her get her mind off the creepy walk back. Little did she know that her nights would no longer be peaceful.

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