The girl on swing

Part Nine

“Brandon Brandon are you okay?” Alex was terrified after Brandon who was sleeping suddenly screaming. He quickly tries to wake Brandon from his sleep. Jason who was doing his homework is also shocked. It's only 10 pm and Brandon had already experienced a nightmare. Both he and Alex try to wake Brandon but he keeps on screaming. Jason later splashed some mineral water towards Brandon's face and with that, he suddenly wake up and stop screaming. He was sweating like crazy. “Where is it? Take it out” that's the only thing Brandon said once he wakes up. 

“Brandon, what is it? You had a bad nightmare” said Alex softly. “Here drink some water,” said Jason while handing him mineral water. “Guys, it's terrible. I never had that kind of dream before... it's so real... oh thanks,” said Brandon. He took the mineral water and try to drink it but it taste weird. “What is this Jason? It tastes weird” ask, Brandon. “Oh it's blood, just the way you like it Brandon, drink more,” said Jason. He and Alex were laughing non-stop. Brandon was shocked. He vomited the blood he had just drank. “Guys, why are you doing this to me?” Ask Brandon between sobbing. He was already very weak after smelling the blood. 

“Because we can Brandon,” said both of them in a union. “Do you think you can get away from what you did?” Ask Jason. His eyes were red. And little by little, his face turned into an ugly monster. The same was happening to Alex. Both of them are no less the same as the person Brandon saw previously sleeping on the floor. Their tongues were sticking outreaching the floor. There was blood oozing out from their nose. Their eyes were already falling out and maggots are everywhere. Suddenly both of them started wailing shout “ you did this to us Brandon .. you did this”.

They started pulling their hair until it was separated from their scalp. They later started to scratch their scalps and hand with their long nails. Their whole body was injured. They keep on wailing non-stop. Brandon was so terrified that he peed his pants. 

“What do you want from me? I don't even know you. why did you do this to me? said Brandon. “Please let me go..please let me go..” Brandon was struggling to escape from the room. He tried to move from his bed but failed as if something was holding him. He struggled even harder and finally managed to escape from his bed. He ran towards the door.

Suddenly he heard someone calling his name. “BRANDON! BRANDON STOPPPP!” He recognized that voice. It was Alex’s. Brandon opens his eyes. Alex was lying on the floor. He was in pain. Jason on the other hand was trying to calm Brandon down. “Dude, why did you kick me? Damn it”.. said Alex. He was in pain after Brandon kick him from his bed. “Who are you two? You are not my roommates,” said Brandon in anger. Although he was a little bit terrified. 

“What are you saying, Brandon? Don't talk nonsense. We are your roommates. There is no one else here. Oh god, you had terrible dream arent you? You even kick me when I try to wake you up” said Alex still enduring the pain after being kicked by Alex. “Now are you alright? What happens to you Brandon? I told you not to watch too many horror movies, now you even dream about it” said Jason disappointed. Brandon was lucky because Alex was quite a forgiving person, if it was him being kicked, Jason would have retaliated even stronger. At the same time, he sympathized with Alex. He was just trying to help and in the end, he become the victim. What troubles him more is that this is the first time Brandon had acted as such. In 3 years they become roommates, Brandon had never had a nightmare. 

“It's okay just calm down now Brandon, it's just a bad dream don't think too much about it and try to get some sleep,” said Alex. Alex was planning to go and see Alicia tonight but after the incident, he had decided just to rest in his room. After all, the kick from Brandon was still hurting and he doesn't want Alicia to worry about him. After a while, Brandon has become calmer. They all went to sleep later that night. 

It was around 3 am that Jason was awakened from his sleep as he feels so cold. He later realized that the windows of their room were completely open. It allows the cold air from the outside to enter. With Jason still so sleepy, he just stands and tries to shut the windows. As he was shutting the last window, Jason took a glimpse of the park. Though it's not fully visible from their room, a small part of the park is visible if they look closely. From there he can see a shadow of what appears to be a girl playing with the swing. Jason rubs his eyes a few times as if it was playing a trick with him but each time he does that, the image of the girl becomes clearer. The girl suddenly stops the swing and turns her head 360 degrees around looking straight at Jason. Jason was so shocked that he quickly shut the window and shut the curtains,  too. He then went back to his bed. “It must be a dream... it must be a dream.. it must be a dream..” said Jason quietly as if he was chanting a spell. Although the distance between his room and the park is quite far, Jason believed what he saw just now is real. The girl just turn her head around without even moving her body. To help him ease the tension and fear, Jason took his iPhone and turn on Spotify. He put in his earphone and start listening to music until he fell asleep not long after that. 

Outside the window, on the other hand, there’s a shadow of what appears to be a girl trying to peek into the room. The shadow disappears soon after when it heard someone talking in the adjacent room.