(Page 1 of 4) Jessie's Friend by Mike McWade
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SUMMARY: Jessie has a midnight visitor that warns her of impending danger."Wake up, Wake up! Do you hear me? Wake up!"
Jessie sat up in bed and wiped the sleep from her eyes. She was a little startled to find the young girl standing by her bed since she was home alone tonight. Her mom had to fill in on the late shift at work tonight and Jessie wouldn't hear of a baby sitter, even if one could be found that would spend the night. Her mother and she had argued for a while but Jessie had finally convinced her that a thirteen year old would be just fine for one night by herself. Jessie regretted that now.
Who was this girl in her room? She had blonde curly hair and was wearing a pretty sundress with a large hat that seemed like something out of the 1800's. In her hands was a ball the size of a small soccer ball which on second glance seemed to glow with a dull light.
Jessie scooted back against the wall and pulled the blankets around her.
"Who are you? " She stammered keeping as far away from the little girl as possible.
Jessie was not a person that was easily scared. She'd been taking Kung Fu for the last two years and had become pretty confident with being able to handle herself. In fact she had defended herself against a boy at school that had been, as her mother would say, "getting fresh" with her. There was just something strange about this little girl, besides the fact she was in her room in the middle of the night. She seemed so out of place. She had a glow about her almost like the sun was shining directly on her in the middle of the night. She looked like something straight out of Little House on the Prairie.
"I'm Lilly" The little girl replied hurriedly. "But you've got to get up now"
"Why" asked Jessie. She was beginning to feel a little more at ease with the little girl. "If you tell me why you're here maybe I can help you"
"No, no, no, you can't help me" the little girl said. "I'm here to help you. You've got to hurry and get up now"
"Are you lost or something, do you live around here?" Jessie asked
"You have to listen to me" said the little girl, "He's in the house and he's looking for you."
Jessie was shocked at the little girl's words. "Who's in the house, who's looking for me?"
"The man" Said Lily, eyes wide with fear. "The bad man who collects little girls."
Jessie remembered hearing on the news about the girls that had gone missing lately, in fact it was one of the reasons her mother had argued so hard about Jessie not staying alone. The news had said that eight girls had disappeared in the last two weeks in a small town outside Oklahoma City. The girls were stolen out of their beds in the middle of the night and no traces have been found of them since. Jessie had told her mom not to be ridiculous, that was near Oklahoma City and they lived just outside of Dallas, she wasn't in any danger. Was she wrong or was this all a dream?
"That man is a long way away" said Jessie "I'm just having a nightmare"
"No, no, no," Lily replied "He's here, right now, in your house. This isn't a dream, you have to get out.
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