Creep

              Nothing ever happened here in this small, mountain town.  Until one day something did, and it just so happened to ruin her life.  Jess stared absent-mindedly at the whiteboard, zoning until the straight lines of the writing all blurred together.  The tick-tock of the clock hanging on the wall above her seemed to further hypnotize her.  She startled to a tap on her elbow, her best friend for pretty much her whole life Jackie, was passing her a folded up note. The note read:                                   Let's go get a movie and snacks for tonight.                           &

            Light crept through the boards on the windows as Jess laid on the bed motionless zoning into the obsess. It was becoming easier to just feel nothing and numb herself.  The creep offered her some eggs and a burnt piece of toast.  She remained motionless but watched as he placed it on the side table. “Come on now, you gotta be starving.  At least have some water.” He lifted her up and she felt like a rag doll.  She let him give her water and some of it ran down her chin, she didn’t bother to try to catch it. “Ahem. What’s your name?” She asked.             He looked amazed she would ask. “Well pretty girl. You're looking at the one and only Jedd Parson!” He threw his arms up like he was declaring himself the winner of some game. “Jedd.” She pulled herself up as best she could. “My names Jess…I wou

             Jess woke up shivering; she pulled her blanket up over her shoulders and rolled over.  She had never opened her window it was fall and freezing outside. Yet, it was wide open.  Every instinct in her body was warning her that something was wrong.             “Just go shut it.” She said to herself.             She jumped up and shut the window.             Without the fresh air she was met with a familiar nose burning smell.  Jess was frozen in fear as if her foot was back in a shackle.  She felt a presence in her room and felt someone pull up some of her hair.  She heard him sniff her hair and her stomach dropped to the floor.  How did he get in here with there being cops outside?  How did he

            Every noise that night had Jess on alert.  She hadn’t ever felt the need to one-hundred percent arm the house for movement.  Tonight she had set it and almost shot her cat Kitten, when she had gone down stairs to simply use the litter box.  When Jess laid back down for the twentieth time Trevor sat up and turned the light on. “What are you doing?” Jess said exhausted. “I figured since you’re not sleeping and I’m not sleeping, we might as well not pretend.” He sat against the headboard and pulled her to his chest to cuddle.  She slumped herself against his body and he flipped on the television. “No sleep for the wicked I imagine.”  She sighed and he ignored her. “Shall we N*****x and chill?” They both laughed. Jess was grateful for Trevor. He never rushed her. He didn’t look at her like she was broken. He just loved her, all her flaws included. “Let’s wa

             Here we go. Jess thought as she rolled her window down and put her hand out.  She let the wind dance through her fingers and inhaled as if she was trying to smell the pine for the last time.  The air was crisp, a little cooler than normal at this time of year.  As a child she would always roll the windows down and hang out as far as her mother would let her. Little Jess would stretch out her arms as far as they would reach, to her she was flying.  She would sometimes have red marks from her hair whipping her in the face, she never cared.  To feel that free sometimes it has to burn a little.             Jess hung her head out of the window some and let the wind whip her face.  She was ready for the burn.  She accepted it at this point.  She was ready to burn for her freedom when he came for her.