I woke up in the middle of the night, with my head still aching. I can't believe that I woke up at this time even though I was dead tired when I slumped myself to bed 4 hours ago. I tried to sleep again by rearranging my pillows in a dark room with only a small light radiated behind the door. I can't open it, as I would disturb somebody that was sleeping. I tucked myself again in my soft blanket and tried to distract myself again to sleep. In a few moments, my eyelids slowly closed and slept again, as if it was nothing happened.
Just as I began dreaming, I woke up again with a dizzy feeling. I felt frustrated for myself as I can't sleep well. Maybe that's the result of breaking my sleep patterns over the course of 2 years, and this was the only time I would sleep properly, but I can't do it. As I began to rearrange my pillows again, I felt thirsty. I tempted to open the door and sprint lightly to the kitchen slowly, but risking that someone will wake up and scold me for being awake in the middle of the night. I finally decided, and with a small creak, I tiptoed from my room to the kitchen downstairs.
I satisfied myself with a glass of water and a slice of chocolate cake that my little brother didn't eat last night. As i was about to place the plate on the sink, I heard our dog, Jenny, barked loudly. Alongside with her barking was also the howling and yelping of the dogs in our street. I started to get chills, as I looked down on our windows before I got down, and there was no one walking in our street, except for a few motorcycles that passed by in the main road adjacent to the houses in our street. I left my glass at the counter table, and headed upstairs. The yelping, howling and barking of the dogs persisted, and I was afraid that my mom will wake up and scold me for being awake in that night. Just before I stepped the stairs, our doorbell rang, amid all the noise outside made by the dogs. Chills ran down my spine, as I wondered who it is. I began to approach the main door, as he knocks the gate loud. The barks and howls continued, and I began to tremble in fear. It might be a robber, or even some ghost of a motorcycle driver that died near our vicinity 2 years earlier. The windchime chimed slowly, adding to the creepy atmosphere. Also, a cold wind blew outside and toward the windows, giving me goosebumps. I looked back to our altar, and said a short prayer, as I myself prepare on who's on the gate. The knocking of the gate persisted, and the howling of the dogs too. I gathered all of my courage and turned the doorknob open. The next thing I saw and heard made me shocked to the bones.
"Good Morning sir! *insert name of fast food restaurant here* delivery to your house sir!"
And other usual stuff deliveryman says.
I almost laughed so hard when I realized that it was just the delivery guy all along.
All of a sudden, the dogs suddenly stopped barking and yelping.
The delivery man wore a helmet that concealed mostly of his face. His motorcycle was at the other end of the street, idle and with lights on. He walked from that point to our house due to a closed gate that only only opens during daytime until 10 PM. The gate re-opens at 4 AM.
He gave to me a plastic bag of food, and asked me to sign a paper that I received my "order". Satisfied, he turned away and walked back to his motorcycle.
As I checked out my "order", my mom approached my from the back, and asked who it is.
"It's just the delivery man, from the nearest fast food restaurant."
"What? I didn't order anything from them.", my mom replied.
"Are you serious? Then what is this then?"
"I don't know. Check back the delivery boy! He might have not went away yet. "
We ran outside to the gate to check if the deliveryman's was still there at the other side of the street.
To our shock, we saw nothing. Not even a trace of his presence. The motorcycle too, was gone, without a trace. I didn't even hear its engine started or even revved it up.
Then the dogs went back barking and yelping.
I looked on the cement, and saw a small amount of splattered blood and a broken rear-view mirror. I gazed up in the night sky, and saw the silvery moonlight slowly engulfed by clouds. The "order" i received was also gone, only a white plastic left and the wind carried it away.
Then I concluded, "We got lucky."
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