Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Mirrored Closets

My parents made me sleep in the room with the mirrored closets. They knew I was afraid, but they said big kids faced their fears, not run away from the.

I tried sleeping with my lights on, but they would come in and turn them off in my sleep. I'd wake up, night after night, shrouded in darkness and terrified. I would lie perfectly still- I didn't even dare move my eyes away from the ceiling.

Seconds...minutes...soon a couple of hours would be gone and I would still be lying in bed, afraid to move or even breathe too loudly. And then the sun would begin to rise and my body would relax- mirrors aren't nearly as scary during the day.

One weekend my parents had to fly out of the state for a wedding, but they decided I was old enough to stay home alone. I hugged them goodbye and sat around the rest of the day watching TV until I was tired. I switched the TV off and walked up to my room lazily, switching on my lights and climbing into bed. I didn't even think about my mirrors as I was drifting off to sleep.

I awoke a couple of hours later, drenched in sweat and shrouded in darkness. They had come in and turned my lights off again.

(This story is credited to a person called Eden.)

10 comments:

  1. That story creeped me out cause when I was about 9 or 10 I slept in a room with a mirrored closet. And sometimes I would leave the light on but wake up in the middle of the night with it off.

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  2. Um, just one question. If the mirror scares him THAT MUCH, why didn't he just sleep in his parents room while they where gone. I mean, it seems like the opportunity he had been waiting for, a night away from the mirror. And if he had fallen asleep in his parents room, the twist ending still would have worked. I like the story, just that one bit was wired.

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  3. Love it. Sometimes simplicity is the best. Nice work!

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  4. @Anon 9:25 AM. He was just following his routine, thinking that his parents wouldnt turn off the lights. Thats why the twist is so great.

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  5. Anon 9:25...it was not the parents who turned the lights off...
    -Genevieve

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  6. Nice work. Boo at Anon & NightHao who had me looking for an "Anon 9:25" and realizing it was actually "9:52".

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    1. well then, boo to you too, because their responses wouldn't match the 9.52am comment. I'd rather think that NightHao's responding to the 7.25am comment, while Genevieve was being Captain Obvious.

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    2. um i think both of you anons are retarded... they were responding to this (clearly 9:25 like they both said):

      February 5, 2011 9:25 AM
      Um, just one question. If the mirror scares him THAT MUCH, why didn't he just sleep in his parents room while they where gone. I mean, it seems like the opportunity he had been waiting for, a night away from the mirror. And if he had fallen asleep in his parents room, the twist ending still would have worked. I like the story, just that one bit was wired.

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  7. my sister's name is Eden

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