This Happened to me the winter I turned fifteen,I live in a small town in Massachusetts In the Autumn,I had gotten very sick,Being hospitalised many times in a row,so I had been off school for a while,Both my Parents and my older sister who was 19 at the time,all worked,on this particular day my mother couldn't find anyone to swap shifts with her,she didn't want to leave me home alone seeing as I had only come out of hospital,being extremly weak.She was forced to leave me alone as my grandparents who lived down a long lane way beside us were away,I didn't really mind,I could watch TV and mess around on the internet until 5:30 when my older sister came home. My house had very open windows and it wasn't unusual for visitors to call in during the day,so my mother had pulled the blinds down,giving me some peace as I rested on the sofa in the living room.My house was big enough,in a nice area located on a road between two villages and the main town,Now I had a huge garden and my grandfathers fields were located on the right side of my house and behind,The house on the left was a holiday home owned by a couple from the city,So it was quite private and peaceful living there, Anyway,Towards 2pm,The neighbours across from us,three highland terriers began wildly barking,I brushed it off seeing as they were mouthy little things barking at passing joggers and the like. The barking set my sisters 2-month-old Cavachon puppy off in her pen,My Jack Russell terrier cross,was lying across my lap sleeping,The sweet little thing was like a mood ring always matching my mood,He popped his head up which was strange for His chilled attitude as he always ignored the usually psycho puppy,Now our Goofy,Slighly-stupid Mastiff was lounging outside the living room door I could just see his giant paw from the angle I was lying. I was half-asleep watching Greys Anatomy on TV when I remembered I needed to take my medication,So I patted,The terrier,Harry,To get down,he got down,sticking like glue by my feet,as I walked up the hall to the kitchen. Gatsby,The mastiff has moved to the front door at this point.I shushed Cassie,the pup in her pen,Before I could reach for my meds Harry started wildly barking at the glass door,Followed by Gatsby,Gatsby stayed a bit quiter optioning for Snarling instead,I must say having all three dogs,two of which usually being super chilled,alarmed me I turned towards the glass door,not immediately seeing anything. There's tree sounding all the edges of the property so I thought they could have seen wildlife which was normal. I warned the three dogs to hush and retreated to the living room,It was around the time the primary schools were almost finished and parents would be making their way to get their kids and I heard slight footsteps on the Tarmac by the living room window,Harry again started barking(he was on my lap now),Not being in a social mood I decided to let whoever it was go away. There was a heavy knock at the door and the doorbell rang twice,Harry was Stiff standing and Growling under the window,Gatsby was in the doorframe,ears perked,listening,and Psycho Cassie mouthing off. I was again quite alarmed,thinking maybe the doorbell startled them. Whoever the hell it was,They were persistent on ringing the damn bell. The ringing stopped as footsteps went around the front of the house,I was starting to get a little pissed,My Fifteen year old mind just wanting to continue watching Greys Anatomy. I decided to sneak to the window and take a peak behind the blinds to see whoever was so eager to get an answer,Now if I was watching a horror movie,I would be the one complaining about how stupid the girl going towards the window was.
I moved the blinds the tiniest bit trying not to be noticed. There,A tallish man in dark clothing I've never seen before was looking back at me, "Shit,well I can't act like I'm not here now!" Was the first thing that went through my mind,He began knocking on the door again,The dogs were going crazy now,that should have been the first sign that something wasn't right,I didn't really know what to do,So being brought up to have manners and be a people pleaser I went to the door,Gatsby was a really,I mean really big dog,and was blocking the door.I opened the front door the tiniest bit so I could see out, "Hello?" I said holding Gatsby back from charging out by the collar. "I'm here to check the house alarm,Someone from this residence said it's Not working" He was standing really close to the door,there were no cars in the driveway,though I couldn't see the gates from my position
"No,Sorry,Wrong house" I stammered
"No,It was definatly this house,are your parents home?" He took a step closer,i could feel the anxiety rising up inside of me.
"Yes,They are,But they are busy right now,Sorry,Have a nice day now" I had begun closing the door,I could feel him pushing against it.
"Are you sure your parents are home?,I really need to fix the alarm I'll only be five minutes" He had a heavy,gruff English accent.
"My Dad's painting the bathroom,I really can't let you in". With one hard shove I closed the door,for some reason I had shoved the mastiff into the living room when he was trying to get out,a habit I was used to doing,I was on edge now and ready to call the guards.I raced to get my phone from the kitchen,To my horror I heard a click,I hadn't locked the door in my panicked state.I heard the heavy boots as the man barged into my house,I didn't know what to do,I was shocked this was happening and fumbled trying to remember where my phone was, The living room,It was in the living room,In order to get to the living room I'd have to go through the hall where the man was,Cassie was in her pen growling,going insane,I plucked her from the cage,holding her in my arms,I raced for the laundry room attached to the kitchen,I hid in the laundry room behind the gap between the refrigerator and wall, I am not a small girl,that would be helpless in a fight,I'm a 5"5,Rugby player and quite strong,but I was so weak I was about half as strong as i would be in full health.I could hear the man pulling drawers out and things smashing to the ground,I could hear his footsteps charging up the stairs the whole time he was telling things like "You little Whore,I'll get you in a minute" I figured he'd find me in the laundry room if he wanted to,so while he was smashing things around upstairs I bolted for the living room,I flung the door open in desperation,Gatsby bolted out of the room knocking me to the floor,He sped upstairs followed by Harry,the sounds of the dogs snarling and growling and the man shouting curses directed at the attacking dogs,I had the urge to check my beloved dogs attacking the man,to make sure they got him and they were okay,I dialled 911,heading up the stairs,I could tell they were in my parents bedroom,I stood upstairs in the hall,As the 911 operator called out To get a response. The man Flung himself out the door,as we were right by the stairs he grabbed into my arm and Gatsby Jumped on top of him,The next thing I can remember is multiple voices and being lifted onto a gurney,from what I could make out from the paramedic telling me "it's okay" and my parents are on the way to the hospital,I was hurt. It turned out As the man tumbled down the stairs,he brought me with him,and I landed on his switch blade he used to stab Gatsby in the mouth,Thankfully both me and Gatsby survived the attack,Apparently the Man had been wanted for doing this two other times,and was a suspect in the Kidnapping of two teenage girls he had been stalking,He is now in prison on a life sentence after I testified against him in court.As for the two girls,they've never been found.I hope that scumbag rots in hell,sometimes I wonder had he been watching me all this time.I probably wouldn't be here right now if it wasn't for my Heroic Dogs So,Asshole that Became A human doggy toy, Lets not meet again.
Submitted November 23, 2015 at 12:13PM by WeAreTheGrimReaders http://ift.tt/1T9lTHr LetsNotMeet
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