Personal Narrative - Slumber Party :: Personal Narrative Essays

Personal Narrative -Slumber PartyThump-thump, breathe thump-thump, breath. My heart beat as if it was pounding out through my brain I tried and true to catch my breath. I heard footsteps coming up behind me like an elephant chasing at my heels. A scream pierced my ears and echoed many times in my mind. My thoughts raced from wizard thing to another. After locking the door, the four of us clinched in a corner for nearly an hour.My day had begun normal. I remember I woke up, went to shallow and found myself with my friends that afternoon. My company was five of my closest pals Becky, Alex, Meredith, Lee, and my boyfriend Cody. We all had hung out many times before and knew each other well. For most of the evening, we sat more or less telling horror stories and gossiping about classmates. Time passed quickly and soon, it was time to head home.The girls were all planning a slumber party at Beckys. Her parents had g hotshot(a) out of town for the weekend, and she was not willing to s tay alone. We began our evening of leisure by getting into our P.J s, and returning to our scary stories. Before realizing it, another hour had passed. altogether the stories must have gotten to us because before we went upstairs we made sure every light was on in the house.The hair on the back of my know began to rise as we listened to the cold aching silence. In the distance we listened to three loud car horns and a door slam. We, then, jumped away from the window and started down the stairs. half(prenominal) way down the stairs, we stopped dead in our tracks. The roof began to rattle as if someone was climbing across it.Our pulses raced as we flew down the remainder of the stairs. Thump-thump, breath. We constellate together in the kitchen. For our safety, we gathered a sharp knife and a phone. We came up with explanations to relieve our minds deciding that the horn was a neighbor and the thump on the roof was the cat. Calming our thoughts down, we relaxed into a group, sitti ng on the counter.We laughed at the fools we had been, and grew quiet as we heard several car doors slamming, again. Silently staring at one another our eyes grew wide as we hesitated to jump. Alex tried to explain Its just the neighbors.