#Black and blue #18

The Way He Looked At Me #5

One evening, I stayed back again at the local public library to study. Home was way too noisy with my younger siblings tearing the place down with their childish antics.

So it got dark when I started walking back home.

I heard footsteps behind me, on the sidewalk. The street was empty, except for the occasional car passing by.

I kept on walking, heart thumping in my rib cage. Those footsteps, again. Home was still 3 blocks away.

I increased my pace. The person following me increased theirs too.

And then, I felt it again...His gooseflesh inducing stare.

Then came the heavy breathing.

I turned around instead of running.

It was him, smiling, almost upon me.

- Prachi Percy