•| two best friends become lovers |•

"Hey you! Yeah you. Come here." said the man across the street. I took one look at him and knew he was bad news. But my friend Eli fell for it. Being the normal sociable weirdo he is. He thought this would be a good idea to make friends with creepy people I guess. Well I didn't. So I started backing up slowly tugging on Eli as he crept closer to the guy in the black hoodie. The guy kept making weird gestures with his hands, but I don't think Eli saw it. He had black gloves on sitting next to a white van in this oddly empty parking lot in front of Target. And he was all dressed in black, you couldn't even see his face. But I could tell he was bad news. I couldn't really tell what was wrong with Eli, how could he not see everything about this guy was sketchy. I tugged him a little more I could feel my heart beat faster as he kept walking towards the man not saying anything. I couldn't pick Eli up. He was too heavy. So I grabbed his sleeve and dragged him. By the time we got a couple blocks away from the guy and his shady van, I think he snapped out of it. " What happened... " I looked at him surprised then said, " I think you were possessed. Not sure by what but you weren't listening to me. " He looked at me blankly as if I was insane. Did he not remember at all? Any of it? I had to tell Dad but it was about an hour and a half before he actually got home. I sighed and sat on the couch next to Eli. He was staying here for a couple of days while his father was in the hospital. I think he was sick or something. Dad wouldn't really explain it to me. He said I would worry too much and then maybe slip out and accidentally tell Eli something I wasn't supposed to. Knowing me that probably would happen. So I didn't ask him too much. And Eli's mother left them when he was 4, so I just didn't ask just to be safe. As soon as my dad walked through that door I could feel my tears slowly pouring out. I explained everything to him, how Eli got possessed from something, and how we saw that shady guy and he was making those weird gestures with his hands. As I finished the story, Dad looked at the floor and said nothing. He looked like he was grinning but I thought I was seeing things so I just ignored it. Why does nobody believe me? I felt a slight tap on my shoulder and looked over to Eli. He was kind of shaking, I was even surprised he could stand. He was staring at Dad as if he was a monster. He whispered something in my ear but I couldn't hear a word he said. But when I asked him "What? " he just turned around and headed to the bedroom he was staying in. I thought it was odd but Dad didn't really seem to care. He took off his shoes and then headed to his bedroom. No hug? He must be tired. So I was standing in the dark hallway all by myself with only a couple of windows for light. While everyone else headed to their bedroom I sat in the couch and turned on a movie. BUZZ! I looked over at my glowing phone screen. " A text from Mom? I wonder what's wrong. " I read it and all it said was, " Me and your father will be home in about 10 min. " I stared at the text then remembered how when the guy I thought was Dad showed up he didn't really say a word. And then I remembered, when he came through the door he normally gives me a hug , and he didn't text Mom that he he came home. And if he's still there with her... Who the hell is in my house.. I clicked out of the conversation with my mother and clicked on Eli's contact. I texted him right away. " Get to the front door now and don't make any noise. " Then I turned off my phone and put it in my back pocket and sped walked quietly to the door. Eli was taking his sweet time getting out here. But at least he was quiet. I told him everything, and if he could help me try to figure this out before the guy came out of the bedroom where we thought my dad was. I told Eli that my dad was still at the store with my mom buying stuff for dinner. And he looked at me as if terrified for his life. " That's what I told you. I remember that guy from the parking lot. " And then the door cracked, open, a loud squeal and then stopped. We both whipped around and stood their shaking as we heard the door slowly open like in horror movies. My hand was on the handle ready to sprint out of the door at any moment. And the only thing that came out of that door was a guy dressed in all black. Me and Eli both screamed. The guy looked at us and started sprinting towards us. I tried to open the door but I was to shaky. Then Eli grabbed my hand unlocked it and ran so fast I couldn't even keep up. I could hear the guy behind us screaming to come back and breathing hard. I was shaking and I could tell Eli was to. We ran into the woods and hid behind a tree. I called my mom and told her everything. She told us to stay there and don't move until she finds us. She also told me to call the cops. So I hung up with her and called the cops. Eli started moving around looking under leaves and rummaging. I told him to hush. "I left my phone in the bedroom.. " We both looked at each other and there was walking behind us. Eli grabbed me and put his hand over my mouth to quiet my breathing. I was sitting in his lap at this point. We stayed quiet until it was quiet again. Then my mom called me and told me to grab Eli and head back quietly. We slowly stood up and quietly made our way to the house where my mom grabbed me and hugged me so tight it was hard to breath. But I was glad to be alive.