Snippet #1810468

Raina was annoyed. It was almost midnight, for pete's sake, and though she hated to admit it, she was scared of the dark. Back home she had shared a room with her brother, who was now in college, so she was used to the sound of breathing next to her, the occasional snore. The room was silent. Of course, that might have had something to do with the fact that her roommate was not there, she hadn't bothered to read the name posted on the door underneath hers, so she had no idea who it could be. A thin slit of moon light washed in from the window, sneaking past the heavy black curtains. Then she heard the tapping. Great. Now not only was she annoyed, but she was also freaked out. A lot. She dove under her cover, breathing in the scent of her brother's after shave. Her mother- who was currently traveling in Malaysia or Siberia or some other weird place- had let Raina take whatever she wanted out of the large house, so she had grabbed her brothers thick comforter, and the sheets that he had had since he was 5 years old. Raina let out a sigh, thinking that whatever he was doing right then, at least he probably felt safe. She heaved another sigh and stuck her head out of the covers, taking a breath of fresh air. She was shivering with fright because the tapping was still going on, and she was thinking of how every horror movie she had ever seen started like that. A girl, alone in her pitch black room, screaming as the monster tore open her chest and ripped out her heart... She shuddered, trying to think happy thoughts. Come on, roommate, where are you? She thought to herself. She knew that she had one, every girl in the girls dorm did. Now she turned her thoughts to the boys dorm, and wondered if it was bigger then the girls, if the location was better. She started to drift off, but was jarred awake by footsteps coming down the hall, and voices.