Catatonic
I fell asleep with the lights on and woke up to yelling around three.
When I heard nothing else I went back to bed.
I figured nothing bad has really happened here so it's probably unlikely.
I told myself maybe it's all in my head.
Then when I finally woke I decided to check the news instead.
There were shots fired inside a house.
The screams happened before three when I was fast asleep in bed.
The noises that usually wake me at night is the rattling made by a mouse.
The yelling I heard wasn't from a woman, but from a man.
So utterly terrifying I hope I never have to hear that again.
By Selena Myers