Hungry Smiles

I can’t get his face out of my mind. The glowing white eyes, the wide stare, and the huge smile with big teeth keep terrifying me in my dreams. I told myself that I could handle a weekend alone and that mom and dad wouldn’t need to be here. I told them that I was old enough to stay home alone for a weekend and that I would lock the doors and eat what was in the fridge. I wish I had listened to my parents and had left the lights on. I haven’t been scared like this in years. I’m going to be turning 13 soon, so I shouldn’t be scared of stuff like this now, but I don’t know if what I saw is fake or if it’s real. My nightmare is coming to life, and I don’t know what to do. I started to have weird dreams a few nights ago. I had a dream on Monday where I was in this big floating forest, where I was up in a tree and the trees themselves were high up in the sky. I had been here before, but this time was different. It was dark out b