Dream Come True

Life was hard when I was finishing up college. One night I was sitting and thinking of what I was going to do. Nothing made sense at that moment. I had not worked hard enough to get a job. I had low grades so I couldn't even dream of applying to grad school. I had little idea what I was going to do. At this moment in the dead of the night, my cellphone rang.

I was bewildered as to who would be calling at this time. I picked up the phone and a recruiter had just seen my profile on one of the job portals and was intent on hiring me. I was at a loss of words. He asked me to come in for an interview. After hanging up, I was confused and excited at the same time. Why would a recruiter call anyone at this time at night? Since my options were limited, I decided not to give it much thought and went for the interview the next day.

The interview went well and I liked the job profile. The office was good, the people were good and last but not the least, they were paying me well. They asked me to join as soon as I finished up college.

The last semester of college went smoothly. I did not study much and just relaxed a lot. The day came when I was to join my new job. I was very excited. Now I wouldn't have to ask for money from my parents.

First day at the job went smoothly except for one awkward moment. I didn't know what to make of it, but it happened so fast. I was in the washroom washing my face and when I looked up, there was nothing in the mirror. But as soon as I blinked my eyes, my face was up there again. I thought it must have been the work pressure after all these days of relaxing.

It didn't stop, I started seeing more awkward things. One day I was supposed to meet with this manager who was supposed to brief me on this new project. I went into his office and he was not there. I decided to wait in his office. I looked around and was surprised at all the small statuettes he had in his office. I picked one of them up and was stunned to see how life like it looked. At this moment, the manager stepped into the office. He took the statuette from my hand and broke it into half. Apparently he didn't like other people touching his things. I was unperturbed by this, but something was not right.

Things didn't get any better. I was seeing weird things everyday. One of my female colleagues was talking to me one day. We finished up speaking and she turned to go away. But I thought I saw her look back, and she had this bloodthirsty look in her eyes. I thought I was hallucinating and went my way.

A few days later I was at my desk when suddenly I noticed no one was at their desk right before lunchtime. The whole office was empty. I thought they might have gone out to eat together. But even the staff wasn't around. It was as if someone had died. I decided to carry on with my work when I felt something nudging against my back. I looked back.......

I suddenly woke up to see my roommate in college trying to wake me up to go to class. 

Eyes

I was sleeping once when I saw them. They shone like the stars; blue green eyes. I saw them in my dreams too that night. When I woke up in the morning, they were gone. I told my mom about it, but she thought I was just imagining things or dreaming about them. She said it was just another hallucination and asked me not to watch horror movies or TV shows anymore.

I didn't stop seeing them however. They were there in my bedroom in a dark corner everyday. They wouldn't do anything but just be there. I wondered who was looking at me as I slept, but soon I got used to them being there. They would stare down at me and I would look at them with awe. Instead of getting scared, I started thinking of how beautiful they were. They were something which I needed to see when I was sleeping.

I remember telling my friends about them and they made fun of me. I invited four of my best friends to my house that night for dinner and a sleepover to show them the eyes. We were all tucked up in bed and ready to sleep. We switched off the lights and stopped talking. I started looking for the eyes and got disappointed. I tried looking for them in other places but couldn't see them.

That night I woke up in the middle of the night. I was thirsty. I got up and got myself a glass of water. When I came back to bed, there they were. Where I always saw them. My gaze was transfixed. I wanted to wake up my friends and show them. But the eyes told me not to. I turned towards my friends and saw one of them waking up and looking at the eyes. I could see the color of his face going pale. He started screaming. The eyes had become red now. I was scared too. Suddenly they vanished. Everyone was awake and asking the terrified boy what he saw. But he wouldn't open his mouth.

It has been a long time since the incident. I have moved and changed apartments many times since then. And then I saw them again yesterday; bright and shiny as ever. Looking at me from across the room as I curled up in my blanket, the eyes.