Deja'Vu

Matt walked into the dark dank basement of his new house. He had heard a window slam shut. He held it shut against the wind and locked it.

Matt’s little brother Jamie said, “What was it?”

Matt said, “It was just the wind.”

As he got to the basement door. He closed and locked it behind him.

Scott added, “It’s really blowing out there.”

As his best friend, Matt came into the living room. Matt was seventeen. Scott was sixteen. Jamie was six. Matt and Scott had volunteered to babysit Jamie.

Scott said, “I’m glad your parents said I could help you babysit. My sister would be driving me nuts already.”

“Yeah. You’re probably right. I’m glad they did too.” Said Matt.

Jamie said, “Matt?”

“Yeah?” said Matt.

“Who’s behind you?” said Jamie.

When Matt and Scott saw the man, they screamed. Matt made a split-second decision; he grabbed Scott’s arm and picked up Jamie. He pushed Scott out of the house, but before he could get Jamie out the door slammed shut and wouldn’t open.

He told Jamie to run upstairs, go out the window, and jump off the roof. Scott would catch him. Jamie ran upstairs and broke the window in his mother’s room. When he got outside Scott was waiting for him. He jumped and Scott caught him. They got away from the house.

Scott said, “Go next door and tell them to call the police ok.”

“ok.” Said Jamie.

“Now go. Don’t worry I’ll protect him ok.” Said Scott.

As Jamie ran next door, Scott was climbing up the porch to the broken window.

When Scott got inside and got downstairs, he noticed the power had been off the whole time. Scott found Matt next to the stairs knocked out.

Scott said, ‘Matt, wake up, come on wake up.”

While he was slapping Matt’s face.

Matt woke up and screamed, “LOOK OUT!”

However, before Scott could move, he had been killed. Matt screamed. Everything went black. Then there was a gunshot; Matt thought he had been shot cause he didn’t feel any pain. Four weeks later he woke up in the hospital. His little brother was there in his mom’s arms and he was crying. No one noticed that he was awake.

Matt in a weak voice almost a whisper said, “Mom?”

Jamie stopped crying and turned around. He looked like he’d been crying a lot.

His mother said, “Thank you God. We thought we lost you.”

“How long have I been out? Is Scott ok?” said Matt.

“You’ve been out for four weeks. Scott was killed sweetie. I’m sorry. The doctors said, ‘we would be lucky if you woke up.’ The police said, ‘If Scott hadn’t been there then you would have been killed.’ He save you from him.” Said his mom.

“Where is dad? Why isn’t he here?” said Matt.

There was a long silence then she finally said, “He was the one that shot the guy before he killed you, he didn’t have any backup. The intruder shot him. He died in surgery.”

Matt almost cried out of the loss of his best friend and his father. Both had died trying to save him.

He said, “It’s not fair. What did the guy want with us? Why did he kill them they didn’t do anything to him? They didn’t deserve to die just because they helped me.”

“They don’t know what he wanted. They also don’t know why he killed them. Your right they didn’t deserve to die just for saving you. Hey, don’t start to think it’s your fault, ok. Cause it’s not.” Said his mom.

“I know that but it’s hard not to, cause they died saving me.” Said Matt

“I know baby I know.” Said his mom.

Matt looked at his little brother, and his mom got the idea. She put Jamie on his brother’s hospital bed.

Then she said, “Be good I’ll be back soon ok.”

He nodded his little head. Then she left.

He said, “Hey you.”

Jamie climbed up to his brother’s face, and put his arm around Matt’s neck, and hugged him tight.

Matt said, “Don’t cry it will be ok. Everything will be alright.”

His voice trailed off as he fell asleep. Jamie looked at him and said, “Matt, please don’t die.”

“I won’t, just go to sleep ok.” Said Matt

He laid down next to Matt and fell asleep. Matt woke up from a nightmare about what had happened. He was screaming and gasping for air. He didn’t even remember coming home. He had been home for four months now and it had been five months since the intruder killed his dad and best friend, but still he was having nightmares.

His mom ran into the room, and asked, “Are you ok?”

“Yeah.” Said Matt

“Another bad dream?” said his mom.

Matt shook his head yes. She said, “Ok just go back to sleep.”

“Ok.” Said Matt.

He had just fallen asleep when a faint knock on his bedroom door told him his little brother was up, and he too had a nightmare. Matt got up and went to the door and opened it. He picked Jamie up. His little brother looked more terrified than ever.

Matt said, “What’s wrong?”

“I saw someone outside my bedroom window.” Said Jamie.

They were on the first floor. Their mom was on the second floor.

Matt said, “Are you sure you weren’t just dreaming?”

“I never went to sleep.” Said Jamie.

“Ok stay here.” Said Matt

“Ok be careful.” Said Jamie.

“I will.” Said Matt.

Matt went into his little brother’s room and turned on the light. The room had been trashed and the window was open.

Matt said, “Jamie, can you come her please?”

He came and saw his room.

He said, “I didn’t open the window.”

Then Matt shut the door and the window. He turned around and saw the note. It was stuck to the wall with a knife. Matt read the note.

Your next little boy then your mother. Matt will lose everybody that he loves. By the way, you can tell Matt to look in the trunk of his car.

Matt ran out to his car and there in the trunk was his girlfriend’s body. Her throat had been slit. She had written the name of her killer in her own blood. The name was Tony. He was always jealous of Matt and Samantha. They were always together every minute of everybody. Tony and Samantha had been a couple until she fell in love with the new boy, Matt. Then she had dumped him for Matt. People always talked about it cause it had only taken five minutes to find Matt and make him hers. Now he sat with her in his arms crying. Tony’s rage and hatred toward Matt and Samantha had finally reached a point to where he acted. He had slit Samantha’s throat and tried to frame Matt for it, but she had known and with her last ounce of strength she wrote the name of her killer.

What Matt’s mom came outside, she found him next to his car with Samantha’s lifeless body in his arms. No tears ran down his now red face. He had been out there since midnight and when his mom came outside to go to work it was nearly 5 am.

She went over and said, “What’s wrong?”

“Tony killed Samantha.” Said Matt.

“You don’t know that.” Said his mom.

“Yes, I do. She wrote his name, no one else’s name.” said Matt.

“That doesn’t mean anything.” Said his mom.

“Yes, it does. He threatened her just last week because she turned him down for a date.” Said Matt.

“Ok I’ll call the police.” Said his mom.

Matt was still sitting by the car when the Paramedics got there along with the police. When they took her away Matt didn’t cry and he didn’t say a word. They arrested Tony. Matt went to school cause there was nothing left to be done.

Her parents had come to claim her stuff so Matt said, “I’ll clean out Samantha’s locker for you ok.”

They agreed. He was going through her locker, putting everything in a box. He found a photo album filled with pictures of them together.

When he was done, he said, “Here’s all of it.”

Her mom saw the album and looked in it when she saw that it was full of pictures of them, she said, “Here you keep this ok.”

She handed the album to him and he took it and said, “Thank you.”

That night while doing his homework Jamie knocked on the door to Matt’s bedroom.

Matt said, “Who’s there and what do you want?”

“It’s me and I can’t sleep.” Said Jamie.

Matt looked at his alarm clock and it read 3 am. He wondered how it got to be so late.

“Come in.” said Matt.

“What you doing?” said Jamie.

“My homework.” Said Matt

“You did that after dinner. I know cause I watched you doit.” Said Jamie.

“Oh yeah your right, sorry.” Said Matt

Jamie said, “What’s this?”

While he picked up the album.

“It’s mine.” Said Matt

“I know that. Can I look please?” said Jamie.

“Yeah, go ahead.” Said Matt

Jamie fell asleep with the book open to a picture of Samantha and Matt while he was in the hospital. Matt looked at it, and now he saw why they thought they were going to lose him. He was beat up with a bandage around his head. He missed Samantha so much.

Matt woke up next to Jamie that morning. Jamie was pale white he touched him and he was ice cold. When Matt picked him up Jamie’s head rolled around on his neck. When he checked for a heartbeat there wasn’t one. Jamie’s neck had been snapped. He ran down the hall to his mother’s room and after climbing the stairs with Jamie in his arms and woke her up.

She looked at him and said, “What’s wrong Matt?”

“He’s dead.” Said Matt.

“WHAT!?” yelled his mom.

She checked and told Matt to call the police. While she sat there on the bed with Jamie in her arms and started to cry.

Matt comforted his mom as she cried. Matt was all she had left. They were together for another year before things started again. They were watching a movie when someone came up behind them and grabbed Matt. He screamed and so did his mom. The man threw Matt across the room. He hit the fireplace with the back of his head and landed in a heap on the floor. Everything went black.

Matt woke up and thought it was about a year later. He saw Scott, his dad, mom, little brother, and most of all Samantha. He thought he was dead but found out he had been in a coma for a whole five years. He was relieved.

Samantha said, “I’m glad you’re ok.”

Then she kissed him and said, “I’m late ok. See you later.”

Then she left. Then everyone left saying his or her goodbyes.

Scott explained everything that had happened, “You had been knocked out by the storm. There had been a tornado. You were protecting Jamie, Samantha, and me trying to make sure we were ok. When the tornado went over the house and destroyed it. You had been sucked up into it. We had tried to hold onto you, but we weren’t strong enough. We found you three miles away you were under a lot of tree branches, roof shingles, garbage can lids, mailboxes, lawn furniture, toys, anything the tornado had sucked up on the way to where you were found. Samantha, Jamie, and I had found you and you were alive and that was all that Mattered. Jamie had started to cry before we checked to see if you were alive because he thought you were dead. When he found out that you were alive, he started laughing cause he was so happy. Samantha helped me put you on my back and then we had taken you to the first aid station. Then when we were in the hospital, I told Jamie that you were in a coma and he asked, ‘What’s a coma?’ so I told him that it was like you were asleep but you couldn’t wake up and no one could wake you up. Then he started to cry because he thought you didn’t want to wake up and play games or anything with him. I told him that you wanted to because you had hit your head you couldn’t. Then I told him that you were going to be alright and you would wake up sometime.”

“Scott?” said Matt.

“Yeah.” Said Scott.

“Thanks for staying with Jamie all this time and taking care of him for me.” Said Matt

“Hey that’s what buddies are for. Right?” said Scott.

“Right.” Said Matt

Scott started to cry sitting in the chair next to Matt’s hospital bed.

Matt said, “Scott what’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Said Scott sniffling

“Then why are you crying?” said Matt.

“Cause I thought I had lost my best friend for good.” Said Scott wiping his face.

“No way you would lose me that’s absurd.” Said Matt

“We didn’t know when you were going to wake up and I didn’t expect it to take this long.” Said Scott.

“It’s ok really. I’m fine. You’re fine. Jamie is fine. Samantha is fine. Everyone is fine. It’s ok You don’t have to be scared anymore.” Said Matt

“You’re right. I shouldn’t be so scared.” Said Scott as he stood up, “Get some sleep because you leave in the morning ok.”

“Ok.” Said Matt, “Bye.”

Scott turned around and said, “bye. See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah, see you tomorrow.” Said Matt.

Then Jason left. Matt went to sleep.

Matt didn’t tell anyone about what he had dreamed. Cause he thought everyone would laugh at him if he did. So he didn’t. The next day at home they were in the same house as was in his dream or was it a dream at all?