Watched

Ashley Wallace was walking home in the icy evening of November seventh. She had bright blue eyes and long blonde hair. She was bundled up in her warm purple coat. She was coming back from the town library. A strong wind blew open her coat and she dropped the book she checked out: __Something Upstairs__ by Avi. She picked up the thrilling ghost story and looked around. Just as Ashley started walking again, there was a rustling in the bushes of a near-by yard. "Probably nothing..." she thought to herself. There was another stirring noise, this time from the rose bushes of another house. "Calm down, Ashley," she thought, "You've been reading too many horror stories." She started walking faster. There was another rustling noise and Ashley quickened her pace yet again. Soon, Ashley broke into a run, but the noises followed. She turned a sharp corner and tripped on the side walk. She fell into the street. She looked to her left while still on the ground. A pair of beady red eyes stared back at her. In the bushes all around her, glowing eyes stared. She shrieked and the eyes came at her. No one ever saw Ashley again. Anyone who heard a rustling noise ignored it and nothing happened. Although, if you looked into the bushes you might just have seen some red eyes looking back at you... and a pair of bright blue eyes.