My girlfriend’s parents have been away since the Friday, with her being a little uncomfortable about being alone for so long and the fact it means I can spend a lot more time with her, I packed a bag and have joined her for the week.
Last night, we were in bed, having an early night as she was meant to be working an early at the hospital, Harry, her dog started going bananas. I had taken the mutt outside before bed for a play and a wee so a bark didnt mean he was bursting for a wee. Anyway, Harry is going nuts and we hear noises. We dismiss it as him seeing a fox, or a passing pedestrian.
Then we hear a voice.
Rising instantly, I put on a pair of sports shorts and walk to the landing. I can hear nothing except the dog running about with his small gait on the wooden flooring. My girlfriend slowly walks to the recently vacated parents bedroom and gets her father’s protection from intruders, a 10-inch bladed knife. I unbutton it from its sheath and walk downstairs gingerly.
Apon reaching the bottom, I switch on the downstairs hallway light………nothing.
The dog comes up to me and starts jumping at me.
On tiptoes, I tread lightly and look in the kitchen…….nothing. Turning quickly with knife held infront of me, I walk towards the utility room, push the door and check for intruders…..again, nothing.
The front door still have the security latch on it, nobody had come in that way. So if there is/was an intruder, the front room is going to be the entry point. Chatting loudly to the dog to try and scare off any would be attacker, I kick the door open…………
Nothing!
Checking the windows, they are all locked. I turn to the stairs, put the dog back on its bed and ascend. My girlfriend is visibly shaken, I gesture for her to get back into bed. We both get in and lay there listening, no sounds can be heard apart from the chiming of the grandfather clock. My heart is going two to the dozen with all the adrenaline pumping through me, I close my eyes and try to drift off. I suggest that if it wasnt an intruder, it could mean that the place is haunted (the girlfriend has long suggested that her late grandfather had been seen at the end of her bed one night). I get a prompt slap and a real go at for making her even more scared!
I eventually got to sleep, my girlfriend is still pretty worried and all the people laughed at work. I quite enjoyed being a have a go hero for two seconds 
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