The One Where I Hide From Monsters

Date: 4/2/2024

It’s nighttime. I’m younger, living in a Quiet Place-type situation with a group of kids. We’re alone in a boarded up house when I hear a scratching noise and see long lines appearing on the walls. I realize that this means whatever monster we’re hiding from is coming. I imagine it and see a creature similar to the ones in The Village. We all move around the house looking for a way to hide. I end up in some sort of crawl space lit with a single bulb where one of the other girls starts shutting a door to conceal me. I desperately whisper, “Please don’t leave me here!” As the door closes, I vaguely wonder what I’ll do if one of them makes its way inside … I’m sitting on the ground when my stomach bulges out enough that Renee, who’s standing above me, can see it. We make eye contact and I say something about how I knew I was right, referring to the fact that I keep getting paranoid that I’m pregnant … I’m at what’s supposed to be Disneyland. I’m standing in front of a weird candy dispenser in the middle of the park when I realize that these are supposed to be Asian-themed somehow.