Stealing Red Pens is Illegal!!

Date: 11/3/2016

I was walking along the sidewalk in the middle of night. I saw a person walking by with a red pen sticking out of their back pocket. "Should I take it... Or shouldn't I?" I wondered. Finally, I decided to sneak up and take it out of her pocket without her noticing. It worked and I ran home quietly with the stolen red pen in my hand, sneaked through the back door and ran upstairs to bed. I was now feeling HORRIBLY guilty. But it wasn't over... The next morning, over breakfast, my whole family was chatting and laughing as if nothing was out of the ordinary.. Which nothing was.. For them at least. But I was dealing with an enormous amount of guilt and fear of what would happen if they found out I had stolen a red pen, which was a horribly illegal crime apparently. While we were watching the news, a reporter talked about the case of an illegal crime concerning the theft of a red pen last night. The suspect? No one knew. My whole family gasped and shouted in outrage as they heard this, and talked about how terrible a crime this was and to never do it. Little did they know... I HAD done it. I was the thief. The criminal. I cannot convey how guilty I felt, imagine the worst guilty feeling you've ever felt and multiply it x100. When I woke up, I thought for a second it was all real and I had done something terrible!! But then I realized it had just been a dream and I must admit I cried with relief. It had all felt so real...