A Dark and Stormy Night -- Short Story

This was probably my favorite short story that i wrote in 4th grade by far. (I wrote this in 2001, but in the fall, so i was still in fourth grade) I rememer i was all proud of myself when i wrote it all by myself and when i read it out loud, i was quiet so the class was listening, and then (on queue, in the part of the story) shouted "IM HOME" and it scared the class! even the teacher was startled LOL (and notice how ive used like family and friends names in all my old stories...haha) Enjoy! :)
[NOTE: i have two more (1 poem and another short story) in different (below) posts. so if you enjoyed reading these, check out the others :)
thanks,
RachAEL

A Dark and Stormy Night

One night last October, my dad phoned from the office saying he had to work in late. My mom was already at her book club, so my dad told me I was in charge until he got home. I was a little nervous, because I have only watched my brother and sister a couple of times before. As I started to make some sandwiches for dinner, I heard my brother and sister fighting over the TV. They each wanted to watch a different old, scary movie.

“I want to watch The Mummy” Michael said.

“Well I want to watch Frankenstein.” Katelyn argued back.

“You guys, we can watch both of them, since its Friday. We can stay up late” I replied.

“Hurray!” They shouted together.

A little while later, it started to rain. Thunder echoed throughout the creaky house, and lighting flashed through windows. Then the power suddenly went out and so did the TV. Michael and Katelyn started screaming.

” Calm down” I told them “it’s just a power outage.” The lights will be back on in no time.

All of a sudden, we heard footsteps on the front porch, then the door handle being jiggled, the wind was howling at the moon, and the trees’ branches scraping against the window made the dark house really scary. My heart was pounding and sister and brother were crying.
“Someone is on the front porch.” I whispered “we need to be quiet”

”I’m scared.” Katelyn said as she covered her eyes and ears.

“I wish the lights would come on” Michael said as he squeezed his bear tight.

We were so frightened that we all huddled up in the middle of the living room, with a few blankets draped over us. All of a sudden, the sound of a key unlocking a door handle came from the front of the room. Then, the door knob turned, and someone barged through the door, we could not see who it was. Then lighting flashed and a loud voice shouted;

“I'M HOME!!!!!!!!”

“Dad!!!” we all shouted as we rushed to him for safety.

Then I said, “Dad, we all thought you were a monster! Why didn’t you tell us that you were trying to get in?”

“Well, I tried calling, but the phone was dead.” He explained.

Just then the light came back on and we all breathed a sigh of relief.

“I am so glad you are home dad!”

“Me too” he said. Then we all sat down with some popcorn and watched our old scary movies together.

THE END