What Was I Doing?!
When I was like, 16 there was some guy going around, breaking into houses.
My mom was spending the night with her boyfriend, so I was home alone. It’s ~6 am, and I woke up for some reason. I’m up for like 1 minute at this point. I can’t see anything without my glasses, so I’m just mindlessly staring out my open window, when some guy just starts climbing in!!!
I screamed at him the first thing I thought of “AH! WTF ARE YOU DOING??” And he drops back down and runs away.
By the time I get my glasses on he’s long gone. I’m pretty sure it was just the surprise that I was awake that made him run, but I like to think I made him stop and wonder, What was I doing? I am always so thankful I just happened to wake up. They caught him a few months later.
I don’t sleep with my windows open anymore. Story credit: Reddit / quirkytorch