East of East St. Louis

I am on a school bus and sitting towards the back. It was snowing out and already there was a couple of inches of snow on the ground. It's also dark out.

A person gets on the bus and is dressed in a shiny, plastic red superhero suit. It has a red and orange theme and a lightning bolt on his chest. He sits behind the bus driver, like an aid or a "bad kid."

He stands up and says "Hello, everyone. I'm going to help you get off the bus. I'll get off first so that you won't sleep."

I don't trust him. I think he's going to hurt me.

I try to get off the bus before he does. I shove him to the side and try to scramble off the bus as fast as I can. He follows right behind me, yelling angry insults.

I unlock the front door and go inside my grandmother's house. The man outside is hammering on the door and yelling "Open up the fucking door!"

I try to find a weapon of some kind and a phone, and the man continues to scream at me.

I woke up before he could get in.