Just a Mouse

"Is everyone alright?" Lauren questioned as she walked out into the hall.

"I...I thought I saw something...I think it was just a mouse." Her sister Tamra said in a shaky voice.

"Yeah I think I heard one in my wall just now." Lauren responded, and received a nod and a thankful smile from the scared girl.

"We can call an exterminator tomorrow, its too late in the day now." Kelly declared.

The girls began to shuffle back towards their rooms, the disturbance quickly fading as the excitement to explore their new lodgings returned. Lauren noticed her friend Barbara, apparently caught while changing as she stood in her coral cotton panties and tight white t-shirt. Lauren fell in beside and followed her into her room, curious to see if it was similar to hers. For the most part it was, minus some different furniture and a slightly different floor plan.

"I can't decided if this is the weirdest thing that's ever happened to me, or the best." Lauren spoke casually as she slowly spun around, taking in her surroundings.

"Right?" Barbara laughed as she approached the regal looking vanity with a small wooden stool in front. "Who would just give this place away?"

Lauren turned and watched as her friend went to sit on the stool to organize her scattered makeup recently splayed out in front of the vanity's mirror. As Barbara made to the sit, the stool suddenly seemed to pull itself out from under her. "Barbara..." Lauren began, but stopped in stunned silence as her friend suddenly seemed to sit down on empty air.

Lauren stood there blinking with her mouth agape as she watched her friend settle into her invisible chair, her ass deforming as if there was something beneath her. Barbara turned back to see what Lauren wanted. "Did you say something? Lauren are you okay? What is it?" A concerned look passed over her face.

"I...you...I don't..." Lauren couldn't find the words, and merely pointed at the stool sitting several feet away from where Barbara seemed to be floating.

Barbara followed her finger, and a confused look passed over her face. She looked beneath her, and her eyes suddenly widened. "What the fuck?!" She gasped as she jumped up, brushing her backside while she stepped away.

Lauren walked up and stood beside her as they both stared at the empty space. "Did...Did that just happen?" Barbara asked.

Lauren walked up to the spot and waved her hand around where the invisible stool seemed to be, and found nothing. She stood back up and shrugged at her friend. "I...I don't know."

Lauren looked back at the spot before walking over to the vanity where Barbara had stood. Slowly, she made to repeat Barbara's motion to sit down on empty air. Lauren squawked as she quickly found herself sprawled on the floor when nothing caught her. Barbara was immediately standing over her, helping her back to her feet while failing quite miserably to suppress a smile at her friend's fall.

"Maybe we both imagined it?" Barbara declared, trying to be helpful.

Lauren looked at her doubtfully. "Maybe, but...I don't know..."

They both stood there for a moment staring at the empty space in front of the vanity. "You know for a moment there it kinda felt like-"

"Lauren! Kelly's needs you for something in the lobby!" A voice suddenly echoed through the bedroom door.

Both the girls jumped in surprise, before looking at each other with nervous chuckles. "It was probably just...our imaginations or something." Lauren declared.

"Yeah...I guess..." Barbara replied as she stared at the empty space in front of the vanity.

"I gotta go help Kelly, but let me know if, uh, anything weird happens." Lauren suggested as she made for the door.

"Uh-hu, sure thing..." Barbara sounded distracted, still looking at the empty space as Lauren left the room.