Of Doorbells, Knocks and Bangs

I was worried that I would overslept for my appointment on Saturday.

I tried sleeping early but I just couldn't, so I fell asleep around 1:00 am after asking my friends to wake me up at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm, Malaysia and Brisbane time respectively.

I was woken up by the ringing of my apartment's doorbell. I thought I overslept, so I looked at my phone, 3:25 am. Well, that's weird. Maybe I was dreaming... So, I went back to sleep and heard another doorbell, followed by loud knocks on the front door.

Okay, this was definitely weird. Was I dreaming or was it real? I tried to go back to sleep, again, someone was banging on the door... I tried to ignore it, hoping it was just me, imagining stuff.

Around 3:47 am, I checked my phone and saw a text from my housemate.  'U awake?'. I rubbed my eyes and replied 'Yeah'. She asked me to come out for a while, and I did. I saw two of them were sitting in front of their doors, looking sleepy like I was.

'You heard it, right?', was a question I did not want to hear but there it was, out in the air. 'What do we do?' was next. We sat together for quite a while until almost 4:00 am, paying attention to the front door while discussing the situation. We were super sensitive to any sounds of creaks or knocks at that time.

We tried to remain calm and came up with possibilities of the doorbells and banging of the door: a) someone was drunk, b) someone was playing a prank on us, c) Dan (our landlord) was collecting rent (okay this was funny). We agreed that we would call the police if we heard another bang or doorbell sound.

We then returned to the comfort of our bed, hoping that nothing would disrupt our sleep again. I climbed onto my bed, went under my comforter, texted my friends (which made jokes about it -_- not funny!!) and I heard taps on my window...

I ignored the sound and tried to go back to sleep, I did.

The next morning, I wished no one was sleeping on the front steps when I opened the door at 7:30 am.

To my relief, no one was.