It was about four o’clock in the morning, on a cool and peaceful night. I was sound asleep, next to my beautiful wife, Denice. Little did I know that our peaceful slumber was about to have rude awakening… of the insect kind!
At some point, during the night, a tiny intruder had infiltrated our bedroom. Creeping from shadow to shadow, the six legged assailant made his way to my sleeping wife. Denice awoke to the strange sensation of tiny feet on her bare skin. In the darkness, she panicked, and screamed at the top of her lungs! The loud shriek sent me flying out of bed, almost involuntarily. I clamoured around in the darkness, trying to figure out what the threat was. All I heard was Denice saying over and over, “Something was crawling on me!” I turned the light on, to search for the attacker, and Denice fled out of the room. I informed her that I didn’t see anything, and asked if maybe she was dreaming. Offended, she went and got a flashlight, and demanded that I search again. That was when I saw him.
Under the dresser, I came face to face with the unholy terror. It was a fricking Water Bug! I burst out laughing. My wife was hyperventilating and freaking out over a good sized, but harmless Water Bug. I continued to laugh, which I don’t think she appreciated the humour of it. If fact, she considering the idea of sleeping on the couch, to which I replied that there were probably bigger bugs out there. This freaked her out even more.
It was really late, and as funny as the whole situation was… I wanted to go back to sleep. I did my best to explain that Water Bugs were not dangerous, but I don’t think she cared. In fact, she was so creeped out that she said she wanted to move. I told her that bugs were everywhere, and she should be thankful that we didn’t have rats. This didn’t comfort her very much. Finally though, she conceded to go back to sleep, in spite of the insectoid threat that lurked about in the shadows. I don’t think she got a lot of sleep though.
