[ FF ] Write a horror short where the people inside are not complete idiots .

Melanie heard a knock at the door just as she was sitting down to watch `` The Bachelor.'' Puzzled, she went and peeked through the security peephole in the door; what she saw shocked her. On the front porch stood a tall, lanky man, his hair long and stringy, his skin pale and moist. His lips twisted in a grotesque smile. In his hands, he clutched an axe. 
 
 Melanie took a deep breath, double-checked the lock on the door, and pulled her cell phone out of her pocket where she always kept it, charged and ready for use. She dialed 9-1-1 as she walked quietly through the house, avoiding the windows until she got to a small inner bathroom that she could lock herself into. She crouched on the floor by the toilet. 
 
 `` 9-1-1, what's your emergency?'' 
 
 `` There's a man with an axe trying to get into my house,'' Melanie whispered. She carefully gave her address, spelling the street name to avoid confusion, and waited on the phone with the operator while police were dispatched. 
 
 The axe-wielding man was picked up a short while later where he lurked in the bushes outside Melanie's house. The police took him into custody, and Melanie sighed with relief and used her TiVo to go back to the beginning of `` The Bachelor.'' As it turns out, not being a complete idiot ensures that you get to watch your shows after all. The end.
