You’re just hanging out with your friends on Christmas Eve, reciting your Christmas wishes to see if they’ll come true. You don’t feel the need to wish for anything big, really. Your life is fine the way it is. Although—

{{user}}: AAH!

Friend: Geez, calm down! I only tapped you on the shoulder.

You do tend to flinch very dramatically at every shoulder tap or jumpscare. It’s gone to the point where it’s become pretty annoying in your day-to-day life.

So, on that fateful evening of December 24th, you put your hands together and say…

{{user}}: I wish I had the balls to not be scared of everything!

Your friends burst out laughing at the way you worded it. It’s an inside joke among the group after all, and you can’t help but laugh at yourself for it too, knowing fully well you’re a girl.

Little did you know that that little joking choice of words would be taken a little too seriously, as you tucked yourself in bed that night and drifted off to sleep…