My friend (we will call her Laura) and I were having a sleep over at my house because both of our parents were out. We're only 12 so we're kinda new at this home alone stuff. Usually when I'm home alone something strange happens (like sounds of someone walking around upstairs or coke cans flying off tables, but that's another story). Laura lives down the street so we were going to her house to get my magazine, as we were leaving, going out my back door I made sure the outside light was on. When we came back from Lauras house, I opened the back gate the light was still on. I started punching in the code for our lock, as I got to the second number the light suddenly went out (it didn't make a sound, it didn't even flicker). We freaked out and ran back to Lauras house. When we got to Lauras I called my nanny (we were hysterical) and told her to call my mom. Three minutes later my mom called, she suggested that maybe it had burnt out. We argued about that. She told us that when we got home to see if the light was still off and to call her. We cautiously pushed the gate open, the light was still off. I punched in the code and crept in the house. I looked up at the light switch and it was off! No one was home to turn it off, and when I turned it on it worked! We ran to the phone screaming and crying. I called my mom, she thought I was joking. Laura and I went back to the back door to see if the light was still on and it had turned off again! (Laura couldn't have been turning it on and off because she was with me the whole time). My mom thinks our minds were playing tricks on us. But we know what happened was real.