Chapter 1:

Fear

It's a full moon & dark as ever on a Monday night in Strodefield,SC. The weather has been pretty chilly lately in October. Lacie Tillman is home alone in her regular one floored house. She is in the living room laying down on the couch watching TV and on the phone at the same time. She's a pale white girl with long orange hair in her hot pink pajamas which are sweatpants & a two strapped top and no shoes on. "So when are your parents coming back home?", a girl on the other line of her cell phone asks. "Wednesday!, and I'm going to live up this next day and a half", she exaggerates in a funny way. "So where's Bret?", her friend asks. "At his friends house, he'll be back tomorrow so at least I don't have to worry about his lame ass snitching on me for having George over tonight", Lacie says. "Lacie, if your parents find out then your dead, so you guys better be sneaky", her friend says. "Yea yea, we're just going to watch a movie," she says sitting up as the door bell to her house rings. "Um, I think that's him, I'll see ya tomorrow", "Okay", her friend responds hanging up as Lacie heads to the door. The bell keeps ringing as she heads there. "George I'm coming!", she yells. "Damn", she mumbles to herself as she opens the door and doesn't see anyone there. "Hello", she says low in tone looking around. You can see she lives in the woods and is at least a mile away from the nearest house. She goes back into the house confused and sits back on the couch getting her cell and calling her friend back. "Hello", her friend answers. "Hey, that wasn't him", Lacie says in a speechless tone. "Well who was it?", her friend asks. "No one", Lacie responds looking around and then getting back up. "Well that's weird", her friend says as Lacie is now at the door making sure it's locked. "Yea, but the bell kept ringing and I didn't see a car or anything", she says. "It's probably George screwing with you", the other girl says as Lacie heads to the kitchen looking out the window above the sink. "Beep", she sees she has a beep. "I have a beep, I'll call you back", she says clicking over. "Hello", Lacie answers. "Hi", a strange caller with a creepy voice sounding like a man says. "Uh hi, who's speaking?", she asks. "A friend", the caller says as Lacie opens her fridge door. "Okay friend, what's your name?", she plays along. "Let's just say, Blackie", the caller says. "Okay Blackie, I'm busy so you'll have to call me back", she says about to hang up taking some fruit out of her fridge. "Wait!, don't hang up", the caller says. "Why?", she asks sitting a bowl with a orange, apple, banana, and grapes in it on the counter. " I just want to talk to you and get to know you", the caller says as Lacie rolls her eyes and hangs up pulling a kitchen knife out of a drawer and starting to cut up the fruit. Her phone rings and she sees it's private and answers. "HEllo", she answers with a attitude. " Damn, what's up with the attitude", she hears her boyfriend George Winn with his loud deep voice unlike her baby voice say. "Oh, sorry babe, I thought you were someone else", she says in relief. "I'm outside so let me in", he says as they hang up. As she heads to the door, the house phone rings and makes her jump a little. She turns around running to get it. "Hello", she answers walking back to the door. "Why did you hang up on me?", the same caller from before asks as she stops with her hand on the knob and but opens the door.