Chapter 3

The next day at work...

"I'm going to go on my break," I said to the manager of the restaurant.

"Okay, but you have to get back to work in ten minutes," the manager replied.

"Yes sir," I said, and then I got me a sandwich. I went outside where there were a few tables by the restaurant and I sat down at one of the tables. As I was eating my sandwich, I heard something rustling in the bushes. I turned around and looked at the bush, but I didn't see anything. I felt like someone was watching me, even though I didn't see anyone. When I finished eating my sandwich, I walked up to the bush and looked behind it. No one was there, so I went back inside.

Nothing else strange happened today, until I was walking home from work. As I was walking, I kept on hearing footsteps behind me, but every time I turned around, nobody was there. I had that same feeling that I had early when I was on my break. I didn't feel relaxed until I got back to the apartment. When I got inside, I let out a big sigh.

"Fiona, is that you?" Klaus asked me from the kitchen.

"Yes," I replied.

Klaus walked out of the kitchen and walked toward me. "Hey Fiona. Are you okay? You look a little nervous."

"Yeah, I'm okay," I replied. I didn't want to tell Klaus that I felt like someone was following me home. He would probably think that I am being paranoid.

"Have you ate dinner yet?" Klaus asked me. Duncan and I have saved you a plate of food."

"No, I haven't ate yet," I replied, and then walked into the kitchen to get my dinner.

After I ate dinner, I decided to go to bed because I was tired. I went to my room and started changing into my nightgown. As I was unbuttoning my shirt, I heard something at my window. I turned around to see what was making the noise. I saw someone who looked like Steve in my window. I gasped and quickly turned away from the window. When I turned back around, the person wasn't in my window anymore. "I must be imagining things," I thought to myself as I closed the curtains and continued to change into my nightgown. When I was finished, I lied down on my bed, but I didn't close my eyes. I was still feeling paranoid, so I went to Klaus's room.

"Klaus, are you awake?" I asked him when I walked into his room.

"Yes, Klaus replied, and then looked at me.

"Can I sleep in here with you tonight?" I asked him.

"Um, sure," he said. "Why do you want to sleep in here though?"

"Because I thought I saw someone in my window," I replied. "So, now I'm feeling a little scared."

"Oh," Klaus said. "You could lay down next to me."

"Thank you," I said, and then lied down next to him.

Klaus put his arm around my waist. "You've seemed a little nervous and scared ever since you got home. What's wrong?"

"Well, when I was on my break at work, I kept hearing the bushes rustling. When I was walking walking home I kept on hearing footsteps behind me, and now I think that I saw someone in the window. I have been paranoid all day. I think someone might be stalking me."

"Don't worry about it," Klaus said. "Even if someone is stalking you, you should not worry because I will always be here to protect you."

"Thank you Klaus. I feel so much better knowing that you would protect me," I said and then closed my eyes and fell asleed. Ten minutes later, I woke up to the sound of a window breaking. I was about to wake up Klaus, but he was already awake.

"Klaus, did you just here a window break?" I asked him.

"Yes. I think that it was he window in your room," he said and then he got up. "Let's go look."

"I don't think we should look in there," I said. "What it someone broke in?"

"Don't worry. If someone has broken in, I'll just hit them with this book," Klaus said as he took the heaviest book of his shelf.

Klaus and I walked out of the room. When we walked out, we saw Duncan in the hallway.

"What happened?" he asked us. "I thought I heard a window break."

"We did too," Klaus said. "We were going to see what it was." Klaus walked up to the door to open it, but someone else on the other side of the door opened it. I was suprised and a little scared at who opened the door. It was Steve.

"Hello Fiona baby," he said to me.