5
Tea laid on her bed staring at the ceiling. It was Saturday night, and she had no plans. She didn't want to go see her friends or go out anywhere. Something told her that she should stay home. Of course her parents were out again. This wasn't a surprise to her. Tea was bored out of her mind. She looked out side. It was still fairly early, and the sun was still out. She decided to take a walk. Before leaving she put on a light sweatshirt.
First she circled the block, and then on her second way around she went farther. She wasn't really paying attention to where she was going to. Soon her surroundings became unfamiliar. The sun was almost gone and streetlights started to go on. She looked around. 'Where am I?' she asked herself.
"Lost?" a voice said. She whirled around to see who was talking. Nothing was there. Just a couple of trash cans. She started walking again. She heard footsteps echo hers. Tea stopped to see if she was being fallowed, but the footsteps stopped. She went back walking. As soon as she started again, so did the other footsteps.
She picked up the pace. The faster she walked, the closer the person came. She broke into a run, that changed into a sprint. She ran left, trying to loose who ever was fallowing her. She kept running, but stopped. She ran into a dead end. Tea stopped to look to see who was fallowing her. No one. She sighed relived. She started her walk home.
"Did you think you were safe?" Tea jumped at the voice. It was eerily familiar. Then she remembered it was the one from the phone. But still she couldn't find him. "Where are you?" she asked in a shaky voice.
The person laughed. "I'm every where. You can never hide from me. Your mine!" Some garbage cans were knocked over and Tea screamed. She started off running again. She was almost out of breath. She sat down on a bench at a bus stop. The bus was just pulling up. She got on thinking that it was safer than just walking. She lunged forward slightly as the bus started off. Tea watched out the window, feeling paranoid.
Sunday after noon Tea was at the mall with Joey, Tristan, and Yugi. They had to stop at the food court since Joey and Tristan claimed that they would soon die of starvation if they didn't eat soon. Tea hadn't been feeling that hungry that morning. She hadn't eaten breakfast. She sat down, resting her head on one hand and using the other to use the straw to mix her smoothie. "Is there something wrong?" Yugi asked. "You haven't been acting the same lately."
"Yeah," Joey said, taking a small break from eating so that he could breathe. "What's up?"
"Nothing," she said in a fake happy tone. "Just tired that's all. I've been staying up late so I can work on school."
Joey laughed. "Who cares about school? You should relax. Besides midterms ain't for a few months."
"Um Joey," Yugi interrupted him. "They're next week." Joey smacked himself on the head. "Oh God how did I forget?"
"Maybe because you have a brain of a monkey," Tristan said.
"What?" Joey yelled. Tea smiled as they argued back and forth.
Tea POV
Later that day, I sat on a chair in her room. She kept getting this strange feeling that someone was staring at her. 'No one's watching me. Why would they? I'm going crazy,' I thought. 'Or am I?'
I had gotten this strange email this morning. I don't know who sent it. I'm not sure I want to know. It said.
Hello Tea,
I hope you are reading this. Not someone else. Don't worry, I am still with you. You can't escape me or my love. Don't think about going for help. If you do, your family and friends will pay the price. So I hope you're happy my little bird, locked up in our cage of love. Don't try to escape, 'cause you are mine. And I don't hurt what is mine. So don't fret dear, soon we will be together with no one to bother us. I am just waiting for when the time is right.
You've been looking stressed lately my pet. Is everything fine? If it's not, I can make it go away. I can't wait for the moment when you can really be in my arms and we can finally be one.
Love,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It was probably the scariest thing that I had ever read. I was positive that the stalker was still watching me. I have been planning my movements very carefully since I read that. I don't want to give him the wrong idea. I wasn't sure if could trust the note or not. I just had to play it safe just in case.
