What Goes Bump In the Night
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Chapter 6 – Morning Conf essions
As usual Nigel came straight home from work, made dinner, and read.
No matter how hard he tried to concentrate his mind kept drifting back to the days events.
As soon as they got to class he noticed Sydney had been feeling better. Though she did let him teach some of the classes. She said it was because she was tired but a small part in the back of his mind doubted that. more than a few times he had looked back at her, only to find her staring at him with a dreamy look on her face. He had given her an awkward smile a few times and then returned his attention back to the class. It had seemed as if he wasn't the only one noticing it either. The Students were attentive as always but he could see that their eyes were drawn over to the oblivious professor. He even thought one of the students in the class had fallen out of their chair to try and get her out of her own little world, and failed miserably. She hadn't even flinched her gaze on him unwavering.
Nigel couldn't quite comprehend it. He was sure she didn't have any romantic feelings for him. After all he couldn't compare to any of her former lovers.
He would never admit his true feelings to her, he would not risk it. If that ever happened it could change their relationship for better or for worse. Even with the slim chance of it getting better, he felt that with the large worse possibility it outweighed the good one, and he would never risk their relationship. He didn't know how he could live without Sydney. Even if it meant them just being friends he would accept it, she was his rock. The most stable thing he had ever had in his life, and he loved her. He would do anything for her even if it meant keeping his true feelings hidden.
Although today on their walk he had gotten the feeling she was flirting with him. But yet again she was sending him mixed signals. To him, Sydney as the Queen of mixed signals. It seemed as if she did it on purpose sometimes to make him doubt his sanity. She played the game very well, to kiss him and forget about it or make it seem like nothing happened. Something told him this was different though. Today she had invited him to go on vacation with her, just as friends of course. That didn't stop him from imagining it. He had always wanted to see Hawaii, he had never been. Whenever she talked about it she made it sound like paradise. He wished with all his heart he could go with her, but he knew he couldn't. It would be her time with her dad. It would be rude to intrude on that.
As he drifted though his thoughts he drifted into sleep, imagining him and Sydney relaxing on a warm sunny beach with no cares. How wonderful it would be. He knew it would never happen but that didn't stop him from dreaming.
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Sydney awake with a start. Maftet had pounced on her stomach thinking there was something under the blanket because of her breathing. She had fought many people, but when Maftet pounced with all her weight in her front paws it always knocked the wind out of her. "Ouch Cat you pack a lot of Punch" she said laughing at the small black cat as she sat up in bed and cradled the affectionate animal. "I see you missed me" she said as the cat nuzzled in her neck showering her with kisses and purring loudly. "Well I missed you too, Come on lets go get you some breakfast" she said as she slowly got out of bed and went downstairs.
It was only 6:00am and she was not entirely ready to wake up yet. Contrary to popular belief she was not an early riser. She usually got up at 7:00am and got ready quickly in an hour. She feed the cat and went upstairs; she might as well start getting ready because she was not going to be able to get back to sleep. She grabbed a towel and turned the shower on and sighed as the warm water hit her back, it was so relaxing. She allowed herself to stay in the shower way longer then usual waiting until the hot water turned into a cool blast waking her up from being half asleep.
She went downstairs and gabbed herself a yogurt smoothie she had picked up before their last hunt. She drank it all in two sips and headed back upstairs to get ready. She wasn't really a breakfast person either but she attempted to eat it because she knew it was good for her.
As she came back into her room her heart skipped a beat. she saw Maftet eagerly jumping out her window and onto a tree branch about two feet from her window, there was no doubt that she was going after a nest of baby birds just one branch higher.
"MAFTET!" She screamed as she raced over to her window reaching out and pulling the cat back to safety. "Don't you ever do that again!" she screamed as the cat backed away from her. Sydney sighed when she saw the cat trying to hide from her. She noticed how loud her voice was and then kneeled down and picked up the cat. She didn't mean to scare the cat she just was worried, and was afraid the cat was going to get hurt. "There, there its ok, I'm sorry it wasn't your fault I shouldn't have left that window open." Her eyes opened suddenly at what she said. She hadn't opened that window, not this morning or last night. She rushed to the window to see if anyone was still there, but there wasn't. But that horrible feeling came back to her as she remembered that email and the phone calls.
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"Morning Sydney!" Karen chirped as her boss came in the door
"Morning Karen" Sydney said with a smile, a talk with Karen would get her mind off that stupid prank caller. Whoever it was was doing a damn good job. She was beginning to doubt her sanity she must have opened her window herself because if she hadn't the alarm would have gone off.
"Got a better sleep last night I see" Karen said she was so glad her boss was back to normal
"Hey go grab Nigel's chair and we can chat, he won't be here for 45 minutes at least." she said to Sydney as she closed her finished work on the computer.
"Sounds good to me" Sydney said rolling over Nigel chair and then grabbing them both a cup of coffee.
"So how have you been Karen?" Sydney asked as she handed one of the coffees to Karen
"It seems like ages since we've actually talked"
"Ohh things are great, I got a ninety-five on my English test" Karen said happily as she sipped her coffee
"That's great! I know your English professor and his tests are anything but easy" Sydney said, she was so proud of Karen she was really smart and she worked extremely hard for her grades.
"I studied non stop for two weeks before the test, I was so nervous" Karen replied
"You didn't even stop to do your work here?" Sydney said playfully to Karen
"Well of coarse I had to do my work here Syd you guys keep me so busy If I took a break I' could never catch up!" Karen said laughing going along with the joke
"So what are you doing for Spring Break?" Sydney said changing the subject
"Oh my family and I are going down to Florida we're going to take my little brother to Disneyland" Karen said
"Really? Are you sure about that?" Sydney said smiling slyly at her secretary " I remember going to Florida for spring break in university but it wasn't to go to Disneyland" She could still remember the craziness of it all. the non stop partying, The drinking, the Boys oh yes if there was one thing she remembered about spring break it was that it was not about going to Disneyland"
"Yeah I'm sure" Karen said she could tell what Sydney was thinking but she knew that her spring break would defiantly be PG.
"It's my brothers birthday and I promised I would go with him" Karen said to Sydney who seemed to be remembering her university spring breaks and was off in her own lala land.
"Aww that's sweet of you Karen, I bet you and your brother get along very well" Sydney said snapping out of her own memories and bringing herself back into the conversation.
"What are you doing Syd?" Karen asked happy that her boss was paying attention
"Oh I'm going back to Hawaii to go visit my dad and jenny" Sydney replied conveniently leaving the part out about asking Nigel to come with her.
"That will be fun, it seems like we are both having family oriented vacations this year" Karen said she could tell Sydney got lonely sometimes and going back to Hawaii to spend time with her dad would do her some good.
"Yeah something likes that..." Sydney said she was distracted by something on Karen's desk. "Karen when did you get that?" Sydney said as she leaned over and picked up a letter from Karen's desk.
"Oh yeah sorry I forgot to give you that, It came in the mail yesterday just after you left." Karen said glancing at the letter then trying to read the look on Sydney's face. "Why is it important?" Karen asked worried now because Sydney's face had gone pale when she read the contents of the letter
"NO!" Sydney said a little to quickly and the composed herself " I mean no Karen, but if you get anymore letters that look like this one give them to me right away" Sydney said as she crumpled up the letter and shoved it in her pocket.
"Why is something wrong Syd?"
"It's nothing Karen really" Sydney said suddenly as she got up and went into her office.
Karen knew she shouldn't go after her but she really wanted to. Sydney was never rude, something must really be wrong if it was bothering her that much. She decided to give her boss a little time to sort things out but she would talk to her about it later.
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Sydney walked into her office closing her door quietly as to not raise suspicion. This prank caller was really starting to bother her. She had a bad feeling about it and wasn't sure what to do. She walked over to the windows and closed the blinds. She sat down at her desk with a sigh. What the letter had said had sent a chill down her spine and she dared not read it again. She quickly uncrumpled it and threw it in the garbage. With the phone calls, the email, and now the letter she was beginning to think it wasn't just an innocent prank.
It had come at the worst of times too just as she realized her feelings for Nigel. She kicked her desk in frustration. "SHIT!" she said realizing that she was once again wearing the cute black stiletto sandals she had bought on Nigel's birthday. And they were not exactly the greatest shoes to take out your anger in. The blood rapidly leaked from her big toe, she had broken the nail all the way down the middle causing intense pain as the freshly torn skin leaked blood.
"Sydney?" Karen said rushing into her office and jumping to her friend's side.
"Oh, syd that doesn't look good at all, it could get seriously infected!... Wait here all go get the nurse" Karen said quickly examining the toe that was less visible by the second as the blood seeped out covering the front of Sydney's foot and dripping onto the floor.
"K" was all that Sydney could manage to sputter as she held her toe. She was not one who was afraid of pain; she had had knife wounds that had hurt less than this.
Karen bolted back into the office a second later pulling with her a nurse that could hardly stand from trying to keep up with Karen.
"Oh professor Fox got a hurt foot have we" the nurse said slowly approaching Sydney trying to catch her breath.
"Well come on I cant help you in here go sit up on the counter over there and stick your foot in the sink... we cant do anything if we can't see through the blood can we?" she said finally catching her breath and calmly walking over to the sink in the outer office.
Karen helped Sydney slowly walk over well actually hop over on one foot and helped her up on the counter. She carefully took Sydney's shoe off and placed it on the ground by Nigel's desk.
"SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Sydney hissed as the nurse turned on the cool water that was now splashing on her toe.
It took five minutes to stop her foot from bleeding but was really sensitive and everytime she moved it the flow started again.
"Miss Fox I don't know what you did but I've never seen such a severe nail breakage before. I can fix you up for now but your going to need to go see your doctor tonight to get it checked out further" The nurse said as she delicately bandaged Sydney's foot.
"I suggest you make as little movement as you possibly can today, and from what I've heard about your classes that means no teaching today, stay in your office then goes straight to the doctors." The nurse commented before she packed up and left.
"Thanks" Sydney said as the nurse walked out of the office.
"Good job Syd" Karen said sarcastically with a small giggle as she helps Sydney back into her Office.
"Well at least the floor will wipe clean" She said observing the now red patch of wood underneath Sydney's desk.
"Yeah" Sydney said grabbing some Kleenex and cleaning her office floor.
"Thank god we don't have carpet" she said with a small laugh
Her smile faded away when she saw Karen was not laughing anymore.
"Syd are you going to tell me what's happening" Karen said looking sternly at her friend,
As she sat down in front of Sydney sitting in the chair in front of her desk.
"Nothings happening, I kicked my desk that all" Sydney said staring down as she fiddled with an elastic.
"I'm not stupid Syd. And people don't abuse there furniture for nothing" Karen said she was really concerned about Sydney
"First you came in and you hadn't slept, then today you go all quiet over a little letter, what's bothering you syd, I thought we were friends and we told each other everything" Karen said reaching over and grabbing Sydney's hand.
"We are friends Karen it's just nothing you have to worry about that's all" Sydney said looking down she hated lying to Karen but she didn't want to involve her with this creep.
"Syd, tell me" Karen said softly
"Well two nights ago I got these odd prank calls and he guys said he was watching me, and when he hung up a car screeched away from my house" Sydney said
"And" Karen said knowing her boss wouldn't be this stressed over a little prank
"And then yesterday I got an email for the guy again saying that he was watching me, then this morning my window was open and now that letter" Sydney said she was ashamed they all thought she was invincible and she hated letting people see her like this.
"Can I see he letter Syd?" Karen asked
Sydney didn't even respond she just looked over at the crumpled piece of paper in the garbage.
Karen carefully took the slip of paper out and read it quickly
"Sydney, this just isn't a prank. you've someone is following you, you've got a stalker. We have to call the police" Karen said reaching for the phone
"NO!" Sydney said slamming the phone back down on the receiver "I can take care of it myself, and don't tell Nigel either"
"But" Karen managed to sputter out before Sydney interrupted her "But nothing Karen, you can't tell anyone it's a secret"
"Well this creep is dangerous syd this isn't just a game Syd" Karen said standing up "but you can take care of yourself right" she said walking out of her boss's office sometimes Sydney couldn't see how dangerous things could really be and it worried her.
"Syd just promise me you'll tell me if you're in trouble ok?" Karen said turning back to her boss who had limped to her office door after Karen.
"I promise Karen" she said just as Nigel came in the door
"Promise what Syd?" he asked
"Oh just that next time we are in France we would pick up a necklace that Karen ordered" She said as she limped back to her desk before Nigel noticed her foot
"Oh ok" Nigel said as he put his stuff on his desk then followed her into the her office
"Hey Nigel I've got a lot of paperwork to do today so could you teach my classes for me?" Sydney said as she shuffled through some papers
"Yeah sure Syd" He said he was a little suspicious the "I promise Karen" hadn't sounded like a sure we'll pick up your necklace kind of promise.
"Thanks Nigel you saved me" She said he was giving her an odd look like he was trying read her mind.
"Nigel you've got to go you'll be late for class" Karen said coming up beside him and passing him Sydney's lesson plan
"Well I'm off" he said a he turned around to leave
"Bye Nigel" Sydney and Karen said in unison as he left.
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OMG that chapter took me forever lol (I'm a slow typer) plz read and review :)
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