Ok this chapter doesn't really have any action or terror in it but it does show how much some of the characters have been effected since the incidents in the last chapter.
A week after the incident in the woods classes had started back up. Linda was sitting in her Western Civilization class lost in thought as her professor was giving a lecture on the Roman Empire. Linda though was hardly paying attention; she was doodling on her notebook drawings of Slender. The group hadn't been the same since the incident. She still felt like the monster was out there watching her. Suddenly her professor caught her attention.
"Ms. Adams are you paying attention." He said
"Oh, I'm sorry Dr. Myers. I guess I was just lost in thought." Linda said. (Oddly enough Dr. Myers was the name of one of my Civ. Professor when I took that class last year. I hated it by the way.)
"Well anyway" Myers said getting back to his lecture "The first two centuries of the Roman empire were a period of unprecedented stability and prosperity known as the Pax Romana" As much as Linda tried to pay attention she just couldn't stop thinking about Slender and about that night and what if he was still after them. Before she knew it the class was over and everybody was getting their books and leaving the classroom.
"Don't forget you have an exam on Thursday so study hard for it." Myers said. Then Myers walked over to Linda who was still sitting at her desk.
"Is there something you want to talk about Linda?" He asked
"I'm sorry Dr. Myers." Linda said "It's just, after what happened last week I haven't been the same. I can barely sleep, I'm having nightmares. I don't know what to do."
"Look Linda I understand, those two kids that died last week were friends of yours. And I know grief can do things to you. Maybe you can go see the counselor. Maybe she can help you through this tough time."
"Maybe it would help. Thanks Dr. Myers."
"Anytime." Myers said then as Linda was getting up to leave Myers said.
"Oh and Linda, don't be afraid to talk to me if you need me."
"I won't." Linda said then she walked out of the classroom. She then walked to the other side of the campus to the Counselor office. Mrs. Stark an blond women in her mid-forties and was the Campus Counselor greeted her.
"Hello Ms. Adams sit down." She said. Linda then took a seat on the couch on the other side of the office.
"Now tell me what's been bothering you lately. Dr. Myers said you have been feeling stressed."
"It's about what happened last week while we were out camping." Linda said
"Oh yes. You were friends with Sandy and Derrick weren't you?"
"Yes I was." Linda replied
"What you are going through is very normal Linda. Grief is a common part of the mourning process."
"It's not just that Mrs. Stark it's also what we saw out there in the woods that day. The creature responsible for the deaths. Slender man. I thought he was just a myth but I swear to God I saw him bending over Sandy's body then it came on our cabin and killed Derrick. I know I might sound crazy but I'm telling the truth. I swear to God I'm telling the truth."
Mrs. Stark sat back in her chair for a minute then after a short time replied. "I do believe you saw something out there that night Linda. In times of fear sometimes we can get a little delusional and sometimes what we see is not what it appears. This Slender man that you claim to see is just a delusion of what really was out there.
"No offense mam but delusions don't kill people."
"No they don't but whatever did kill your two friends what you saw was mearley a dilusion. You told the story of Slender that night as a way to scare people but what you ended up doing was scaring yourself and created your own demon. So when your friends got killed what you saw was not the face of the real killer but the face of your own personal fear."
"I don't know mam, I just don't know if I can by that."
"Tell you what Mrs. Adams. I got another appointment here in a few minutes why don't we talk about this more tomorrow."
"That's fine." Linda said then she walked out of the office.
Meanwhile at the police station Evan and Natalie was trying to convince to the police what they saw that night.
"So let me get this straight?" Sheriff Fargo said. "You are telling me that a 10 foot, faceless monster with tentacles called Slender killed two of your friends last week."
"That's what we're saying." Natalie said
"Look guys I can't file a police report on this and I'm sure as hell not going to send my troops out to hunt some mythical creatures. From what you guys told me you guys were drinking and smoking pot all night half of what you saw could have been an illusion from all the drugs you kids were doing."
"I'm telling you the truth" Evan said.
"I'm not sending my boys out to hunt no myth. Not going to happen. As far as I'm concerned judging from the amount of Alcohol you two claimed was in your system it wouldn't surprise me if one of you kids did it." Fargo said
"Are you accusing us of murder?" Evan said
"Well I'm sure as hell not accusing that Slender that you two are talking about."
"You know what you can go to hell" Natalie said as she and Evan got up and started storming out of the police station.
"I got my eyes on you two kids."
"Go fuck yourself." Natalie said walking out the door and right before she slammed the door she turned around and gave him the finger and then slammed the door. Natalie and Evan then drove to Evans house after that while Natalie was still complaining about Sheriff Fargo
"Who the hell does that son of a bitch think he is accusing us of murder." Natalie complained "I should of choked his fat ass with that dumbass tie he was wearing around his neck."
"I know Natalie" Evan said "But right now the important thing for us is to lie low. We escaped Slender, we survived the important thing for us now is to move on." Then he pulled the car up to the garage and turned off the engine then he turned to Natalie.
"We can't keep living in fear like he is still after us. He's two hours away back in the woods. There is know way he is coming back. Let's just pretend he doesn't exist and get on with our lives." Then Evan and Natalie walked into the house and when they Reached Evan's bedroom Natalie turned and kissed him and started unbuttoning Evan's shirt.
"You're right Evan we do need to get on with our normal lives and you can start by fucking me." Then she ripped off his shirt then ripped her own shirt off and pushed him onto the bed before unstrapping her bra and jumping on top of him. "All night long." Then she started sucking his face before ripping off Evan's pants and boxers and giving him a blow job. Evan then Ripped off Natalies pants and undies as well then he grabbed Natalie's ass and started fucking her as hard as he could.
Meanwhile on the other side of the city Linda was walking over to Reggie's house but every time she heard a noise she would get startled and turn around only to see nothing there. Maybe Mrs. Stark was right about Slender only being a delusion? Maybe she was letting her fear get the best of her? Calming down she kept on walking over to Reggie's house and knocked on his door. But unkown to her was that there was something behind her hiding in the trees. It was Slender, He was very real and indeed was following them from the woods and he was not done yet tormenting them.