Thomas was jolted awake by the sound of his cell phone ringing. He looked at the time, it was 5:15 in the morning, and Melody Carter was calling. The sound of the phone made the dark haired beauty sleeping on top of him stir.
"Hello?" He whispered, trying not to wake Benji.
"We found another body, I think it might be the copycat again, but the worst part is that it's in your school's parking garage. Tommy, you have a killer on the loose in your area." Melody explained.
"What?!" Thomas shot up, waking Benjamin who gasped at the sudden action, almost as if he had been woken from a nightmare. Thomas tried to rub his arm, but Benji only stood and walked into the kitchen.
"Have you been able to identify the victim?" Thomas asked starting to worry about Benji's safety.
"Yeah, a girl named Stacie Delancy, found dead in her car. But get this, no evidence like the times before, but the victim wasn't dressed fancy." Thomas grabbed a sticky note and a pen from the table beside him. He started to jot down notes.
There was a knock on the door, and Benji walked towards it, handing Thomas a cup of coffee on his way.
"Can I help you?" The ravenette asked once he opened the door.
"It is five in the morning Mr. Atlin, and some of us are trying to get our beautyrest." An older female voice cried from the other side of the door.
"Now Mrs. Woods, some people are on call 24 hours a day, and it just so happens that my new occupant is on a very important call at the moment." Benji defended poor Thomas, who yawned and looked down at his almost illegible notes.
Thomas weighed his options, and chose carefully.
"Tell the school board to cancel all classes for today. I'll be there in at least an hour to look over the scene." Thomas said lowering his voice.
"Will do, partner." Melody said hanging up. Thomas ran a hand down his face, feeling the stubble that was growing on his chin.
"You tell that young man, that if he continues to scream and yell at this time of day, that I will personally tell the landlord, and have him removed. Do you understand me?" Mrs. Woods screeched, sounding dreadfully angry.
Thomas walked over, and pulled the timid boy away from the door to reveal himself.
"I understand, and you have my word that this will not happen again." Thomas smiled smoothly.
"I'm very sorry for waking you ma'am, please go back to sleep. Once again, I am very sorry." He said closing the door.