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~5~

I was walking with Sidney and Tatum as we made our way out of school, talking about what had happened in the bathroom with Sidney. Stu came jogging over to us, handing us all a flower that was obvious he had just picked form the garden beside us. Still, appreciating the small act of kindness I smiled at him before placing it in my hair as I adjusted to make it, what I thought would, look nice. 'beautiful' he whispered. "I don't know what you did, Sidney, but on behalf of the entire student body we all say thank you!" He shouted earning a couple of cheers from happy students.

"Stu, stop it." I glared. Which made him turn towards me, throwing my body over his shoulder.

"Party tonight at my house to celebrate this little fiesta, what do you say?" He said walking down the path with me still hanging off his shoulder.

"But Stu, didn't Billy tell you? Tonight was movie night." I frowned.

"Don't worry we are still doing that. We'll just have to cut it a little short. I'm sorry I'll make it up to you, I promise. My parents are out of town for the night so I thought I'd take advantage of it." He said as he softly patted my butt before placing me back on my feet.

"Well, I'm in. What about you Sid? It could help you take your mind off things." Tatum agreed. I thought about it for a moment before realizing there was no way Stu would let me not go. He always has to have his 'prized possession' there to show off to everyone. I turned towards him seeing him already staring down at me with a questioning look on his face to which I nodded, already knowing what he was asking about.

"Yes!" He cheered before he brushed my hair off my shoulder to place a kiss on my neck.

"Okay, whatever." Sidney said.  

"Cool, you guys bring food alright, and as for us, we've got ourselves a date." he smirked before pulling me along with him.

I waved goodbye to the girls before Stu's hand latched to mine as we walked over to meet up with Billy at the video store. 

"Stu, I need to tell you something," I muttered looking down at the ground.

"What is it?" He asked stopping and turning around to face me.

"Well you know how Sidney's been getting those phone calls," to which he nodded. "I've been getting those too and I've also gotten these strange photos of like me sleeping," I explained.

"Wait seriously. How long has this been happening for?" 

"The day after Casey was killed," I told him.

"Billy was telling me about how you felt scared and like he said we won't let anything happen to you as long as we are here to stop it," he told me as he pulled me in for a tight embrace.

"What's going on here?"

I turned around to see Billy with his arms crossed. "Starting the party without me? Where's my fun-" "Actually Billy, did you know Lydia's been getting phone calls and weird photos?" Stu interrupted.

"No, I didn't. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know, I mean I haven't seen the killer yet,"

"Yet, you haven't seen the killer around yet. For all we know you could see them soon,"

"I guess you're right." 

"If you get anything else make sure you straight away come to us. How can we protect you if your not communicating with us about what's going on?" He asked.

"I'm sorry," I frown, suddenly my shoes becoming so much more interesting.

"Please just let us know if something else happens," Billy said wrapping his arms around me and bringing me into a hug as he places a kiss on my forehead.