peekaboo, I'm watching you

Chapter six: the night before it begins

Ava

He won't leave me alone... I-I can't leave the house most days because he's getting worse.  I feel like he's following me everywhere. I hate him I thought angrily to myself. At first I thought he was doing this as a joke but then.. then it grew more advanced over the months. I pulled my knees up to my chin and grab the remote, flicking through the channels.

I jumped at the sound of my phone buzzing.
Buzz... buzzz....buzzz..buzz.
Oh god, please.. no. I begged to myself, praying he wasn't calling me again. Why won't he leave me alone?  I think to myself staring at the phone. He's getting worse. My parents left me alone in the house for a few months so far.. because my aunty Jill is very sick in Australia, so my parents left me some money to live off on.. given the situation and all.

He just.. he just makes my skin crawl. He'd normally just send me love notes and messages me but lately he's been sending me notes saying things like I'm always watching you , which scare me but not as much as the others when he's saying what he'll.. what he would do to me. Those are the worst and lately its got to the point where he's sending me these.. 'gifts' the way he puts it.

It makes me feel sick. I hate him. I hate him. I hate him.. I kept repeating in my mind.
Buzzz... buzzz...buzzz.. buzz..buzz . I couldn't stand it anymore, as I grabbed for my phone and held it to my ear and weakly said,  "hello?".

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Shane

Just call her.. just pick up the phone and call her. I tried to convince myself. Will she pick up if I did? Or ignore it?
Ahh screw it.

I went to grab my phone and dialled Ava's number. I waited a while.. nearly ending the call in the process thinking she wouldn't pick up the phone when I heard a small weak voice say "hello?".

I took a deep breath and replied "uhh.. hi Ava it's me Shane I was just wondering if you would like to hang out tonight? ".

I hear shuffling and ruffled noises in the back ground before she replied " sure where?".

I try to think quickly "umm.. mine or yours? Or we could go out- out if you like? It's up to you" I ramble.

I hear her angelic voice chuckle before saying " Yeah sure, how about the beach?".

"Yes! I mean yeah of course why not.  I'll pick you up in about an hour?" I suggest.

" yeah ok" she replies softly.

"Ok bye" I say as she said "see you later".

She hangs up . A smile tugged at my lips as I started to get dressed.

I don't normally  fuss about what I wear so I threw on a pair of dark blue jeans, black boots and shirt.

Almost an hour later I got in my jeep and headed my way to Ava's house.

Finally arriving there I look in the view mirror I glanced to see a little bit of sweat trickle down my forehead. I was nervous. I took a deep breath and headed out of the car and knocked on the door.

Ava swung the door open and jump on me embracing me in a hug. I wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her to my chest. I snuggled my face into thw arch of her neck and mumbled softly, "you alright? ". "Yeah" she whispers back.

We stayed there for a few long seconds as I suggested, " should we get going?".

"Y-yes, I guess we should" ava replied in a quiet voice.

I gestured my hand towards the jeep and said "after you me-lady!" I said in a fake stereotypical British accent.

She rolled her eyes and fanned her face with her hand and gasped " such a gentleman!" She declared.

I winked at her and I could see her cheek reddening under all the fake white powdered make-up.

As we made our way to the beach I blasted out the radio and it just so happens that this song came on...

"OOOHHH! IM SEXY AND I KNOW IT!" I sang really badly as Ava burst in hysterical laughter at my terrible singing. I laughed and sang along until I grew bored and switched the radio's channel and started to sing along to the song 'stacy’s mom'.

I loved it when she laughed, her laughter was amazing.

We arrive at the beach as the sun was set and the night sky was awake with stars.

We decided to go on a stroll and talked about our interests and found out more about each other like,  for instance she loved to read, especially crime books and we talked about the type of music she liked and found that to my surprise she loved a majority of music that kind of amazed me.

We talked about different foods we like all the basics really. She's quite funny but stubborn,  I like that about her. Michael asks me if I'm into gothic girls but I honestly don't mind what she wears I just think she's amazing. By the end of the night after throwing her in the sea and all... we decided to call it a night. In all fairness her face was priceless when she landed in the cold water but I guess she got me back when she faked she was upset and I went to help her up only for her to pull me in with her.

After a few hours, of laughing and talking and getting tricked I drove her home.

I pulled up to the house and walked her yo her door. I mean that's what the guys do in the movies right?

Anyways where was I? Oh yeah we reached her door and she says " thanks for tonight". "No problem it was my pleasure" I said giving her a warm smile. "Well.. um goodnight" she said softly. I grabbed her waist and pulled her into my embrace as I crashed my lips against hers. Her eyes went wide in shock, with mascara running down her face as she slowly closed her eyes and kissed me back. Her lips were warm and comforting. My breathing grew heavy as I pulled back and looked down at her eyes.

She breath was ragged as she took deep breaths as I said "goodnight" and turned walking back to my car as the corners of my mouth curled into a smile.

Ava standing at her door still shocked made my smile widen.
I guess this is the beginning. . I thought to myself.