Internet boyfriend ~ D.S.

4

DREW

It's been three days and she hasn't answered me at all. I keep pacing in my room when my door opens "Dude. Stop pacing. We're getting complaints from downstairs" chase says to me and I look at him seeing them all looking at me tired.

It's 3 in the morning.

"I just- she's not answering me" mads frowns a little "still?" I nod "what if something happened to her. She always answers me"

"Give it till tomorrow. Maybe she's just busy with school" Rudy says and chase nods "okay. Yeah. Alright" I mumble sitting on my bed while I try calling her again.

The three of them leave and she still doesn't answer me.

I groan and lay back down on my bed.

I'll call her tomorrow.

—

The four of us are sitting in the living room watching tv. Well, they are. I'm trying to text her but she won't answer.

"Woah" mads says looking at her phone "guys, look at this" Rudy pauses the movie and they look.

"Holy shit" chase says so I look up "what?" Mads shows me her phone do an article "some girl's ex-boyfriend tried killing her. It says he stalked her for a week and broke into her house. Stabbed her leg, tried choking her to death then the police came and they shot him when he pointed the gun at her. She got shot when they shot him" mads says frowning and I frown a little reading it.

"Does it say who the girl is?" This happened four days ago in New York.

"No. Parents didn't want anyone to know who she was and she didn't want anyone to know I guess"

"That's so crazy. How did the police know?" Rudy asks going to look on his own phone.

I look through it "she called" they look at me and I glance at them before the phone "it says she called and then her neighbour's called cause they heard shouting and a gun shot" I furrow my eyebrows slightly.

"New York is crazy" chase says and we all nod.

I hand mads back her phone before grabbing mine and calling her again.

"What? You don't think it's her, do you?" Mads asks and I shrug "this happened four days ago in New York. That's where she lives and she hasn't answered my calls in four days. She also talked about a psycho ex before"

There's no answer so I call again and they all look at me worried.

Finally. She answered.

"Hello?" I hear her ask in a weak voice "hey. Are you okay? You haven't answered me in four days"

She sniffles and starts crying making me more worried "umm-" she breathes out "I moved"

"I saw an article today" I say glancing at them who are looking at me patiently "oh?" She sniffles "was that you? Did your ex..."

"Uh, yeah. That's me" she chuckles sadly "hey-" she cuts me off "look, I- i can't talk right now. Okay? I just- I need some time" her vice is so scratchy and broken.

"Yeah, call me"

She sniffles "I will" she whispers before hang up.

I sniffle and put my phone down before looking at them "it was her" their eyes widen "she said she needed time"

"That's understandable. She almost died drew" I nod and stand up "yeah. I'm gonna head to my room" they nod and I go back to my room. I close the door and wipe my tears off my cheeks.

I don't even know her name. I wish I did so I could fly out there and see her in person.

I lay down on my bed and look up the article. I read through it and my eyes water as I read what happened.

I throw my phone back on my bed and put my hands over my eyes as I wipe my tears away.

How could anyone ever hurt her?