The Distant Love-Line.

Chapter 2: Paranoia.

Ever since that single night, I've been paranoid, I haven't gotten a lot of sleep since then, I think I might lose my job if I keep this up, Whenever I come back to work, It's either I spend hours staring at the old telephone or I just collapse onto my couch and sleep for hours until it's time to wake up.

I woke up at least around 12:31 am, It was close to 1 am already, I sat up and sighed, My eyes glanced at the phone before they widened, My body quickly got up out of reflex as I realized the phone was ringing again, I hesitated on whether to answer it or not, My body slowly moved and began approaching the phone, My hand reaching down to grab the handset before I place it next to my ear.

Fear struck through me as I heard the same voice from before, But this time all he said was; 'Check your living room window.', My breath was shaky as I felt like my eyes wanted to well up and burst into tears out of fear, My other hand slowly moved and tugged the curtain a bit, I leaned in closer to the window a bit more before my eyes widened, Right there, I saw him, A figment of a masculine man leaning against the rails of my balcony, My body trembled in fear as the man approached the window.

The guy stood right in front of the window, He was wearing all black and a hoodie covered the top of his face so it was hard to make clear of his facial appearance, I took a few steps back before almost stumbling over my couch behind me, I felt tears well up in my eyes and began streaming down my cheeks, I felt so scared.. Hell, even terrified, The man knocked onto the window a few times before his hand slid down to the handle, Slowly turning it then all of a sudden, He slammed the window open, causing small cracks into the glass, A loud bang was heard when the window slammed into the wall from the man's powerful strength.

I flinched before letting out a loud scream,Out of instincts, I ran out of the living room and ran towards my bedroom, slamming the door shut behind me, Sobs escaped my lips as I slouched against the door, trying to focus all my weight onto the door, I heard the footsteps of the man walking around my living room, His shadow moving around before it came to a stop.. Right.. Infront.. Of.. My.. Door..

The man kicked down the door with me behind it, I collapsed to the ground and let out a pained cry, I tried to crawl away but my body felt weak, It felt exhausted for some sudden reason, "Please! Don't hurt me, I'm begging you!" I begged while I slowly tried to crawl away, The man roughly grabbed me by the back of my hair which made me let out another pained cry, I was sobbing so hard, Never in my life I felt so scared like this, All the man did was laugh and said my name.

"Oh Caelan.. Poor little Caelan.." The man laughed as his grip tightened around my hair, I try to escape but failed, My eyes widened as I saw the metal, shiny knife closing in to my neck, In just right that moment, My life flashed before my eyes, My body fell to the wooden floor with a thud.

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My eyes widened as I let out a light short-lived scream, I woke up, I was still in my living room, laying on the couch, My head frantically looking around the room before I let out a sigh of relief, My hand reached up to only feel dried and fresh tears on my cheeks, It was all a nightmare, I sighed again and looked at the telephone in the corner, I must've been to paranoid till I got nightmares like this didn't I?

I let out a few soft sobs, I still felt terrified after that single nightmare, Maybe even more paranoid them usually, I sighed before looking at the old telephone yet again, My hands trembling but I got up from the couch.

I slowly walked over to the phone, Silently mumbling to myself, "God.. Please don't let whatever happened in my nightmare happen to me..", My hand trembled while reaching down to grab the phone, My eyes still slightly watery from crying.

I pick up the phone and placed it to my ear, Dialing the same number that called me before at 3 am, The played that soothing but eery background music, My free hand's fingers tapped onto the wooden table, The sound sending a shiver down my back every tap.

Finally, The call picked up and that same low voice spoke, "Hello? Who is this?" He said, I stuttered over my words before quickly saying, "Hello! I uh, I'm sorry to bother you at this time but I'm the guy that you called a few days ago around 3 am, I just want to apologize for hanging up on you so quickly."

The man over the phone just let's out a soft chuckle before replying, "It's fine, I heard your scared scream before you hung up, So I thought it'd be better to leave you alone instead of continuing to call you, Say, what's your name? My names Tylarr." What a unique name, 'Tylarr' huh? I smiled gently while I proudly answered my name. "My names Caelan, Caelan Bergen."

After Tylarr and I introduced our names to each other, We began to talk more then I eventually thought we would, Turns out me and Tylarr have more in common then we thought, Eventually I felt myself growing some.. Feelings for this Tylarr guy, Well, Don't blame me okay! He just sounds so perfect in person by the words he uses to describe himself.