Captured

chapter 3

"I don't know!" Vanessa says frozen in place. I hear a noise coming from the kitchen. I didn't want to play stupid like in the scary movies and follow the noise, so instead I pull Vanessa into the closet and lock the door.

We stay in the closet for about fifteen minutes waiting to hear another sound. "What do you think that was?" Vanessa asks. "I have no idea, but I don't want to leave." I tell Vanessa. My phone lights up with a message, I open it and read the message.

'I'm not stupid, I know where you are hiding.'

I can feel my face fill with with panic, I know Vanessa can tell something was wrong so she takes the phone from me and reads the message. Vanessa's eyes widen as she reads the message. "No way" Vanessa speaks. We then hear footsteps walking down the hallway getting closer to the closet. Vanessa and I just stay there frozen in place trying not to make a single movement. The footsteps then stop right in front of the closet. Not knowing what was going to happen, Vanessa and I mouthed out I love you to each other then waited for everything that I expected to happen.

A note slid out from underneath the door. Vanessa or I didn't have the gut to pick it up because of how scared we were. So we waited for a bit until Vanessa slowly picks it up and opens it. She begans to read it and her eyes quickly widen. "Do you want me to read it to you?" She asks me with her voice still shaky. "No, no I'll read it" I tell her. Vanessa gives me the note, her hand shaking.

'I'll be back..so don't think you can hide. It's not over'

The note falls from my hands as I look at Vanessa in disbelief.

I didn't know if he was still in the house or had left, and I didn't want to open the door and see him standing there with a knife or gun, but I did want to check. "Do you want to check if he is still here?" Vanessa asks me in a quiet whisper. "I don't know." I tell her. Vanessa's hand slowly moves toward the doorknob and she slowly unlocks it. She wasn't sure to turn the knob but the door creaked open. We both sit there listening if there were any sounds, we didn't hear anything so Vanessa pushes the door fully open. She steps out and looks around. "I don't think he's here anymore" she says. I step out and close the door behind me. The house was empty besides us.