A Little Bit Of Hell

Chapter 8

Ruth's POV

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We're just sitting in a circle on Rue's bed, talking and laughing. I almost forget everything thats happening.
My phone rings.
Charlie reaches to answer it for me, she looks at the caller ID, and her smile fades. "Who is it?" I ask, still smiling. She stares at me with a look of confusion. "You." She replies. My stomach drops. "Your calling yourself." She says slowly, trying to make sense of everything thats happening. My eyes go wide. "Don't answer it!" A say, reaching for it. "Put it down!" She places it in the center of the circle. It is my number, clear as day. I try to hang up, but no matter what I press it still rings.
I won't answer. Thats what he wants.
He's not giving up. It continues ringing for five minutes. I can't take it. The sound will drive me mad. Sav takes a pillow, and tries to smother it, to drown the ringing, but its still faintly audible.
I tell them everything. Everything that happened, everything I did. The last call from my phone, the text, the dream, playing the game, everything. I can tell Rue and Sav believe me, but somehow Charlie looks skeptic. "He could have hijacked the game, just to scare whoever bought it." Charlie suggests. "What about the phone, dumbass?" Sav says a little sharply. Charlie opens her mouth to speak, but closes it again. We all stare at each other for awhile, the faint ringing still going. And then it stops. Everything is silent. I get a text. I hope and pray its not from BEN, but to no avail.

Don't ignore me.

I don't know what to type back. I don't want to reply. But I know he'll be angry if I don't. Sav grabs my phone and looks at the text. She shakes her head, and types back furiously. "What are you doing?!" I yell, reaching for my phone. Its to late, she already sent it. She laughs slightly. "Sav, its not fucking funny!" I yell, looking down to read the text.

Go fuck yourself, dumbass! Leave off my friend, you sick pervert.

I grow furious as I read the text. This isn't good. "Fucking hell, Sav." I mutter under my breath. "Jesus Christ, Ruth, I'm sorry. You don't need to overreact!" She says defensively. I quickly go to delete it, but to my dismay he texts back.

You shouldn't have done that.

Tears threaten to fall, but I hold them back. Sav is just trying to help, in a dumbass way, but still trying to help. She didn't mean to anger him more. I turn my phone off, and lay on my back, cover my face with my hands.
Why did I have to be so fucking ignorant?! Why did I buy that fucking cartridge..? "Let's watch a movie." Rue suggests. "Keep your mind off things." I sit up and force a smile. "Sounds good. What should we watch?" I ask, eyeing the small bookshelf in the corner filled with movies. Rue shrugs. "I dunno. What do you guys want to watch?" Charlie gets up and walks to the movies. "I feel like being a little kid." She says, squatting down to look through the different movies. "Hey, Rue." Shes calls. Rue and I both look up. "Yeah?" We say in unison. "I said Rue." She says without looking up. "Do you have Coraline?" She asks. Rue nods, forgetting Charlie can't see her. "Top left." Charlie pulls it out, and boots it up on the TV.

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Rue's POV

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Its almost halfway through the movie. I'm already getting tired, I think we all are. I lay back, relaxed. My eye lids start to close.
Crash
We all jump.
There's somebody downstairs.