The Collaboration Files

Nap Time

Hi, It's cupycakes! From now on, I’m gonna have u call me Stella. . . enjoy.

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Remember! Bite his finger! I texted her, right as my parents walked in the door. Great.

"Hey honey, how was your day?" My mother asked. I shrugged.

"It was normal." How normal could my friend being kidnapped be? Oh well.

"Nothing special happened? Nothing with your friends?" My dad asked. It was like they knew . . .

"Nope! I have to go study for a test. I'll be in my room in you need me." I tried to brush past them but my dad stopped me.

"But it's Friday, do you have a test on Monday?" He asked. I just nodded numbly. He shrugged and let me pass. I felt my phone buzz in my pocket and I whipped it out. It was from my other friend. Dang it! False hope. Ah, well I will just have to wait.

I grabbed my book and sat down on my bed. As I opened to my page, I leaned against the wall. I started reading, but stopped abruptly. I felt something. Like when I had that strange memory.

I was standing next to this Birch person again. We where in a hospital. As we looked down the hallway, things appeared. They weren’t human, I knew that much. We ran from them, outside into the snow/rain mixture.

We stood, back to back, with our hands together. Birch said something, but it was carried away with the wind. We where surrounded. Crap.

"Stella! Listen to me! If we don't get out of here, well, we're dead." Birch yelled into my ear. I nodded.

"Honey! Wake up! Uhg! Wake up!"

I opened my eyes with a gasped. My mom was standing in front of me, her hands on my shoulders. I blinked again and rubbed my eyes.

"What is it Mom?" I asked.

"Dinner's ready. You must have fallen asleep." She told me as she left. I looked at the clock. 6:30! It was just, um, 3:30! Geez, that must have been a dream. Who is Birch . . . And who is Stella? That's who Birch called me.

Maybe Stella's me, but from a past life. I laughed. Yeah, right. Mom called me again and I put my book away.

After eating dinner, I checked my phone for more messages from Syd. None. Crap! What was happening?? I need to know. I hopped on Wattpad and looked there. A couple messages from some other friends, but nothing new.

I decided that I would just wait this out and watch some TV. I was in my room, minding my own business, when my older brother John, busted through the door.

"What do you want?!" I growled. He came up to me, grabbed my hand, and pulled me out of the room. He pulled me the living room where my phone was buzzing like crazy. He pointed to it, his eyes narrowed. I sneered at him, grabbed my phone, and went back to my room.

Making sure I locked the door, I read the message.

Um, Liz? We have a tiny problem. The guys who got me, well, they're coming for you now...

Crap.