CYBERSTALKED

Chapter 1

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The bell sounded off, not just any bell though, the bell indicating that this was the last class for today and that I could finally jump into bed. I let out a sigh of relief while standing up and fixing my pants upon me, grabbing my binder and my favorite ink pen, I had spent most of my time in class using the little color-coded buttons at the bottom to switch between the four colors only for the satisfaction of the click sound.. most of my peers jumped up from their desks and began to head for the door but Mr. Sharma, my professor, had other plans.

"Why so in a hurry guys?" he asked with a slight smirk on his face, "you guys definitely won't be leaving until you jot down this assignment, besides the bell does not dismiss you, I do." He spoke with a very heavy Indian-like accent. Sharm as I liked to call him was a tall, slender guy with very little hair in the center of his head but somehow he always managed to make it just a bit visible. I proceeded to walk to the door for I knew about the assignment already, I was always on my A-game. "You've got it down already, yeh Autumn?" I nodded my head yes and closed the door quietly behind me. Aahh, fresh air I thought to myself, inhaling deeply then continuing to walk the rest of the path back to my dorm, leaves falling, cool breeze, I lived for this weather.

"Boo!" someone ran behind me and grabbed both sides of my waist. I was petrified, my heart nearly jumped right out of my chest before turning my head to realize that it was just my friend guy Ryan. "Gosh Ry.." I was holding onto my chest while trying to catch my breath, "you can't just do that, one of these days I'm gonna have some pepper spray handy or maybe even a pocket knife."

"Yeah, like little miss Autumn is gonna scare someone with that, who's gonna take you seriously girl?" he replied wittily. I knew that he was right, ha, I had always been the timid girl who was all about academics and work. On the other hand, Ry was more of the laid-back type of guy, #1 on the football team, I don't know why he'd choose me to be friends with but we've been really close since about the age of 7. He was always like the big brother I never had.

"By the way, what's the matter with you? You seem to mope around a lot.." he continued to babble, "you look like.. uhhh, what are those things that are like half dead or something  like that?"

"A zombie Ry?" I asked, not surprised by his forgetfulness.

"Yeah, you look like a zombie.. an ugly one." he poked my arm with his mechanical pencil.

"Ouch! Thanks asshole.. you're not gonna ask me how my day went?"

"Ouu, bad word, I'm spooked.. and mhm, how'd your day go? "

"Welll, first I tripped over my sh--" he cut me off.

"Never mind, I don't care." he stopped in his tracks, "we're here now."

"Yeah.." by know I had a blank expression on my face, "thanks for being a pain in the ass the whole walk back."

"You're very welcome Autumn, I'm headed to practice now, catch you later loser." He said as he walked off in another direction tucking his pencil back behind his ear. I pulled my dorm room keys out of my cross body bag and jabbed it into the lock studying how hard it had been to turn lately. I opened the door and put my binder down on the desk beside my bed, snatched off my bag and hung it in the closet, then I kicked my all stars off and lay down in bed not even caring to get out of my cardigan.

*bzzzzzz* *bzzzzz*

My phone vibrated in my back pocket.

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I tapped on it.

I was taken aback to see that it was a mirror picture of an old man in underclothes. I didn't bother by replying anything rude, I figured it was just Ry being the asshole that he is again.

Me: who is this?

*bzzzz*

1 new message

Unknown number: It's your secret admirer princess, what are you doing right now?

Me: lol, nice try Ryan.

*bzzz*

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Unknown number: ;) •••••

I didn't bother to reply, I'm sure Ryan just feels like getting a laugh in with his guys before practice. I stuck my phone underneath my pillow and began to doze off but before I could Alicia burst into the room.

"Heeyyyyyy bestfriendd!" she said loudly, flinging her backpack onto the floor. Yes, Alicia was always this loud. She's from the south and unlike my fragile self.. she's co-captain on the cheerleading squad, pretty much a southern belle. "hey Alicia." I spoke dryly. She sat at the edge of my bed.

"What's the matter with you?"

"Nothing, I'm just tired.. and just a little homesick."

"So take your ass home then kid." she laughed with it.

"I'm not in the mood to joke Lee." I rolled my eyes at her.

"Oh lighten up Autumn, I'm just kidding with you, you know that.." she said while pulling her hair back and braiding it into a pigtail "you should go out with me, you deserve it."

"Go out? With you? I'll pass." I told her knowing how wild she acts when at parties.

"Don't be like that chick, I'll even be your dresser and do your makeup.. puhleeeeze Autumn? I'll never ask again." she responded nudging me. I knew that was a lie, she'd ask again.

"I have to work in the morning, I don't wanna be out all night."

"I ain't gonna have you out all night, I swear."

I thought to myself Alicia's never let me down before, why would she let me down now. "Alright, alright I'll go.. but right now I'm taking a nap." I told her as I got snug with my bedsheets.

"Fat ass.." she said throwing a pillow at me, "I'm gonna go shower, I'll wake you up after I'm dressed." she informed me as she walked out into the halls, grabbing a towel on her way out.

*bzzzz*

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Unknown number: So what are you doing tonight?  •••••

I was so sleepy that I didn't even care for Ry's  jokes. I tossed my phone aside and went to sleep.

Alright, first chapter out of the way and now I'm just thinking about how much 'juicier' things are gonna get.