Why Love When Its Hopeless?

Chapter 25

A soft and small gasp escaped my lips as I opened the text message. My body felt suddenly numb.

"Miss me? I bet you did ;) Let the games begin, bitch. "

"Shelly?" Justin asked me, snapping me from my daze. I locked my phone and shoved it in my pocket, so he wouldn't see. I looked up at him to see his concerned face looking down at me. "What?" I asked trying to play off my scared emotions. "You okay? You look like you saw a ghost?" Fredo asked from my other side. I took a deep breath and nodded my head. "Yeah, I'm fine. I just need some air." I said, as Justin scooted out the booth so I could get out.

"Do you want me to go with you?" He asked me before I could walk any further. I shook my head, not saying anything as I walked out of the restaurant. A cool breeze hit my face, making me relax a little, hopefully adding some color to my face. I looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary. Which relaxed some of my muscles. My phone buzzed again, my breath hitched in the back of my throat. Goosebumps rose up on on my arms. I took out my phone and saw it was from the same unknown number. I closed my eyes, not wanting for believe that this is happening again.

I opened my eyes, and unlocked the text message. I let out a whimper, when I read it.

"I see you.. Are you scared? Better watch out, you never know when I'm gonna get ya. See you later, sweetheart. ;)"

I didn't want to reply to the text, I didn't want this to happen again. I was lucky I escaped before, but something tells me I won't be so lucky again. Ever since Eddie passed, his brother had a break down. He was going insane, and still is. It was 2 years ago, when I first got these texts. I thought it was just some teens trying to mess with me, and it would pass. But 2 months later it got worse..

**Flashback**

I was sitting on my couch watching reruns of Ghost Hunters, when I get another text. I was starting to get a little bit freaked out by these texts. This is the 10th text today. I took a deep breath and unlocked my phone to see the text.

"You look so sexy in those shorts. I wonder how you look with them off? ;)"

I quickly took my blanket and covered up my legs, looking around the room to see nothing. I got up, with the blanket wrapped around me and locked all over the windows and shutting the blinds. I locked all of the doors after looking out to see nothing out of the ordinary. I sighed, not completely feeling relieved but somewhat eased. I have been getting these stalker texts now for a couple weeks. Usually they are just threats but they became stalker-ish and now sexual.

I walked back to the couch and tried to focus back on the show, which was almost impossible. My guard was up now. The doorbell ringing caused me to jump and clench my blanket. I slowly got up and walked over to the door. I looked through the peep-hole and saw Jacob there, with a kind smile on his face, shivering from the cold. Why is he here? 

I haven't seen Jacob since Eddie's funeral. I sighed, and unlocked the door and opened it. "Hey, Jacob. What are you doing here?" I asked as I let him in, shutting and locking the door afterward. He turned my way, "I don't know, I just figured I would stop by. I haven't seen you since... Ed's funeral." Jacob said sitting on the couch. I noticed there was some edge to his voice when he mentioned Eddie. But I decided to let it go. "Yeah. Would you like some hot chocolate?" I asked, looking at him. He smiled and nodded making himself comfortable. I smiled back and walked into the kitchen grabbed a couple mugs and put some water in the kettle.

Once the kettle was half way full, I turned off the faucet and put it on the stove. I turned on the heat and took out 2 hot chocolate powder packets and set them on the counter. I heard foot steps behind me. I turned around and saw nothing. I furrowed my eyebrows looking around the kitchen to see nothing. Probably just Jacob going to the bathroom. I turned back to the kettle to make sure it sat on the burner perfectly. I was confused about why Jacob decided to come see me. Last time I checked he hated me, something just didn't seem right.