Chapter 18

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by edgysucculent

by edgysucculent

*** Jacob's POV ***
When I woke up, Rachel was gone.
I groaned at myself and looked at my side table to grab my phone.
I'm sorry I had to go, but my cousin is in surgery and my mom texted me late at night telling me. I made sure you were okay sleeping and I left. Call me when you read this.
Love,
Rachel
Wait, which cousin?
Ugh. Doesn't matter.
But I have to call her now, because the note says to.
WAIT NO! I have morning voice.
Ugh whatever it's just Rachel I hope she doesn't care.
Me- Hey
Rachel- Oh hi! We just got back from the hospital.
Me- that's good
Rachel- it's so good to hear your voice! Uh, I mean, morning voice!
Rachel started laughing. I was hoping she wouldn't notice but of course she did.
Me- thank you for pointing that out.
Rachel- you're welcome.
Me- can you come over? I'm bored.
Rachel- you just woke up
Me- and
Rachel- fine I'll be there soon
Me- okay
Rachel- okay
Me- bye
Rachel- bye
I decided to watch Netflix for the next few minutes until I heard the doorbell ring. Probably Rachel.
   I went downstairs, in my pajamas, because it's just Rachel.
   I opened the door and saw no one was there. I looked down, and there was a note.
Look, I know about your little date with your girlfriend Rachel. Do as this note says, and follow the instructions, unless you want your pathetic girlfriend to die.
The first instruction is in your garden outside. Follow what it says, until you complete all of your quests.
- Your worst enemy
   Oh no.
   I rushed to the garden and saw a note lying there. Please don't do anything to Rachel, I thought.
   I picked up the note.
So you listened to what I said. Good choice.
   Your first quest is to get dressed in formal clothing. Actual formal clothing, not a thrasher tee shirt.
   I'm guessing this person must know me personally.
When you're done, grab milk and pour it all over yourself and scream " I am the one " all around the neighborhood. When you're done, look at your chairs next to your pool.
   Wait... are they asking me to ruin my formal clothing?? No way!!
   But... I have to do it for Rachel.
   I go upstairs into my room and find my old suit and tie from last year. I haven't grown much, so I put it on and it fit perfectly.
   I run to my kitchen and grab the gallon of milk my mom got a few nights ago. Did I mention where she is? Well, she's at work. Late shift.
   I go outside in front of my house and pour milk all over myself. It came out chunky.
   Great, expired milk all over me. Just what I needed.
   I did as the note was told, and screamed I am the one. I went to my pool and looked at the note on the chairs.
   Wow, you made it this far.
Your next task is to go to the local corner store and buy a ton of roses. Your next task will be waiting for you in your bathroom.
   Wait... so this person was inside of my house? Yep. I could be murdered.
   I went inside and grabbed $40, I don't know how expensive flowers are. I went to my local mini market which sounds ghetto but it's not, it's literally a grocery store so I don't know why it's called a mini market. Anyways.
   Me, being the weird person I am, walked into the mini market and tried to find roses. I also tried not to take long because I still had the suit on, although some of the milk came off because well, it's expired.
   I bought the roses and a ton of people were staring at me. If I were them, I'd probably call 911,because a 13 year old kid shouldn't be dressed in a suit with expired milk in a market all by himself. But anyways.
   I legit ran home and went straight into my bathroom. Surely enough, there was a note waiting for me.
Take a shower, you filthy animal.
   And then check your 3rd drawer on the right side in your bedroom.
   Uhh, awkward.
   Anyways, I took a shower. It felt good.
   And can I just say, expired milk is extremely hard to get out of your hair.
   When I was done showering, I dried myself off and looked in my drawers. I found a package of another suit, in my size. Weird. There were also dress shoes in my size.
   Put this on. Your next task is in the cabinet in your bathroom.
   I put on the suit and looked in my bathroom. The mirror was all foggy since I just took a shower.
   I looked in my cabinet and found my cologne and deodorant.
   Put this on, too. You don't want to be smelly.
   You might've noticed that there was a weird trace of leaves leading somewhere. Follow that trace of leaves and you'll know what to do from there. And don't forget your roses.
   Oh my God. This is it. They're planning for my funeral.
   The roses are for people to hold. And I'm in my suit because they didn't feel like dressing me. Lazy.
   I went outside and followed the leaves. It was getting kind of dark out, but not like pitch black. Just a tint of darkness.
   By the time I was finished following the leaves, I was facing a beautiful setting. There were lights and things strung around trees, but the view was amazing.
   Basically, I was up on a mountain top. The sky was the perfect shade of dark blue. But what was this for?
   I heard a familiar voice speak behind me.
" Jacob?"
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Yooo cliffhanger 😍😏
This chapter was so fun to write.
Anyways have an amazing day/night 💓💓
xx
Jane ( btw 900+ words w/o the a/n, be proud!)