Emerson POV
Tuesday
"Right" I swung right. "Left" my fist hit the punching bag hard. "Right" Archer yelled louder. "Left" I hit even harder this time. "Okay, take a break" he handed me a water bottle."Thanks" I said out of breath. I took a couple of sips, before putting the cap back on. I sat the bottle down to my right.
"We should talk about what happened yesterday" Archer said throwing light punches at the bag.
"There's nothing more to talk about" I stood up from the bench. "I told you that I handled it" I walked over to him.
"I know you did" he kept his gaze on the punching bag. "I want to know what he did to make you have to handle him" he was throwing harder punches now.
"He was being a typical guy" I shrugged my shoulders. "It's not a big deal" I rolled my eyes.
"Em, tell me what happened exactly" he yelled. "I'm sorry" he sighed, Archer walked over to me. "I just want to know what exactly happened" his hands were pressed against his hips.
"He forced me against a wall, then he started putting his hands on me" I stared at the ground. "I left to go outside and he followed me" Archers hand pushed my chin up.
"Did he try anything else?" I shook my head no; making Archer relax a bit. "This wasn't your fault" he said with sorrow in his voice.
"Was it my fault the first time?" I said in a monotone voice. He shook his head pulling me into his chest. "We should get back to it" I pulled away from him, walking over to the punching bag.
(8:30 pm)
My phone buzzed as soon as I stepped out of the shower. I wrapped my towel tighter around me before grabbing my phone off of the sink.A-*we should study tomorrow after school*
E-*yeah, my house?*
A-*sure, how does six sound?*
E-*sounds good for me*
A-*great, well I'm off to bed*
E-*same here*I laid my phone down to grab my clothes off of the closed hamper lid. I slipped my clothes on, throwing my towel into the hamper. I opened the door to the bathroom to go back to my room. I crawled into bed laying my phone on my night stand next to me.
I pulled my covers up to my neck and turned onto my left side. Before I got comfortable my phone buzzed again. I sat up thinking It was Archer saying goodnight.
Unknown-*you look good in those shorts*
E-*who is this?*
Unknown-*guess*
E-*okay Archer, stop playing games*
Unknown-*nope, not Archer*
E-*seriously stop it*
Unknown-*are you scared?*
E-*no, who is this?*
Unknown-*you'll find out soon*I started to panic, I decided to call Archer to see if it was a prank. "You think you're so funny" I said as soon as he picked up.
"Huh?" He said in a sleepy voice. "What do you mean?" My heart fell to my stomach.
"Please tell me that was you texting me" I stood up from my bed to check my window. The curtain was open on one side, I quickly shut it and ran back to my bed.
"Em what's going on?" Archers voice sounded concerned. I couldn't think straight my mind was racing. "Em?" Archer yelled over the phone.
"I'm here" I looked around my dark room. "Arch, I think someone is in my house" I said quietly. Archers side of the phone made a loud shuffling sound.
"Em listen to me" he sounded like he was scared. "Are you home alone?" I hummed as a response. "Okay, are you in your room?" I hummed again. "Alright, get up and lock your bedroom door" a door shut on his side. "Don't leave the room, I'm on my way" I did as he said.
I sat still on my bed till Archer arrived. When he got into my room I showed him the text. "I have no idea who it's coming from" I said worried.
"It's probably some little kids playing a prank" he tossed my phone to my bed. "There's nothing to worry about" he sat down at the end of my bed.
"Just to be safe, will you stay the night?" He smirked, I walked over to him. I wrapped my arms around his neck.
"Anything for you" I smiled before kissing him. His hands pulled my waist closer to him. I laughed into our kiss; making us pull apart.
"We should go to bed, I have school tomorrow" I yawned crawling into bed. Archer took off his shoes and shirt before crawling over next to me.
"I love you Em" I heard Archer whisper just before I fell asleep. The whole night I tossed and turned with bad dreams.
A/n who do you think is the mysterious person?
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