CHAPTER 2
ALLYS POV
How could Eden do this to me? I am her best friend. We've known eachother since fourth grade. Whatever, I shouldn't be sulking about this. It's been three days, I should talk to her, I tell myself. At least one of my best friends still cares about me. But why is this all happening? My grandparents died last year, my parents are running low on money, they fight all the time, and one of my best friends went on a date with my crush. "Alison!" I hear my Mom yell. "One minute!" I yell back. But from her voice I can hear that its urgent. I run downstairs, and I see my Mom bent down, and she's clearly upset. My Dad has his hand on her shoulder. My Mom's voice is dead calm. She sits up in her chair then says, "Natalie's family is dead, and she has been kipnapped."
NATALIE'S POV
3 Days Earlier
Good night, sleep tight... Those words repeat in my head every day as I live in fear. I've told no one yet. Not even my parents. Not even Ally. Not even Eden. I too terrified to even hang out with any of them, lately. This fear is consuming me... Today Ally called me and asked me to go out to lunch with her and Eden. Of course I said no, but soon they'll become suspicious. I just don't want to hurt anyone. But as I think in my head, I know who to call. I close my eyes, and I see a perfect image of him. His sea green eyes, tan skin, blonde hair, all look perfect in my mind... Beep beep beep beep boop boop. "Hello?" I hear his familar deep voice. "Hi Liam."
"So let me get this straight," he says slowly, "You've been getting these wierd texts from a complete stranger for a whole month now and you haven't told anyone?!" he said with an alarmed voice. "Maybe?" I say. I can just imagine Liam's face. All of a sudden, theres a huge pause. "Liam?" I say. "Don't worry, I've called the police" he says.
Omg it was so embarassing... The police came to my house and asked me what was going on. I told them about the texts and how they were really creepy. I told them about all of the texts, even the only that said, "Don't worry, I will find you, then you'll be mine". It was awkward because it seemed like they came for no reason, but Liam was genuinely worried about me. The police looked kind of annoyed, because I had no real evidence, (I deleted the texts so my parents wouldnt se them), but I guess I was glad they came.
I woke up the next morning with about ten texts from Liam. I put on a cute black skater skirt paired with a white tank top and black gladiator sandals. Then I grabbed my phone and read the texts.
LIAM: Anything new?
LIAM: any new texts?
LIAM: natalie are you awake yet?
liam is such a good friend.
LIAM: natalie?
LIAM: hello?
LIAM: hey whats up?
LIAM: :)
LIAM: how are you?
LIAM: hi.
LIAM: text me when you wake up!
I smiled to myself.
NATALIE: hi good morning
LIAM: hey whats up?
NATALIE: thanks for checking on me :)
LIAM: mhm ;)
LIAM: wanna meet at church st. later?
LIAM: i need to tell you something
NATALIE: ok meet u there at 1.
I flipped my phone shut. I just hoped another one of my friends wouldn't get hurt.
