Silence and relaxation, are two of the best things this world has ever handed us. But as everyone knows those two things never last very long. "ZACK, you get your Butt down here young man" My mom yells this from downstairs, this can't be good. Without saying a word, I head towards the stairs and walk down to whatever awaits me.
"You got an F on a Calculus test, you never get this bad of grades ever since you hit college. You have a lot of explaining to do, young man.". My mom stands with her arms crossed, staring at me with an expression of anger, and constantly pushing back her long brunette hair out of her eyes.
"Mom, I have a lot going on right now and I lose focus in class at times". Which is the truth, with everything going on from my job to school to social life not being the worst parts. But instead being this secret that I have kept from her. The secret about this girl named Monica who seemed to randomly show up into my life. With phone calls that I have received once a day for the past couple of weeks. Saying -you don't know your past- then hangs up. And I'm afraid to try to get an explanation on the off chance that she ends up being yet another stalker in my life.I look back at my mom expecting an angry shout right away. I hate it when I can't come up with a good enough excuse right away. And I already know she's not going to take this line as a good enough excuse.
So then after what seems like an eternity. She says "This better not because of your job that I tell you to quit all the time or your so-called 'stalker', or even about that girl who Broke up with you. In which you have been upset about for already too long". That last line she said is what got to me and made me snap, " YOU have no idea what is going on in my life. I can't afford to quit my crappy job since you and dad barely can pay the bills and buy groceries. And I have told you before I'm over the breakup (which isn't completely true, nor a lie)". She then looks at me and tears start to form from her eyes, and that's when I knew that I screwed up.
"Listen, mom, I didn't mean that to sound harsh. I messed up and I promise that it won't happen again. I'll even go in and see if the professor can give me a redo on the test, okay?" My mom wipes the tears away from her eyes and then "That's all I ask, now go finish your homework,". With that, she walked away, and I went back up to my room.
When I made to my room and opened the door, my 'stalker' was laying on my bed and pretended to be asleep. This girl who I call my stalker whose real name is Rachael. Was someone I dated for a couple of weeks when I was on a break from my most recent ex. After I got back together with my ex, she left, and I didn't hear from her for a while. In till she out of no where came back into my life a day after my breakup was social media official. And she sent a message saying -Hey how are you feeling? -
Ever since then I have been stuck with this girl. And I felt too bad for the way I treated her way back when to completely get rid of her. "I know you're not asleep," I say to her in the most unamused tone. "You must kiss the girl to wake her" she whispers loud enough so I could hear her. "That's not happening, now get up and leave I need to study". And in saying that to her, I think about how she's not a bad looking girl. She's actually quite attractive with her long brunette hair, a smile that shows off her cute features and a skinny body with a curvy upper area that can make any man feel something. Plus being about a short 5 foot height, added to her beauty. Adding this scenario that I have been put into. I would be crazy to turn down the opportunity to play along. But I must tell myself that she's a nut, and I have dealt with crazy before in a relationship and I'm not going back.
She sits up and laughs while looking at me with her hazel eyes "Oh come on you know you want to play along". I look up at my ceiling to hide my red face that's probably forming. "Rachael, I received a lot of work, that I need to get done, and as much as I love seeing you. I have enough distractions as it is without a person breaking into my room and laying on my bed. She looks up at me and says, " aw you love seeing me, okay fine I'll leave,". Before I could comment on what was just said, she opens my window and starts maneuvering herself to climb out, "um... you can use the front door to leave". I say and she then replies with "Yea I could but I need to keep the practice up of getting in and out thru here. You know, for our secret romances that will happen in the future, Bye Zack". With that she left climbing down a tree right by my window and I went to close and once again lock the window.
*Sigh* She is nuts to myself I thought to myself, how the heck did I get in this situation. Hmm though I do wonder if she might be that Monica person. It wouldn't be the strangest thing that she has ever done to me. And with that thought, my phone call of the day happened. I answer like usual because if I don't the number will keep calling. And for some reason, I can't keep the phone number blocked.
Now the message I received, started off different than usual. "Hello Zack, are you still hung up about the photos I deleted or the messages about your past I keep telling you. Well I have some breaking news, that is more so a clue for a game. You can choose to learn or ignore, and this time if you ignore I'll leave you alone forever." Stunned, confused, and didn't know what to say so I went with "tell me then I'll decide". The voice was quiet and then "Your friends around you are lying to you about your past. They claim to be protecting you from the horrors of your past. One of your friends who is a female with red hair has one of the photos I deleted from your computer. This contains info on me, and when you find me I'll tell you everything. It's your choice, do you pursue or ignore everything I said,".
With that, she hung up and I was stuck in the dark wondering what I should do, does it matter if my past is a lie, what happened that was so bad, etc... the questions went on.
To end this moment of deep thought my phone vibrated with a text message. It was from an out of an area that deleted right after I looked at it.-Good luck-
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Monica Who?
Mystery / ThrillerHaving a Breakup, Stalker, trashy part-time job, and School are all tough to deal with. For Zack, this is just a normal day he has to deal with. And he wishes that was all he had to handle. Because now On top of all this, he's handed a mystery that...
