Scream For Me

Chapter 5

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Terra sat in her room, papers scattered across her bed and a text book in her lap as she tapped a pencil against her lips.
She sighed and pushed away the papers, instead taking up her laptop.

The startup took a few moments and she looked over at the clock. It was already nearing eight and the sun had set about an hour ago.
Her stomach growled slightly. But she ignored it.
Her dad said that he would pick up pizza when he got out of his meeting since it would be just the two of them tonight because her mom would be working late at the station.

She stretched out and got to work on her entry for the school's blog. She selected two pictures for it and began to write.
Her fingers clicked against the keys loudly and her phone rang.
She ignored it for a moment, whoever it was could wait until she finished this sentence.

"Hello?"

there was silence for a moment.

"Hello?"

"Hey Terra!" Grey's voice came though the phone, chipper but soothing.
She smiled and shifted to hold the phone between her ear and shoulder as she continued to type.

"Your dad said I could come over for dinner tonight, you busy?"

"Just finishing up an article for the website, my dad will be home in like twenty minutes, why don't you come over now?"

"Sure, I'll be there in five minutes, love you."

"Love you too." She hung up and posted the update on the school website.

Five minutes ticked by quickly as she picked up her room, placing her papers back into her bag and the clothes scattered about the floor into the laundry basket.
She wound up on her bed with a sigh.
Her phone rang suddenly and she answered carelessly. "Yeah?"

"Ftttttfftttttt..."

she furrowed her eyebrows, what was that? Static continued to flitter though the speaker.

"Hello."

The voice was deep and gravelly and she felt like she had been dunked in ice water.

"Uh hello, who is this?"

"I don't know, who is this?" the voice was filled with a silent snicker.

"You tell me yours I tell you mine."

"You're mildly funny." She snorted.

"And you're mildly creepy."

"now, now don't be like that darling."

"'Darling'?"

"You look like a sweet heart, but I could be wrong." She paused in her pacing.

"What did you say?" her voice turned to stone.

"What?"

"What. Did. You. Say?"

"Just that you sounded sweet, though now I've been proven wrong."

"Listen here you creep! I am going to hang up and if you bother me again my boyfriend will hunt you down and kick your ass!"

She ended the call and continued her pacing, her breathing slightly labored and her heart racing.
It was like something out of Stab! her hone rang again and she answered before thinking. "hello?"

"Hello Terra, didn't you ever learn that its rude to hang up one people?"

"Leave me alone you sick mother fucker before I call the cops." She ended the call again, and it rang again a moment later.