The End

Chapter 1: Who Are You

Cierra's Point of View

The Carolina winds howl on this summer evening. The bathtub water running soothing my mind as I light a few candles to relax. After letting my body soak in the water for twenty minutes I stand up and reach for a towel. A ding is heard from another room as I enter my bedroom to see my phone. Liv has texted me asking to go to another party tonight as school just let out. I respond with a simple no because my boyfriend Jake is coming over to watch a movie as my parents are out of town in the Maldives. Once my clothes are on I walk briskly to the back glass wall and stare out to the blue waters. A sudden ding echoes throughout my house as I walk to the front door to let Jake in. 

"Hey what's up babe", he asks and then kisses me on the cheek and continues to enter my house. 

I shut the door and continue to walk down the hallway where Jake is already making himself comfortable and laying on the coach. I smile and bite my lip and jump onto him and we start to kiss. Suddenly something falls to floor. I peek my head over to find coke inside a little small bag. "Wow, who gave this to you Daniel?" 

He lifts himself up as I fall back a little. He picks it off the ground, "I promise I am not using again, I swear", he claims as his romantic tone went to a serious one in a flash. 

"Then why do you have this? You promised me you would stop after what happened last time, you got so crazy on the LSD that you tried to kill me then yourself! I had to save you that fucking night so you could continue living your perfect life!" I yell at him now disappointed. I get off the sofa and stand up pointing at the door telling him to get out. 

He gets up and hugs me, then whispers "I would never ever want to hurt you! I promise!", he kisses my neck but I push him off. He mouths sorry as no words came out just a tear from my eyes. He walks out and I shut the door behind him. I storm off upstairs in tears. 

It is now nighttime and I finally decide to go the party that Liv is going to. I grab my small purse and spray a little perfume on myself. I check my phone to see that I got a text that makes my heart drop and my blood run cold. My parents texted that I need to lock the doors someone is outside. I grip my phone tight as I rush to each door and window to lock them. 

Now satisfied I smile and decide to go the party and just leave the house, hoping it was some random neighbor or something. As I walk to the front door I get another text. It reads, why are you leaving you don't want to stay a little longer? It is from unknown. 

I respond back frantically, who are you creep, are you outside my house? 

They respond, No. 

I text back in all caps LEAVE ME ALONE! 

They say I am in your house. 

My eyes widen and my heart feels like it's in my stomach! I run to front door and when I try to unlock it someone throws me back to the floor. "Fuck", I yell as I crawl scared eventually finding myself back on my feet. I glance back to notice the person wearing a black hood with a black mask with a red X running through it. Not looking I almost run into the glass back wall. Then the killer charges me right through it.

I scream as the glass shatters into a million pieces, the entire million glass pieces feeling like they are all poking and piercing my skin. We both fall onto the wooden deck. I army crawl to the stairs but the man kicks me down it. I feel a rib crack at the bottom. 

I yell and scream so loud! "Fuck you asshole", I shout barely getting the words out as it is hard to breathe. He tilt's his head and then I notice their knife. My adrenaline kicks in and I rise up holding my rib cage. The man in the costume grabs me and puts on arm around my neck. I scream, I hit and I kick but the man doesn't budge at all. I start to choke and breathing is almost impossible at this point. My feet are dangling off the ground; frantically I elbow the man in the gut. I grab my phone out of my pocket and dial 911.