Chapter 1

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"Why isn't he picking up his phone?" I say in frustration as a call to my boyfriend goes straight to voicemail.

I have called him at least 10 times now. I'm starting to get really worried. Rain starts to fall and hit against my bedroom window. Thoughts race through my mind as I start to pace back and forth.

"Fuck it. I'll just go to his house. Maybe he's just asleep or maybe he's busy. I need to calm down" I mumble to myself under my breath.

I hurriedly put on my coat and and shoes and grab my phone and keys and quickly stuff them into my pocket. After quickly locking the door of my house, I speed walk down the sidewalk in the rain to my boyfriend's house.

After about 20 minutes, Josh's (my boyfriend) house comes into view. I jog up to his house and start to knock on the door. I stop myself and stand there.

"I'll...just use the key." I say as I pull the key from my pocket. I slowly unlock the door and walk inside.

I walk into the living room to find it completely empty. I check the kitchen to find nothing but 2 plates of half eaten food on the table.

"Wait...2 plates? There's no way this was all for him. And if it was then why put it on two plates..?" I think to myself.

I slowly tiptoe up the stairs to Josh's bedroom. I stop and listen. I can hear the TV turned on in Josh's room.

"Maybe he had a friend over?" I think to myself.

I slowly open his bedroom door to see Josh in bed with another [girl/boy/person]. I stand there in complete shock.

"Y/N!! It's not what it looks like!" Josh says in a panicked tone.

"Josh what the fuck?! After all this time I've been loyal to you, you go and sleep with another [girl/boy/person]?!!" I scream looking back and forth between the two.

"Y/N. I promise it isn't what it looks like. Let me explain please" he pleaded, the [girl/boy/person] not saying anything.

"I don't even wanna hear it. We're done." I say as I walk out of the room with Josh calling after me.

I run out of the house after getting down the stairs, tears swelling in my eyes. It's raining extremely heavily as I walk down the side walk. Tears stream down the sides of my face as the rain and thunder get worse. In the middle of my thought, I see a dark figure out of my peripheral walking on the other side of the street.

"Another person? Why would they be walking out in the rain? I mean I'm walking in the rain but I wonder.." I think to myself as I slowly turn to look at the figure.

The figure was no longer there. It had disappeared.

"Huh?.. I could've sworn I saw someone.." I mutter.

I stop and turn around completely, seeing no one. I shrug and continue walking home. After about 2 more minutes of walking, I hear the subtle sound of footsteps amongst the heavy rain. Nervously, I quicken my pace, hearing the footsteps behind me also quicken in pace.

I quickly turn around prepared to see someone walking behind me. But there was no one. No one was behind me at all.

"What..? But I could've sworn.." I mumble, looking around.

I start jogging home as the wind starts to blow harshly. Just as my house slowly comes into view, I hear loud footsteps thudding behind me. Running. And fast too. I break into a sprint to my front door, keys in hand.

As soon as I get to my front door, I unlock it as fast as I can. The footsteps get closer and closer as I unlock the door and hurry inside.

Slamming the door closed, I quickly lock the door and back away from it.

"What the fuck.." I mutter as I slowly make my way upstairs to their room.

Trying to forget what happened, I grab my clothes and towel to get ready to take a shower. I enter the bathroom and set down my clothes and towel. I remove my clothes and turn on the shower's hot water.

I step into the shower, almost immediately relieved to feel the hot water running over my skin. As I enjoy my shower, I hear a loud thud coming from somewhere in the house.

I nervously look out from behind the shower curtain. I turn off the shower and quickly dry off. After putting on my clothes, I cautiously look out from the bathroom room.

Seeing nothing, I quietly make my way downstairs to see if the noise had come from there. As I get to the bottom of the stairs, I see one of my old high school books had been knocked down from the higher shelf in the living room.

"It's just a stupid book, Y/N. Calm down" I mutter to myself as I go to put it back.

I put the book back on the shelf and makes my way back upstairs. Feeling tired, I get ready for bed. I crawl into bed and check my phone. 8:43 PM.

"No way am I going to sleep right now. Maybe a bit of TV won't hurt." I think to myself as I pick up the remote.

I turn on the TV and browse through different channels to see if anything good is on. I finally find a channel that seems good enough to watch. Yawning, I eventually get bored of the channel.

Just as I was about to turn the channel, the TV slowly starts to switch between slight static and back to normal.

"You've got to be kidding me. Please don't tell me there's something wrong with the TV" I huff out in annoyance.

After a while, the TV completely goes back to normal. I yawn again and slowly drifts off to sleep with the TV still on.

I open my eyes to see a dimly lit room with a hooded figure sitting in front of me. It's...the person who was chasing after me while I was walking home. I slowly walk forward towards the figure.

"Hey. Who is that??? Why were you following me???" I question the figure cautiously. I get no response.

I slowly walk closer, holding my hand out to touch the figure. As I try to touch the figure's shoulder, my hand goes straight through them. The place I tried to touch was...glitching? It had become somewhat static as it reformed.

The figure slowly started to fade away and eventually disappear, leaving my alone in this dark room. The room that was eerily silent started to fill with loud white noise.

"Hello??" I yell as loud as I could. The white noise was so loud that I could barely hear myself.

As the white noise gets louder and louder, I feel my consciousness start to fade. My eyelids feel heavy as my eyes start to ring. Everything fades to black as I lose consciousness.

I wake up in a cold sweat. That was all just I dream?.. It felt so real. I turn and look at my clock. 9:23 AM. It's still fairly early so I decide to get up and get dressed. My stomach growls as I'm getting dressed.

"I should probably head to the diner." I say quietly to myself.

My outfit for the day is a black, baggy band tee and some ripped skinny jeans. I put on a pair of my black platform boots and look at myself in the mirror.

"...good enough." I say as I yawn and stretch.

I put my phone and wallet in my back pocket and walk downstairs. I grab my jacket and keys and make my way to the diner.


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