I held my breath and then loud knocking followed. I jumped back and now my heart was racing even faster than before.
"Jenn? Are you in there?"came the voice on the other side of the door.
I shot my eyes towards the door and I quickly opened it up.
"Ash!!!!".
"Jenn, are you alright?! You worried me when you didn't open the door right away".
I breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, I'm fine, I just got off the phone with Luke".
"Oh good, so you know about the Australian Stalker then?".
"Yes I do. I saw it in the news and then Luke called after the report was done".
He quickly pulled me into a tight hug.
"I don't want to go on tour, I would much rather stay here and make sure you're safe. The other guys agree".
"I'll be fine, don't worry. I'm tough".
"Yeah but you know that doesn't matter if he pulls out a knife or a gun".
I let a smile leak out as I patted him on the shoulder.
"Tell Michael & Calum I'll be just fine".
He did the same thing.
"I will. We'll come see you before we leave".
"You better" I said jokingly as we both laughed.
~The next evening~
"Oh my god Mikey!!!! You stink!!!!" Ashton exclaimed.
"Well I'm not going to keep my farts in, I don't want gas pain" he said matter of factly.
He laughed when he saw Ash plug his nose and walk out of the living room.
"You'd think he'd be used to it, being on tour with him and all" I said.
"The way that he stinks, no one ever gets used to it" replied Calum.
"I know what I'm getting Ash for Christmas" I joked.
"You should get Michael an ass plug" Ash yelled from the kitchen.
I burst out laughing, so did Luke from behind me. He wrapped his arms around mine and pulled me in close to him.
"Hey Ashton, you coming back in to visit with us?" called Luke.
"It depends, does Mikey's ass smell less like eggs now?" he asked.
Mikey burst out laughing. He got up and walked into the kitchen quietly. He walked up behind Ashton and grabbed his shoulders. We could hear him scream from the living room, it pierced our ears.
Just then there was a loud knock at the door, making all 5 of us jump. I looked at the clock on the wall, 12:00am.
"Ash.......Michael.........." my voice shook with fear.
Ashton & Michael quickly but quietly came back into the living room. They too looked at the clock.
"Who the hell could be at the door at midnight?!" Michael whispered.
We all shrugged our shoulders.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.
They were a lot louder this time.
Luke held me tighter.
"What do we do?!" I said a little too loud.
Luke clamped his hand over my mouth to silence me.
"Shhhh babe" he whispered in my ear.
More knocking again but consistently this time, over and over again. I squeezed my eyes tightly. Luke's hand still over top of my now trembling lips. All of a sudden the knocking just stopped.
A few minutes passed and all we heard was silence. Luke let go of my mouth. I had tears in my eyes.
BAM BAM BAM BAM.
The last 4 thundering knocks came and went in a matter of 2 seconds. Our hearts were racing like you wouldn't believe.
Calum stood up.
"Come on let's just get away from the windows" he said.
"I wanna close the drapes" I said.
"No babe, we can't go anywhere near the open windows. We don't know whose out there" Michael comforted.
He walked over and pulled me into a tight hug as tears fell from my hazel eyes.
"Please" I begged. "I don't want them to see us".
"Michael's right Jenn, there's a really good chance that they'll be able to see us if we go anywhere near the windows" Luke agreed.
"We'll head to the back room. That way we can hear if the knocking stops for good or if this sick person is going to continue being a prick or not. We'll also, of course, stay hidden and out of sight there too" said Ash.
We waited there for probably 10 minutes and there was no knocking. We slowly emerged from the back room and I slowly and carefully walked up to the window to close it. It wasn't until I saw the figure standing outside, that I screamed. The figure turned to look.
"Jenn!!!!" Ash hurried over putting his arms around my waist.
"What the...." he looked out the window. "Oh, it's just Jack....".
Luke swung open the door.
"Jack!!!! What are you doing?!".
"Uhhh I just got off work and wanted to come see you guys before you head back out on tour. I asked Ben if he wanted to come but he was already asleep....are you guys alright?".
"How long have you been standing there for?" Michael asked.
"I just got here....how come?".
"So you weren't knocking, trying to scare us all?" Calum asked.
"Guys, I told you I just got off work and just arrived here. I didn't knock at all, Luke opened the door before I even got the chance to. Plus I haven't seen anything or anybody out here".
The 5 of us just stared at each other as Jack walked into the house.
