Oh, God.
Oh… my God.
My phone slips from between my fingers and clatters onto the step between my feet. My vision whites out.
“Hey—what—” I hear the scrape of my phone against wood, and I reach out blindly, taking it back from Kane and shoving it against my thudding chest, hoping that he didn’t see a thing.
“Mads?” he inquires, his voice a soft wave through the rushing of blood through my ears.
“I gotta go,” I squeak out, and before he can answer, I scramble to my feet and rush inside. I take the stairs two at a time until I’m in my room with the door lockedbehind me, back pressed against it and chest still heaving like I ran a marathon.
With my eyes scrunched shut, I slowly pull my phone away from my chest to stare down at the screen. It lights up, showing me my basic blue background and the time—11:27pm.
But I’m scared.
I know what’s behind that lockscreen.
But what if it’s not real?
What if I made it up?
That makes the next breath come a little easier. I’m so worked up and scared, my mind is conjuring things that aren’t really there just to rile me up. I’m too tired. I’ve barely been sleeping, and my brain is playing tricks on me.
That’s gotta be what this is.
With renewed confidence, I unlock my phone and promptly swallow my tongue. Because no.
I was wrong.
So very,verywrong.
Static is real.
And he won’t leave me alone.
Why won’t he leave me alone?
I want to cry. The tears burn the backs of my eyes, traveling down to my nose, and even making my chin wobble, but they don’t fall. They just glass over my eyes until the screen in front of me distorts and eventually turns black once more.
Before I even realize what I’m doing, I’m texting him back, renewed fire burning in my veins.
Me:
You need to leave me alone.
It’s marked as read instantly, and I nearly drop my phone insurprise. Knowing he’s looking at the same thing I am at the same time does something uncomfortable to my stomach.
Three little dots appear for a moment before his next text swishes through.
Unknown:
You dont want that do you
Brows furrowed, I type back:
Yes, I do.
Unknown:
