My stalker

Chapter 7

The rest of the weekend went by in a blur. I don’t remember anything from Friday after getting drinks with Oliver, thanks alcohol… I just know that I woke up in my bed with a huge headache and Sophia laying next to me. When she woke up, she immediately started apologizing for ditching me. After I told her it was okay like a hundred times, she told me Liam had called her at the party and he told her he had found me hanging over a toilet bowl, throwing up… Great first impression, right… He had brought the both of us back to my house since he hadn’t been drinking and had even carried me upstairs.

So, right now I’m trying to come up with a thank you / apology for Liam as Michelle and I are making our way to school. But I first have to find him though but then I remembered he was supposedly besties with Adam. I quickly grab my phone to send him a text.

-Hey weirdo, are you with Liam? I need to talk to him-

-Yeah, we’re in the parking lot babe ;) - Adam

Okay, here goes nothing.

After a few more minutes we arrive and Michelle and I make our way over to Liam and Adam.

“Hey babe”, Adam says as he wraps his arm around my cousin’s waist. As the two of them start chatting I turn to Liam and clear my throat to get his attention.

“Hey Liam, could I talk to you?” I ask him, nervously looking down.

“Of course, I meant to ask you how you were doing anyway”, he said, genuinely concerned.

“I’m okay. I just wanted to say sorry and thank you for helping on Friday . Not really a great first impression”, I whispered the last part.

“Hey don’t mention it. Plus I only found you, someone else was with you before I found you” he told me. Who helped me then?

“Do you know who?”

“No, you were alone when I found you but you kept telling me about this ‘prince charming’ who helped you to the bathroom and held your hair. You even called it romantic”, he chuckled.

“Damn” I look down embarrassed.

“It wasn’t that bad, I’m just happy you’re okay” he said and flashed me his perfect white teeth.

“Plus, you looked gorgeous Friday”, he added but it didn’t sound creepy. It really felt as a compliment

“Than-“, I started but got interrupted.

“Hey neighbor”, I hear behind us. I look behind me and see Ethan coming towards us.

“Well, I'll see you later Ella”, Liam smiled and walked towards the school entrance with Adam and Michelle.

I turn around and he immediately throws his arm around my shoulder.

“What’s up drama queen?”  I say while trying to keep a straight face. Key, trying…

“Well prepare for a lot of drama, caaaussse we have history together and it’s too early for that boring s**t”, he said and we made our way to the history class.

He was most certainly right though. I almost fell asleep two times so I think it’s safe to say this is the worst class to get on a Monday morning. As if an hour of that torture wasn’t enough, the teacher decided that we had to make a report on a given subject that needed to be finished by the end of the week. Luckily it was in teams and me and Ethan got the French revolution, which is not that bad.

“Is it okay to work on it tomorrow after school?” Ethan asked me as we started putting away our stuff.

“Sounds good”

“Great. What class do you have next?” He looked at me and we both made our way out of the classroom.

“I have recess now. You?”

“Math… So I guess I’ll see you later?”

“Sure”, I answered him and grabbed my phone to text Sophia since we had recess together.

“Pray for me”, he joked before turning around and going to his next class.

Sophia and I met up on the schoolyard and sat on one of the benches. It was great weather anyway, not a single cloud in the sky. We both were leaning back enjoying the sun and we watched as the sports team was playing football. I recognized Liam, Adam and James, who I remembered from one of the photos Sophia had shown me. Speaking of Sophia, she was keeping a very close eye on Alexander who was also amongst the players.

“So what’s the deal with you and Oliver?” I curiously asked her as I thought back at Oliver’s stupid story.

“He’s shitty”, she answered and kept looking forward.

“Well, he told me you have this huge crush on him”, I told her which seemed to have grabbed her attention.

“No, I don’t”, she said super quickly, her eyebrows furrowed. Her reaction told me the exact opposite.

“Oh my god, he was right. So were you friends with all them as well?”

“Okay look, I did really like him and maybe I still do. But he used to tease and flirt with me but every time I would show interest, he backed off. He just saw me as a friend but the flirting was really messing with my head so I kind of took some distance from him which meant also from the rest of the group”, she said and I instantly felt for her.

“Well who needs boys anyway”, I try to lighten the mood.

“Damn right, sister”, she smiles at me and turns back to the boys.

I did not see that coming. Oliver didn’t seem like that kind of guy to me, I don’t think that he really knows she seriously likes him.

As I turn my attention back to the boys as well I hear my phone go off. I calmly turn around and grab it from the table, opening the message.

-Hey Clark, glad to see you’re doing better today- unknown

Not this s**t again...

-Are you going to tell me who you are now?-

-You should just call me prince charming like you did on Friday ;)- unknown

No f*****g way, he was with me in the bathroom.

-f**k off dude-

-You should be happy I helped you, Clark. I found you literally lying on the floor in the hallway, talking to yourself. Even brought you to the bathroom when you felt sick. You’re really hurting my feelings here, princess… - unknown

Fucking hell, I really made a fool of myself Friday… The worst part is that I don’t remember any of this. Typical…

-Maybe I would be thankful if I knew who the f**k you are-

-Well, let’s play my game now then?- unknown

-Can’t your annoying ass just leave me alone-

-Let’s do it like this. If you find out who I am through the game,  I’ll leave you alone - unknown

-That’s stupid, why would I do that? –

Before I could read his reply, my phone got snatched out of my hand.

“Hey, what are you doing?” I say, reaching out for my phone but she’s already busy reading my messages.

“Who the hell is this guy?” she asks me as she looks up from my phone and hands it back.

“I don’t know, he’s been texting me since Friday”

“You should totally play though”, she says as a playful expression makes it’s way to her face.

“What, why would I?”

“Come on, this could be super exciting”, she whines and opens the new message.

-Because like you said, I can be really annoying :) – unknown

I look up to see Sophia’s hopeful expression and then back to the text. Should I? When it goes to far or I feel creeped out, I can always just block them…

“Fine, but I’m involving you. If I, in the end get kidnapped, then you will as well”, I give up.

“DEAL”, she shouts as if I didn’t just mention kidnap… I just roll my eyes and type a reply with Sophia literally breathing in my neck.

-Fine, but I want a tip-

-I’ll give you ONE tip, the rest you will have to gather from our little game - unknown-

-You can take out the randoms on your list. We already had interactions, besides our bathroom meeting then of course.   - unknown

-That’s specific… So we talked?-

- Well, interacting could go from talking, to bumping into each other or even just acknowledging each other. I’ll put it like this, you most definitely remember my name… - unknown

“Any ideas?”, Sophia asks me.

“I really have no idea…”

“Just think, starting from Friday morning. Who did you ‘interact’ with and know their name”, Sophia says and I start thinking back to the past few days.

“Well, first Adam, but he wouldn-”

“Don’t leave them out just because you’re not sure”, Sophia tells me and I continue.

“Alexander from when I was with you and I met Ethan at the party. Then I guess Oliver, Jason, Daniel and maybe Eric from when I went with Sarah. And lastly Liam”, I say, trying to recall everything.

“So, then it’s Adam, Alexander, Ethan, Oliver, Jason, Daniel, Eric or Liam? Yeah, that tip isn’t clearing it up for me”, Sophia speaks and shakes her head.

I sigh as she takes my phone out of my hand and starts typing a reply. I just scoot over to see what she’s typing.

-That’s an awfully vague tip. Anyway, what’s this special game you want to play?-

-I’ll tell you later, maybe when one of your little friends isn’t responding for you. Anyway, enjoy the rest of the day, princess - unknown

How did he know I wasn’t typing? Sophia seemed to have the same question as we both start franticly looking around but nobody was outside except for us and a few other girls who were enjoying the sun as well. The football players had already left the field it seemed as the next classes were almost starting anyway.

“Well Ella, you’ve got yourself a stalker”, Sophia states as she stands up to go inside.

“Yeah, thanks to you. You made me say yes to playing”, I stand up as well and point a finger at her.

“Calm down princess. Let’s just enjoy the rest of the day, shall we?”, Sophia jokes but I just glare at her as we make our way to the next class.