My stalker

Chapter 25

“You had me on the list too?” Oliver asked, clearly amused and I nodded. A week passed since Sophia and Oliver went on their date and they’re actually adorable together. They talked everything out and both of them wanted to give it a try.

Michelle and Adam did break up and neither of them talked to me much about it. Michelle was obviously sad but said she just needed time, which I understood. Adam just avoided me as the plague. I personally thought that was a smart move…

Anyway, when Oliver came to sit with us for lunch, Sophia decided to tell him everything about the stalker.

“Who else is on the list?” he asked and Sophia quickly summed it up “Now just Adam, Alexander and Jason”.

“Yeah, I thought it was you for a long time”, Sarah stated and he curiously turned to her, his hand still cutely holding Sophia’s.

“And why is that?”

“I just always found it fishy that you knew where Ella lived”, she said and I started thinking how I never even noticed that. Oliver laughed and spoke again “Of course I knew, she literally lives across the street from Eric” Hold up, what?

“How am I only finding this out now?” I asked baffled.

“It’s not like he’s home a lot, he’s almost always with his girlfriend”, Oliver shrugged. Still, how could I not know that?

“So it could be Eric again? He could have easily been there with the towel dare”, Sophia started thinking. It’s true. If he lives on the other side of the street, it shouldn’t have been to hard to see me in the window.

“Towel dare?” Oliver asked.

“They asked her to stand naked in front of the window”, Sarah quickly told him before he started laughing.

“Wait, but Eric has a girlfriend”, I said, thinking back at the conversation I had with him and James.

“Believe me, it isn’t him. When did you receive the dare?” Oliver said, clearly knowing more than we did. I quickly opened my phone and searched for the date of the dare. What does it matter?

“The 4th of September”, I told him, my eyebrows scrunched together. He started smirking and turned to Sarah, who just had the same expression as us.

“Sarah, the 4th of September”, Oliver repeated as Sophia and I just stupidly looked at him. She still looked confused and he asked again “Where were we then?”

“Oh my god”, she suddenly gasped, her eyes turning big. What’s with the 4th of September?

“What?” Sophia and I said together, while Oliver still looked at us with a big smile

“I know who it is”, Sarah whispered.

“No way”, I said while Sophia immediately started bombarding her with questions “Who is it? How do you even know?”

“Oh my god”, she started smiling while Oliver nodded his head “I know right, didn’t see that coming”

“What’s the 4th of September?” Sophia asked louder, softly hitting Oliver shoulder.

“Eric’s birthday”, Oliver explained but I just looked at Sara, waiting for her to tell me who it is.

“I’m not telling you”, she told me, a small smirk on her face as well. For real?

“Are you serious?” I asked her and she just nodded. Biiitccchhh

“Wait, but isn’t it just Jason then? He’s Eric’s friend”, Sophia said but Oliver butted in “Alexander and Adam were there as well. They’re all on the football team together”

“But it could still be him”, Sophia narrowed her eyes, trying to get a reaction out of him but nothing.

And that leaves me, yet again, NOWHERE…

“Hey Daniel”, Sophia suddenly yelled, making me turn around. Him and Matthew were walking by, both their head now turned our direction.

“What?” he asked her as they stopped next to the end of our table.

“Have you seen Jason?” Sophia asked, looking at me. She’s getting antsy about this as well, I see.

“Sorry, I don’t have his tracker on me”, he spoke sarcastically, clearly annoyed and just walked away from the table. I really just don’t understand this dude, why am I even trying?

“What’s up with him?”, Oliver asked while pointing in the direction Daniel just disappeared in.

“He failed for the math test”, Matthew chuckled, Oliver doing the same “i***t”.

“Anyway, Alexander invited us all to a party next week, thanks to Ella”, Matthew said, giving me a stupid wink.

“He just has a soft spot for her. Literally, he’s a pig to every other girl”, Sophia pouted, Oliver putting his arm around her and whispered something in her ear that made her giggle instantly.

“So, are we all going?” Matthew looked between all of us when I felt my phone go off, the feeling in my stomach already telling me who it is…

-Ready for your dare Clark? – unknown

I tried to hide my smile, for once trying to have this conversation without everyone spying.

-Ready as I’ll ever be –

-Go to the chemistry room on the second floor – unknown

Do you know the feeling when you’re scared but intrigued at the same time for something…

“Gotta go, see you all after school”, I stoop up, getting a few looks from them but just took of before any of them could ask. I followed the hallway and walked up the stairs to the second floor while I started feeling all tingly inside. It’s annoying that I’m feeling like this without knowing who it is, it’s just thrilling and exciting.

I turned the corner and walked up the chemistry room, taking a big breath before opening the door. Hesitantly stepping in, I noticed no one and just went to sit on one of the tables.

-I’m there –

-Good, I need you to cover your eyes with something… – unknown

Uhm, that’s slightly alarming…

-Why? First tell me why –

I typed and felt nervous, waiting for a reply.

-I want a hug but since we’re still playing the game, you’ll have to hide those pretty eyes from me– unknown

And just there, my heart starting beating a lot faster than the normal. Why am I feeling like this for a goddamn hug?

-You trust me I won’t look? –

-I trust you, so cover up princess – unknown

I laid the phone down and took another deep breath, taking out my scarf I had in my bag. I put it around my eyes, tying it together while I felt my hands softly shake. I’m nervous… I’m actually nervous for this…

Standing up, I proceeded to wait while my heart continued to go wild in my chest. The door opening, made me inhale sharply while I just waited. For a while it just stayed quiet but I could feel someone was in the room with me.

He probably won’t talk so I guess that’ll leave the talking to me…

“Can you at least not be awkward and stand in front of me”, I said, holding my hand out forward. The sound of footsteps coming my way followed and a hand was placed into mine. His big hand completely engulfed mine and it felt reassuring and nerve racking at the same time.

“Squeeze once for yes, two for no”, I spoke and I felt them gently squeeze my hand once. Good.

“I guess you’re really no forty year old dude catfishing me then”, I joked and I felt his breath softly fanning my face, as I imagined him laughing with that. Again he squeezed my hand once. Well, I’m happy with that.

“So I heard you were in need of a hug”, I said with a smile and received again a yes.

“Well, by all means”, I spoke and held my arms open to my sides. For a few moment nothing happened and I was ready to drop my arms when two arms circled around me waist. I awkwardly, since I couldn’t see anything, moved my arms around until I was able to put them around him as well. I heard him exhale deeply and it made me smile, thinking we could both relax for a moment. I placed me head on his chest and I could feel his heart beat, chuckling when I felt it booming in his chest as well. He was incredibly tall though and I also guess he has a pretty good physique since his arms feel pretty muscular.

“I’m not complaining”, I purred and I felt them slowly rub my back up and down. This feels crazy. Blindfold or not, anyone would agree with me that this isn’t just a hug shared between friends.

“Are we friends?” I asked and chuckled as I felt three squeezes.

“What’s that? A maybe?”, I asked and he gave me a yes.

“So what does that mean? You want to be friends?” I asked and received two squeezes. No.

“What do you want to be then?” I spoke lowly, pretty sure they shouldn’t be able to hear it.

“Are you okay?” I whispered when his arms slightly tightened and felt again three squeezes.

So maybe he’s okay? Right…

“Well, I would ask why but I don’t think you can explain by squeezing my hand”, I spoke and I felt him slowly step back which immediately put a pout on my face.

I heard something for a few seconds, pretty sure he was writing something, and waited for his next action but it stayed quiet again. The room fell completely silent and I could just hear my own breath.

For a minute I thought he left until I felt his breath fanning down on my face. He’s close, real close…

“What are yo-“ I started but shut up when his lips shortly pressed against mine. It lasted only a few moment but he’s lucky he made me put on a blindfold since my eyes were wide open. Did he just kiss me? He did… He f*****g kissed me.

The sound of the door closing made me rip of the scarf of my head but I was just met with the empty classroom again… Fuck

I looked at the desk next to me and saw a paper, something written on it.

You drive me crazy Clark because you make me happy but confused at the same time…