My Psycho Best Friend

Chapter 16

    All last night, I could not sleep. I just kept thinking about the figure I saw in the parking lot. The thought creeped in that it could be Ian. But I ran far away. We have not even told Ryder’s dad where we are. Just in case Ian would try to find us. In these past months, I have not seen or heard Ian. I was starting to feel safe again. But I cannot let my fears get to me.

    3 weeks later…

    Today, we are finally moving into our new house. With only two months till the baby comes, we can now start getting ready in a permanent home. Something that Ryder and I worked so hard the last few months. We picked up extra shifts and saved where we could. Now I think I can feel more ready for the baby to come. Next thing on my to do list is to buy everything I need for the baby and to decorate the nursery.

     2 days later…

    I found a doctor that I could see that worked with my schedule. Especially since, now that I am getting further into my pregnancy, I am not able to work as much. I had an ultrasound done and I am having a little girl. I am so excited. I already picturing pink walls for the nursery with white furniture and all the frilly and girly things a baby would need.

    After my appointment and ultrasound, I go to the next town over to go shopping for my baby girl. I am buying on a budget, so I do buy a white crib from a thrift store. I did take the bus here since Ryder had to work so I had to have it delivered to our new house. I bought a few clothing items like onesies and I bought paint for the nursery.

    I get home and start getting to work. I have everything I need for painting so, right away I start painting the wells. A couple hours later I finish painting and I am so worn out. I strip off my paint covered clothes right in the nursery as I did not want my dirty clothes to dirty up the other parts of the house. I go to the master bath and turn on the water in the shower. I wait till the water is warm enough and I get in. I let the water fall onto my sore muscles. I wash my hair and the rest of my body. I put some conditioner in my hair as I need a haircut but do not want to take the time. I just let the hot water massage my back as I am waiting for a few minutes to let the conditioner treatment do it’s thing. 

    I have my eyes closed when I can hear the door to the bathroom open. It is about time that Ryder gets home from work, so I say, “Hey babe! How was work? I got the nursery painted today!”

    I got worried when I did not hear anything back. I looked out from behind the shower curtain, and nobody was there. Maybe I was just hearing things. My hormones are making me feel crazy these days. I just write it off as me hearing things. I wash the conditioner out of my hair and get out of the shower. I wrap the towel around me and head into the master bedroom to find some clothes to wear.

    I find a flowy dress that would look like it would be comfortable, and I put it on. I go into the kitchen to start making dinner. I decide spaghetti with garlic bread and a side salad would be delicious. Now that we have a kitchen, it is so nice being able to cook meals instead of just eating cereal and sandwiches. I am almost done making dinner when Ryder walks through the door. He takes off his work boots and sets them by the door. I tell him that dinner is almost ready so go take a shower before dinner is served.

    He comes back ten minutes later looking like a new man. All the grime of the day has been washed away. We sit down and eat dinner. I am craving ice cream so; we decide to walk a couple blocks to the ice cream shop. I get an ice cream Sunday with extra whip cream. Ryder gets a strawberry shake. We find a table and sit down. We sit and talk about our day while we enjoy our ice cream.

    On our walk back home, I told Ryder about how we are having a baby girl. He hugged me and smiled so big. He screamed out for everyone to hear and said, “I am going to have a baby girl! I am going to have a daughter!”

    We hold hands as we start walking back home. We are only about a block away when I get the feeling that someone is watching me. I look around and I see someone walking across the street in the opposite direction. I cannot see their face as they have the hood of their jacket on. My first thought is Ian. Is this him stalking me? I do not want to freak myself out as it most likely is nothing.

    We make it to our new home, and I look around one more time before I go in and there is nobody that I can see. I go in and I am tired so we both head to bed since I also have to work tomorrow.

    The next day, I wake up and get ready. I hurry up and quickly walk to the diner. It has been a busy morning. I take my break and eat a little. I go out behind the back of the diner to get some fresh air. When my break is over, I go back in and see that I have a new customer in my section. They have a hooded black jacket on. I grab a menu and walk over.

    I lay the menu down in from of the customer and take my notepad and pen out ready take their drink and food order. I look up at the persona and they take their hood down and I am frozen. I cannot move. I thought I ran far enough away that he would never find me. But I am in shock that I am facing someone who I never thought I would see again. My psycho best friend, Ian.