Being back to school was terrifying. Not only were I now under threat from an unknown person, specifically mentioning empty hallways, but I didn't have anyone to protect me. I was on my own, not knowing what to do. As precaution, I refused to walk alone in the hallway during or between classes, not even for bathroom breaks. Lunchbreak scared me, as that was the one time I would ever have to walk through the corridors for an extended period of time. On the other hand, that was also the one time when I could see Andy, whom I now, after all we've been through, trusted completely, with all my heart.

Second period was boring. I had always had it easy for physics, I guess the understanding came naturally to me. When I had chosen the class, I was expecting new horizons to open for me. But most of it was painfully obvious statements and calculations. Guess I was in it for an easy A.

For a while I zoned out before realizing it was now time for a much dreaded lunchbreak. Nothing scared me more than the idea that I now was out, all on my own. I had yet to let anyone of my classmates in on the events that had transpired and the letters I had received. Maybe it was out of pure paranoia, but I didn't trust all of them. It wasn't that I didn't like them or found them suspicious, but I had a difficult time to trust anyone I didn't know that well under the circumstances.

Despite barely knowing any of them, I followed my classmates to the cafeteria. The fear of being alone struck me harder than ever, but as soon as I reached the cafeteria I found Andy sitting down by a table with Ashley and CC. I ran over as quickly as I could, surprising Andy by giving him a hug from the back.

"Guess who?" I said, covering his eyes even though it was rather obvious that it was me.

"Hi Iris." He responded, moving my hands away from his eyes, kissing my cheek.

"I can't believe you are so happy, despite your situation!" Ashley said, surprised. I guess I had been the topic of discussion. We were soon joined by the table by Jake and Jinxx.

"Yeah, you know, I try making the best of a bad situation. Carpe diem, you know."

"I heard you egged Lexi's house this weekend. This is a whole knew you!" CC said.

"Once again, carpe diem. You need to seize the moment, since it is very possible I have a creepy stalker out there who's trying to force me not to."

"Yeah, I met Lexi earlier, downtown at a show yesterday. She seemed pissed as fuck!" Jake said out of the blue.

"I wish I had seen her face, it would have been hilarious." Andy looked at me, almost laughing. We kissed and I preceeded to eat my lunch, while the rest of the gang talked about band-stuff. I barely payed attention, feeling less than calm about the situation even though I had my protectors with me. After eating, Andy escorted me to my third period class, English, before we finally said goodbye. I wondered if the stalker was out there in the hallway. Somewhere I couldn't see him.

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I had to pee. Really badly. And it was the middle of class, making it oh so agonizingly painful and terrifying for me. I was still under threat, but I was seriously contemplating just holding it in. There were only 35 minutes left of this class, how bad could it get?

I started twitching and turning all the time, crossing my legs. It was the most awful feeling of all time. Didn't they torture prisoners this way? By not letting them access the bathroom? I looked at the clock, but only five minutes had passed. Was something really going to happen if I went out there? It wasn't like the perpetrator could keep a watching eye over me all the time, right? Giving up, I raised my hand, asking if I could go to the bathroom to pee, which was allowed. Then I ran for it. Luckily, the door was only fifteen feet away from my classroom.

After washing my hands in the tiny sink that fit right into the small bathroom stall, checking that my hair was okay-looking and making sure no one was right outside, I opened the door and preceeded to walk quickly towards the exit. Right as I was going to leave though, I felt an arm wrap tightly around my waist. Screaming, I could feel a hand with a napkin in it covering my mouth. Chlorophorm. And just like that, my world went black.

Notes

I know I should really stop with all of these cliffhangers, but I like them and they give me an incentive to write the next chapter. Please bare with me, there will be more as soon as I get home (in around maybe two-three hours, so the next chapter will be up around an hour or two after that). Writing in a car is annoying as hell.

I liked this chapter. I think I like most of them, but this one is really thrilling. The actual reason I started with these more action-filled chapters was that I realized that I had put "thriller" as a genre on this story (I meant to use tragedy instead) and decided to roll with it. I prefer having this story this way though.

And yeah, 5000+ views! Amazing! Thank you so much!