2 What's Going To Happen From This Day Forward?

A week has passed since I've got received that letter and I just can't get it out of my head. I always wonder whats going to happen today or any other day. Everytime I think I can get that out of my head, it comes back when I go to my locker and I'm reminded all over again. I haven't dared speak about this in fear of the person who sent it overhearing the conversation. I just know for a fact that this person, or 13, goes to this school since they've had to be in the school to put it in my locker.

The school day is over as my heart pounds waiting for another letter to be in my locker again. Nothing, again. "Something has to happen sooner or later," I think to myself as I get my stuff and leave school. I walk home with Adaline since our house's are a couple of blocks away. "Ashton, is everything all right?" she says with concern etched on her face. "Yeah of course! Why wouldn't it be?" I say with a grin, hoping it's convincing enough. "Are you sure? You've been acting different ever since the end of the first day of school," she says. "It really is ok. Well I have to go since I'm at my house. See you tomorrow!" I first go and see if we have any mail and we dk so I take it inside. I then start to walk towards my house and go inside.

My parent's aren't home yet so I stay in the living room for a while and watch some TV. I go through the mail to see what we got. And that's when I see it. An envelope addressed to me. I go to my room and go to my desk and start to open the envelope with trembling hands. The letter read's:

"Oh how I love to play the waiting game

Makes you feel on edge

Which is my goal to aim

For you to feel so much dread" - 13

Do they know where I live now? How would they even know? I know that I can't just let this be. Not if I want for this to continue on and let 13 have this hold on me. I wouldn't know where to start. If I go to the police, they might find out and just do some awful shit for it. Or should I? I'm not sure what to do anymore about this. I start to do my homework so that I don't think about it for the moment.

I can't concentrate on my homework anymore so I get out of my room and head for the kitchen. When I enter the kitchen, I see a square on the island. I warily head towards it and decide to pick it up. I gasp, seeing that it's actually a polaroid picture and see it's of me and Adaline when we were walking home. "How did they get inside?" I say to myself as I try to think about it. I then eye the door and realize that I forgot to lock the door! Then that must mean that 13 was following me all the way home. I start panicking, thinking that 13 could still be here or just watching.

I stay in the living room until my mom comes home. She's usually the first one to come home at around 4:30 p.m. every weekday. Her job as a nurse keeps her quite busy most days. I don't want to bother her since it looks like it's been one of those days.

She goes upstairs for a few minutes and comes downstairs, changed from her nurse outfit, and says, "Hey there Ashton." I say, "Hey Mom. How was work today?" I question because sometimes there's some interesting stuff that happens in a hospital. "Oh there's just been a car crash incident. Quite a few broken arms here and there," She says as she goes to order some pizza.

"So how's the first week of school been?" Mom asks. "It's been going good," I say, trying to sound as indifferent as I could. "That's good to hear honey," she says. I then start to think about how I could be able to find out who's sending me these letters. There must be a reason as to why they'd target me. I might have to do some after school investigation every once in a while.

My dad comes home with the pizza since Mom called him and says if he could pick it up. After we've eaten, I help clean up and go to my room. I try to see if anything on the paper will give off a clue or anything. Nothing. I get tired of trying to find anything so I go to my bed and lay down for a bit. I feel something underneath my blanket and I take it out and see that it's my koala keychain that I had lost half a year ago. There's also a little note with it that says:

"You seem to have lost this. Hopefully, this is the one and only thing you'll lose." - 13

How did 13 get ahold of this? I spent three days trying to look for this. Then it must mean that they either found it or they took it. This is getting out of hand! And I'm terrified to even think about what the last line means. I have to know who the hell is sending these things! I need to start my investigation tomorrow and find out the truth.