5 First Secret Admirers, Now Anonymous Texts

The next morning, I had woken up before Miranda did, I reached over to check the time. Thank god it's Saturday. When I sat my phone down, I heard a click noice, I looked back over to my phone, and read the text message I had received. An unknown number? Let's see what this is about... Hello Alex, you know my name and if your mother doesn't get home by TONIGHT I'll have no choice but to hurt your precious little girlfriend. Bye Bye. No, no, no, no, no. I thought to myself. Miranda had woken up from the sound of my heart beating fast. "Alex, what's wrong?" she asked, I handed her my phone, she read the words to herself. "Alex, please tell me this isn't true." she asked, tears almost coming to her eyes. "Miranda I will not let anything happen to you I promise." I said, pulling her close to my chest. As I held Miranda to my chest, she started to cry. "Miranda, I promise you, nothing will ever happen to you, I'm going to protect you from anyone trying to hurt you, even if I get hurt." I said, rocking her trying to calm her down. She stopped crying, "okay, can we please forget about this?" Miranda asked, getting up to get dressed"Yes we can.." I said, I got out of bed and pulled her back down to lay with me again, "but, how about you stay down. And keep laying with me." I said, pulling her down and laying her back on my lap. She started to laugh. "Okay,

I'll keep laying with you." Miranda said, lifting her head up to meet mine, she smiled at me and gave me a kiss as I sat there holding her. Miranda and I layed in my bed for quite some time. "Hey Alex," Miranda said. "Yes Miranda." I replied. "Do you wanna go out with me?" she asked, looking at me, her eyes meeting mine. "Yes Miranda, I would love to go out with you." I replied, her eyes opened with joy. She lifted her head, reaching mine again, and gave me a kiss that lasted a minute or two. Miranda pulled away when we heard a knock on my door, Mike walked in to check in on Miranda and me. "Hey little sister, everything okay?" Mike asked, giving Miranda and me a smile, "yes everything is okay. Hey Mike, I need to talk to you." I relied, Miranda knew what I was talking about, she looked at me with a small dread of worry on her face. I grabbed Mike's hand and took him into his room. "Okay, Mike our real dad was the one who gave us those notes and he had came by the house, wanting to some in, I told him no and smaled the door. But he wants to see mom after she gets home or he will hurt Miranda." I explained, tears started to form in my eyes as I told Mike the rest of the story. Mike looked at me, anger in his eyes. "Okay, he doesn't get to hurt you, this family, or Miranda. I'll talk to mom." he said. I looked at him, scared of what would have happened if Luke had hurt Miranda.

I closed Mike's door to his room and walked back to mine. I walked in to Miranda still on my bed. "How did it go?" she asked, getting up from my bed to come hug me. "Well, it went okay I guess." I answered, giving her a hug as she stood in front of me. Miranda pulled back and walked back over to my bed, "come lay with me please." she said. I walked over to her and sat with her on my bed. "I'm going to go for a walk, be back in a few. Love you." I said, getting up and getting dressed. I put my shoes on and grabbed my coat. "Okay, be safe. Love you too." Miranda replied, giving me a hug and kiss before I left. As I walked up my street, Luke came out of nowhere and scared me. "Hello Alex." he said, his voice deep in his throat. "What do you want now Luke?" I asked, scared that he would get mad for calling him 'Luke' instead of dad. "Is your mother home yet?" he asked again, looking over my head to see the house. "No she's not yet. She won't be home for another hour or so." I answered, continuing to walk up my street. "Well she better be here in 2 hours or your precious little girlfriend will get hur..." "Listen here Luke, you are not going to touch her, your not going to hurt her, and your not going to do anything to her do you understand?!" I said, cutting him off from trying to finish his sentence. He looked at me, his eyes opened wide. "Well, your just like your mother, stubborn and very hard

headed." he said, giving me a creepy smile. I looked at him and walked away, my anger was flowing everywhere through my body. I grabbed my phone from my back pocket to sent Miranda a text.

Me: Hey babe, I'm coming back early, get Mike and both of you stay in my room, lock the door, and if you hear a knock on the front door 4 times its me. Don't ask why just please do it. I love you.

Miranda: Okay, I'm getting Mike, he locked the door,

I turned my phone off and started running to the house. When I got to the house, Luke was standing there, knocking on the door. I grabbed a big stick, came behind him, and hit him in the head with the stick. I knocked on the door 4 times. Mike came to the front door to answer me. "Where is she?" I asked. "She's in your room hiding beside your bed." he replied. I ran to my room to find Miranda beside my bed, her head on her knees. She was terrified. "Miranda, it's okay, I'm here." I said, sitting beside her, reaching over to hug her and try to calm her down. "Thank god you're here, he was hitting the door so many times, but

and we are hiding. I love too. there soon. Bye

Okay, bye

Me: Be Miranda:

when Mike and me heard your knock, I was happy that you were here." she said, tears rolling down her face. "I'm here now, your safe." I said, trying to comfort her and calm her down. I wiped the tears off her checks. I stood up, holding her hand and getting her up from the floor. "I told you, I promise that I would protect you no matter what, even if I get hurt i don't care, as long as you're okay and your safe." I said, holding her tight to my chest. I grabbed my

phone to send a text to my mom: Me: Hey mom, you need to come home now please. Luke's here and

wants you. Mom: i know huney, Mike told me. I'm on my way home now.

Me: Please hurry, he said that if your not here in 10 minutes, he's going to hurt Miranda.

Mom: Okay, I'm on my way. Me: Okay. Love you

Mom: Love you too

I turned off my phone and sat my phone on my bed. "Miranda, stay in this room, hide under my bed, and don't say a word do you understand?" I said, walking her over to my bed, trying to help her get under my bed. "Okay, and Alex, please be safe." Miranda replied, giving me a hug before I left to go meet Luke. "I promise, I love you babe." I

said, giving her hugging her back and giving her a kiss on her head. I helped her get under my bed, closed my door, and walked outside to talk to Luke. "Okay Luke, she's on her way. When she gets here, you will keep a five foot distance from her. Understand?" I said, standing on the front porch. "Yes Alex, I understand. And how about you get that girlfriend of yours out here when your mother get here." he replied. I stared at him, anger in my eyes. "Okay, but you are not to touch her do you understand?" I said. As he stood there in the driveway, I walked inside to get Mike out of his room to go stand outside with Luke, and to get Miranda out from under my bed. I opened my door, walked over to my bed to get Miranda from under my bed. "Miranda it's okay, but you need to come outside with me and MIke, he wants to see you." I said. Pulling her out from under my bed. "Why?" Miranda asked, giving me a worried look. "I don't know, just come with me and stay with me and you'll be fine." I said, holding her tight. We walked out of my room, walked to the front door, and stood with Mike on the front porch. As a waited, mom pulled in the driveway, turned the car off, and stepped out of the car, walking over to us