After he had dropped me off at home and I had given him the money I found myself afraid with every light turned on because every shadow or an inch of the darkness scared me. Being alone that text and the words and the picture all comes to mind. The things that he had made me forget before is all coming back to me now. My roommate is still at work and for the first time I wish that he were sleeping on the couch like he always is. We barely speak to one another but there are times that we meet and talk.

I sit on my bed in my pajamas, watching everything closely. Nothing moves but the goosebumps are present on my skin which brings shivers down my whole body, up and down again and again. The darkness and fear doesn't want to leave me alone and I'm afraid that it will stay with me so that I will not get any sleep. I'm close to tears as I hug my covers, holding my phone tightly and ready to call for help if I need to and if I need someone to stay here with me, almost literally kicking myself for not inviting Steel to stay here another night.

For the past few months strange things have been happening and as much as I have tried to act normal and go on with my normal life I can't ignore it any longer. Not when someone had been in my apartment and had sent me a photo of it and a text. The photo was of jigsaw puzzle that I had been working on and it had been finished when I clearly had not finished it. And even now it sits on my desk, finished despite that I had only about three dozen or so pieces left of the puzzle.

But what disturbs me the most is that on top of the puzzle a knife with red substance had been laid out on top of the puzzle and some of the red stains the cardboard of some of the pieces and I can't get rid of that picture, even when I want to. I had deleted it but it remains in my head and I could draw it in perfect detail, that is how I can't forget it. Under the photo a text had been sent to me, I can't decide which one is more horrifying, the photo or the text.

'I'm coming for you' Is all the text said and that terrifies me more than anything else. However this isn't the first text message that I have gotten but most of them are about how amazing my dancing is and how they wanted to marry me hut I have been told that is normal but getting these kinds of texts, I know that is not normal and I'm terrified now that I can't sleep. Every time that I close my eyes I find myself afraid that there is a person standing above me with a knife in their hand ready to strike at me.

The fear is growing more and more and it gets only worse the more that the seconds pass and at this point I'm not sure if I will be able to sleep at all. I should've told Steel about the text at the restaurant but I did not want to ruin our moment, we had a lovely time and I wanted to savor that and not bring this messed up thing to him and my past because I have a feeling that this is something that can relate directly to my past.

There are things that we meant to stay hidden and I will make sure that they do. I take a deep breath as I swallow a sob that threatens to tear me apart and I pick up my phone and dial a number. It is not long before he answers. "Are you all right, Lila?" He asks, I automatically smile as I hear his voice and even through the phone his voice brings such joy to me. Steel had given me his number at the restaurant to make sure that I can call him when I need to.

"No" I manage to say, just choke out of me the one word with two letters. The battle to fight back the tears is getting harder and harder as I find myself foolish that I'm calling him in the middle of the night. He must have been sleeping and I'm sure he did not get any sleep last night as he told me he saved that woman he must be exhausted. "I'm coming" He speaks, a breaking sound is heard on the other end of the phone. "I'm not hurt" His voice calls out, a bit distant and away from the phone I would imagine.

I may not know what happened but this does make me giggle a bit and the smile comes to my lips. I'm not sure how he is able to do it but Steel makes me forget about all the bad things that could happen, and he makes me happy. Perhaps this is what feelings like falling in love but I would not know as I've never fallen in love before. Though the thought about it does make me blush and being around him all the time makes my body hot.

"Stay on the phone, I'm coming to you" He says and it sounds like he's out of breath. Is he running to me? I smile even wider as he is literally dropping everything to see me, no one has ever done that for me before and I'm not sure how to feel but I find that I like it. "All right" I say. I hear him breath louder as I'm sure that he's running and it is not long that he rings the doorbell and lets me know on the phone that he's waiting for me to open for him.