I was sitting on the couch in the living room of my apartment, waiting for roommate to get back. We were supposed to have a movie night tonight but she had warned me that she might come back a little later from work.
Still, I didn't think she'd meant she'd be back at like midnight! I glanced at the time and was about to just go to bed when my phone rang. At the same time, I heard someone knock at the door.
The person calling on my phone was a random number but I answered it anyway as I stood up to open the door.
"Hello?"
"He-hello?" someone answered, completely out of breath ,“Emma, is that you?"
"Sarah?" It was my roommate ,“Hey, are you still at work? Cause I've been waiting for hours and-”
"Emma please listen to me!" Sarah shouted, sounding scared ,“Are you home right now?"
The person at the door knocked again.
"Yeah...I am", I answered slowly ,“Why?"
"Oh God...", she said ,“Whatever you do, don't open the door for anyone until I get home, okay?"
I stopped as I gripped the door handle.
"Sarah, are you trying to pull a fast one on me?" I laughed nervously ,“Cause it's not gonna work-”
“Emma! I'm being serious right now!" she snapped at me ,“Just... please, I'm begging you, lock up the door and wait for me!"
Sarah cut the line before I could say anything. What was all this about? I started to feel anxious. The front door was already locked and I was about to go sit back down when I heard a voice at the door.
"Emma?" the voice called out.
That was Sarah's voice!
But... I'd just gotten off the phone with her. How was she already here.
"H-how did you get here so quickly?" I called out.
"Oh, I had to run all the way here", she said ,"Three frickin blocks too"
"And umm...", I swallowed nervously ,“What was all that about earlier?"
"Oh, you mean the call?" Sarah laughed ,“Alright, you got me. I was trying to prank you"
I went over to the door but didn't unlock the chain. I opened it and sure enough, Sarah was standing there smiling at me.
"Come on, Emma" she teased ,“I'm not gonna eat you"
"Just to be sure", I said ,“Why did you call from a different number?"
"To make it more realistic, duh!" she said as if it were obvious.
I finally relaxed, undid the chain and let her in.
"You sure got me" I smiled at her.
"Of course", she said with a smug expression.
"Alright", I clapped my hands together ,“You go get the movie started and I'll make some popcorn"
"’kay"
I went into the kitchen and put two bags of popcorn in the microwave. As I waited for it, my phone rang and I took it out of my pocket.
My blood turned cold when I saw that it was the same unknown number from earlier.
My hands shaking, I answered it.
"H-Hello?"
"Emma?" Sarah answered it ,“I'm at the station right now. Just give me 15 minutes"
"How?...Then who?..." I mumbled to myself.
Now I was just seated on the floor, completely terrified. Who had I let into the house? I let my phone slide out of my hand and onto the floor.
"Emma? Emma, can you hear me? Emma?!"
15 minutes...
I just had to survive 15 minutes with a complete imposter. Someone who could even be...
a Killer.
