The Boy Next Door

ｔｗｅｎｔｙ ｓｅｖｅｎ

~Rachel~

I drove myself to school today. All day I haven't received another note from Colton. I also haven't seen him all day either.

A worker from the front office came into my last class of the day with a few papers in her hand. I saw a pink paper folded in half in her hand. She handed the papers to my teacher and left the class. My teacher looked at the papers, which had names on them, and called out names. Went he called my name, he handed me the pink paper.

It was a note from Colton. He had put so much effort into his "little game".

Day 3
Clue 7

One more thing to collect.

My house has four doors. I go in at one.
Then I come out at three doors all at once.

What am I?

I am all dressed up with nowhere to go.

What am I?

-C

I couldn't figure either riddle out. I am absolutely terrible at solving riddles. When the bell rang for us to go home, I went to my teacher to see if he could help me figure the riddles out.

"What can I do for you, Rachel?" He asked.

"I was wondering if you could help me solve these riddles." I said handing him the pink paper. I could tell that he was thinking hard about them.

"Okay, I don't want to tell you the answer, but I will give you a hint." I nodded. "First, they are both related. The first one isn't something that you would normally associate with doors. Think clothing of both of them."

"Thanks." I said. I walked out of the class and got my stuff together, so that I could get home.

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When I got home, I laid on my bed and studied the clue. I kept thinking about what my teacher had said about how they were related and involved clothes. I repeated the location of the item out loud.

The location is a closet!

I walked over to my closet and looked inside to see if I saw anything unfamiliar. Shoved in the back of my closet was a red dress cover with plastic covering. I lifted the hanger out of the closet. A pink paper fell to the ground. I laid the dress flat on the bed and picked the note up off of the floor.

You found the last key component. Now, you are probably wondering what you do with all of these items. Call Katie and she will know what to do.

-C

I took my phone out of my back pocket and dialed Katie's number.

"Hello?" Katie said.

"Hey Katie." I said.

"Oh my god! I'm so excited!" She said. "I will be over in ten." She hung up. I became very confused. I sat on my desk chair and waited. After ten minutes, my door opened. Katie had her makeup bag in her hand.

"Time to get you ready for tonight!" she said, shutting the door.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Sit in this chair." She pointed to the chair in front of my vanity. "You have a date tonight, silly." I sat in the chair.

"What date? No one told me about a date." I crossed my arms.

"You have a date with Colton tonight. He will be over at 6:30pm. Now hold still because I need to get you ready." she said.

"I am perfectly capable of getting myself ready." I objected.