Cold Water

- 4 -

A million thoughts ran through Nora's head as she stared blankly at her bedroom wall. She didn't really know what to do or what exactly to think. Her chest heaved up and down, tears threatening to escape from her eyes. The thought of somebody having the SD card and knowing it was hers frightened Nora.

Nora eyed the phone in her hand, her thumb hovering over the call button. She was tempted to call the person who had her most prized possession. But what would she say once the person picked up?

'Oh hey, thanks for finding my SD card where there are thousands of photos of a guy I'm in love with but he doesn't know who I am or what I do secretly soo... Haha could you give it back please thank you!'

No. Nora was smart enough to know that the person wanted something from her. But what?

Before she could talk herself out of it she pressed the button and with a shaky hand placed the phone beside her ear. The phone rang and rang and rang but no one answered. Nora pulled the phone away to end the call but just right then the person on the other end answered the phone.

"Who's this?" Immediately Nora questioned.

Silence.

"Who. Is. This"

No answer.

Nora squeezed her eyes shut and took a deep breath in, "Who are you? How did you get my number? Where did you find my SD card? What do you want?"

Absolute silence. Nora couldn't even hear anyone breathing on the other end. Hoping to get some kind of answers she didn't end the call just yet, "Hello?"

A few more seconds passed before the unknown person ended the call themselves.  Before Nora could react to that her phone beeped notifying her of a new text. The unknown person had texted her again but this time it was a picture of a girl sitting at a desk, phone in hand. A girl named Nora.

Panic soaring through her veins, Nora whipped her head towards her only window and stared at it. Her whole body froze as she tried to locate the person outside but it was too dark to see anything. Nora's blood ran cold and all she seemed to be able to do was to sit still and stare out of her window, she was too scared to move.

Her phone beeped again and reluctantly Nora lifted her phone up to her face. The stranger had sent her another attachment, this time it was an image from her SD card. A picture of Vin in the pool she had taken yesterday. Hands shaking in fear, Nora managed to type out the question bouncing around her brain.

'What do you want?'

Immediately she got a response.

'Not yet.'

"Fuck that. Fuck you," She put up her middle finger towards the window, flipping whoever was on the other side off before storing out of her room.

Without knocking on the door she barged in, she just didn't want to be in her room alone right now. She needed some company.

"Uh... Hello to you too Ms. I don't know how to fucking knock,"  Robin's eyebrows were furrowed together in annoyance as he sat in his bean bag, xBox controller in hand.

"Y-yeah," Nora let out a nervous chuckle as she ran a hand through her hair, trying to act cool, "Sorry, just wanted to chill with you."

"Alright," Robin shifted in his seat and nodded towards the end of his bed, "You can watch me play GTA V then."

Stepping over dirty laundry Nora made her way towards his bed, "Have you been playing games all day?"

Robin didn't waste another glance at his stepsister and continued to play his game like before, "Yeah, keeps me distracted."