My Hockey Alpha

Nina

I woke up the next morning after a mostly sleepless night to the sound and smell of someone cooking breakfast in the kitchen. The sun was shining through the slats of my blinds as the birds chirped outside; somehow, I had fallen asleep the night before despite the terror running through every fiber of my being. I knew someone was watching me. Whoever it was had gone so far as to climb up into the tree outside my window and watch me as I laid in bed. This couldn’t go on for any longer –I had to do something.

Despite the fact that I wanted to hide in my room all day after being humiliated by Lisa the day before and likely becoming the laughing stock of the entire university, I knew I would have to venture out today to report this stalker.

I climbed out of bed, splashed some cold water on my face, and headed out into the kitchen.

Jessica glanced up from the stove, where she was flipping pancakes, to give me an apologetic look. “Morning,” she said. “Are you feeling better? Ready to talk about what happened yesterday? I saw the pictures on Twitter, and I just want you to know that I’ll kill Lisa if you want me to.”

I shook my head. “No,” I replied. “It’s okay. I’ll deal with it.”

Jessica sighed, then pointed to the stack of mail on the counter. “There’s a letter for you

“A letter for me?” I asked, confused 1 wasn’t expecting any mail

I rifled through the pile of mail until I found an envelope with my name on it I opened it and read the contents My heart started racing, and my hands trembled.

“As I’m sure you’re aware, I’ve been watching you… I’ve been watching you very closely, Nina Harper. I know everything about you, even down to the brand of cereal you like to eat in the mornings: Frosted wheats, right? With a splash of almond milk? I know that you’re fooling around with someone who you shouldn’t, too. Let me put it bluntly get away from Enzo Rivers. If you don’t… Bad things are going to happen to you and all of your friends.”

My hands shook as I scanned the letter At the bottom, there was something else written.

“P.S. Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone added peanut butter powder to your friend’s pancake mix?”

As I read the last line, my eyes widened. I looked up from the letter to see Jessica cut into her pancake and raise the fork to her mouth.

was deathly allergic to

I shouted, lunging forward and slapping the fork

dropping both the fork

were peanuts in that,” I said

snatched it out of my hands, her eyes widening as she read it. “That’s

I said, turning on my heel and storming off to my room to get dressed. I shoved the letter into my bag as Jessica continued to stand in shock in the middle of the

walked into the police station, my heart

front desk. “I need to

computer, raising an eyebrow. “Do you have any evidence

bag.” I got this threatening

I reached for the letter, my

his face as I frantically dug through my bag for the missing

you don’t have any evidence, there’s

my bedroom window “I scrolled through my phone, searching for the pictures, for the texts the stalker sent, but they were nowhere to be found, just like

officer looked at me annoyedly “I this is

did have evidence, I insisted.” The pictures were

file a report, the officer said, not even bothering to look at me anymore. “You’ll need to come back when you have

up in my eyes as I stammered in front of

it’s time for you to go home, miss,” he said “Come back when you

The stalker had somehow erased the pictures from my phone and stolen the letter from my bag. This was all too calculated,

As I walked back to campus, feeling as though I was being watched the entire time, I called Enzo. Thankfully, he picked up after a few

What’s up?”

help,” I said, glancing