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Francisco Lachowski As Valentino ^^^

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When I woke up, I was dead.

Haha. Just kidding. I probably shouldn't joke like that, because I never know if I could die right this second.

When I woke up, I had a massive headache. It wasn't just a normal headache but a very painful headache that felt like a million apples were falling on your head while you sit there cursing Newton.

Yeah, that didn't make any sense. I should stop talking to myself.

I rubbed my head as I looked around my surrounding. I was in a room that had nothing but a bathroom, a closet, and a bed that I was currently sitting on. Pretending to have a walkie-talkie, I spoke into my wrist.

"I am in a strange room, and there are no signs of intelligent life anywhere," I murmur into my wrist.

Ok, Vanessa, now is not the time to play around because I actually am in a strange room and unlike Toy Story, I might die.

Carefully, skillfully and quietly, I made my way out of the bed and opened the door slowly. Biting my lip, I tiptoed across the hall just in case there was a human in this empty-ish home. I wasn't going to take any chances.

When I finally made it down the stairs, I headed to the front door. I twisted the doorknob but it wouldn't budge. Frowning, I ran my hand through my hair.

Dramatic gasp. Windows!

I quickly moved to a room that had windows and tried to open it up. But you know, it wouldn't budge.

Well of course the guy would make sure there was no possible way to get out to tell the police. Why must you be so stupid Vanessa? Inner me says.

"I am not stupid!" I shouted at myself, giving a childish stomp.

"You must be because you kinda are talking to yourself," a voice said behind me. I gasped as I whirled around and made eye contact with Harry Styles.

Again, just kidding! Back to reality now. But wouldn't it be awesome if I really was meeting Harry Styles? I mean, come on, that boy is sexyyy.

"Holy crap, where did you come from?" I asked the man who was watching me with a confused face. I took a step back and stopped when I felt the wall, leaning against it.

"I believe I popped out of my mother's vagina 20 years ago," he says, tapping his chin in mock thought with a grin.

"No need to be a smart ass," I grumbled then widened my eyes when I realized something important.

"Hey! You're a life form!" I squealed as I grabbed onto his shoulders. He jumped back, shocked and gave me a weird look.

"Sorry?"

"Oh my god! You can help me! See, I am here by mistake. So I was walking home from school because my brother couldn't give me a ride and since it took like, I dunno," I gave out a nervous laugh. "Two hours, maybe, it was getting dark. And then, there was this weird physcopath guy,right?"

"I wouldn't know since I wasn't there," he muttered.

"And he was in this alley with this other man! And they said stuff and the crazy man, like, pulled out a gun from his pocket... Wait, why would you keep a gun in your pocket anyways? What if you sat down and accidentally somehow pulled the trigger and just EXPLODED?!"

"Can I get you some aspirin?"

"Anyways..." I said, pretending I didn't hear what he said. "He pulled out a gun and bang!" I made my fingers form a gun and pretended to shoot along with the sound effect. "The man was dead!"

"Umm..."

"Then, I'm trying to flee the scene, but I knock into a trash can! Cliche, right?" He gives me a strange look. "And so, the murderer looks at me, chases me and puts a hand to my mouth, right? Then, in self defense, I bravely bite his hand off his body."

Silence.

"Okay, so I didn't bite his hand completely off his body, but you get the picture, right?" When he didn't respond, I continued. "Anyways, what's your name?"

"Tyler..." he said slowly as if to make sure that I was done talking. I didn't blame him, because I do talk a lot.

"Well, hello, Tyler! I'm Vanessa! Okay, now we have to stay calm. For all we know, the murderer is in this house right now. We have no time to lose!" I shouted, marching to the front door.

"What are you talking about?" he asked, trailing behind me.

"Oh! We need to escape, you see. I have to get back home before my best friend finds out where I hid my secret stash of candy, and we can't let that happen," I say, shaking my head to clear the thought of my precious candy being devoured by my best friend. She better not eat any.

"Uh, you do know-"

"Oh don't worry! When I get home, I'll invite you over so you can have some candy too!" I assured him with a bright smile.

"Yeah but-"

"Hey, come help me open this door will you?" I asked, pulling on the door.

"What is going on here?" A different voice asked. Fear ran through my mind as I recognized the voice from last night.

"Sorry...boss," Tyler muttered.

"B-b-boss?" I stuttered, looking at Tyler with a look of betrayal. How dare he?

That's when I faded into nothingness again. I need to keep pepper spray with me or something.

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"It's alive!" I heard a voice say as I groaned. I shifted my head from side to side, trying to open my heavy eyes.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

"Wha-wha-" I mumbled, blinking against the bright light. "My name is Jeff."

"What?"

When I finally managed to open my eyes, I saw three figures standing above me. I squinted and saw that it was Tyler, some other guy, and a red headed girl.

I blinked, and they awkwardly blinked back. I sat up slowly, and they stood up straighter.

"Well..." I started, then grinned. "Bye!"

That's when I took off running.

"What?! Oh my god! Someone catch her!"

I laughed as I dashed through the massive house. I raced up the stairs and into a room, shutting the door behind me and locking it.

I wiped my forehead dramatically and scanned the room. I squealed in delight when I saw a phone on the bedside table and rushed to it, quickly dialing Val's number.

I crossed my fingers. "Please pick up, please pick up," I muttered under my breath.

"Yo."

"Val? Oh, thank god."

"Uh... Who is this? Aww man, is this the girl I hooked up with last night? Look, not to be rude or anything but, you kinda scare me. Like, while we were fucking you were just staring at me so intensely it was awkward..."

"Val!" I interrupted him. "It's me, Vanessa!"

"Vanessa? Van... Oh right, my sister! Haha, forgot I had a sister for a minute."

I pulled the phone away from my ear and stared at it. "Uh, Val, are you okay?"

"Tots."

Yeah, he's not okay.

I shook my head. Focus, Vanessa.

Focus on me. Fa-fa-focus on me!

Focus on me. Fuck-Fuck-fuck a zombie!

Woah. Ariana Grande trying to get freaky with zombies.

"Hey, you still there?"

"Yeah..." I said slowly. "Did you realize the chorus of Focus by Ariana Grande sound like 'fuck a zombie'?"

"Excuse me, bitch. Watch your motherfucking language before I wash the shit out of your mouth."

"That makes no sense! You're cussing right now!" I protested.

"Well, I am an adult."

"We're twins!" I throw my free hand up in the air.

"But I am more mature and more attractive then you."

"I swear to gosh, Val..."

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Somewhere on the other side of the door...

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"She's in there, Keith," Tyler tells Keith as they stand outside the door. Keith crosses his arms over his chest and looks at the red-haired girl, Angela, who had her ear pressed against the door and listen in on what Vanessa had been rambling about.

"Did she reveal anything yet?" Keith questions, and Angela shakes her head.

"No, they're talking about...uh... Her brother getting laid," she answers awkwardly.

Keith gives her a weird look and gestures for her to move aside and presses his ear against the door. It was muffled, but he could still hear Vanessa's side of the conversation.

"Why were you in my room then? Did I give you permission... You can't get mad at me for that! Harry Styles has a really nice body, okay? I had to print out a picture of his nudes before it was too late!"

Keith smirked. "Cute," he says, moving away from the door. He turns to Tyler, Angela, and the quiet one, Ethan.

"Keep listening and when she starts to reveal stuff, use this key," Keith takes a key out of his pocket, "and grab her before she says anything."

"But...don't you want us to do that now?" Tyler asks, confused.

Keith shakes his head with a humorless grin. "Let her have her fun...for now."

Ethan simply rolled his eyes, patting Tyler on the shoulder and took the key from Keith and nodded I head.

"And that's why he's my favorite." Keith said then walked off, hands in his pockets and left the three on their own.

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BACK TO OUR LOVELY VANESSA...

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"Then why did you hook up with her then?"

"She was really hot, okay? But then she started scaring me and I legit ran out of her house screaming right after in just my underwear."

I burst out laughing, putting my phone to my other ear since it was getting sweaty. "Was she a demon or something?"

"I bet you she was. Ugh, never gonna fuck her again."

I grinned, shaking my head. "You're weird, Val. Sometimes weirder than me."

"Hey, slow down. I may be weird but you're crazy."

"I will slap you when I see you, Valentino Rodriguez. I will freakin' murder you."

Val laughs. "Speaking of that, when are you coming home? And who's phone are you using? Don't say you're at Vicky's because I already called her to check."

I frowned. "Hmm, there was a reason I wanted to call you, but I can't remember. I think it was pretty important but I can't... quite... put my finger on it..." I think for a minute. Why did I call Val in the first place again?

"Hey, do we still have those water guns?" Val randomly asks.

"Uhh, yeah," I say, distracted. Wait...guns... There was something about guns I had to tell Val...

"OH MY GOD! I REMEMBERED! THE WATER GUNS ARE BROKEN, DON'T USE THEM, THEY'LL EXPLODE!" I shouted quickly into the phone.

"Damn! My ear is bleeding now!" Val whines, probably rubbing his ear. "That's what you had to tell me?"

Was that it? No... Ugh I have bad memory. I don't even remember if I had breakfast today.

"I know it had something to do with a gun," I muttered. I gasped when it hit me just as the door knob started to jiggle. I heard a key being inserted and rushed it out.

"Oh my god, Val! The..."

"NOO!" Tyler shouts and jumps on top of me to grab the phone. We wrestle on the floor while I try to tell Val what happened.

"Vanessa, what's going on?" his frantic voice says through the speaker.

"Val-oof!" I say as Tyler covers my mouth. I bite his hand and he curses, his hand shooting off my mouth. I reach for the phone as the guy who kidnapped me walks in. I grab the phone and shout it out before he could end the call.

"THE GANGLEADER KIDNAPPED ME!"