lies

As I lay in bed scrolling through youtube shorts, I get a text from an unknown number. So I read the message. "Hey! It's Alison! Is this Julian?" I feel a wave of confusion and concern, Who is Alison, how do they know my name and number? I respond "Who's asking?" Almost immediately they respond

"Me silly! Alison. So is this Julian?"

"How did you get this number?"

"You told it to me remember?" I was confused.

"I'm sorry, when the hell did that happen?"

"this morning at the cafe."

"What? I haven't left my house today, cuz, its like noon."

"Isn't this you?" Alison sent a picture of me, one I don't remember seeing ever, It was of me inside my house, it looked like it was taken from my window. I realized I was still laying like this. I look at the window. Nothing.

"Alison when was that taken?"

"I don't know you just told me it was from one of your friends being goofy or something."

"No that looks really recent actually, also it looks like it was taken by the phone itself, and if we talked it wouldn't look like that. Also I never left my house today. So either your stalking me or you have someone stalking me."

"No! I would never do that, but, if you never left your house, how did you give me your second number?"

"wait what do you mean second number?"

"well you were wearing a ski mask, you said its cuz your face gets really cold in the winter, then you asked if I wanted your number."

"Why did you say yes?"

"cuz I'm lonely..."

"What do you look like?"

"You saw me."

"Alison, I know for a fact I haven't, I did not leave my fucking house today. That person you saw was not me."

"But how else would he know your name, number, address, birthday?"

"What?"

"yeah you gave me a paper" She then repeated my number. address, birthday, and my full name.

"What the fuck?!"

"What?"

"Someone knows that about me and its not me, either you're lying or I'm being doxxed."

"Do you have any enemies? Maybe rosaline?"

"How do you know that?"

"Did you ever get her number?"

"Well no, but she started this"

"Well guess what"

"What?"

"Now you fucking do, and now I have all your info, I am going to make sure you get whats coming to you."

"What?! What the fuck did I even do to you?!" I realized she must either be or have someone near my house, and if they are going to attack me I know its gonna be really soon. I run to grab my pistol, I don't care if I kill someone right now, I just cant die.

"You know what you did Julian. You know"

"I really fucking don't"

"All of the fucking rumors you spread about me! You said we dated!"

"What? no I didn't! I was dating someone else at that time, wait who did you hear this from?"

"Brooke"

"dude... she like cheated on me, and then proceeded to beg for me back for a month."

"No? She said you were begging for sex!"

"if you actually knew me you would know I would never do that honestly. Except you never got to know me."

I heard a window break, I set my phone down, I took the safety off the pistol and called out "Who the fuck is out there?!" No response, but I could hear their footsteps. I could tell they were on the heavy side, either with muscle or fat. I prayed it wasn't muscle. "I have a fucking gun! You'd better get the fuck out of here!" I heard the footsteps stall for a moment before resuming. "I'm Fucking warning you!" I saw them, 6 foot at least, at least 250 pounds of muscle, I could feel my legs wobble, I snapped out of my shock and pointed my pistol at him. "Put your fucking hands up." I lowered my voice, not wanting him to just attack me. I watched as he processed the fact I did indeed have a pistol. "Stay right there" I said, but he lunged at me, his hands aiming for the pistol, I fired at his chest. He fell over screaming in pain. I took a step back keeping my pistol aimed for his chest. "I said to stay the fuck there! Why didn't you fucking listen!?" I grabbed my phone with my left hand, keeping my right hand stationary, my sights fixed on his chest. I saw blood start pooling around him. I called 911. "911 What's your emergency?" I replied quickly "Help me, send a fucking ambulance, There was an intruder, he attacked me and I shot his chest, He's bleeding fast but I don't want to get near him! I think he'll try to hurt me!" I heard a response immediately "Ok sir please calm down, can you tell me your address?" I gave her my address, but then I saw the man getting up. "Hey stay on the ground! I will shoot you again! Raise your hands!" I yelled desperately, but as he rose, I could tell he was gonna attack again, I backed up quickly I saw blood sliding down his chest. "He got back up again, if he atta" Before I could finish my sentence he had lunged at me again, and I fired at him yet again, this time I shot his stomach. He didn't fall though and I shot again. This time he fell, just inches away from my feet. Blood was pooling fast and his breathing became uneven and labored. "hey officer, I had to shoot him again. I don't think he's gonna make it"

"Are you hurt in any way?"

"I don't think so" I Heard the sound of an ambulance and police cars. I looked at the window seeing the red and blue lights, I looked down at the man, he had stopped breathing. I had killed someone. I couldn't remember much of what happened after, but what I was told was that I explained everything, from the texts, to the encounter. I was shooken. I checked my phone to see several messages

"I call bullshit motherfucker!"

"your a lier!" there were much more insults. But in the morning I got this

"Julian I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. I thought Brooke was telling the truth about you, are you ok?"

I responded but I got no response. I remembered that I apparently told the officers about the texts. I never heard from rosaline again. I hope I never do.