Chapter 2 - Her Worst Nightmare

Adrita's Pov.

"Do you remember what happened to you on your 17th birthday?" Didi asked, making me remember that terrific day.

"I will never be able to forget about my horrible past birthdays." I sighed, closing my eyes and those horrible memories flashed in front of me.

"On your 17th birthday, after cutting the cake, we heard the doorbell ringing. You went to open the door and saw a big gift in front of the door. But there wasn’t anyone outside. You were surprised to see such a big gift. We thought maybe a friend of yours left the birthday gift. Your name was written on the gift. But there wasn’t the name of the person who sent it nor there was any phone number. With a lot of excitement, you were opening the gift wrapper. When you opened the box then," Didi stopped in the middle when I remembered what happened after opening the gift box.

"Then a hundred alive spiders came out of the box. Instantly, I had a panic attack watching them crawl into my body." I said and got goosebumps when I remembered those spiders crawling in my body.

"We were so scared to see that terrific scene. You got your conscience back after six hours." Didi said and sat beside me.

"That person knows that you have Arachnophobia, a phobia of spiders." Didi said getting into the puzzle, like before, and making me think again, what that psycho wants?

I am not only afraid of spiders but also afraid of every insect. Only my family knows that I have this phobia, nobody else.

Then who can do this?

Wait a second!

He also knows that I have this phobia. But he will never do something like this to me because he loves me so much.

"He used to love you." My angel said with a sad look.

"Maybe he still loves you." My devil spoke up grinning.

"Both of you, shut up. That chapter of my life is over." I scolded both of them.

"Do you remember there was a piece of paper in that box?" Didi asked with curiosity though she already knows everything!

"Offo, didi. I didn’t forget anything. In that paper, there was written 'See you soon'." I said getting annoyed with her questions.

"After one year, on your 18th birthday, you again received an unknown gift. You were scared to open the gift that's why you gave me the gift to open it. I also got scared but opened it at last." She continued narrating the past like I really forgot everything which is not!

"There was a badly torn teddy bear in that gift." I said and my heart twitched in pain remembering that day when I cried so much holding that teddy bear.

"That person also knows how much you love teddy bears." She said, keeping her hand on my shoulder and sighing.

Yeah, I love teddy bears. My whole room is filled with teddy bears.

I am so fond of them. Those teddy bears give me a comfortable vibe.

"In that gift, there was also the same message, 'See you soon'." She said continuing, looking in front, gazing at the pink wall.

"On my 19th birthday, again a gift came to our doorstep. There were a hundred dead roses in that gift with the same message 'See you soon'. Why the hell does that person give me depressing gifts?" I shouted, feeling frustrated.

"Maybe he hates you very much." Didi told me, which I already understood long ago!

"How do you know that the person is a he not a she?" I asked, crossing my hands over my chest.

"The way that person is showing hatred towards you it’s obvious that the person is a he, not she." Didi said laughing at the serious situation.

"Here, I am worried and you are laughing." I slightly pushed her by her shoulder.

"Don't worry. Nothing will happen to you. BTW, what do you think? Will he send another gift tomorrow?" Didi asked, thinking deeply.

"Maybe he will." I whispered, closing my eyes and taking a deep breath to calm my scared heart.

If that person sends another gift then what will it be this time?

I shook my head to remove all those bad thoughts. So, tomorrow is my birthday. I am happy and scared at the same time.

We never celebrated our birthday as everyone does with big parties. Baba brings cake and sweets and ma cooks my favorite foods, especially biryani.

Every year mom and dad give me a dress as a gift and didi give me earrings as a gift. I love earrings so much, I am obsessed with them.

Rest of the day, we watched movies and had snacks, and gossiped with each other. Soon, we had our dinner and went to our room to sleep.

But I wasn't getting any sleep because of the tension. I stood near the window and started looking at the sky enjoying the cool breeze.

There was a big mango tree in front of my window. I can see the street from my window.

Everyone had already gone home because there wasn't any person in the street. The streetlights had lightened up the darkness.

Suddenly I heard the sound of a car honking, a car stopped exactly in the street where one can see my window. After a few seconds, a person came out of the driver's seat.

That person was wearing a hoodie so I wasn't able to see his face. But seeing his body, I can say that he is a man.

He started walking and stopped in the direction of my house and was looking at my side! But I wasn't able to see his face because he was wearing a hoodie. He wasn't moving just looking at me.

"Oh, God! Why is he looking at me? He looks so creepy." I muttered to myself while not moving my eyes from him.

Is he looking at me or somewhere else, I thought.

I looked here and there to see if I could spot any other person. But in my direction, it was only me.

That means he is looking at me but why?

By looking at his figure I don’t think I know him. He wasn’t moving an inch, he was just looking at me. I gulped the lump which formed in my throat in fear.

"Is he a ghost?" I muttered to myself still finding him looking at me, rooting at his place.

Will a ghost drive a car? My subconscious mocked me.

"Adrita." I jumped in fear of hearing my name.

I looked back to see that ma, baba, and didi came into my room with sweets.

"What are you looking at outside the window?" Didi asked, walking near me.

I looked outside the window to see that he is still rooted in his place.

"Nothing. I wasn’t able to sleep. That's why I'm standing here." I said, turning around with a nervous smile.

Then they started singing happy birthday to me. I went towards them and we did a family hug.

I took blessings from ma and baba by touching their feet. They fed me sweets and then we said good night to each other.

As soon as they left the room, I quickly looked outside the window to see he was still standing there.

"God, who is this psycho?" I whispered and yelled, finding him very creepy.

I went towards my study table and grabbed a piece of paper and wrote 'Who are you?' in it. I folded the paper into a paperweight and went to the window.

I aimed the paperweight towards him and threw it with full force so that it could reach him. He caught it in one hand.

Wow!

He opened it and wrote something. He aimed it toward me and threw it with such force that it hit my shoulder. A low scream left my mouth.

"Man that hurts." I whispered and shouted at him but I don’t think he heard me.

I bend down to pick up the paperweight. I opened the paper and was shocked to see his reply.

"I am your worst nightmare."