instant connection ; jake paul [editing]

as my drink swirls in the blender, i look out the window and admire the view. a bright sun gleams down at the house as a breeze floats in the cracked window. the sky is completely blue, no cloud in the sky, just like yesterday. birds chirp on trees and music can be heard playing from passing cars.

but that beautiful sound is interrupted by jake and a bunch of others yelling outside.

i quickly grab my drink from the blender and run out the front door only to find jake crouching down under a limbo stick that is... electrified. before i can say anything he flinches up and hits his neck on it, and then falls back groaning.

"jake! are you okay?" i ask, quickly running to his side. i examine his neck and find a red mark, and some people start laughing and oohing.

"ow, seriously stop ow!" jake says to everybody.

"jake you are so stupid." i laugh.

"i know. i'm about that vlog life babe." jake smirks, throwing up gang signs.

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6 hours later

everybody went out for dinner while i stayed home. i would've gone but i don't feel that well so i'm staying back. right now i'm just up in my room watching jake's vlog from earlier. i have to say, it was pretty funny how i just bursted through the door and nearly spilled my drink.

but then i notice something.

when i'm examining jake's neck, there's a figure faintly displayed in the background. i pause the video, take a screenshot, and zoom in.

thrasher hoodie with stains on it, ripped leggings, slides, long brown hair falling out from inside her hoodie.

tessa.

the day i saw her. she was wearing the same exact thing.

i go back to the video and play it.

she's passing on the opposite side of the street. she slowly looks at the camera and winks. then a black van passes by the camera and she's gone.

how did she do that?

i know she didn't do anything to us in that video, but the way she looked at the camera. the way she was walking. how she was gone in the blink of an eye.

it looked as almost something is going on, but we're too blind too notice. like everything's planned out for her and she's just waiting for it to all fall into place.

i'm frightened so i call jake. after about 3 rings he picks up.

"hey babe. what's up?" jake asks, sounding as if he has food in his mouth.

"did you notice anything weird while editing today's vlog?" i ask, referring to tessa.

"um.... no? is there something wrong?" he questions.

"just watch the part where i'm examining your neck and tell me if you see anything or if i'm just going crazy." i explain.

"okay," jake says with shifting in the background. "i'll go check it out in the restroom real quick. i'll call you back."

"okay." i say and hang up.

i resume the video, except now going back to the tessa part. i click on the little tool bar on the bottom and slow down the video.

then i replay it, and see tessa again. doing the same thing except just slowed down.

my thoughts are interrupted by my phone ringing. i look down to the caller id and see a picture of jake making a double chin. i chuckle to myself and answer it.