The following day....

Daniel entered school with everyone gossiping about the news. "Yo kid did you hear the news?" Some rando said to Daniel. "Nah what happened" He said calmly. "Two kids from our school were reported missing yesterday night and found murdered this morning!!" The kid looked shocked. Dan had to play along, "Holy shit really??!? Dude did the cops find the guy who did it?" He said playing along. "Nope and not a trace of dna was left besides the victims." Dan made a fake shocked face like 😯. "Does this mean the guy could be plotting more murders?" Dan said. This was kinda fun playing dumb when he had killed them the day before hand. The kid looked terrified by what he said and started praying that it wasn't true as he ran to class.

Jessica had texted him before Dan made it into class. "Hey Danny I have something to confess about the two victims of yesterday.." she said. Now for once he didn't know what to expect so he went along with it. "Sure go on ahead its alright you can trust me" he responded. She had told him all about the harassing and following her around and how she was the last person who saw them and how she didn't wanna become a suspect. "Hey it's alright you have an alibi with your parents right? You can just get them to say they saw you enter the house and when they did the two boys were leaving your block" Dan replied.

"Wow that's actually really smart thank you Danny I knew I could trust you" there it goes again. Daniels heart just casually exploding on the way to class. He put his phone in his pocket and entered class once he calmed down. He pulled out his journal acting like he's taking notes and wrote under the murder plan: Target acquired; mission complete. He's never messed up a murder. His dad gave him tips that always worked. In fact it worked so well no one knows of these two guys were random targets or if they were being targeted which was the exact thing that happened. Smiling softly at that he closed the journal and pulled out his actual notebook for class.

As the day went on around lunch his phone went off, it was chatty, so no teachers heard it. He checked his notifications and it was a text from Jessica. "Sweet" he mumbled. "Hey Danny sorry if I was bothering but my parents agreed with your plan, and I can't thank you and more then I already did, I wish I could hug you right now but I missed the chance when they canceled gym class today!!" He smiled at that. "No worries you needed help and plus I don't think I want you to go to jail after we just got reunited!! It's what friends are for!" That last part hurt but he sent it. It sorta hurt Jessica too. They didn't know about the mutual feelings for each other either. And also Daniel changed his lock and Home Screen to some random photos of anime characters.

At the end of the day when Daniel was about to head home Jessica had followed him half way before stopping him. "H-hey I fina-finally caught you!! Sheesh you walk fast" she said out of breath. Dan knew she was tailing him. He did this so this could play out perfectly. "Oh hey I didn't know you were following me, did you need something?" He said casually with a smile. She walked over and hugged Daniel. And she didn't let go because why would she want to, and two because she was tired. Daniel was shocked but actually for real. "Oh uh you tired? I can walk you home or carry you if you want" he offered. Jessica who hadn't let go yet thought about it. "Can you uh carry me if it's no problem for you?" She asked quietly.

Now Daniel did only one thing, he would bench press and lift her exact weight at the gym just in case this happened. So picking her up was rather easy. They walked down the road silently as if talking in this situation would make the awkward silence even more worse. She had only said a few things in the meantime like for example "turn down at that corner, then go up the road" he'd nod his head and follow the directions when finally they reached her house. It's not like he didn't know where to go, he's just getting the girls permission to see her house after all. This makes things a bit easier, especially if they get more closer as friends. He could maybe go inside her house for once.

    Daniel finally stopped down the road where he saw the houses aligned with fences and mailboxes going down the road. He faced Jessica, "Which house is yours?" He asked nicely. "The one with the pink and green stained fence" he started towards that house. He stopped at the steps and sat her down to walk the rest. "I'll see you tomorrow" Dan said. Jessica waved goodbye and walked in the house. Only to be greeted with worried parents, who looked at Daniel and locked the door quicker then the flash could ever do. "Who was that boy?" Her dad asked angrily. Jessica had forgotten the "no boys allowed rules" after yesterday with the two guys following her home. "He was just walking me home because there were some creeps following me around today." Jessica lied. Her mom hadn't really cared for Daniels mystery appearance. She'd just wanted her daughter home. "Well dinner is finished, go shower and get clean clothes on" She said.

    After removing her shoes and hanging her jacket, she headed down the hall into her room. Little did she know Daniel was outside her window, with his camera, waiting for his beautiful target to at least get in there. Daniel had the flash turned off, so pictures were easier to take without being found. As she started to take her clothes off, Daniel took at least three pictures then started to head home. "I'll be back my love" he said as he took a shortcut to his house. There had been times where police would scout the areas and all but they never suspected Daniel whenever he would finish taking his daily afternoon photos. One would eventually check in on Daniel to make sure he's doing ok. After yesterday's events one actually parked next to Daniel and offered a ride.

    "Hey kid there's a guy out here killing people around your age, can I drive you home?" He said worried about Daniel. If Dan refused that could either cause suspicion or the cop would go away. Not taking chances, "Sure thing sir, thank you!" He said with fake enthusiasm. The officer smiled and got back in the car, and Daniel hopped in the passenger seat. "My street is right around the corner from that new public park. The one called 'Kids Kingdom', you go that way then you turn right and go down to the third house." Dan said. As much as he hated giving away his real address, he had no choice. "Alright, seatbelts on. Safety first haha" the officer laughed. Talk about no sense of humor Dan thought.

    They arrived at the house and Daniel thanked the officer before getting out. "No problem kid, just watch yourself and always remember to notify us if you see, hear, or if you're in trouble" he said with a smile. Dan nodded his head with a small smile and entered his home. "Did something happen? How come you got out of that police car?" His mother asked. "He was dropping me off at home because there's a murderer on the loose" Dan laughed. His mother smiled as she walked back upstairs. "Clean your room young sir, there will be no pictures tonight if you don't" his mother said straight forwards. "And organize your photo collection, they are scattered on the floor. Dans face turned red from embarrassment and the fact that she was in his room.

"Mom stay out of my room!!" He yelled while running up the steps. "I couldn't help it Jessica is a beautiful woman" She said sweetly. Daniel ignored his embarrassing mother and entered his room. He did notice the large amount of photos laying in random orders all on his desk and in his floor. It was quite dirty in there. The photos varied from his beauty to his victims. He spent the evening organizing and picking up the photos. He also needed more rolls of footage for his camera. So before he went to get his daily night time photos he went passed the hardware store and bought more of it. It was never easy cleaning out his camera, but he never missed a day where he could get his precious photos.

After his camera was loaded he took it for a test and took a picture of the moon. This was for quality, to sense of something was off focus, and to test the new footage. All was perfect and he placed the very good photo on a random persons car. Then headed back to Jessica's house. Taking the back way of course. He noti some of the lights were still on in her house. Which wouldn't really be an issue. Jessica's room was located on the first floor, her parents room was located upstairs. Jessica's light was off and the window was closed as usual but there was always that small space between the curtain and his view inside. That's where the camera usually goes. Jessica laid in her bed sleeping peacefully under the covers. Besides taking photos of her, Daniel felt his heart rate speed up. Which indicated that he needs to hurry up before he gets to bold and rowdy.

Once he got home he took spread the photos in his table and choose the best 5 out of 20 and threw the rest away. After organizing his room he decided to store his photos in a purple and red painted box. And his victims went into a fire green pattern box. He then got up and showered a few minutes later. While he was in the shower his mother got a call. It was from the police department. "Good evening miss, this is the county jail department" She was confused as to why this call was even happening. Her mind went from the call to the police officer from earlier. "Hello how is everything going on over there, did something happen?" She waited for a minute. And then she nearly dropped the phone in excitement.

   "Your Husband will be released in a week ma'am" She nearly screamed. Her eyes lit up. She even hung up the phone. "Daniels gonna love this" she whispered. Now things were going to change. Daniel was in fact like his father, but his father was a professional assassin. In fact the whole family is psycho. The mom and the siblings are too. Trust me you'll know why later.

    Daniel by then got out the shower. He had put on his pajamas and layer down in his bed. He laid there with his eyes open. He was thinking. Thinking deep and hard (😏), not like that tho. He was thinking about Jessica and all her beautiful features. Like her hair, her eyes, her hands, her schedule, her house, her room, the last time she showered. Everything the thoughts and everything were flowing left to right. Then he he imagined their wedding. And what pretty dress she'd wear. "She can wear anything and still look pretty" Dan said to himself. Then he thought about murder, and how it satisfies his anger and stress. He wouldn't kill a random he finds on the streets. Not unless he really was angry.

     It only happened once, and we don't talk about it. Jessica had always been in his mind, even during his murderous adventures. He did everything for her. She should've already been on her knees for him already. He doesn't exactly understand everything about her. Like who she likes. "I'll find out, and when I do that guy is gonna die..." Dan said again. Even thinking about her with another guy was wretched. Daniels emotions are usually all over the place. But he's never looked at Jessica any different then he does now. Tomorrow he'll find out. Tomorrow he WILL find out. "I've gotta wake up early tomorrow and practice what I'm gonna say" Daniel said making it a mental note out loud. He set a timer to 4:30 am. It was 11:38 pm, he needed to go to sleep. So he slept.

   The start of the man hunt (literally)

   Daniel woke up at 4:30 am from an ear raping alarm. Even psychos can't take that noise. He woke up put on his normal black ripped jeans and white tee. With his jacket of course, it was red with all types of fire patterns. Daniel was also in love with fire. It excites him, like a lot. And with that at 4:45 he started brushing his teeth and combing his hair, he didn't style it, just combed his curls. "Now what am I gonna say to her? I can't be too forward or she'll think I'm a weirdo. Hmm" Daniel said. He had two hours until the bus came. And so he practiced and rewrote every mistake to remember not to say it again. And finally, he was ready for school.

   Here's one more thing about Daniel that I'll tell you guys for now, he's always three to three hundred steps ahead of everyone. Kinda like a fortune teller with a 100% accuracy. Especially with his kills. Him being a stalker it takes less then a day for him to find info and kill his target. That is unless he wants to time the kill. Anyways distractions are his kryptonite, anything that happened before or unexpected during his plans will throw him off. Like for example right now Dans heading to the gym for class. He's about to get pulled into a classroom in 3.....2......1.....anddddd "Uh-." Dan tried to say, before getting kidnapped.

He fell to the floor pretty hard. "I'm sorry did I pull to hard?" A soft voice said. "Uh Danny? You ok?" He looked up. Oh it's Jessica he thought. "Hi Jessica how are you?" Dan said while brushing off the dust from the floor. "Ah- sorry about that I was trying to catch you at the right time" Her face started to turn a shade of deep red. "It's really alright I promise, but we have fun and we have to change..." Dan had tried to sound like a normal student I'm a rush. But in reality he was praying and mentally screaming for her to keep him longer and forever and never let him go. "I need to ask you something Danny" She said impatiently. Dans eyes widened, and I mean it wasn't his usual acting widened eyes, he was actually surprised. "What happened are you ok?" He worried.

How does one ask something like this so suddenly. He probably will probably decline anyways, maybe it's too soon...? Jessica's thoughts make her feel worse about this whole thing. "Danny would you do me a favor?" She asked. Dan nodded his head in response. "Are you free later? I wanna hang out with you today" Jessica was basically sweating at this point. Dan paused, like once again not acting. He opened his mouth to answer her, but she beat him too it. "It's ok if you say no please don't feel guilty" She said just in case of a no response. "I was getting ready to tell you I am free later" her eyes lit up in excitement. She embraced him in a tight hug without thinking.

Daniels face had turned blood red. Was she aware of- no it's too soon He can't say for sure yet. "Hey uh we should get going to class huh?" Daniel forced out. If this went on any longer he'd end up with a uh 😏. They released each other and the awkward tension was BACK. "I'll see you later Danny" She said while running out the door.

Now not only did Dan skip gym he couldn't focus in class either. "Daniel are you paying attention? Focus on your work young man we have a test next week" his science teacher said. She's right but wrong, Dan couldn't stop thinking about it. This mission is getting easier and easier huh? Dan thought to himself. He'd notified his mother in advance. Dan knew this was important because it's basically a date right? But his pictures- he'd never missed a day, not even on the weekends. Only time he did is when her family took a trip to Europe. He didn't know where so he couldn't follow her.

The end of the day was only 15 minutes away, when Daniel was called to the office. "Hello? May I have Daniel Zandez come down to the office?" Daniel was confused right now, but nevertheless he packed his stuff and headed to the office. He opened the door to be greeted by his mom, and his.........his father?