Looking for a Host
Julie calls her new-found friend Alicia on the telephone. She can’t wait to finally meet her in person. Alicia is everything that she would want to have in a friend: personality, looks and a great attitude towards life.
They met online in a chat room, and Julie has become somewhat obsessed with her. She has never met anyone quite like her, and it is an obsession that she can’t let go out of her life. She convinces Alicia to meet her in a quaint, little restaurant in the hills. Alicia arrives before Julie, and the waiter sits her at a table in the corner. She sits and waits for the girl that she has met online, the person that she believes is a loving, compassionate friend. Julie arrives looking absolutely beautiful, wearing a black leather trench coat, and she finds Alicia and walks over to her table. She is just as beautiful as she has imagined, and she introduces herself and they sit down and enjoy a wonderful dinner.
Alicia awakens gagged, in a cold, dank, confined space that seems to be a trunk of a car. Her head is throbbing and she is discombobulated. She can hear the fumbling of keys, as she tries to gain awareness of her surroundings.
The trunk opens up and her eyes slowly adjust to the dim light that appears over her. She can see a dark figure standing in front of her; it almost seems to be smiling and pleased with her, which is quite disturbing to her… considering the condition she is in.
Julie smiles at her new-found friend, as she slowly lifts her out of the trunk. She gently lifts her out of her confinement, and apologizes for any discomfort the ride may have given her.
“I’m really sorry that I had to treat you this way, Alicia. You really are a great girl, you are everything that you said that you would be. I am very pleased with the openness and honesty that you have shared with me. I would do anything to be just like you…”
Alicia’s eyes grow huge like saucers; she sees the craziness in Julie’s eyes.
The last thing that Alicia sees is the large teeth as she peels her face off.