1. Title: At 2:13 AM, My Phone Rang… The Caller ID Was Me

Story

At exactly 2:13 AM, my phone rang.

I stared at the screen, still half-asleep.

Caller ID: Me.

Not my number saved under a nickname. Not a glitchy label.

Just… Me.

I let it ring once. Twice.

On the third ring, I answered.

“…Hello?”

Static.

Then a voice.

My voice.

“Don’t go to work tomorrow.”

I froze.

“This isn’t funny.”

“Listen to me,” it said—calm, urgent. “If you leave the house at 8:15, you won’t come back.”

My chest tightened. “Who is this?”

“You already know.”

The call ended.

I didn’t sleep again.

At 7:50 AM, I stood by the door, keys in hand. I laughed it off—stress, dreams, nothing more.

8:10.

8:14.

My hand hovered over the knob.

At 8:15, I didn’t open it.

I don’t know why. I just… couldn’t.

I waited.

8:16.

8:17.

Silence.

Then sirens.

Distant at first. Then closer. Then right outside my building.

I opened the window.

A car was crushed at the intersection.

My route to work.

My time.

My breath stopped.

My phone buzzed again.

1 New Message

From: Me

“Now you understand.”

I stared at it, heart racing.

Another message appeared.

“Next call… you won’t like.”