No Caller ID

3:52 AM - Saturday 

As I lay dreaming on my silk gray sheets, I feel three strong vibrations ...

on my phone, reads "No Caller ID" 

I get up out of my sleep to answer, thinking it was a past ex I may have blocked.

(Although that's embarrassing to own up to, it was truth)

upon answering I say, "hello", in a "tired" voice to play it cool.

They respond with my name, but it's not a voice I recognize.

I say, "Who is this?" 

They respond, "Your favorite tall black guy."

Stunned at the fact that this person is calling me at 4AM and playing games, I ask confused, "What?"

There is a pause *

They ask me if I want to hear a crazy story... and that its really intense. 

There is another pause *  (but this one felt different than the other...) 

at this point I'm thinking that I'm the star in the opening scene of a 2024 re-make of the movie "SCREAM."

(but I don't remember auditioning...)

I go downstairs armed and SLOWLY, being as silent on the phone as I could. Assuming that the prankster would assume I fell asleep and would then hang up. I was wrong. 

I checked all the doors to make sure they were locked.

 

at 4AM everything is really silent; I could even hear things I couldn't hear during the day, Like my breath and heartbeat. 

at 4AM everything is really dark. This kind of darkness almost tricks you into believing that light could suffocate against it. 

After some time of playing the one-sided quiet game, they yelled my name into the phone.

Which was frightening because you know me, but I don't know you.

I respond with a rude tone, "Who is this?"

They said, "I told you, Your favorite tall black guy. Thats the only clue you get."

I said, "Ahhh hell nah I'm going back to sleep its almost 4AM."

being very pushy, he implies he wants me to hear this crazy, intense story and that it won't take too much time.

the gist of the story was that he had a threesome with two women: one Filipino girl, one African-American girl. 

He stops in the middle of his story to ask me if I have ever had sex with a black man. 

There's another pause, but this time it's because I'm so angry that this bastard was on some rapey, knockoff-ghostface bullshit at 4AM. 

I hung up. 

They called on "no caller ID" again the next night but I didn't answer.

Just like every episode, there is a theme or lesson to be learned.

I learned two today.