Pay It Forward Gone "Wrong"

 Ever since I watched the movie Pay It Forward with Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt and Haley Joel Osment it has changed my perspective. I really believe in the whole "pay it forward" concept, I really do. Pay It Forward is basically a movie about a little boy who does a good deed for a stranger, then tells them to "pay it forward" to the next stranger. Soon enough, everyone starts to catch on the the concept and the world becomes a better place.
Well, several months ago, a total stranger decided to pay it forward and paid for my breakfast in the drive thru one morning. I thought it was the sweetest thing. It really made me feel good for her to do that out of the kindness of her heart. I thanked the Lord for my blessing and vowed that I would pay it forward to the next person when I got a chance. Tonight, I did so. I didn't have much money but I decided to pay it forward to the gentleman behind me in the drive thru anyway. After all, he was also very courteous to let me go ahead of him when he clearly got there first.
So I pay for the young man's food and told the worker to tell him, "Happy New Year and to pay it forward." I drove off feeling real good about being able to bless someone else, even though I really didn't have the money to. (The whole point was to make a sacrifice.) So after I leave, I notice in my rear view mirror the young man catches up to me on the road and ends up directly behind me. I thought maybe he wanted to at least say thank you or something. I was flattered but didn't think it was necessary. So as I'm en route to my home I noticed he was still behind me. In my head I'm thinking hurry up and say thank you and go on now! Get! But he never pulled to the side of me, even at the read light. Now I'm getting nervous as I turn into the neighborhood away from the busy street and he turns behind me as well. So many things are going through my head like do I not turn down my street so he doesn't know where I live? Do I drive back to the main street? What if this man is crazy or something? I mean, it is New Years Day at 2am!!!
I was really nervous and worried that my "pay it forward" deed just wasn't the right time. So I turn on my street and BOOM!!!......so does he!!! Uh oh.......?!?
My house is coming up and I'm still debating do I turn in there or keep driving? So now I'm praying hoping that he really isn't following me and maybe just happen to take the same turns as I did. I'm also thinking in my head that maybe I'm trippin and it's nothing! I really need to stop watching Lifetime. Only way I could find out that he wasn't following me was to turn into my apartments. So I say a prayer and pull into the drive way but don't park. I wanted it to look like I was picking someone up or something. I pulled in and kept my lights on and engine running as I sat and waited for his car to pass my house rather than turn into the same driveway. Those 15 seconds seemed like forever just like a movie scene where the scary part starts before the killer chases the lady into the woods and chops her body up!!! **Cue the scary music**

Turns out, the guy really just happened to be going in the same direction because he kept going. I still sat in the car for another 15-30 seconds to make sure he didn't make a u-turn to see what apartment I was walking into!
Now, I don't mean to discourage anyone from paying it forward because of my paranoid self, but I will definitely say I will not be paying it forward at 2am when I'm in the car alone anymore! lol