Cyber Lovers.

"Mom, when will Emily be here?" I took a sip of dad's homemade egg nog.

"I think I just heard their car pull up out front." Mom smiled.

I put the glass down and fixed my dress. I haven't seen my little sister Emily in so long. About three years to be exact.
I had just turned eighteen and I had been dating this sweet guy, Andrew, a while. He had dropped out of school and gotten this job as a car salesman. After my eighteenth birthday, Andrew had announced he had received a promotion and was going to be moved to West Newbury, Massachusetts. I was faced with a dilemma. Stay with my family, or go with Andrew?

As any young girl, madly in love, I went with Andrew. We were going strong, and I felt on top of the world. I had gotten a job as a waitress at a local restaurant. After an argument with my boss one day, I decided to quit and leave early. When I got home, I walked into our bedroom and found Andrew in bed with a blonde haired woman.

I remember being so angry, I had never been so angry in my life. I had given so much up for that bastard. And this was the thanks I got?

"Get the hell out of my house! Get out!" I yelled at them both. "It's over, Andrew!"

I gave him an hour to grab his stuff and then he was gone. This was about two months ago. So last week, I decided to come and stay with the family for Christmas. Today is Christmas Eve and I'm seeing my sister Emily.

"Hey guys. Cadence?" Emily grinned and ran over to me, tackling me in a big bear hug.

In between our giggles, I tried to say. "We're a little old for this babe!" But she hugged me quiet.

"It's been too long." She nuzzled her chin on my shoulder.

"Sorry Em. I love you."

"I love you too, Cadence." Emily released the hug, stood up, and fixed her hair.

"Hey, who's this?" I raised my eyebrow at the dark haired man standing by Emily's side.

"I'm Eric, Emily's boyfriend." He held a thin hand out.

I stood up and put my sunnies on my head and smiled. "Nice to meet you Eric, you seem like a lovely guy."

"Everyone! Remember the rule, open one present on Christmas Eve..." Mom beamed at us three.

"Really mom?.." Emily started.

"Go go go go." Mom pushed us towards the tree. She loves Christmas. "Remember, just one."

I opted for the big one with my name on it in the corner.

"To Cadence, Love your parents." It read. I smiled.

Everyone was opening theirs all at once. I undid the sticky tape and tore the yellow wrapping paper (my favorite color).

"Oh my gosh! Really guys? Thankyou thankyou thankyou!" I wrapped my arms around mom and dad. "This is so thoughtful!"

"Ooh, what is it?" Em leaned over for a closer look. "A laptop!" She grinned.

"You're welcome honey, I knew you needed one. Now you can email us all the time and keep in touch more." Dad smiled, emphasizing his forehead wrinkles.

That night, I slept in my old room. It has been made into a guest room now, but I still felt all my old childhood memories flooding back. But that just brought me back to myself and Andrew. I felt a tear run down my cheek. Right then, I promised to myself that I will never let this happen again.

"Time to wake up, honey. You need to open your present from Emily." Mom wore her usual pink dressing gown.

I yawned and rubbed my eyes. "What time is it?"

She gave me a guilty look. "About 7am."

I rolled my eyes playfully. "Okay, I'll be down in about five minutes."

Mom closed the door and I got into my yellow dressing gown. I walked downstairs to find that the entire family was waiting for me.

"Oh sorry, didn't know you guys were waiting." I grinned.

"Come and open my present!" Emily held out a small yellow box.

I opened the box and the shock was plain obvious on my face. A diamond bracelet!

"Oh, Em. Thankyou so much, it's stunning, really."

I wrapped the bracelet onto my wrist and hooked it together. Each diamond sparkled it's own rainbow from the sun shining through the windows. Absolutely gorgeous!

Emily kissed my cheek. "Hope you like it sis."

"I do. It's beautiful." I hugged her back.

We had a big family breakfast and everyone got time with their presents. Before we knew, it was time for me to go. I was going clubbing with my friends back in West Newbury tonight so I had to get ready. Everyone said their goodbyes and I got into my car. Emily came and leaned in my window.

"Eric and I will probaby come down in a couple weeks."

"I'd love that. Come down anytime." I kissed her cheek.

"Love you, drive safe." She stood up straight.

"Love you, bye."

I waved to the family and drove off.

3 hours later,

I'm finally home. I hate long drives, so you can imagine how great it felt to be home.

Well, now what? I have five hours until it's time for me to go. What the heck? I might as well set up my laptop.

2 hours later,

Okay, thank god that's over. Laptop's are so hard to start up, but I did it. That's when I got a call from my friend Kimberly. She was clubbing with us girls tonight and wanted to know what time we're meeting up. So we were talking about that, then she asked me how my day was going. So we had a chat about Christmas... We were talking for about an hour. When we finished, I turned back to the computer.

That's when I had a thought. Kimberly and her husband Mark met on a cute Internet web site. Ever since Andrew and I broke up, she has been bugging me to join the site. At first I was against it, but who knows? It might be interesting...

Before I knew it, my fingers were typing the web address at lightning speed.

Author's Note; Hey everybody! This is my first story and I hope you enjoyed reading it. Please rate/review and if there's anything I can improve on, please don't hesitate to give me some (respectful) feedback!

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