NOTE: The story is in Aria's POV

Dear Anonymous,

Hello. I know this is written through a letter, but I still find this very awkward. I'm sorry. Anyway, I saw the website that was advertising about writing to anonymous people. It said it's very useful if you need to tell somebody your secrets, feel like getting things off your chest or just having someone to talk to. I thought it was a great idea since there is so much I can't tell my own friends, and family. I don't want to get into too deep details in the first letter, because I'm scared you won't write back. My life is anything but normal, and I hope you will understand that. I didn't choose you as my anonymous pen pal by the way; the website automatically gives you somebody's email, and well, it gave me yours. I really hope you aren't some creepy old man, though. Write back soon, please.

From,

Me

I deeply exhaled as I closed my laptop screen. It felt good to know that I had someone else out there I could talk to, because as of right now, I have no one. My best friends, Emily, Spencer and Hanna are all having the time of their lives on the other side of the world, without me. Mom grounded me, so I wasn't allowed to go to Hawaii for summer break with the rest of the girls. I can't even explain how angry I am at her. I don't deserve to be grounded, if anything I should be spending my time relaxing over everything that happened this year! But no, Mom thinks my friends are a bad influence on me, and that I need to spend this summer thinking about my life, my choices and doing chores around the house. I haven't spoken to her since she grounded me, which is probably only making matters worse but I really can't be around her right now. In my opinion, Mom is only doing this because she is angry at my Dad. Speaking of my Dad, he probably is spending the rest of his summer with his new girlfriend, Meredith. Ugh, saying her name makes me want to hurl. My brother is also spending time with his friends. So, as I said before, I am completely and utterly alone. I'm just glad summer break is almost over, because I don't think I can last another week of this.

A 'bing' noise coming from my laptop interrupted my thoughts. My heart started beating faster as I opened the screen back up, hoping it was my anonymous pen pal. I quickly scanned through my emails, and yes, it was a new message and it was titled "Anonymous". I clicked onto the email, hoping it was a decent letter.

Dear You,

You'll be very delighted to know that I'm not a creepy old man. But that's all the information I will give you for now. You sound very interesting, which I like. I can't help but wonder why you can't tell your family and friends though. I hope it's nothing too bad, since I'm no expert in giving advice. I'll do my best at listening though. All the best.

From,

Anonymous.

I smiled as I read through the email. Anonymous sounded like a very decent person. I felt a shiver of excitement rush through me as I thought of the fact that I finally had someone, someone decent, who I could share absolutely everything with. Maybe this summer will finally turn around.