Chapter 03: Life's A Bitch
Miles gawked at the screen. Shit. He probably thought she's bailed on him. The truth was, she would've sat there all day if it would take her mind off of the crappy day she was having... if it would take her mind off Daniel.
"Mum? Did you switch off the wifi?"
"No, honey, why?"
"Nevermind!"
Oh. Good. She hurriedly reconnected her computer to the network and logged back in, hoping he was still online. She decided that she actually enjoyed his 'company.' A little too much, maybe, but it was the closest to a friend she would have right now. Thank the lord it was a Friday and she could stay up late.
BlueEmerald73: Hey Chip, sorry about that, I lost connection.
QuickChip045: Heh. Thought you got tired of me.
BlueEmerald73: Just a tad. ;)
QuickChip045: Am I going blind? Did YOU just put a wink face?
BlueEmerald73: What? I can be funny too.
QuickChip045: Uh huh. So, we're both 17. That's good. Means I can have some fun with you without feeling too worried that I'll end up in prison. xD
BlueEmerald73: Can I ask you something?
QuickChip045: Anything. ;)
BlueEmerald73: Why are you so obsessed with sex?
QuickChip045: Because sex is awesome.
BlueEmerald73: Really?
QuickChip045: Oh my God you're a VIRGIN?
BlueEmerald73: What? No! I've had sex before, just once but it isn't the best memory for me.
QuickChip045: No one's first time is great, Blue. Apart from mine. I just seem to have a gift for it. ;)
BlueEmerald73: You don't understand. Mine was good... but it was after that made it awful.
QuickChip045: In what way?
BlueEmerald73: ...I don't want to talk about it.
QuickChip045: Oh, come on! You can't do that! Just start a story and then drop it before it ends!
BlueEmerald73: Fine... my best friend slept with me and then he disappeared without saying goodbye a week later. He just upped and left.
QuickChip045: Geez, you can't have been that bad can you?
Miles actually teared up at his words. That stung. Plus she'd never thought of that being the reason for him leaving her.
BlueEmerald73: That's really insensitive.
QuickChip045: Sorry, just thought I'd ask. Why did he leave you?
BlueEmerald73: I don't know. Like I said he just left. I woke up one morning and he'd vanished, it was like he never existed.
QuickChip045: Maybe he didn't and you just made him up in your head.
BlueEmerald73: Y'know what? You're a dick. I don't even know why I told you all this.
QuickChip045: Alright, alright, I'm sorry. Look, let's make a fresh start.
BlueEmerald73: Alright.
QuickChip045: I can eat a bag of chips in 45 seconds.
BlueEmerald73: Huh?
QuickChip045: Why'd you think my username is QuickChip045?
BlueEmerald73: Oooh, right.
QuickChip045: So why'd you choose yours?
BlueEmerald73: Blue is my favourite colour, Em is my nickname so I elongated it, and 7 and 3 are my favourite numbers.
QuickChip045: Is your name Emerald then? That's pretty unusual.
BlueEmerald73: Nope.
QuickChip045: Who gave you your nickname?
BlueEmerald73: ...
QuickChip045: It was The Leaver, wasn't it?
BlueEmerald73: ...no...
QuickChip045: Blue.
BlueEmerald73: Ok, fine. I love that nickname, and it stuck so now there's nothing I can do about it.
QuickChip045: Geez, why are you so hung up on him anyway?
BlueEmerald73: I am not.
QuickChip045: You clearly are. If my little sister was still in love with the guy who broke her heart I'd slap her to her senses.
Miles decided to ignore his comment about being in love. She wasn't in love, she never had been, he had just besotted her. Very, very badly.
BlueEmerald73: You have a little sister?
QuickChip045: Yeah. How about you?
BlueEmerald73: A little brother. Well, half-brother. We have different Dad's. He has a weird name, too.
ChipQuick045: And his name is...?
BlueEmerald73: Not telling.
ChipQuick045: Dammit.
BlueEmerald73: I've told you something personal about me, what about you? You owe me a sob story, my man.
ChipQuick045: I'm not your man... yet.
BlueEmerald73: How many clichés have you got in there?
ChipQuick045: Oh, a few. You want a sob story, here it is. My Dad's a deadbeat asshole who walked out on my Ma when I was 5 and my sister was a baby. And that's all you need to know.
BlueEmerald73: I don't have a Dad either. He left my Mum before I was born. She calls him a deadbeat too.
ChipQuick045: Really? Guess we have more in common than I thought.
BlueEmerald73: Yeah, I guess we do.
