My Life: The Social Network

Steam EYK0715 is playing Team Fortress 2.

Steam HoffyMuffins is playing Portal.

Steam killerinsidemanda is playing Amnesia: The Dark Descent.

Facebook Status Update Mark Hoffman: I don't get it! ;_;

"Iiiiiiizzzzzzyyyyyyy!" The high-pitched screech was heard all throughout the house. It shattered the ears of everyone that was inside, which included John, Amanda, Izzy, Zep, Adam, and Lawrence, most of whom were goofing off on their laptops, iPads, iPhones, and other electronic devices. Izzy looked up from her video game for a moment, then looked back down to find that she had been shot in-game.

"Fuck!" She shouted angrily, slamming her hand on the desk in her bedroom. Izzy paused the game. "What do you want?" She screeched back at whoever had been calling her.

"I don't get it, how do you solve this puzzle?" Hoffman whined from the living room.

"Can't you figure it out for yourself?" Izzy groaned. "I was in the middle of a game! You made me get shot!"

"Yes, I know you're playing." Hoffman said. "It popped up on my Steam notifications. So now that you're dead, can you come help me?"

"But I just respawned!"

"So? Disconnect and get your ass down here!"

"Izzy, please help Hoffman out so he'll shut the hell up." John shouted at the two of them from the kitchen as he was playing a game on his iPad. "I'm trying to focus on this intense game of Words With Friends game that I'm in with Lawrence."

Facebook Status Update Lawrence Gordon: I'm so going to beat you, Johnny boy! :D

Izzy sighed and disconnected her game. "Fine!" She mumbled obscenities under her breath as she stomped down the stairs and into the living room, where Hoffman was sitting on the couch with his Dell laptop and a juice box.

"Yay! You're helping me!" He cheered. He turned his laptop so Izzy could see what test chamber he was on. It was the first one. "Alright, so I don't get it. What am I supposed to do here?"

Izzy's left eye twitched slightly and she sighed angrily. "Hoffman, it's the first test chamber! How do you not get it? It's easy as hell!"

"But every time I step off of the button, the door closes!" Hoffman whined like a toddler. He took a quick sip of his juice box and flailed his legs.

"That's what the cube is for." She growled, pointing at the box that was sitting in the room. "You have to pick it up and put it on the box."

Twitter mandaybabe2: My daughter is trying to help our idiot friend with Portal. Priceless!

"Oh, that's what you do?" He took his computer back and did exactly what she said. The door opened and he went through it. "Well who would've thought? Thanks, Iz!"

"You're welcome, moron." Izzy turned and started to head back upstairs. As soon as she got to the top of the stairs, Hoffman whined again.

"Iiiiiizzzzzzyyyyyy...how do you do this test chamber?"

Izzy turned abruptly and screamed down the stairs. "I'm not helping you! Just look it up online!" She then charged into her room and slammed the door.

Text Message New Message from Izzy Young-Kramer: Help me. My uncle doesn't know how to play Portal and won't SHUT THE HELL UP.

Text Message New Message from Tyler Wind: haha sucks for you! did you try helping him?

Text Message New Message from Izzy Young-Kramer: Yes, I did! But he still doesn't get it.

Text Message New Message from Tyler Wind: sorry, i dont know what to tell you...

Hoffman pulled out his iPhone and attempted to look up a guide, grumbling and groaning the whole time. Just when the house fell fairly quiet and everyone was sure that they could play in peace...

"AHHHHHHHHHH! FUCK MY LIFE FUCK MY LIFE FUCK MY FUCKING LIFE!"

Everyone ran from where they were to John and Amanda's bedroom, where Amanda was cowering in the corner with her laptop a foot or so away from her. "Oh God, make it stop, make it stop, make it stop, stop, stop!" She whimpered.

John rushed to his wife's side immediately. "Manda baby, is everything okay?"

"The-the monster charged at me. The fucking thing with no jaw and..." She shuddered. "Just make it stop!"

AIM JTuck09: Hey, sorry I couldn't come over today, Iz. I didn't want to risk anything with Amanda. What am I missing?

AIMglimmermuffins: She's cowering in the corner.

AIM JTuck09: Amanda? Why?

AIM glimmermuffins: She was playing Amnesia.

AIM JTuck09: Oh...gotcha. :/

"Mom, I told you that game was scary. I had nightmares for at least a week after playing it." Izzy reminded her mother of the warnings she had previously given to her.

"Ooh, were you at the part where the guy was like 'Oh shit, I have a bag of Milky Ways!'?" Hoffman asked, remembering a video that Izzy had shown him about a month ago.

Izzy picked up the laptop and examined the screen. "From the looks of it, I believe so."

"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you, Izzy..." Amanda said shakily, still shivering. "God, I'm definitely done with that game for a while." She turned her laptop off and sighed.

Twitter hellomrhindle: Amanda just got pwned by a video game! Lol!

Twitter mandaybabe2: hellomrhindle SHUT UP.

Zep looked out of the window in the bedroom. "You know, I just love how it's a perfectly nice day outside, and we're spending the day on video games, Facebook, and all those other fun sites." Outside, it was sunny and warm, just around sixty degrees, which was good for the area they lived in.

"Hey, we have whoever created social media to thank for that." Izzy replied, pulling out her iPhone and checking her notifications, demonstrating a perfect example of what Zep had said just a few moments ago.

Foursquare Izzy Young-Kramer checked into 'Insanity House'.

Somewhere deep in New York City, two men were sitting at a computer, looking at the screen, which held cameras on a family that looked generally basic with a few added on family friends. But they had knowledge that there was something more to them than that. The rougher looking one, a tall man with a muscular build turned to the other man, who was shorter and not as in shape as the other. "You hear that?" The tougher man said, his voice a low grumble. "They're talking about who invented social media."

The other man nodded and shared a knowing look with his friend, an inside joke being shared between them. "Yes they are." He observed.

They were the only ones who watched and knew to watch.

Back at the Young-Kramer house, the Words with Friends showdown between John and Lawrence was coming to a close. The doctor had the final turn, and only had one letter left. "The score is tight." He told Amanda, who was watching over his shoulder. "If I can just get five points from this, I'll win! I just need to find the right place to put it." Lawrence focused in on his phone, trying to create the perfect word. "I've got it!" He place a simple one-point letter on a triple letter space next to a two-point letter, earning him five points and the game. "Aha!" He shouted, thrusting his fist into the air. "I beat you, Johnny boy!"

"I won't believe it until I see it!" John shouted from the other room. He hadn't received the move yet. After a few moments, his iPad vibrated, indicating that he had gotten the final move. When he saw it, he let out a groan. "You suck."

"I may suck, but I still won anyway." Lawrence had waltzed into the room and was doing a victory dance that involved lots of jazz hands.

"I demand a rematch!" John pressed a button on his tablet, and the new game begun. "We'll see who wins this time."

A/N: Hello my sweets! It's been quite some time since I've uploaded a new chapter. I'm not sure what to say here...um...the little interlude is for a potential crossover idea I have. It might work, it might not. We'll see. Either way, I hope my writing style has improved in leaps and bounds from where I was last time or even from the very first chapter. I feel like it has, at least a little. Hopefully, you can tell what I wrote months ago (the beginning of this chapter) from what I wrote just a few minutes ago. I definitely can! XD See you later, darlings.