Emma opened the door to her home with a heavy sigh. Her mom was going to be away for a week with her brother and her father was on a spin up. She was so tired, she was tired of having to be an adult. All she wanted to do was be a normal kid. She was tired of being alone. Her mom was consumed with her brother and his hockey or with work. Her dad was always deployed or spun up and she understood that he had a very important occupation. He was a SEAL, he protected people who couldn't protect themselves. She understood that but she also would like to talk to someone who wasn't her best friends Hannah Seaver and Cathy Porter. She moved towards her bedroom and sat down on her bed. She pulled her laptop from her backpack and was about to start her homework when she noticed that there was something new trending on Google. She opened the link and it was to a new chat room app, LetsChat. She thought about it for a moment and clicked to download the app. Once it was downloaded, she put in her information and decided on the username Songbird2000. She began looking through the chat and she answered some questions to get a better match for a virtual friend. She answered the twenty questions and she was given a 90% match to another user RealDealSEAL, it looks like they had just joined as well. She debated on starting a chat with them but something told her too.

"Hi!" She sent with a smiley face emoji and waited for a response. After a few minutes, she decided to go downstairs and grab something to drink before coming back into the room. She noticed that she had received a message.

"Hey." It was from RealDealSEAL.

"I've never really done this before…" Emma sent the message to them, hoping to get the conversation started.

"Me neither…"

"So… what made you join the app?" Emma asked.

"Having a hard time at work... No one seems to understand. I thought that I could talk to someone and get it out of my mind." Was the reply that Emma got.

"Do you… do you want to talk about it?" Emma asked.

"It's kind of hard to understand… I can't really talk about it."

"Okay… but I would like to help." She sent and waited.

"I'm trying to do something that I've wanted to do since I was a little boy. I got the chance and… I think I blew it." Was the reply she got. Okay, so now Emma knows that this person was a guy.

"Really, why do you think that you blew it?" Emma asked him, needing more detail.

"I didn't listen to someone's order. Someone who has a lot of say in whether I get to do my dream of not. Actually, he is someone that I admire a great deal."

"Why didn't you follow his order?"

"Because I was trying to save his life."

"If you saved his life, why would he stop you from getting your dream job?" Emma asked, not completely understanding.

"That ties into him not liking my father, who really no one likes."

"Just because they don't like your father, they shouldn't push that on you."

"You would think. What about you? Why did you join the app?" he asked. Emma thought about it for a moment and decided to answer.

"I've been lonely lately. My mom is busy with my little brother and my dad… well… he works alot." Emma simply answered, knowing that she couldn't tell a complete stranger about her father's job.

"Understandable… well, if you ever need to talk, I will be on this app."

"Me too. I have homework to do. I'll talk to you another time?" Emma asked, hopefully.

"Absolutely. Can't wait."

Clay/Emma-Clay/Emma

Clay walked into his bunk room where he was staying for his duration on Green Team. He had a bad day, Jason Hayes still hates him. He knew that he should have listened to his orders, but Jason was in danger. He sat down on his bunk and pulled out his laptop. He was searching for something to do tonight since Green Team didn't have exercises. He noticed that there was a trending app called LetsChat. He thought about it for a moment but then decided to check it out. He clicked on the icon, downloaded the app and then filled out the information. He decided on the username RealDealSEAL. He did the questionnaire to link you with someone who may have the same interests are you. After a few moments, he got a hit on someone named Songbird2000. He noticed that there was a message from the user.

"Hi!" The message said with a smiley smile. He chuckled, this had to be a woman.

"Hey." Clay replied and waited.

"I've never really done this before…"

"Me neither…" Clay simply replied not really knowing what to say.

"So… what made you join the app?" Songbird 2000 asked.

"Having a hard time at work... No one seems to understand. I thought that I could talk to someone and get it out of my mind."

"Do you… do you want to talk about it?" Clay read this and debated on answering. He couldn't just tell a complete stranger about his life or about being a SEAL.

"It's kind of hard to understand… I can't really talk about it."

"Okay… but I would like to help."

Clay took a deep breath and then began to type, "I'm trying to do something that I've wanted to do since I was a little boy. I got the chance and… I think I blew it."

"Really, why do you think that you blew it?"

He knew that he couldn't go into detail but it felt good to talk about this with someone, so he replied, "I didn't listen to someone's order. Someone who has a lot of say in whether I get to do my dream of not. Actually, he is someone that I admire a great deal."

"Why didn't you follow his order?"

"Because I was trying to save his life."

"If you saved his life, why would he stop you from getting your dream job?"

"That ties into him not liking my father, who really no one likes." Clay knew that the real reason Jason was so against him was because his father was Ash Spenser.

"Just because they don't like your father, they shouldn't push that on you."

Clay nodded his head in agreement with the statement before changing the subject to her. "You would think. What about you? Why did you join the app?"

"I've been lonely lately. My mom is busy with my little brother and my dad… well… he works alot." It was a simple answer, but Clay knew that there was something more to the story.

"Understandable… well, if you ever need to talk, I will be on this app." He simply stated.

"Me too. I have homework to do. I'll talk to you another time?"

He looked at the reply and smiled. He was actually enjoying their conversation so he replied with "Absolutely. Can't wait."