Just A Coincidence Ch. 5

Oh yeah. It' a Friday alright. But is it a typical Friday?

Hell no.

No. Instead of me relishing the last day of the week (in my own little schedule anyway), I had to
be spending it at Mina's house. And you guessed it. It was our first day of practice for our
choreographed waltz. Oh yeah sure, some claim this part of having a debutante ball is fun.
But to be doing this for two and a half hours straight through, and to be doing it for the next two
months - I don't think so.

But oh. That isn't my problem.

Okay, so it is, but that's only PART of the problem.

The real problem? I was going to spend all that luxurious time with none other than Pretty Boy
himself.

Darien Chiba. (The trouble that contains only two words.)

What joy!

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"So Serena, you still have that online relationship going on?" Mina casually inquired, as I stared
out the car window blankly, small goose bumps forming at the sides of my arms. Was I cold? I
don't think so. Maybe nervous... of what?

"Huh, what?"

"You know, that online cyber boyfriend of yours. Are you still connected to him or are you
getting busy signals?" She laughed nonchalantly, loosening her grip on the steering wheel. I
continued to look out of the window, not bothering to turn to her.

"Yeah, I'm still with him."

"And...?"

"And what?"

"Geez, Serena. That's all you've got to say about it?" Mina made a right turn, as I gripped onto
the passenger seat belt (remembering the last time I got into her car, I just had to prepare myself)
but noticing the actual speed of the turn. It was normal! (Gasp) Thank god she wasn't driving like
a mad woman today. "Don't you have any juicy details for me to sink my teeth into?"

"You said it yourself that these types of relationships are boring. Quote un quote 'lacking some
form of physical contact.' So there's nothing much to say."

"Oh, I get it. You want to be that way?"

"What?"

"Fine. I feel hurt that you don't want to share." I could sense that she did the
sad-lower-lip-quivering move thing on me. I only sighed.

"Uh, Mina. It's not like that. I... I just don't kiss and tell."

"Since when?"

"Since... now." I smiled rather proudly for no apparent reason. "Well, to be fair, if you want an
answer, you have to ask a question about it."

"Fine."

"Good."

"Okay... So, when did you meet this guy?" Mina finally pulled up into her drive way, making
another smooth right turn. She turned off the engine and we un-buckled our seat belts.We got out
of the car, still in conversation.

"Uh, two and half weeks ago."

"Um, okay. Do you know if he has a girl friend in real life?"

I paused for a moment as we walked up to her front door. I rolled my eyes. I just realized I never
asked the guy if he was actually single.

"Err, no..."

"Yeah. That's what I thought. You don't know if he has a girl friend or not do you?"

"Well, it's in the context that he doesn't..."

"See this is why online relationships don't work. If you want a real relationship online,
you have to struggle to know exactly what the person is like and so on and so forth. As you can
see, the only flaw in relationships like these is that you guys are both behind the monitor. And
yes I speak through experience." Mina lead me in, and the both of us went up the stairs to hang
in her room. It would be another thirty minutes until the seventeen waltzers would arrive for
the practice.

I plopped faced down on to her bed, laziness slowly taking over my form. I was truly not in the
mood to dance my heart out.

"Yeah, yeah. I'll ask him the next time he goes on. I knew I forgot something." I mumbled, my
voice muffled still facing down. Oh her bed. So wonderfully cozy... "So anyway, ask me another
question."

"Do you know his real name?" Mina laid down next to me face up. She grabbed her remote and
turned on the television at the corner of her room. She started flipping through channels.

"Um, no."

"Okay, not even his first name?"

"No. Not even his first name."

"Okay, am I the only one seeing something wrong here? No name? Don't even know if he has a
girlfriend? Then what do you two talk about?" She finally stopped at a channel where the news
was on.

"See, actually, we kinda have some ground rules..." I turned around and laid down face up,
noting my legs hanging off the edge. I had the overwhelming sensation of being sleepy. "Yeah
we talk about a lot of things... general things except for specifications."

"Meaning?"

"No specific details like, what our real names are, what school we go to, stuff like that. In other
words, we enjoy each other's company just for the hell of it. We just share our interests and
nothing more."

"And what interests would that be?"

I closed my eyes and yawned. Interests? Well we did talk about dreams. The dreams of each
other. Hell that was the one thing that brought us together in the first place. But after that, we did
converse on things like...

"Video games, the day we had, all the blah stuff."

"Man that's got to be boring."

"Well excuse me. It's better than cyber sex you know!" I had managed to crawl at the head of
her bed, remove her covers, and crawl into it. I felt like I needed a nap. "Ms. Been There and
Done That."

"So sue me if deep conversations don't do a thing for me, at least online anyway." Mina had sat
up at the edge of the bed and stretched. I began closing my eyes. "Besides, I'd like to refer to the
guy's real name and not some screen name like..."

"Sxytuxboi." I had finished the sentence for her. She just laughed.

"Sxytuxboi? That's his name? Oh my god. So when you greet him, you probably greet him by
using one third of his handle right? Oh yeah, 'Hi sexy!' which is perfectly convenient." She
headed out her room, leaning next to her door frame with another stretch. "Man, I'm grabbing
something to eat. Want anything?"

"Nah, I'm just going to take a fifteen minute nap..." My eye lids slowly closed themselves again.
Sleep was definitely overpowering me. "And no I don't call himsexy..."

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"This is Mina's house?" My eyes had widened when I pulled up to the rather large drive way.
"No wonder Mina could afford having eighteen people come over her house. It's huge!"

I had my suspicions that the practices wouldn't be held at a regular sized house and assumed that
they would be held in a dance hall instead. But no, I had found out that it would all take place in
her 'big backyard' as Mina herself plainly put it.

"Yup this is it."

"So this is were you go to every weekend huh? You lucky bastard."

"Hey, just because my girlfriend is moderately wealthy doesn't mean you should assume that I'm
with her because of it." Andrew off handedly said, ringing the doorbell of the large premises.
"And being shallow isn't a characteristic I'd like to be known for."

"Hey, I didn't say that-"

"Oh but you inferred." He interrupted me, when the door opened to reveal a gleeful Mina. She
immediately grabbed his arm and hauled him inside, all the while giving him a peck on the lips.
"Hey hun. Anyone here yet?"

"Yeah, come in. People are out in the back already. Mrs. Haruna is coming by in about ten
minutes." She led us in, closing the door behind her.

Did she just say Mrs. Haruna?

"Wait, Haruna as in Mrs. Haruna from class? Our school?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow.
Somebody had failed to mention this to me earlier. Seeing your English teacher outside of
school, let alone having her teach you how to dance the WALTZ wasn't exactly a thrilling
concept for me to imagine. But it was going to happen.

But then having a very unhappy partner who refuses to be your partner
isn't a motivating thing either.

"Yes. Mrs. Haruna... Actually I had another instructor for the job, but the guy bailed out on me
last minute so I asked Amy Mizuro to find me another instructor. She got me Mrs. Haruna
instead. Who knew the woman could waltz?"

"So where's PMS girl?" I was surprised I had asked the question, but somehow I managed not to
show it. "Yeah... Where is my very un-happy partner to be?"

"Oh, she's taking a nap but you can call her down now. We're beginning soon anyway." Mina
then proceeded to leave with Andrew through a hallway, which I guess would be the path to the
back yard. She left me to wake up Meatball head? That's right she was no longer PMS girl. Her
new nick name was Meatball head... and I was to wake her up. Mina yelled back from the end of
the hallway directing, "Oh by the way, go up the stairs and turn to the right. That's where my
room is. And thanks."

A sly grin slowly formed on my lips as I began to ascend the stairs... What method was I going to
use to rouse this ill-mannered girl?

And then it hit me.

The girl obviously has a crush on me.

I mean what could explain those stares she's been giving me for the last couple of weeks? Hell I
even counted how many times I've caught her in the act! Well actually I couldn't tell if those
stares were stares of admiration. But nevertheless she had been staring at me. So...

I had reached the entrance of the room, the door obviously closed. But before I decided to
unleash my plan, I had to make sure that she was asleep first.

I knocked on the door.

"Hey Meatball head, you awake?"

No answer.

"Meatball head.. Hey."

I waited a few seconds.

Still no answer.

'Great, she's still asleep.'

I opened the door and slowly walked in.

What was on the bed surprised me.

All I saw was a big lump underneath the covers, not a single human body part sticking out.

I moved toward the bed, this time silently prowling like a hunter sneaking up on its prey. This
was going to be fun.

My hands slowly placed themselves on top of the covers, holding the material at it's edge. A
sudden pang of hesitation flash through my arms, but I decided to shake it off. This was a girl
who had a crush on me, annoyed me, and she was going to get what she deserved.

I peeled back the covers quickly to reveal...

"Pillows?"

All lined up in one lumpy row.

WHACK

I felt something soft slam against the back of my head, causing me to momentarily lose my
balance.

"What the?!"

"What are you doing here?!" A very familiar yet angry voice yelled from behind me.

"Shyt."

"What? Excuse me Chiba, but what ARE you doing here?"

I spun around to reveal a very angry blonde facing me, one hand on a hip, another tightly
gripping on a pillow. I began rubbing my head.

"Yes excuse yourself Meatball head. But I was trying to wake you up! As you know practice is
about to begin."

"Could you have knocked first?" She tossed the pillow aside on Mina's bed, her eyes not leaving
mine.

'Her eyes... Her eyes are-'

"Well couldn't you?" She repeated again with a glare. That was enough to shake me out of my
haze.

Instantly my eyes narrowed.

"Well I DID knock but you didn't answer. So I had to go inside to wake you up myself. But
apparently..." I looked over my shoulder to the disheveled bed and back again to face her. "You
were already awake. So the question is..."

I began to step closer to her. She became aware of this.

She reacted by taking a few steps back.

"Why didn't you answer?"

"Yeah... well... Thanks for calling me anyway." She immediately turned around and ran out of
the room.

That was weird.

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"I see all of you come from Juuban City High School..." Mrs. Haruna had
earlier assembled us in two separate lines. The girls in one row and the boys on the other.
She began walking down the little aisle that we had formed, also giving us an air of her usual
'strict-but-firm' appearance. "So I expect all of you to behave as you would in my class room."

I began to zone out again, like I would always do in Mrs. Haruna's period, occasionally
letting a yawn escape my mouth. Like I said, it was a Friday and I was suppose to relish it.
And depriving me of my Friday was never good.

"So now that settled, each of you face your partners, and bow to them. I would like to see how
you all bow so that I know where the problem spots are."

"You hear that Meatball head? Curtsy."

I slowly faced him, putting on a scowl.

"Curtsy your face, you ass."

And I curtsied.

But the timing was impeccable.

Pretty Boy had once again managed to bruise the same spot on my forehead, as he had done once
before. I had curtsied. Yes. And he had bowed AT the same time. In other words, as I rose, he
lowered his brick headed self, making painful contact with his forehead and mine - and instant
concussion! (A recipe on 'how to annoy your partner' is in page 8 from the 'how to' book by
Darien Chiba. Only $29.95 folks! Order now! All bruised blondes not included.)

"Ow!"

"Oh, you man whore!" Before I could stop it, the curse flew out of my mouth. I regretted it
instantly.

"Ms. Tsukino! Watch your language! Although you're not in my class room, you do not have the
right to use such vulgar words! And especially in someone else's home!"

'Yeah, like Mina would care...'

I sheepishly rubbed my forehead and quickly apologized to Mrs. Haruna for the 'profanity' I had
used FOR NO REASON (yeah right... Blind lady)

"Hey, where's MY apology?"

Oh for the love of god...

"Apology? YOU want an APOLOGY?" I had straightened myself quickly, fist clenched ready to
take the lights out of him. "Tell me something. Were you dropped on your head as an infant?
Because it seems you're not aware of what EXACTLY happened. And I suppose you're immune
to us bumping heads because of that."

He dangerously narrowed his eyes again and with the famous sly smile that I oh
so badly want to rip off his face, as he replied, "Apology excepted."

I narrowed my eyes as well.

"You ass."

He knew perfectly well that I couldn't say anything else after that.

"What was that Ms. Tsukino?"

"Nothing Mrs. Haruna. Nothing."

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"Uh... Thank god it's over!" I practically cried with joy once I was in Mina's room again.
I had laid down on her bed, sighing with relief. But then the sigh turned into a sigh of frustration
when the realization had dawned on me that there was more of THAT to come. And it was just
the first day out of what? A lot of days?

"What the hell was that?"

"What the hell was what?"

Mina had walked over to the bed and placed an annoyed stare at me.

"Why do you make such a commotion with Darien anyway? He was just trying to be your
partner."

"What did I do?" I raised a questionable eyebrow toward her.

"You know what I'm talking about. Why are you so pissed off every time he's near?"

"Oh my god Mina. Do you not see what he's doing to me?" I instantly stood up, quickly
defending myself. "He's ruining my life ALREADY Mina! The guy annoys the hell out of me so
the only natural thing for me to do is to annoy him back. You know? And Eye for an Eye?"

"Oh sure, yeah. You're so mad at him. So go make a disruption with Mrs. Haruna to make things
more better with the guy." She sarcastically remarked, herself sitting on her own bed.
"Come on Serena grow up."

I paused for a moment and inhaled weakly.

"Look Mina. I'm sorry about that. And I'm also sorry that the jerk has to be an ass around
me as well. But if you want, I'll stop being bytchy about the whole thing and I'll start acting
the way you want me to. Seriously. I am sorry." I gave her the puppy dog look, with the whole
quivering-lower-lip bit to go along with it.

She looked at me for a few seconds then laughed.

"Damn it Serena. Fine I forgive you but just promise me you'll start to make peace with Darien
okay? For me? Please? After all it is my birthday."

Mina gave me a small hug, and as I rolled my eyes, I replied, "Fine. Yeah. I promise."

'Not to kill him...' My mind had to add that. 'And I won't bite... hard.'

As if she read my mind, she glared at me again.

"Oh, I know what you're thinking Serena.... Seriously! Promise me that!" She spit into her
hand and gestured it toward me. "Spit promise it."

"Eeww no."

"Don't make me take back my forgiving you."

"Fine. I PROMISE." With that, I spit into my own hand and slapped it on to Mina's
for a brief hand shake. "So can I wash my hand and go now?"

"Oh yeah, and as part of the promise, Darien's going to give you a ride home."

This stopped me mid-way across the room, when I was heading toward the bathroom.

"What?"

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I stealthily walked down the stairs hoping, and hoping a great deal, that
Pretty Boy was no where in sight.

'So far so good...'

I took a few more steps down and checked around the large living room. It was safe.

I was at the end of the steps placing my foot finally on the ground.

'Great. Now to make my escape.'

"And where do you think you're going?"

As if his voice burned my ears and my back, I cringed.

'I knew it was too early to be happy...'

"Uh, yes?"

I was too late. Damn him. And I was so close to the door too-

"Are you ready to leave?"

I turned around with an annoyed look, but changed it quickly to an innocent smile.

'It's taking me great strength not to kick your ass right now...'

"Yeah."

"Good. Let's go."

"Let's go?"

He raised an eyebrow at me and asked, "Yeah aren't I giving you a ride home as a truce?"

"Oh, no. It's okay. Seriously. I'll walk home." My hand itched to touch the doorknob right now.

"Oh but I insist..."

He walked up the front door and gentlemanly-like opened it for me. I however wasn't exactly
pleased.

He walked out after me and then I stopped down the middle of the stairs.

Again with the impeccable timing.

Hi. Okay. I'm going to talk about myself in third person now okay? Good. Serena stands on
steps so that she can wait for Pretty Boy to go around her and lead the way. But instead,
Pretty boy does the most loveliest thing possible. He does not see that she stopped so he
continues to walk INTO HER sending her flying to the floor below. Smart move 'eh? (Please
refer to page 19 in the 'how to' book by Darien Chiba, chapter titled 'how to kill your partner
with only one move.' If you still haven't purchased this book we have reduced the price to $9.95
folks! So PLEASE order now.)

"What is it with YOU? Do you get your kicks out of trying to kill me here?" I angrily yelled,
slowly trying to get up.

"YOU didn't give ME any warning!" Although he was angry, he tried to offer me his hand.
However, I refused.

"You ass! I practically SLOWED down to a stop so that you can SEE that I was going to stop.
What? Do I have to attach brake lights behind my head so to signal for your slow mind?"

I finally stood up and faced him with another glare.

For a long pause (it felt like forever) I kept on staring fiercely at him, trying desperately
not to blink.

But he only smiled and chuckled. Another surprising action from Pretty Boy.

"Man, you are so annoying. You know that?" He chuckled as he began walking toward his car.
"And you're such a kid."

This time I followed him and walked over to the passenger side of the car. The door unlocked
and I got in. And yes, still with a scowl.

"So where do you live?"

Are you kidding me? Am I going to let this guy know where I LIVE? Um no... If he knows where
I live, for sure my funeral reception will be much bigger in cost than Mina's debutante ball
considering the guy's a walking disaster... There's no way-

"Can you just drop me off the mall instead?"

"Uh, sure. I was on my way there too."

"Thanks... for nothing." I mumbled the last part under my breath.

"Your welcome... and what was that?"

"Oh, nothing."

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The drive to the Mall was very quick (although I noticed his driving techniques
were as close to Mina's), kind of giving me a chance to notice the inside of his car.

'No furry dice cubes hanging off the rear-view mirror... interesting...'

But the one thing I had notice was the smell inside the car.

Of course I'd love to say that it stunk. But doing that would only make me a liar.
His car (totally surprising) smelled of fresh cut roses.

Roses for crying out loud!

I had looked behind me to see if there were any at the back seat of his car. Only a box of tissues
occupied the leather seats. So no roses...

'Come to think of it, he smelled like his car-'

"We're here."

"What? Oh." Thank god the guy broke me out of my thoughts... Or I'd have to-

He pulled into a parking space and we quickly got out of the car.

"Well I'll see you next time."

"Yeah, thanks."

We walked into the same entrance, him again opening the door for me gentlemanly like.
I rolled my eyes.

"No need for the formalities Chiba. It only gets on my case..."

"I'd love to stop, but it's not in my character to let a girl open a door for herself
when a man like me can do it for her."

'Yeah sure. MAN.... RIGHT.'

"Incase you haven't noticed, women do have limbs. Which means, they can do things for
themselves."

We continued walking in the same direction down the mall, an uncomfortable silence
starting to form between us. That's strange..

Not to mention that I had developed the stupid ulcer and weird heart palpitations at Mina's
house earlier... And it seemed to get stronger every time that I was near-

'Oh, no...'

"Well, okay bye." I waved to him, as we still continued at the same path.

"Yeah, okay bye."

I noticed him out of the corner of my eye. The guy was still following me!

"Yeah OKAY, bye!"

"Yeah, I said bye already."

We still walked at the same path. Now this guy is scaring me.

I decided earlier on, on my way here that I was going to stop by a gaming store in the mall.
That's where I was going. I don't know about Pretty Boy but I was going to buy myself a new
and well deserved game for myself.

"Okay now you're freaking me out. What are you doing?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing... So where are you going?"

"Right... Here." I pointed to the game store, as we neared it.

We?!

"Here? Are you serious?" He raised an eyebrow at me this time, disbelief clearly written in
his features. "You're kidding me right?"

"No?" I returned the same look. "And what's wrong with that? Got a problem?"

"Wait, if you really are going in here, what are you going to do?" We both entered the store at
the same time, this time him stepping in first.

"Are you like incredibly stupid? I'm going to buy myself a game." I immediately ignored his
surprised look (but of course I did notice) and walked into the PS2 section. (Yes, I love PS2 and
damn proud of it folks)

And of course the guy followed me.

"You like THIS?" He almost sounded like he would squeak, as he plucked out a game from the
shelf and pointed at it. "Okay, if you're going to buy a game, which one?"

Some guys are just so narrow minded.

"Why with the dumb questions? And why is it hard for you to understand that I like THIS?" I
had done the same, picking up the game that I wanted. Yes folks it was an RPG game
(gamer lingo - it means Role Playing Game).

"No it's just I never really met a girl who liked to play video games."

'Figures... The only girls YOU'VE ever hung out with were just the TABs and except for Mina
of course.' My mind sarcastically commented, myself letting a grin form on my lips.

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"Yeah, man that game's my favorite... and that guy is just so hot!" I took a bite out of my burger,
giggling at the sight of Darien's jaw dropping in disbelief.

Did I just inwardly call him by his first name? That's not good.

"Are you kidding? That guy's a total looser!" He looked at me with curiosity shining in his eyes,
smiling now, absent mindedly grabbing a fry. "I mean he doesn't do shyt. All he does is talk. His
hit stats are the lowest."

"Yeah well, sometimes the best character is judged not by what he does, but by what he is..." I
couldn't help but smile as he continued to stare at me starry eyed.

STARRY EYED?!

"Yeah well anyway... Do you think you could take me home now? I mean as long as it's not in
your way..." I snapped back out of my haze, my eyes darting to my now empty hamburger
wrapper.

And yes, earlier on, he had offered to buy me a meal. "A peace offering and a sign of a truce." as
he plainly put it. I couldn't help but take the offer. So there we were having a good meal for..

"An HOUR and a half?! We were here this long?" My eyes widened at how fast time had flown
by. "I didn't mean to be here this long!"

"Why? Are you late for something?"

"No... it's just... I've got e-mail to answer to..." I took a sip of my drink
(that came with the combo meal of course) and still continued to look at the silver wrapper.

"Oh, don't tell me. Cyber boyfriend right?"

"What? Me? Yeah right.."

'Crap! Could he... know?'

"Why? You don't believe in people falling in love over the internet?" He looked at me
incredulously, his one eyebrow arching. "I mean I can proudly say that I have a relationship
with someone currently..."

'Already? He dumped his TAB for a girl he hasn't even met yet?' my mind automatically had
to comment on that.

"Yeah well, I really got to be going now. I don't want to sound like im complaining or
anything but... please take me home?" I smiled sweetly, sipping the last drop of soda.

"Oh. No problem. Sure."

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Serena Tsukino (double personality in only two words)

That girl was strange. One minute angry, one minute some girl who was... quite interesting.

'Girls... the most complex beings on the earth... I'll never understand them.'
My mind drifted off momentarily as an image flashed in my mind. The image of the perfect
blue orbs... the very same eyes that captured my attention the whole time... Serena's eyes...

'Now wait just a minute here buddy. Serena's eyes may be blue but it's not her-'

"There you are Lone1iGrl..." I attempted to halt any more thoughts to develop further
on for the same subject that was Serena Tsukino.

I double clicked the handle in the list, and an empty pop up IM window appeared.

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SXYTUXBOI: What are you doing up this late? Were you waiting for me?

(I had noted that it was 10:30 in the evening. And she usually wasn't on this time of the night.)

LONE1IGRL: Of course I was... I thought I wouldn't get my chance to talk to you again.
I'm sorry I wasn't on earlier.

SXYTUXBOI: Why is that? And it's okay, I barely got home too so I couldn't go
on earlier.

LONE1IGRL: Oh, well, I was at my friend's house for the rest the day today.
Just doing a favor for her.

SXYTUXBOI: Really? So was I. But I was doing a favor for two of my friends.
The things they make you do... It's quite interesting.

(Then she didn't respond for a couple of minutes. That's strange...)

SXYTUXBOI: Are you okay? Is something bothering you?

LONE1IGRL: Oh, no. Course not.

SXYTUXBOI: That's good.

LONE1IGRL: My best friend said something to me that I thought I should ask you.
So do you think I can ask you a personal question?

(I looked at the screen a couple of minutes and responded. What would that
personal question be?)

SXYTUXBOI: Okay. Shoot.

LONE1IGRL: Do you have a girlfriend? I mean seriously. In real life.

SXYTUXBOI: Yeah of course I do. And how could you even ask that? Didn't you already
know?

LONE1IGRL: Oh, well then... I guess what we're doing is wrong.

(I looked at the screen with a raised eyebrow. Was she thinking I had a
girlfriend outside of this? Oh no, she doesn't know. This is hilarious.)

SXYTUXBOI: No we're not. I think what I'm doing to my girlfriend is perfectly fine!

LONE1IGRL: Why? Does she know about us?

(I was grinning widely now.)

SXYTUXBOI: Yeah. Do you know about us?

(A couple of seconds passed then the girl responded. She didn't know I was referring to her.)

LONE1IGRL: OH. It's me you're talking about! You jerk, I was talking about
someone else! Why didn't you just say so?

SXYTUXBOI: Now where would the fun be in that? And to seriously answer your question...
I DID have a girlfriend but I recently broke up with her...

LONE1IGRL: You did? Was it because of us?

SXYTUXBOI: Of course not. It has nothing to do with us. Things just didn't work out between
us.

LONE1IGRL: Oh. Well so that means you really are single now?

SXYTUXBOI: Of course not.

LONE1IGRL: Why?

SXYTUXBOI: Because I'm with you... You know I wish you were here right now.

LONE1IGRL: Oh why?

SXYTUXBOI: So I can kiss the life out of you...

(Another short pause came up but this time it was on my part. The burning question
that I've been dying to ask her was pushing out from the back of my mind. I slowly typed
in the words, and when I finished, my finger hovered over the enter button. Should I?

My heart was racing and before I knew it...)

SXYTUXBOI: Do you want to meet?

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I knew the inevitable would happen. But so soon?

I had quickly logged off, saying a quick goodbye to sxytuxboi. Okay, okay so it wasn't
the smartest move in the world but I just had to.

And man I was shaking... literally.

I think now is the time I told somebody about this... I might as well talk to Mina.

I picked up the phone and dialed her number.

"Hello?"

Never in my life did I grip the telephone cord with such a passion. I mindlessly twirled it
around my fingers, hoping it would calm myself down.

"Mina, it's me. I've got to talk to you about my online boyfriend."

"Oh Serena? I can't talk right now. I'm uh... With Andrew at the moment. Can you just
call me back tomorrow?"

Before I could respond she had hung up the phone.

'Wow what a good friend.'

But what should I do? I needed to talk to someone now. And oh man... Lita and Raye?
They're not in my list to talk about my troubles with... Amy!

So without any hesitation, I dialed her number.

"Hello?" A soft voice almost whispered on the other line.

"Amy is that you? I couldn't recognize your voice."

"Yeah. Oh hi Serena. You sound different on the phone too. So what's up?"

"Remember that conversation that Mina and I had about online relationships?"
I twiddled with the phone cord again. My heart still wouldn't stop racing
(hadn't noticed that it did in the first place)

"Yeah. Why?"

"Well.. See, I met this guy and you know..."

"Cyber boyfriend?" She immediately became louder.

"Yeah... Now I got a problem... He wants to meet me."