p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="03be68bddad818390d74cb06963f43e1"There were a lot of articles online about how to get noticed by a celeb on Twitter. Most of them said the same thing was what Carmen found. Basically to get noticed you have to be unique in your tweets, time it right and don't spam. It sounded self explanatory and fairly easy, but there was liable to be a lot of other hot girls vying for Nev's attention. The first part of the process required tweeting the right hash tag and tagging the right people. Nerves took a hold of her as the new episode starting playing on TV. As soon as the camera panned onto Max and Nev's gorgeous face, her heart thumped in her chest./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="95075d0aa9d4c79fa4c850bbfb671e0f"The episode centered around a guy who thought he found the perfect girl. Her background checked out, but from Facebook it was obvious the girl in question was already dating another guy. Carmen's heart went out to the guy who believed he had that one person that made him feel better when everything else was shit. The tweet she posted read: "I am so sorry you believed the girl was the one you could count on. I hope you are in a better place now. No one should have to go through that #Catfish."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="ae557725bdfa8fbe4656310cf0d6e6d5"Carmen received follows from new people and several of her tweets were favorited and re-tweeted. About twenty minutes after the episode was over she received a DM saying "Hi, thanks for watching and tweeting through the whole show. It was a difficult ep to film since he took it hard finding out she was a catfish. It also brought out old feelings from my own experience. It's really refreshing to see someone be so compassionate towards the subject."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="5b042e4e4547e7589f39e5561a0612cb"The profile picture of the sender was Nev. At first, she thought it was sent from a fan account. Upon further inspection, she assured herself it came from Nev Schulman's verified Twitter account. Her first moments were spent screaming. Holy fuck. Her plan to get Nev to talk to her actually worked. Happiness flooded through her at getting to talk to her crush. But, she still had to reply to him!/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d11cfa67606a947ab8c91fa66306d7b8""Thank you so much for the DM! I love the show and also loved the movie about your own personal experience with this. I think it's so amazing that you can help people going through the same situation that caused you pain. I usually empathize with the people that have been catfished as I have been in several bad relationships. Watching the show actually staves off my own anxiety, watching people better themselves. It makes me feel better(:"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="1e4647ffd11e584e74d1d3a5ce7c6be4"She worried about the DM being too lengthy but needed to express how much it meant to her that he responded. It floored her knowing out of all the tweets about the show, he chose to respond to hers. She couldn't believe the message was real. To remember the moment, she took a screenshot of the DM which seemed surreal. A few minutes later, she received another DM./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c9d24379dd98904de2b4fd7dcfd80d06""I'm glad the show has had a positive effect on you and has helped with your anxiety. It's cool that you were so affected by what I went through. I would love to talk to you more in depth about this. Here's a link to my personal Facebook page. If you add, send me a message letting me know who you are. "/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d311f7ad4d25e08890bdcb7ae000340a"That last message took her by surprise..he wanted to keep talking to her. The feeling was unbelievable and she couldn't focus on anything else. Excitedly, she clicked the link and saw Nev's personal page with only a few hundred friends (presumably real life friends). His profile was set so private so the only info that showed were his profile pic and number of friends. She found the add button and then found him on Messenger, typing her name and letting him know she sent him a friend request. While she waited for him to accept, she cleaned the kitchen ridding it of the meal she cooked. A little ding sounded from her iPhone notifying her of a Facebook message. A plate clattered as she dropped it in the sink grabbing her phone./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="2df4fc500b0af0a48eee6afe78e87396""Hey Carmen. I'm exhausted so is it okay if maybe skype you tomorrow? Obviously I'm in New York. Where are you from?"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="2e303fe6ccf1b5e3dccc12b36e0b2778"Gorgeous Nev wanted to skype with her. The thought brought her nerves back along with happiness. She typed back, "I'm in Alabama so I'm an hour behind you. Anytime after 6 your time is good for me. I work days..looking forward to talking to you face to face though:) my skype name is carnew27."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="b570036da13727a26293fdd926944cf6"Since she knew she'd be chatting with Nev in the flesh, she needed to make sure she wore a really cute outfit to work. Outfit ideas flooded her mind as she went scrolling through Nev's Facebook. It was weird seeing statuses and pictures from his everyday life that didn't involve Catfish. A part of her felt privileged that he was letting her see his life when he didn't know her yet. Then again, he must have google imaged her Twitter pics before even talking to her. That was totally understandable after what he went through. She was excited to show him she wasn't a catfish and that she was genuine. To look in his dark eyes and see that smile would make her year./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c9e5380ebacebad0395db6c771dc7eaf"While she zoned out her phone lit up with a Skype and Facebook notification. Nev added her as a contact on Skype and sent her a message. "Goodnight Carmen:)"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c4410fede6019ce5e6883580a11abf35"She responded goodnight back and went to get ready for bed./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="5b7a83e058fc34ef972615e31908f809"The next morning, she awoke to a bright sunny day. Nerves came back as she relived last night. Checking her phone, there was a text from her mom letting her know that she and her father decided to stay an extra night on their vacation. The other notifications were from Twitter and Instagram. The bottom of the list was a random notification telling her Nev updated his status. Curious, she tapped it and was led to a status saying, "Heading to the office..hoping the day passes by fast(;"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="bdffbad13c804316172dcf40654fa443"Could that be about her or him just wanting to get home quick? Not too worried, she hit like and threw her phone on the bed. An hour later, she styled her hair in waves, applied makeup and dressed in a black skirt suit with a white flowy top that and a key hole to show off an appropriate amount of cleavage. To top it off, a black pair of Louboutins covered her feet. It was the only pair she owned that came as a graduation gift from her parents. After she scanned the house for what she needed for work, she went outside to her black Kia coupe. Throwing her satchel and laptop into the passenger seat she slid into her seat. For the long commute, she turned on pne of her RB playlists forgoing the radio. About twenty minutes into the drive, her phone lit up with a Facebook message with Nev's face in the bubble saying, "hope you have a great day:)"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="1eade567dff2e96d4c6638d367d043de"A huge smile stretched across her face as she read. The same smile adorned her face as she walked into her work, Kearn and Walker Advertising./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="6911be0c31db922f3062f29f43c7a4db"A/N: Next chapter: skype with Nev! Hopefully I am capturing Nev's voice right as far as the story and how I portray him. Please leave Feedback.. It would be so much easier to update if I knew I had somebody interested in it! I tried to break up the Fb and twitter messages to wear it wouldn't be confusing to read. Anytime there's a message between them it will be in quotes just like real dialogue./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="95075d0aa9d4c79fa4c850bbfb671e0f"The episode centered around a guy who thought he found the perfect girl. Her background checked out, but from Facebook it was obvious the girl in question was already dating another guy. Carmen's heart went out to the guy who believed he had that one person that made him feel better when everything else was shit. The tweet she posted read: "I am so sorry you believed the girl was the one you could count on. I hope you are in a better place now. No one should have to go through that #Catfish."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="ae557725bdfa8fbe4656310cf0d6e6d5"Carmen received follows from new people and several of her tweets were favorited and re-tweeted. About twenty minutes after the episode was over she received a DM saying "Hi, thanks for watching and tweeting through the whole show. It was a difficult ep to film since he took it hard finding out she was a catfish. It also brought out old feelings from my own experience. It's really refreshing to see someone be so compassionate towards the subject."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="5b042e4e4547e7589f39e5561a0612cb"The profile picture of the sender was Nev. At first, she thought it was sent from a fan account. Upon further inspection, she assured herself it came from Nev Schulman's verified Twitter account. Her first moments were spent screaming. Holy fuck. Her plan to get Nev to talk to her actually worked. Happiness flooded through her at getting to talk to her crush. But, she still had to reply to him!/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d11cfa67606a947ab8c91fa66306d7b8""Thank you so much for the DM! I love the show and also loved the movie about your own personal experience with this. I think it's so amazing that you can help people going through the same situation that caused you pain. I usually empathize with the people that have been catfished as I have been in several bad relationships. Watching the show actually staves off my own anxiety, watching people better themselves. It makes me feel better(:"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="1e4647ffd11e584e74d1d3a5ce7c6be4"She worried about the DM being too lengthy but needed to express how much it meant to her that he responded. It floored her knowing out of all the tweets about the show, he chose to respond to hers. She couldn't believe the message was real. To remember the moment, she took a screenshot of the DM which seemed surreal. A few minutes later, she received another DM./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c9d24379dd98904de2b4fd7dcfd80d06""I'm glad the show has had a positive effect on you and has helped with your anxiety. It's cool that you were so affected by what I went through. I would love to talk to you more in depth about this. Here's a link to my personal Facebook page. If you add, send me a message letting me know who you are. "/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="d311f7ad4d25e08890bdcb7ae000340a"That last message took her by surprise..he wanted to keep talking to her. The feeling was unbelievable and she couldn't focus on anything else. Excitedly, she clicked the link and saw Nev's personal page with only a few hundred friends (presumably real life friends). His profile was set so private so the only info that showed were his profile pic and number of friends. She found the add button and then found him on Messenger, typing her name and letting him know she sent him a friend request. While she waited for him to accept, she cleaned the kitchen ridding it of the meal she cooked. A little ding sounded from her iPhone notifying her of a Facebook message. A plate clattered as she dropped it in the sink grabbing her phone./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="2df4fc500b0af0a48eee6afe78e87396""Hey Carmen. I'm exhausted so is it okay if maybe skype you tomorrow? Obviously I'm in New York. Where are you from?"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="2e303fe6ccf1b5e3dccc12b36e0b2778"Gorgeous Nev wanted to skype with her. The thought brought her nerves back along with happiness. She typed back, "I'm in Alabama so I'm an hour behind you. Anytime after 6 your time is good for me. I work days..looking forward to talking to you face to face though:) my skype name is carnew27."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="b570036da13727a26293fdd926944cf6"Since she knew she'd be chatting with Nev in the flesh, she needed to make sure she wore a really cute outfit to work. Outfit ideas flooded her mind as she went scrolling through Nev's Facebook. It was weird seeing statuses and pictures from his everyday life that didn't involve Catfish. A part of her felt privileged that he was letting her see his life when he didn't know her yet. Then again, he must have google imaged her Twitter pics before even talking to her. That was totally understandable after what he went through. She was excited to show him she wasn't a catfish and that she was genuine. To look in his dark eyes and see that smile would make her year./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c9e5380ebacebad0395db6c771dc7eaf"While she zoned out her phone lit up with a Skype and Facebook notification. Nev added her as a contact on Skype and sent her a message. "Goodnight Carmen:)"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="c4410fede6019ce5e6883580a11abf35"She responded goodnight back and went to get ready for bed./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="5b7a83e058fc34ef972615e31908f809"The next morning, she awoke to a bright sunny day. Nerves came back as she relived last night. Checking her phone, there was a text from her mom letting her know that she and her father decided to stay an extra night on their vacation. The other notifications were from Twitter and Instagram. The bottom of the list was a random notification telling her Nev updated his status. Curious, she tapped it and was led to a status saying, "Heading to the office..hoping the day passes by fast(;"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="bdffbad13c804316172dcf40654fa443"Could that be about her or him just wanting to get home quick? Not too worried, she hit like and threw her phone on the bed. An hour later, she styled her hair in waves, applied makeup and dressed in a black skirt suit with a white flowy top that and a key hole to show off an appropriate amount of cleavage. To top it off, a black pair of Louboutins covered her feet. It was the only pair she owned that came as a graduation gift from her parents. After she scanned the house for what she needed for work, she went outside to her black Kia coupe. Throwing her satchel and laptop into the passenger seat she slid into her seat. For the long commute, she turned on pne of her RB playlists forgoing the radio. About twenty minutes into the drive, her phone lit up with a Facebook message with Nev's face in the bubble saying, "hope you have a great day:)"./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="1eade567dff2e96d4c6638d367d043de"A huge smile stretched across her face as she read. The same smile adorned her face as she walked into her work, Kearn and Walker Advertising./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #555555;" data-p-id="6911be0c31db922f3062f29f43c7a4db"A/N: Next chapter: skype with Nev! Hopefully I am capturing Nev's voice right as far as the story and how I portray him. Please leave Feedback.. It would be so much easier to update if I knew I had somebody interested in it! I tried to break up the Fb and twitter messages to wear it wouldn't be confusing to read. Anytime there's a message between them it will be in quotes just like real dialogue./p