My Penpal is my New Step-Brother
In the mirror he practices all his lines
“Mom…you’re really going to try this!” I laughed as she began to write stuff about her on her online dating profile.
“Don’t patronize me! Honey you know how hard it’s been to find a man since your Dad died.” I nodded as I opened my mini bottle of orange juice.
“I know, I know…hey in English tomorrow we’re starting a pen pal thing. Apparently our ‘sister’ school is in California and my person is a guy named Brian, he’s 16 too.” I took a sip of my O.J.
“That should be good for you…maybe if we ever get to go to California on that vacation you could meet him.” I shrugged.
Shelly Laurence was my Mom she’s 35, for a Mom she’s pretty young she was 19 when she had me here in Belleville. We’ve lived in the same house my whole life. My Dad died 4 years ago, I was 12 it was hard but we made it through.
“Make sure you put ’Desperate single Mom of 1!’” I made a rainbow motion with my hand like a headline while laughing.
“Mia!’ she paused for a second to laugh…my Mom and me have always been close; even more now since my Dad died we have had to depend on each other…’ Don’t you have homework of something!”
“No but we are supposed to think of stuff to say to our pen pal tomorrow…” I thought.
“Go! Talk to Kayla or something!” She shoed me away.
“Alright, alright!” I hopped up the stairs as she shoed me like a fly. I opened my door. I guess I had a typical room… for a guy! I had band posters every where and my room was a pigsty. Pictures were stuck every where! I pushed some of my crap over to a wall and sat on my computer chair. I turned it on and waited. I watched myself push my feet together and looked at my miss-match socks. One was green and black strips while the other was blue and black checkers. I was never a matching kind of gal.
“Finally!” I cheered when my computer asked for my password. I typed it in and waited for it to load. I had our old computer, who’s complaining! I get it in my room; it has Internet I’m good. My Mom got our new laptop. So I got this. I opened up AIM and logged on…not even 5 seconds Kayla was my new conversation.
AIM Conversation
(creeper_gal_81 = Kayla
musicXaddict = Mia)
creeper_gal_81: MAMA MIA MAMA MIA!
musicXaddict: -_-‘ hello lala-kayla. When will you ever stop using my name in musicals?!
creeper_gal_81: never my friend…NEVER! so are you excited about our new Cali pallies?
musicXaddict: i dunno…maybe, wanna hear something funny???
creeper_gal_81: =O do you not know me!
musicXaddict: this is true… my mommy is signed up for online dating =P
creeper_gal_81: =D i’m happy for her! it’s been what 4 years since he died…your mom should get back on her feet =)
musicXaddict: yeah youre right… so who’s your person from Cali?
creeper_gal_81: a girl named: Val she’s 16 too what about you my sista
musicXaddict: a guy =) his name is Brian 16 like the rest of us drones!
creeper_gal_81: haha sweet! sorry my mama Mia i am being called away for dinner…i’ll try to call you later okies?
musicXaddict: no problem my lala-kayla! bye!
creeper_gal_81: bye bye! ^-^
creeper_gal_81 is signed in as away
I sighed and looked on my list of contacts,
No one of importance on… now what? I was about to turn off the computer when a mini window popped up to tell me someone wished to add me.
0“guitar|fingers? Who’s that?” I questioned silently. I clicked accept and waited for the person to appear on my online contacts.
AIM Conversation
(musicXaddict = Mia)
guitar|fingers: hi! is this Mia?
musicXaddict: yeah…who’s this? OMFG DO I HAVE A STALKER?!
guitar|fingers: sadly (i think…) nope! i’m Brian!
musicXaddict: Brian? i don’t think i know a Brian…
guitar|fingers: if i got the right Mia then you’re my pen pal from NJ
musicXaddict: OH! so that’s why they asked for my email on the sheet…interesting!
guitar|fingers: i know! so you’re a music addict? any bands that really make you high
musicXaddict: a few like…Metalica, Led-Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses there’s more but those are my current obsessions. guitar man i read!
guitar|fingers: oh we will so get along! yeah my Dad taught me!
musicXaddict: sweet! my Dad died about 4 years ago but got me to be like a mini-him before so
guitar|fingers: i feel your pain…my Mom died when i was 11
musicXaddict: (gives cyber hug) we can relate then! my Mom is trying online dating i was laughing at her about 30 mins ago =P
guitar|fingers: O.O no way! my Dad is trying online dating too!
musicXaddict: whoa… that’s kind of creepy, both have a dead parent…both living parents are trying online dating at the same time!
guitar|fingers: i am never letting Jimmy take me to a physic again!
musicXaddict: who’s Jimmy? whats weird about your fun trip to a physic =P=D?!
guitar|fingers: -_- oh haha youre a riot! Jimmy’s been my friend since grade school and 2 days ago he took me to a physic, she said i would meet someone i would become quick friends with (pokes you) and this ‘quick friend’ would share more in common then i would think normal!
musicXaddict: =O…
guitar|fingers: I KNOW! freaky no?
musicXaddict: =O not that! you poked me! but (sigh) i guess the rest is creepy...
guitar|fingers: glad to see you care =P well i am off to help with dishes (shudders) something about washing the stuff I eat off of has always creeped me out!
musicXaddict: =( everyone leaves me! well bye for now Brian i guess i’ll talk to you tomorrow when i have to write you a pen pal letter! (waves and pokes you)
guitar|fingers: -_- poking me…. and BYEZ! (waves insanely)
I signed off and turned off my computer before any weirder funny and fun people from random places in the world added me. By now it was 9:45 so I grabbed my pajamas and my CD player and plugged it in the bathroom for my shower. Green Day began playing, for a new band they were pretty good! I washed the purple out of my hair, there’s a reason to why I bleached the end of my hair blond… see there’s this Electric Trip jell/dye. They come in every color known to mankind and I have half the colors. You just mix it into your hair and it stays and looks like hair dye then you just wash it out!
I finished my showers and hopped in bed. My big chunky ipod under my pillow playing Thunder Struck by AC/DC and I fell asleep by the time it hit Foxy Lady by Jimmy Hendrix.
“Don’t patronize me! Honey you know how hard it’s been to find a man since your Dad died.” I nodded as I opened my mini bottle of orange juice.
“I know, I know…hey in English tomorrow we’re starting a pen pal thing. Apparently our ‘sister’ school is in California and my person is a guy named Brian, he’s 16 too.” I took a sip of my O.J.
“That should be good for you…maybe if we ever get to go to California on that vacation you could meet him.” I shrugged.
Shelly Laurence was my Mom she’s 35, for a Mom she’s pretty young she was 19 when she had me here in Belleville. We’ve lived in the same house my whole life. My Dad died 4 years ago, I was 12 it was hard but we made it through.
“Make sure you put ’Desperate single Mom of 1!’” I made a rainbow motion with my hand like a headline while laughing.
“Mia!’ she paused for a second to laugh…my Mom and me have always been close; even more now since my Dad died we have had to depend on each other…’ Don’t you have homework of something!”
“No but we are supposed to think of stuff to say to our pen pal tomorrow…” I thought.
“Go! Talk to Kayla or something!” She shoed me away.
“Alright, alright!” I hopped up the stairs as she shoed me like a fly. I opened my door. I guess I had a typical room… for a guy! I had band posters every where and my room was a pigsty. Pictures were stuck every where! I pushed some of my crap over to a wall and sat on my computer chair. I turned it on and waited. I watched myself push my feet together and looked at my miss-match socks. One was green and black strips while the other was blue and black checkers. I was never a matching kind of gal.
“Finally!” I cheered when my computer asked for my password. I typed it in and waited for it to load. I had our old computer, who’s complaining! I get it in my room; it has Internet I’m good. My Mom got our new laptop. So I got this. I opened up AIM and logged on…not even 5 seconds Kayla was my new conversation.
AIM Conversation
(creeper_gal_81 = Kayla
musicXaddict = Mia)
creeper_gal_81: MAMA MIA MAMA MIA!
musicXaddict: -_-‘ hello lala-kayla. When will you ever stop using my name in musicals?!
creeper_gal_81: never my friend…NEVER! so are you excited about our new Cali pallies?
musicXaddict: i dunno…maybe, wanna hear something funny???
creeper_gal_81: =O do you not know me!
musicXaddict: this is true… my mommy is signed up for online dating =P
creeper_gal_81: =D i’m happy for her! it’s been what 4 years since he died…your mom should get back on her feet =)
musicXaddict: yeah youre right… so who’s your person from Cali?
creeper_gal_81: a girl named: Val she’s 16 too what about you my sista
musicXaddict: a guy =) his name is Brian 16 like the rest of us drones!
creeper_gal_81: haha sweet! sorry my mama Mia i am being called away for dinner…i’ll try to call you later okies?
musicXaddict: no problem my lala-kayla! bye!
creeper_gal_81: bye bye! ^-^
creeper_gal_81 is signed in as away
I sighed and looked on my list of contacts,
No one of importance on… now what? I was about to turn off the computer when a mini window popped up to tell me someone wished to add me.
0“guitar|fingers? Who’s that?” I questioned silently. I clicked accept and waited for the person to appear on my online contacts.
AIM Conversation
(musicXaddict = Mia)
guitar|fingers: hi! is this Mia?
musicXaddict: yeah…who’s this? OMFG DO I HAVE A STALKER?!
guitar|fingers: sadly (i think…) nope! i’m Brian!
musicXaddict: Brian? i don’t think i know a Brian…
guitar|fingers: if i got the right Mia then you’re my pen pal from NJ
musicXaddict: OH! so that’s why they asked for my email on the sheet…interesting!
guitar|fingers: i know! so you’re a music addict? any bands that really make you high
musicXaddict: a few like…Metalica, Led-Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses there’s more but those are my current obsessions. guitar man i read!
guitar|fingers: oh we will so get along! yeah my Dad taught me!
musicXaddict: sweet! my Dad died about 4 years ago but got me to be like a mini-him before so
guitar|fingers: i feel your pain…my Mom died when i was 11
musicXaddict: (gives cyber hug) we can relate then! my Mom is trying online dating i was laughing at her about 30 mins ago =P
guitar|fingers: O.O no way! my Dad is trying online dating too!
musicXaddict: whoa… that’s kind of creepy, both have a dead parent…both living parents are trying online dating at the same time!
guitar|fingers: i am never letting Jimmy take me to a physic again!
musicXaddict: who’s Jimmy? whats weird about your fun trip to a physic =P=D?!
guitar|fingers: -_- oh haha youre a riot! Jimmy’s been my friend since grade school and 2 days ago he took me to a physic, she said i would meet someone i would become quick friends with (pokes you) and this ‘quick friend’ would share more in common then i would think normal!
musicXaddict: =O…
guitar|fingers: I KNOW! freaky no?
musicXaddict: =O not that! you poked me! but (sigh) i guess the rest is creepy...
guitar|fingers: glad to see you care =P well i am off to help with dishes (shudders) something about washing the stuff I eat off of has always creeped me out!
musicXaddict: =( everyone leaves me! well bye for now Brian i guess i’ll talk to you tomorrow when i have to write you a pen pal letter! (waves and pokes you)
guitar|fingers: -_- poking me…. and BYEZ! (waves insanely)
I signed off and turned off my computer before any weirder funny and fun people from random places in the world added me. By now it was 9:45 so I grabbed my pajamas and my CD player and plugged it in the bathroom for my shower. Green Day began playing, for a new band they were pretty good! I washed the purple out of my hair, there’s a reason to why I bleached the end of my hair blond… see there’s this Electric Trip jell/dye. They come in every color known to mankind and I have half the colors. You just mix it into your hair and it stays and looks like hair dye then you just wash it out!
I finished my showers and hopped in bed. My big chunky ipod under my pillow playing Thunder Struck by AC/DC and I fell asleep by the time it hit Foxy Lady by Jimmy Hendrix.
1/21/13