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“Come in!”
The door creaked open revealing a teenage boy
with a set of messy blond hair. He walked in and settled beside Melanie.
“What
do you want? Take my computer this time?” she asked sarcastically as she looked
at the boy with her dazzling aquamarine blue eyes.
Her
orbs were fascinating. Her rose bud lips curled into a pout as the question
escaped from her mouth. The boy, Bryan sighed as he took a glance at Melanie’s
Facebook account. He hummed.
“Another
three new friends? Or should I say, strangers?” Bryan held his breath and gazed
at Melanie. His eyebrows knitted together. He has been a friend to Melanie
since their diaper years. He knew her too well and the same thing went to
Melanie.
“What
did I say last time? Do not accept new strangers anymore. You are putting
yourself on stake.” Bryan started to nag like an old women, much to Melanie’s
opinion.
Melanie
rolled her eyes as her fingers danced on keyboard, updating a new status. She
ignored Bryan and kept her eyes glued to the monitor of her computer which
could be her life string. If the computer breaks down, she could not stay calm
and she would go search for any cyber café or anything that could connect her
to Internet. In short words, she could not live a day without Facebook. The
last time she accepted new friends, or strangers according to Bryan, he took
the modem off the computer and kept it by himself for almost a week. He was so
anxious about Melanie because nowadays, there have been an abundant of cases of
smuggling, raping and snatch thefts starting from social networks. He did not
want Melanie to be the next victim of those hazardous things.
Bryan
huffed as Melanie continued to act as if he was not existed. “Okay. It is up to
you. If anything happened, do not blame me.” Bryan stomped towards the mahogany
door and later, a loud bang was heard. Melanie exhaled exasperatedly and
stepped at the white-brimmed window and drew the Venetian blinds. She could see
Bryan opening the door of his metallic red Lincoln. He gazed up towards the
window of Melanie’s bedroom and their eyes met. Bryan’s hoping and stern eyes fought
with Melanie’s hatred and fiery eyes. After tensing seconds, Bryan broke off
the contact and started up the engine. Wasting no precious time, he drove off
in high speed, tearing through the way.
Melanie made her way towards her
computer and continued her time exploring the Facebook. As she was commenting
on a status, a pop-out window jolted her. Melanie blinked in surprise.
It
was a chatting window. A friend whom she had approved earlier greeted her with
a single ‘Hi’. She replied to it by a simple ‘Hello’. They started to introduce
themselves. Slowly, their chatting crept deeper into some private information.
Without Melanie’s conscious, she had given the stranger whom she only knew by
the name of Rex, her phone number and email.
***
Okay, that's all for now. Stay tuned for the other parts of the essay!
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