Ian scrolled further down the list of comments. The list seemed endless. Who were these girls and why were they all suddenly following him? And some of the comments? Completely outrageous.
“Mom!” he called out. “Hey, come look at this.”
She must have been standing right outside of the door when he called for her because she poked her head into the doorway almost immediately. “What’s up, kiddo?”
He waved her over to look at his computer screen. “Look,” he said and pointed at the screen. “Am I imagining this or what?”
She leaned over, her long brown hair brushing across his cheek. He swiped it away as his dark eyes stared at the computer.
“Does that say ten thousand followers?”
His mother leaned closer to the screen, scrutinizing where he was pointing. “Well, Ian, I sure do think that’s what it says.” She stood up again, squaring her shoulders and smiling at him. “Congrats, Ian. That’s quite a milestone, don’t you think?”
He shook his head, as if trying to come back to reality. “It was five hundred last week, Mom!”
She shrugged her shoulders.
“Mom, seriously,” Ian said. He didn’t want to admit it, but seeing such a big increase in the number of followers was more than intimidating. “This is huge. I wonder what’s happening?”
Placing a hand on his shoulder, she leaned down and kissed his cheek. “Just enjoy it, Ian. But remember to stay grounded and don’t let it go to you head, you hear?”
He nodded, his thick dark curls falling onto his forehead. With a quick motion, he smoothed them back and watched as she left the room to finish putting away the laundry.
Ten thousand? he thought as he returned his attention to the computer screen. Just from my Vines? And it seemed like it happened overnight. Wow, he thought as he leaned back into his chair. If a few six-second videos could do that, he’d need to plan a little better and see what else he could do with this new little social media app.
Something was happening in cyberspace. He couldn’t quite put his finger on what that “something” was. The only thing that he did know was, whatever it was, he wanted in on the action. Better hit the iron while it’s hot, he reasoned.
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Diehard Fangirl
Novela JuvenilBased on my own daughter's adventures fangirling Justin Bieber, One Direction, YouTubers, and Viners, the characters in this story are NOT related to ANY person, living or deceased, but are a fictionalized version based in part on our first-hand exp...
