Daydream Believer

lxxxii. video games and conversations

lxxxii. video games and conversations

Noah and I rarely saw each other these days. We were always on our own, and sometimes I missed playing with him. Most of the time I didn't though. Noah could really be a nuisance sometimes. He was always playing video games. Sometimes he would invite friends over to play with him. Noah's friends were kind of weird, but then again, so were my friends.

I heard a knock on my door and I opened it. "McKenna, the computer's not working," Noah said.

"What makes you think I can help?" I asked. I was good at some things, but technology was not one of them.

"Dad said you might be able to help," Noah said.

"Well, I can't," I told him.

"Please?"

"Fine," I said. "Just don't expect me to actually be able to fix anything."

Noah led me into his room, where his computer was set up. "Come on. I just want to play Portal 2."

I looked at his computer. The only problem that I could see was that it wasn't connected to the Internet. I did that. "Better?" I asked.

"Let me try," Noah said. He clicked on Portal and the game opened. "Yay! Thanks McKenna!"

"It just wasn't connected to the Internet," I told him.

Noah wasn't paying attention. He was already in game world. I decided to let him be.