This Is Not Okay

Unknown Number: Hey

Missy: Hello.

Unknown Number: How are you?

Missy: I'm good, who is this?

Unknown Number: It's Richard.

Missy: Richard who?

Richard: Nexin.

Missy practically drops her phone in shock. Richard Nexin, the most popular boy in school is texting her. How had he gotten her number? Why did he want it? She picks her phone back up and considers her next words very carefully.

Missy: Why are you texting me? You do know who I am right?

Richard: Yeah, Missy Lynx, and some of my friends said you were pretty chill.

Missy: Okay.

Richard: Yeah

Missy: Sooo

Richard: Do you want to hangout later?

Missy: Sorry I can't. Family stuff.

Richard: Oh I see

Missy: Yeah, maybe tomorrow?

Richard: Yeah, maybe

Missy takes a deep breath and stares at her phone. What could she possibly say to that? He is obviously disappointed that she couldn't hangout, but that wasn't her fault.

Richard: Do you want to have some fun?

Missy: What do you mean by fun?

Richard: Could you send me a picture?

Missy: I don't see why not.

Missy holds up her phone and takes a picture, before she sends it and waits for his response.

Richard: I was hoping for something a little more revealing

Missy: Oh, I don't know if I should do that...

Richard: Why not?

Missy: Because I'm not that type of girl

Richard: Come on just try it, please for me?

Missy: I really don't want to..

Richard: Nothings going to happen, it's just one picture

Missy looks down at her phone and then at herself in the mirror hanging on her bedroom door. She doesn't think she's pretty or good enough to have someone like Richard Nexin, yet here she is texting him, while he asks for intimate pictures of her.

Missy: Fine.

Missy takes a picture after taking revealing her upper body; then she clicks the send button and waits with her clothes back in their place and her body lying on her bed. A minute passes, before she begins to worry.

Missy: Is everything ok?

Another minute passes.

Missy: Richard, seriously, this isn't funny. Why aren't you responding?

Five more minutes pass and then she receives a new picture message from a group chat with all unknown numbers. Missy opens the message and gasps.

Missy: Who is this?

Unknown Number 1: Oh, look the slutty nudist responds to just about anyone. Maybe she'll send another pic if we ask nicely.

Unknown Number 2: Hey Missy want to send us some more?

Missy: Leave me alone.

She leans back on her bed again and listens as her phone dings again and again with the arrival of new messages. Missy isn't the type of girl to do something like this, and now everyone knows about it. How can she possibly go back to school on Monday? She picks her phone back up and begins catching up on the messages.

Unknown Number 1: Boo you whore.

Unknown Number 2: Get a life you slut!

Unknown Number 3: Maybe we can see if Richard has anymore pics.

Richard, the names flies through Missy's head. How could he have done such a thing? He had been so nice before. She closes the group chat and opens up her old one with him.

Missy: What the hell is going on??

Richard: What do you mean?

Missy: Don't play games with.

Richard: I have no idea what you're talking about

Missy: You sent my picture to everyone.

A few minutes pass.

Missy: Answer me damn it!

Richard: Maybe you shouldn't be so easy you slut

Missy throws her phone off of her bed and brushes her hair back with the stroke of her hand. This isn't how things are supposed to go. Its the start of her junior year. She wants to go to prom and have fun. Then college is down the line and a life full of adventure. Missy never saw this coming. She grabs her phone and opens up the group chat again, before she reads a few of the messages.

Unknown Number 4: Missy must stand for mistake.

Unknown Number 5: Her parents probably named her that on purpose

Unknown Number 3: That wouldn't surprise me.

Missy: Stop it or I'm calling the police.

Unknown Number 1: Do you really think they would help you? You would probably get in just as much trouble as us. You were the one who sent the picture.

Unknown Number 5: You should probably drop out of school

Unknown Number 3: You should lock yourself in your room and never come out

Unknown Number 4: Your mom should've put you up for adoption

Missy: Why won't you just leave me alone?

Unknown Number 2: Because you make messing with you so much fun.

Unknown Number 1: You should just go kill yourself.

Missy rereads the message a hundred times, before she looks up in the mirror again. Her face is soaked in tears.

24 Hours Later

Unknown Number 3: Did you guys see the news today??? I'm totally freaking out..

Unknown Number 4: Yeah I saw it. Why did she do that? She was so nice and smart

Unknown Number 5: Yeah she had everything going for it. It was a shame we were never really friends.

Unknown Number 2: She didn't do this because of us did she?

Unknown Number 4: No it's not our fault that she made a mistake. Everything's going to be okay.

Unknown Number 1: Yes, she did... and it's not okay.