( Parker )
02:38 a.m.
I have a little over 5 hours until I will be in class for the first time in weeks. The last few hours are always bittersweet but, always ruined by having to rush through work left for the last minute, and I take the phrase "last minute" very literally. Instead of powering through the last few pages, as one should do, here I am, on my laptop, allowing the screen to light up my face, distracting myself while my alarm's ringing looms dangerously near. I go through routine social media checks, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram but, apparently I'm the only one dense enough to be awake at this hour. So, as a last resort, I go to Basic Chat, if I can't talk to anyone I know, might as well talk to strangers. I log in and go through recent chat groups, looking for anything recent.
Last update : 01:45 a.m.
I groan, am I the only one awake on earth ? Just as I'm about to slam my laptop shut, I hear a notification pop up. I slowly lift my screen into an upwards position and see that someone had created a new chat group.
02:47 a.m.
mikemical: I can't be the only one awake right now, right ?
I smile coyly, mikemical you are my savior.
02:47 a.m.
walkinthepark : You are not alone :-)
02:48 a.m.
mikemical : Are you a robot ?
walkinthepark : Should I be ?
mikemical : Well, no
02:49 a.m.
walkinthepark : Then, no, I am as human as you are (unless you're the robot)
mikemical : Fantastic
mikemical : Isn't it past your bedtime ?
02:50 a.m.
walkinthepark : Isn't it past yours ?
mikemical : Touche
02:51 a.m.
walkinthepark : It's actually *touché
02:52 a.m.
mikemical : Stop trying to one-up me
walkinthepark : I would if it wasn't so easy
mikemical : Bitch.
02:53 a.m.
walkinthepark : Asshole.
mikemical : ASL ?
walkinthepark : You can't be serious
mikemical : Oh, but I am
02:54 a.m.
walkinthepark : What is this ? Middle school ?
mikemical : Just answer the damn abbreviation
02:55 a.m.
walkinthepark : 17, f, Australia
mikemical : Well, what do you know, I'm an Aussie too !
walkinthepark : Actually ?
mikemical : Yep
02:56 a.m.
walkinthepark : AS ? (seeing as you just answered the L in that equation)
mikemical : 19, m
mikemical : You know, if we met, it wouldn't be weird for us to fuck
02:57 a.m.
walkinthepark : That wasn't forward or anything
mikemical : Sorry haha, I don't know where that came from
mikemical : In my defense, it is almost 3 a.m.
walkinthepark : I suppose I forgive you
02:58 a.m.
mikemical : I'll make it up to you if you talk to me tomorrow ;-)
walkinthepark : I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow then
mikemical : Goodnight, 17 year-old female from Australia
02:59 a.m.
walkinthepark : Goodnight, 19 year old male also from Australia
With that, I close my laptop, a smile on my face. The room suddenly dark from the lack of light emitted from the laptop. I try to stifle a yawn and stretch a bit. I can look up To Kill A Mockingbird on SparkNotes tomorrow morning sometime before first period.
I bring my laptop to the ground, enveloping myself in the warm blankets on my bed and when my head hits the pillow, thoughts of mikemical fill my mind, wondering who on earth this random could be.
Little did I know, I already knew.
( Author's Note )
First installment, holla.
I'm sorry I'm so awkward.
High fives.
Alexandra
