The Snapchat Mistake That Lead To Ethan Wacker

Chapter 4 Telling

Once I am done telling her about Ethan she stops doing the dishes and looks at me. I am super nervous and am scared on what she is going to say. She starts by saying, "You know how I am about talking to people online and you know that people online can be lying about who they really are." I start to feel my hands sweat, which always happens when I'm nervous and don't know what is going to happen next. She continues by saying, "Do you really know that this Ethan kid is really Ethan?" I quietly and timidly respond back with just saying "yes." She tells me that she cares about me and that if I truly know that it is him then I can keep talking to him but if I have any concerns about whether he is telling the truth about him than I should just stop talking to him. After she finishes what she tells me, I go downstairs to my room and start texting Ethan. I was super surprised at what she said to me, I thought that she would be mad or angry and tell me that I could never talk to him again.

C- I told my mom about you

E- What did she say, Was she mad

C- No. I thought that she would be mad but she wasn't. She is a little skeptical but is fine with us continuing to talk.

E- That is fantastic.

C- Yea

E-What are you doing?

C- About to go to bed

E- I forgot about the time change. It's pretty late there isn't it

C- Yea it's almost midnight. I am getting tired. I usually never stay up this late

E-You better gets to bed then. Good night

C- Good night

I was super excited that I told my mom about Ethan and that she was okay with it, that when I woke up in the morning. I thought it was a dream. When I go outside to start my chores which are milking the goats, feeding and watering the bunnies and chickens, I see that Cody is already out there by the goats. I wonder why Cody is out there because he usually doesn't come until a little bit later in the morning. Once, he sees me coming, he starts to come by way and he seems different today but I can't tell what it is. He asks me if I told my mom about Ethan, I tell him the truth and say yea why? He anxiously replied with "Just wondering?" I just ignore his weirdness and go to the goat barn to start milking, Cody follows me. While I am milking the goats, Cody asks me, "Is Ethan your boyfriend?" I reply with "No." His mood becomes different now and he just sits and watches me without saying anything until I am all done. I say bye to Cody and go in to eat breakfast.

This makes me start to think. Is Ethan my boyfriend or is he just a friend or an online friend or what is he. Do I want him to be my boyfriend? Does he want me to be his girlfriend? I got so caught up in my thinking that I decided to stop thinking about it and that it didn't matter because I was having a good time talking to him

Later that day, Ethan had texted me

E- Do you have an iPhone

C- Yea why

E- Because we can FaceTime then

C- Yea I guess we can

E- Do you wanna FaceTime later today after dinner or something

I didn't know what to say because I was excited that we could talk and see each other but what if I did something wrong and I can't delete it. What if one of my siblings come and do something or say something. So I decided that I would go out to my special spot out in the field on a hay bale. Once I get there I start thinking and maybe I should just do it and if something goes wrong oh well. Then, Cody comes and I totally forgot that he walks through the back fields to get to his house for lunch. He stops by me and sits next to me, He asks "What are you doing out here?" I say, "I am just thinking." Cody says, "What are you thinking about?" I just don't reply because of it weird to talk to a guy that you barely know about a guy that you like. He eventually says that he has to go and gets up and leaves.

I eventually determine that I will FaceTime Ethan later today and I reply to his text. He seems excited which makes me more nervous.