Epals

Chapter Three

Marco POV

I glanced up at the sound of my door opening. There's only two people who have a copy of my house key, and that's Law and Perona.

"Marco!" It was Perona.

"In my office!" I raised my voice so she could hear me. I have an office in my home, because if I didn't then I would be stuck at my workplace nearly 24/7. I work at this publishing place called Phoenix Books, as an editor. As Perona walked in, I removed my reading glasses and relaxed back in my chair.

"Hey, you work way too much. The deadline for Law's book isn't until October. It's still only July. Give yourself a break for once, Marco." Her large brown eyes look me over in worry, "I know! You need to get a boyfriend!" she clapped her hands together in excitement, her long pink hair moving slightly with the movement. My eyebrow twitched. I had told her about my preferences about a year ago, though this is only the second time she has brought up getting a boyfriend. I told Law as soon as I became his editor, so he knew ahead of time. Some people would rather not associate themselves with a homosexual after all, and I didn't want to go through all of that again.

"Absolutely not." I glared slightly, already knowing that I had no choice in the matter. When she decided on something, it was near impossible to get yourself out of it.

"I actually found this site the other day, while scrolling through sites about ghosts and other paranormal activities." She walked around the desk, and pulled my laptop towards her before opening a new tab and typing in "Epals.com."

"Epals?" This was new, last time she shoved me into going on a blind date with someone who wasn't even gay. I think his name was Thatch, or something.

"Yeah, it's like pen pals, only you are using emails and not handwritten letters." Pulling the laptop back towards me, I scrolled through the description and rules. It seemed pretty interesting.

"Hmm. Alright, I suppose I could give it a shot." I mumbled, hitting the signup button.

"Yes! Now you must tell me as soon as you start emailing someone! Anyways, I have to go, I made an account myself and there might be an email waiting for me. When you click on the 'new epal' button, it will randomize the users and give you someone to email. It usually takes about an hour to give results. The tricky part is, the site keeps everyone's profile locked to everyone else until they have sent at least four emails to each other. Well, I am leaving now. Have fun!" Perona grinned, gliding out of the room.

Glancing back down at the screen, I gave a small sigh before creating an account.

Thirty minutes later I decided to stop stalling and hit the 'new epal' button; I sat there staring at the screen for the next hour after that. Then finally the screen changed, saying 'we have found you an epal!'