You Were My Sanity

Birthday Laptop

''Happy birthday Darina!''

With a yawn and a quick rub of my eyes, I looked at my surroundings to see my father and mother holding a cake with the candles lit.

''Make a wish!'' my dad whispered softly kissing my temple.

''Dad! I'm too old to do that stuff. I'm not 5 anymore, I'm 16 for crying out loud.'' I frustratedly said. Every year I tell them not to make a fuss, yet every year they do it anyway. I don't know why I was actually expecting them to listen though - if I'm being honest.

After washing up and getting dressed, I headed downstairs for some breakfast.

I sat down and started eating my mother's 'special birthday breakfast'. She's a chef so it tasted scrumptious.

She calls it 'Mama bears petit-déjeuner d'anniversaire'' (she lived in France for 6 years as a child).

I lifted my gaze from my breakfast and onto a table which had just had a box placed on it.

''Um... What's that?'' I eyed the box .

My parents have a tendency to buy uncommon presents, like 2 years ago, I got an avocado in a box! What the hell and when I was 11 I received a scented glove - no, not a pair of gloves, a glove.

I opened it anyway and I was met with another box. Hope it isn't another avocado...

When I opened the box I realised it was a laptop.

I gaped at it for a minute or two.

''THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!'' I rushed around the island in the kitchen and bear hugged both my parents.

My dad chuckled and they said in unison ''You're welcome sweetie. Glad you like it.''

I turned back towards them when I heard a grunt. ''Jinx!'' my mum exclaimed and when my dad said something she punched him.

I rolled my eyes at my parents immature behaviour.

I opened the laptop and saw a picture of me with when I was 9 and I was having a staring contest with the dog whilst we both had our tongues out and were panting.

I was a weird child, sue me.

After laughing at that ridiculous picture I said ''going to go set this up in my room thanks again, love you.'' and with that I headed off to my room to set up my new laptop.

~*~

It took me about just under 2 hours to do and install everything and now I was surfing the web.

I've never actually been surfing and I really want to go.

Maybe one day.

I went on Omegle (I do that when I'm bored) and turned on my cam.

I was greeted with an old shirtless man with a white/greyish beard, a hairy chest, small Harry potter resembling glasses and was partially bold.

Ew, really?

''Put yo' shirt back on, Santa Claus!'' I pressed the disconnect button.

There was then a black screen for the next person.

Me: Cam?

Stranger: It's not working, sorry.

Me: it's okay, so asl?

When he didn't reply I wrote

Me: asl means age sex location

Him: Oooh I was a bit baffled there ._. 17/Male/Australia

After that we just kept chatting and all in all, it was an awesome birthday.

His name was Raven.

He seemed to never let the conversation die down and he gave my his Ask.fm account username so we could talk on there.

He didn't have anything else to talk on yet - account wise.

Although I knew him for less than a day, I could sense this was going to be one heck of a relationship.