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Chapter 1

   Too funny!, Zane typed as he chuckled to himself. He watched his comment pop up under a picture of a girl getting dunked in a whole bucket of soda with the poster's comment ultimate prank! above it. This is definitely something Josh and Erin would like, Zane noted to himself. I'll send it over to them later.

   Zane scrolled down the screen. He always made sure to go on Facebook before school, on the way home from school, and then before and after dinner. It had been his normal routine since he first got it, though at first he just went crazy liking pictures and videos and following people for the first couple of weeks. Then his mom gave him 'the warning'; if he didn't space out his time on Facebook, she would pull it off his phone. "I just want you to still get a taste of the real world", she had said when he complained about it. It actually worked out in the end. With his routine he felt more accomplished in life; he was getting his homework done, he spent time with his family, and he had a pretty good social life at school. At least he thought so.

   Let's see what Erin's posted today, Zane decided. She always has something good up on her board. He typed in Erin's username, kittyErin343, into the search bar. Erin was one out of the two really good friends he had on Facebook. The other was Josh, who lived in the next town over. None of them had seen the other in person; they only knew what each other looked like through the pictures and videos they posted of themselves. All three had gotten into some really great conversations. They talked about everything; what they thought about the latest movies, songs, celebrities, politics.....you name it. And though they didn't always agree on everything, they had all agreed to disagree. That's what made their friendship so awesome; they could be themselves, and the friend on the other side would let them be.

   Zane pushed the search button on his laptop. It only took a minute for the screen to pop up with the words sorry, there is no profile called kittyErin343. Please try again. Zane raised an eyebrow. That can't be right, he thought to himself. The profile was just on here this morning. It must just the computer glitching. He typed in the username again, only to get the same results. "That's weird", he mumbled, scratching the back of his smooth, dark neck. He pulled out his phone and searched for the username through there. He only got the same answer. "What is going on?", he pondered aloud. Is Facebook just malfunctioning or something? Let me try Josh.

   He typed into the search bar Josh's username, JoshRogersInTheHouse!!. It only took a second for Josh's profile to pop up.

Zaneiack: Hey Josh! How's it going?

   Did Erin delete her profile or something?, Zane wondered. Wouldn't she have told us so we'd know?

   He felt his phone vibrate in his hand. It was a notification from Josh.

JoshRogersInTheHouse!!: Hey man! How's it going?

   Zane leaned back against the wall and typed in his response.

Zaneiack: I'm ok. Hey, have u talked with Erin at all 2 day?

JoshRogersInTheHouse!!: Np. Meant to tho. Why?

Zaneiack: I tried to find her profile but it won't come up.

JoshRogersInTheHouse!!: Huh. Let me try. Maybe it's your phone

Zaneiack: No it's not coming up on my computer either. It's like she just disappeared.

   "Zane!", Zane heard his mom yell from downstairs. "I need to run out to the store for a minute! Watch Lindsay for me while I'm gone!"

   "Okay Mom!", Zane yelled back. He slipped his phone in his pocket and walked out into the hall towards Lindsay's bedroom. It was just about time for her to get up from her nap, which would be the only hard part of taking care of her. Lindsay hated being woken up from her naps; just like Facebook was Zane's outlet, nap time was Lindsay's, but he knew that once he got her distracted, she would be happy and forget that she even had taken a nap at all.

   As he cracked her door open, his phone went off again. It was Josh.

JoshRogersInTheHouse!!: It's not coming up on mine either. You think it's the site?

Zaneiack: Maybe. We should report it.

JoshRogersInTheHouse!!: Yeah it's got to be a glitch.

Zaneiack: Have 2 go. Talk to u later

JoshRogersInTheHouse!!: K man

   Zane slipped his phone into his back pocket. He'd report it after dinner tonight. It had to just be a glitch.