It was a beautiful summer day, the sun was brightly shining, the birds were singing their songs, and it was perfect weather outside. Inside though was a different story, video gamer Ricky Hobbs was inside playing his video games.
"Ricky!" his mom Lidia called.
"Huh?" he grumbled while trying to beat the boss in the next to the last level.
"Ricky!" she yelled. "Come here and help me unload the groceries."
"I have to finish this one thing, then I will be right there." he hollered back.
"What did you say?" his mom asked. "Boy you had better in here right now and help me!"
Ricky knew better than to wait any longer after she said that, or else he would be in trouble. "I'm coming." he said as he paused his game.
"What is it that you need me to do mom?" he asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"I need you to put these groceries where they need to go." his mother replied.
"Okay." Ricky said as he started to put away the food.
"Ricky, honey." his mother started.
Uh-no. Ricky thought, whenever his mother start with 'Ricky honey' he would be in for a lecture.
"Now I know you are old enough to know what you want to do with your life, and I don't want to interfere, but..."
"Yes?" Ricky asked, even though he knew what was coming.
"Well you are almost twenty-two years old, and all you do is sit around and play video games all day. Yes, I know you had a part time job a few months ago, and that was good. But you need to get out there and find another job."
"I know mom, I have tried finding another job but no one is hiring just yet with summer just starting." Ricky told he mother as he continued to unload the groceries.
"Yes I understand but if you don't go out and have fun with your friends, how will you ever find yourself a girlfriend?"
"Seriously mom?" Ricky said embarrassed. "You know how shy I am around girls."
"Yes honey I know that is why you need to get out and socialize more."
"Mom you do know that I have friends that are girls. Don't you?" Ricky asked.
"Yes, Ricky I do know that and I know them, and since they go to church with us I know that they are nice young ladies. So why don't you date one of them?"
"Because I'm not looking for a relationship right now. Okay mom." Ricky stated as he finished putting away the groceries. "Can I go now? I am through putting the groceries away."
"Yes, you can go." his mother said. "But just think about what I said."
"Okay mom I will." Ricky said as he walked out of the kitchen toward his room.
Ricky hopped into his favorite gaming chair and started back fighting the big boss battle. It took him fifteen minutes but he finally beat the game. He looked at the time it was 2:50pm. It was almost time for his daily battle with his rival Shadow843. Shadow843 was hard to beat, in every game no matter what it was. Today they were going to fight against each other in MGS peace walker. Ricky had just enough time to go grab a Dr. Pepper before their match.
It was 2:56pm Ricky put on his headphones and microphone, and logged onto the game. He popped the Dr. Pepper while waiting for Shadow843 to log on. 3:00pm his headphones beeped, letting him know that Shadow843 had logged on.
"Hey." Ricky aka PkmnMaster002 said into the microphone.
"Hello." Shadow843 replied, in his usual disguised voice.
"Why do you disguise your voice?" Ricky asked.
"Because I want to, PkmnMaster002." Shadow843 replied.
"Hey now don't get all defensive. I am just asking questions." Ricky said.
"Look dude, are we going to play or not?" Shadow843 asked. "Or are you scared of getting beat by me, again."
"Hey! I'm not scared of you!" Ricky said.
"Ha-ha! Now who is getting defensive?" Shadow843 laughed.
"I am not scared. You are the one who should be scared!" Ricky replied.
"Oh yeah?" Shadow843 asked. "Why is that?"
"Because I'm going to win!" Ricky stated with confidence.
"If you are so sure that you are going to win." Shadow843 said. "Then let's make a wager."
"Okay fine." Ricky agreed. "If I win you have to video chat with me on the Wii u. Without the disguised voice."
"Alright and if I win you have to go on YouTube and make a video saying that I am a better player than you." Shadow843 said.
"Agreed." Ricky said.
"Okay let's fight!" Shadow843 said and started the game.
It was an intense battle between PkmnMater002 and Shadow843, one that lasted over half an hour. In the end, PkmnMaster002 won.
"Ha-ha! I told you I would win!" Ricky shouted into the microphone.
"Whatever dude." Shadow843 said. "You just got lucky this time that's all."
"Ha-ha yeah right it was my awesome skills that beat you." Ricky replied. "Now you got to hold up your end of the wager."
"Yeah, yeah I know." Shadow843 said. "Give me your username and I'll look you up."
Ricky give it to him. "It's the same as it is on here. PkmnMater002."
"Okay give me a few minutes to look you up." Shadow843 said and signed off.
Ricky went ahead and signed onto his Wii u video chat account and waited for Shadow843. Ricky laughed as he wondered what kind of guy Shadow843 looked like, probably a skinny, pale looking guy.
Ping.
Ricky got a notification that Shadow843 wanted to add him as a friend. Ricky added Shadow843 as a friend. He took a big drink of his Dr. Pepper and waited for Shadow843 to start the video chat.
"Hi." Shadow843 said.
Ricky was so surprised; he spit all of his drink out of his mouth.
"Ha-ha!" Shadow843 laughed. "I don't look that bad do I?"
Ricky was staring into the face of a girl! Not just any girl, a girl with long brown hair, and jade green eyes. Shadow843 kept on laughing, as had the most amazing laugh he has ever heard.
Ricky realized that he still had drink all over his face and that his jaw was almost hitting the floor. He quickly shut his mouth and wiped his face. "Hi." Ricky finally said. "My name is Ricky."
"Hi. My name is Nicki."
