How I Met You

Chapter Seven

-Chapter Seven-

My mouth went dry again as a million thoughts ran through my mind. 

Should I say yes?

Should I say no?

Should I even be talking to a stranger?

Should I have even continued talking with a stranger!?

"Alex? Are you still there?"

"Yeah, yeah. Sorry about that... I... Uh, had to feed my goldfish." Gosh, I suck at lying.

I heard Jake chuckle at me, probably knowing that I was lying, and just laughing at my lame excuse. "So do you want to Skype?" A few seconds went by and I still didn't reply. "If you don't want to, then that's fine. I can kind of unders—"

"No, I want to." I've made up my mind. And as Peyton always blabs about... Y.O.L.O.

"Really?" he asked.

"Yes. Now are you going to give me your username or are you going to make me wait longer?"

"Sorry. My username is SmileyFacesAreAwesome123."

"Only you, Jake... Only you..." I mumbled as I typed in his username. When the page was done loading, I saw his user. I clicked on it and sent him a friend request.

"Im_Sexi_And_I_Know_It_143?" Jake asked. "Is that you?"

I nodded my head, but then felt stupid. He can't see me.

"Yep! I'm guessing you got the request?"

In reply, the Skype video chat ringtone started to play. Making sure the camera was off first, I clicked on 'Answer'. I looked down at my phone. He hung up on me.

My forehead started to sweat as it loaded. I was about to see Jake for the first time. My palms followed suit and began to sweat too. Stupid sweat glands!

The picture finally loaded completely! I was confused when I didn't see anyone sitting there, waiting like I was. All I saw was an empty desk chair with a bed in the background. I'm guessing this is Jake's empty room...?

Where is he?

Maybe he is an old guy...

I sent a message through Skype's IM. 

"Jake? Ya there?" 

No one replied. About five minutes later, I heard voices coming from the distance through my speakers. They were coming closer. 

"Yeah, I wonder what she looks like on Skype."