Nessa

Episode Two (Prologue Two)

Every girl wanted a secret admirer but Nessa would have killed to murder hers. The guy was a pain and she wasn't even sure if it was a guy or not. She only hoped it was. 

As she held the letter in her hand and stared at it she felt nothing but a deep rooted anger. The letter read

"Hi, Nessa again...I'm not even sure you've been getting my letters but heck I'd keep on trying. I just wrote this letter to tell you that I think you're pretty and...yeah, have fun"

There was some sort of signature at the right hand corner of the note. A cross with the word 'an' drawn above it in cursive.

Nessa resisted the urge to roll her eyes. 

She wondered why anyone would even act this way? Was he shy? Was he scared of being seen with her? Or was he just messing with her?

Nessa squeezed the note into a ball and threw it towards the dustbin at the other end of the room. She narrowly missed and then she sighed. She needed to clear her head. She dropped the book she was holding and made downstairs towards the living room.

Halfway there she could hear her mother's voice sounding from the living room. "Happy Birthday Luka,hope you like it?"

Luka didn't seem to answer he probably already tore open the game. Nessa walked into the living room and found Luka setting up the game.

"Hey mum," Nessa breathed.

"Nes, how was school?"

Nessa still wondered why her mother called her Nes "It was cool."

"Principal Avery gave you a gift?" Nessa's mum asked.

"How did you..."

"Your father told me. Do me a favor," Now Nessa's mum was whispering "Could you play with Luka please. I know he would love that."

"But mum..."

The look on her face made Nessa want to cry. She couldn't say no to her.

"Fine," Nessa agreed. "Just one game."

Nessa's mum smiled and left the living room.

"Hey Luka," Nessa called "Could you help me setup mine."

Luka scowled. "I thought you didn't like games."

"I'm hoping you could change my mind."

At that Luka smiled. "This is so going to be fun."

Luka set up both his game and Nessa's, while Nessa stared at TV which was magically still on the news channel. Coincidentally, the reporter was talking about the new game that launched today and how thousands had sold in just the hour.

Moments later, Luka was done settling up the game and for some reason it thought that it was weird. He had filled all the information that was required of him, which in his opinion was too much even for an RPG game. 

What made it weirder was, there wasn't an option to pick roles, just a start button.

Luka didn't care however. "I'm done. Put the Autopad on your head and lie down.

"What?"

"The stuff that looks like a helmet."

Nessa obeyed without question. When she placed the device over her head, everywhere went dark around her. Suddenly a menu appeared asking if she wanted to start. She tried moving her hands to tap yes but then her brother teased.