Server 17

It's been weeks since school ended, I was back to
my summer routine. playing this online game called uvu ,I sat on my pink fluffy bed and looked at the ceiling I began to lose track of time thinking about how my summer wasn't the same anymore , I missed my dad I really did miss having a family . I clicked back into reality and dash my fingers across the keyboard trying to keep up with my online friends and their daily gossip . Its funny how it's so easy for me to make online friends but in the real world I cant even order McDonalds without turning red. I look over the conversation that my best friend Leona was having with our other friends; Zero Autumn and Ash .
Ash was Leona's boyfriend while zero and Autumn never liked commitment,me however I was wishing and dying to have a boyfriend, I sat there with my white sweater and pink shorts and looked at the window into the dark windy night and placed the tip of my finger on the window glass and traced  the stars. I envisioned a deep love with someone , and I looked to the heavens with hope in my eyes that I'd meet him someday . I pranced back to my chair and resume talking to my friends and Leona starts to bicker about how Ash never gives her attention anymore and just in that moment Ash leaves the chatroom . Ohhoh no oh noooo here we go again Leona starts bawling her eyes at " he doesnt even care about me anymore Amara" "i'm sure he does maybe his internet got disconnected" I said but leona goes on and insist it was a breakup. Fun-fact leona and Asher have never met in person , they've been online dating for months now ,but clearly its not stable. I spend most my night comforting Leona and cracking dumb dad jokes when she decides shes going to bed , I wish her a goodnight and decide to watch youtube while leaving a tap open to remain in the chatroom a few hours go by and I'm jamming out to " talk is overrated " when i hear a loud "BLOOP" my face scrunched up and I looked around confused someone joined the chatroom , it was late so i cautiously walk towards the computer thinking to myself who could that be ?Asher ? no he's never up this late. I click the tab open and someones avatar is standing at the door of the chatroom extremely tall and exaggerated. I look at his user and his name says Amir , I look at the chat and he's asking if anyones here and I start to type " obviously"
he replies with " didn't have to be rude about it geez" I look at the time and back to
the chatroom and ask him " Are you new?" he replies with " I just changed my zip-code since I moved and it placed me in this chatroom, server 17" . The app uvu places people with the same zip in the same chat room unless you're a zip hopper like Leona  you'll pretty much see the same people in that chatroom. I start a conversation with Amir and ask him why he's up so late. no reply , 30 mins go by and nothing just his lifeless avatar standing by the door just as i'm about to switch tabs and play my beloved Bon Jovi , I hear a BLOOP! I mumble to myself "perfect fricking timing" and when I read the chat he says " meet up ?" I scrunch my face and think about all the things that can go bad about that idea. for one he could be a child predator trying to kidnap me and sell me in Mexico for 2 pesos , or he could be a serial killer and lets face it i'd be the dumb blonde girl that falls for no reason and dies. so i sit there and ponder, and I decide Im going to meet him I dance my fingers across the keyboard and type " sure thing! where?" and not even a minute later he types Stella's Cafe, which lucky for me is only 3 blocks down but somehow I feel at ease knowing its a public place and that Stella's Cafe has nothing but a warm welcoming aroma, I used to walk there with my dad every night as a young girl to get an iced coffee and finish reading my romance novels while my dad typed on his laptop finishing the novels he wrote .My mother wasn't a night-owl so she'd stay home and sleep, I remember the last time I went to Stella's Cafe with my dad. we walked side by side down the 3 blocks it was a beautiful night a full moon with twinkling stars above my head and the soft icy breeze against my skin as the breeze slightly pushed my hair back, and me clinging to my father taking in his warm cinnamon scent that he gets from making cinnamon coffee every morning .I'd give anything to be that little girl again , I tugged on my favorite pair of jeans and a nice soft sweater since tonights weather was kind of cold, that's the thing about Texas, it can never make up its mind when it comes to weather. I start to scavenge for my light blue converse but there no where to be seen then it hits me there by the door " damnit!" How am I going to sneak out now , I contemplate in my head whether i should get them or not so i decide why the hell not and tiptoe down the stairs but just as im turning the corner I stub my toe against my moms blue vase and it tips over making a loud noise I exclaim "SHHHHHH!" as if the vase can understand me or hear me . I wait a couple minutes to see if my mom wakes up but she doesn't so I pick up my beautiful light blue converse and tip toe up the stairs leaving the vase on the floor , thinking to myself maybe the cat can take the blame for it .I head back to my room careful to not tip anything over again and close the door shut leaving my Lana Del Rey poster perfectly on display outside my door. I put my converse on and lace those bad boys up and head out the window. I climb down my house slowly and carefully making sure not to break a leg and make my way down the street . I let my mind wonder off about what Amir might look like. Maybe he's a skinny nerd with big glasses or a hippie with long hair and short shorts and maybe even socks and sandals . ughhhh that gives me shivers. As I round the corner near the cafe I feel a soft breeze against my hand as if my dad was holding my hand again and just like that I felt at ease , I felt safe.
I enter the cafe and hear the little bells ring notifying others when someone walks in and glance along the room there was only 4 people in the cafe . The cashier who looked to be I'm her early 30's soft blonde hair with a touch of blue eye shadow and pink lipstick and the waitress with raven hair and nice glossed lips and at the very end an elderly lady having a cup of coffee reading an article about the towns up coming city fair, and on a bar stool looking directly into my eyes a boy with dark wavy hair and deep hazel eyes sat and suddenly the name Amir escaped my lips faintly as if I was drawing my last
breath and he beckoned me over.....