Thats Vegas! Chapter 1

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~Chapter 1~2

*Computer Habit*3

Sarah sat down and turned on her computer.  She pulled up her “Start” menu and scrolled her mouse up.  Clicking the icon labeled “Internet” she logged on.  Just as her welcome page and buddy list finished loading, an Instant Message popped onto her flat screen monitor. “Hey” came the words in the box.  “How was your day?” “Fine” Sarah quickly typed back, “How was yours?”  There was a short pause then “Oh, I don’t go to school anymore” came from the other end of the line.  “Hey yesterday you never got around to telling me you’re A/S/L.  Well, what is it?”4

Sarah sat back in her chair and looked at her screen.  “Hmmm, lets see here….” She mumbled to herself.  Leaning forward again, her fingers reached for the few letters in her mind.  “16/F/USA” she typed and hit the enter key.  Just then, her little sister Jamie walked into the room and yelled in her 3 year old voice “Ha Ha Sarah! You be 13 tomorrow! You old person!” Jamie made a face and ran from the room giggling.  Sarah had a look of confusion mixed with a look of her thought of “Wow that kid is stupid” smeared upon her face.  She glanced back at her Instant Message where a reply had come.  “LOL, of course your from the United States, who isn’t on this service! What state?”  Sarah sat back again.  “LOL…LOL…where have I heard that before…?”  Then it hit her and she accidentally exclaimed out loud “Of course! Laugh Out Loud! Duh..”5

She quickly typed back “Nevada… you?”  “OMG” came a reply “So am I!”  “Really?” Sarah asked, her heart dropping a little, but another question had come into her head.  “What part?”  She quickly typed, heart pounding.  She sat back and thought to herself, “Why do you want to know?  You just had to ask didn’t you…” when the reply came back.  “I’m from Vegas…. How about you?”6

Looking out the window, Sarah looked at the Stratosphere that marked the Las Vegas Strip.  “Vegas.” She typed.  “Nice….” Came the reply.  Sarah eyed the computer suspiciously and turned around to check that her door was still closed then wrote back, “Why? What’s on your mind?”  “NM… Just….well never mind…”  Came a sly answer.7

“Tell me!”  Sarah demanded.  He took his time to reply then finally a words came upon her screen.  “Wanna meet?”8