“There’s no hope.”
Sam stared bleakly at Meg as he uttered these words.
“Really? He said that? Wow, talk about a bedside manner.”
“Meg, don’t joke. I can’t. . .lose you. Not now.”
“And you won’t. We’ll show him. You and I.
Together.”
Having online friends is no longer considered the resort of the lonely introvert with no social life who looks up people to chat with on a cold, Saturday night. Virtual friendship is a very real and somewhat interesting paradigm that has crept into our social fabric today. Yet, it’s also one of the most fragile things in existence today and I’ll tell you why.
In November last year, I noticed that I had over 1000 friends on Facebook and that over 180 of those were bloggers. More than 300 were people I had met on Facebook. 200 more were acquaintances I had known briefly either through my work or my life.
Perfect rosebud lips and black irises almost made him forget himself.
Almost.
Snapping back to reality, he replied, “Nowhere else. There’s just one.”
Polished fingertips grazed his arm. “And it’s mine?”
“My limited edition Star Wars lightsaber? Sure, take my kidney too.”
Third place in the votes! Thank you Yeah write!
