"So what did you get for Christmas?" I ask Tiffany.
It seems like just yesterday we became friends. I don't remember a lot but I do remember walking into seventh grade not knowing a single soul. A petite chocolate girl who wasn't loud but yet not too quiet. As I walked into second period, Mr. Wirts science class a girl introduced herself. Tiffany Cannal. When I saw her I instantly knew she looked familiar. She has cocoa colored skin,with big almond shaped eyes and brown curly hair that reaches the middle of her back. I've always thought she was really pretty, but where did I know her from? Ah! My best friend, Tarah Winkle. They hung out when they were little and whenever I was over I'd catch a glimpse of Tiffany.
Tarah was my very first friend when I moved here to Napa, California when I was five.
"You know same old same old, clothes, money and I got a brand new iPod." It's three days after Christmas which means we'll be starting our second semester of freshman year.
"Ugh, I'm so bored." I lay on my back while laying on my floor.
"Then lets do something." She suggests.
"It's nine o'clock at night, you know my mom won't let us go anywhere." I look at her as she's laying on my bed playing with her phone.
"Oh my god! Raven! Jonnie Lint and his friends are at Taco Bell! Taco Bell is right there, I can practically see it from your window. Your mom still wouldn't let us go?" She whines.
"No, she thinks we'll get kidnapped or something." I look back at my lap top and continue scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed. I always see the same people saying the same thing.
"Oh my god. Jonnie just posted a picture of them at Taco Bell! Can we please go?"
"My mom won't let us."
She rolls her eyes and continues on her phone.
*Hey girl I have a question* I text Tarah who unfortunately lives thirty minutes away.
She replies instantly. *Whats up?*
*Do you know anyone who doesn't live in Napa?*
*Yeah, I know a few. Why?*
*Who?* I ignore her question.
*Um, Paige Gerbs, she lives in Yuba City though.* Yuba is a few hours from here.
From that moment I had a plan to cease my boredom. I went to Tarah's friends on Facebook and typed in Paige Gerbs. I try looking through her pictures but she's on private.
I go back to Tarah's friends and continue to look through people. I come across a girl who lives in Oregon. Her name is Sasha Lungberd. She's blonde with blue eyes. She's really pretty. I look through her pictures and notice she smokes a lot. I'm not against it I just think it's gross. This girl is way too pretty to be showing off her smoking all the time.
I click save on about six pictures. Ten minutes later I find myself with a new Facebook account. An account that says Sarah Rumsey from Seattle, Washington. Why'd I choose Seattle? I don't know. I looked up schools in Seattle. Lynwood High came up.
Next thing I know I have twenty-seven friends from Lynwood High. Lots of suggestions come up. I click and click until my fingers are sore. People are accepting. My friend request like crazy. I now have over one-hundred friends. My newsfeed is filled with new topics. This page actually looks legit. Maybe I should add people from Napa, some people I actually know. Definitely adding Jonnie and all of his hot friends. I added about twenty people from Napa. This is crazy people will accept a friend request from a random person. Probably because this girl is really pretty.
