Part 15 (2/2)
Serenity2cute_13: i won't
Serenity signed out of the chat room and shut down the computer.
She went into the kitchen and called Cookie.
”Hey,” Cookie said with enthusiasm, ”did you make it?”
”No, I didn't,” Serenity said solemnly.
”Aww, I'm sorry. But maybe next year, huh?”
”Yeah, maybe,” Serenity said. ”But guess what I'm about to do.”
”What?”
”I'm going to meet Saucer.”
Cookie gasped. ”For real?” she whispered.
”For real,” Serenity said.
”Where? At the mall?”
”No, at that old restaurant.”
”Neds?”
”Yep,” she said defiantly.
”Ooh,” Cookie squealed. ”Are you scared?”
”Umm, not really,” Serenity lied. Her heart was beating fast, and she tried to control the nervousness in her voice. ”You wanna come with me?”
”I can't. We're going back to church.”
”Well, I'll tell you what happens.”
”You better.”
”I will,” Serenity said.
She hung up the phone, disappointed that Cookie could not come with her. She began to have second thoughts about going downtown alone to meet Saucer. What if he wasn't who he said he was?
She went upstairs and grabbed her favorite h.e.l.lo Kitty hat, stopping to look at herself in her bedroom mirror. What if Saucer didn't like the way she looked? She stood still, staring at her reflection in the mirror. Her dream of becoming a model had just been crushed. Nothing could be worse than that.
She went back downstairs and picked up the twenty-dollar bill her mother had left on the counter. Then she left to meet the boy she'd met online.
Chapter Thirty.
Tony turned on his daughter's computer to check her browser history. He was dismayed when he discovered how many times she'd visited the same chat site over the course of several weeks.
”Shari,” he called, ”can you come up here, please? And bring Cookie with you,” he added.
Shari came upstairs with Cookie following behind her. They entered Cookie's bedroom where Tony stood continuing to browse through the history. He turned when they entered the room.
”What is this?” he asked pointing to the computer screen.
”What is what?” Shari asked.
”I'm actually talking to Cookie,” Tony said. He stared at her. ”Well?”
Cookie stood with her mouth open.
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