“You’ve got mail.” I repeated happily as I opened my email box. I found ten emails, most from the Hanson newsletters I had subscribed to. I glanced through them and saved any pictures I liked of the band. Then, I replied to all the quizzes and polls, knowing that I would (as usual) get all the quizzes right. Then, I clicked onto my FAVORITES list and checked to see if any of my friends were on. When I saw no one I felt like talking to I clicked onto one of my favorite Hanson chat rooms and started talking *All caps is the chat room and my name is Puff_Greenie*

Puff_Greenie: HEY PEEPS!

TAYZGURL: HEY, WHAT’S UP?

Puff_Greenie: N/M U?

TAYZGURL: SAME

Puff_Greenie: COOLNESS

AOL host: ZH_85 HAS ENTERED THE ROOM

ZH_85: HEY PEEPS, WHAT’S UP?

Puff_Greenie: N/M

Puff_Greenie: A/S/L?

ZH_85: 14/M/OK

ZH_85: U?

Puff_Greenie: 14/F/IL

ZH_85: I WAS JUST IN IL

Puff_Greenie: REALLY? WHAT WERE U DOING HERE?

ZH_85: FAMILY BUSINESS

Puff_Greenie: COOLNESS

ZH_85: YEP :)

AOL host: mmmbop2 HAS ENTERED THE ROOM

mmmbop2: HEY PPL

ZH_85: LET ME GUESS, U R A HANSON?

mmmbop2: YEAH, SO?

ZH_85: YEAH RIGHT, PUFF, WHAT PART OF IL U FROM?

mmmbop2: I AM

Puff_Greenie: ABOUT AN HOUR SOUTH OF CHICAGO

ZH_85: COOL :)

An IM window from ZH_85 showed up in the corner of my screen. I clicked on it and started talking to him.

ZH_85: HEY

Puff_Greenie: HEY

ZH_85: WHAT’S YOUR REAL NAME?

Puff_Greenie: GYA (G FOR SHORT) U?

ZH_85: ZAC

Puff_Greenie: AS IN MMMBOP?

ZH_85: NOPE

Puff_Greenie: COOLNESS

ZH_85: DO U LIKE THAT WORD?

Puff_Greenie: YES

ZH_85: DID U MAKE IT UP/

ZH_85: ?

Puff_Greenie: YEP, DO U LIKE HANSON?

ZH_85: YOU COULD SAY THAT.....

Puff_Greenie: WHAT DO U MEAN?

ZH_85: NEVERMIND, YEAH I DO

Puff_Greenie: COOLNESS, ME TOO

ZH_85: U HAVE A FAV?

Puff_Greenie: NOPE, I DON’T PLAY FAV’S

Puff_Greenie: U?

ZH_85: I LIKE ZAC, I THINK HE’S A COOL GUY (AND NO, I’M NOT GAY)

Puff_Greenie: LOL, YEAH HE’S PRETTY COOL

ZH_85: COOLNESS? OR JUST COOL?

Puff_Greenie: LOL, SHUT UP!

ZH_85: LOL, SORRY. SO BESIDES HANSON, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO U LIKE?

Puff_Greenie: NIRVANA, BUSH, MASE, BRANDY, JACKSON 5, BEATLES, EVE 6, AEROSMITH...... THE LIST GOES ON.... U?

ZH_85: AEROSMTIH, JACKSON 5, FASTBALL, BEATLES, GREATFUL DEAD, JONNY LANG, ATHENAEUM........ LIST GOES ON.......

Puff_Greenie: I SEE SOME OF THE SAME BANDS ON BOTH OUR LISTS. THAT’S COOLNESS X2

ZH_85: LOL, COOLNESS

Puff_Greenie: I’M WEARING OFF ON U

ZH_85: I GUESS SO.

Puff_Greenie: YEP

A few minutes passed without either of us saying anything.

ZH_85: HEY, I G/G. MY BROTHER WANTS THE COMP. WHATS YOUR ADDY?

Puff_Greenie: [email protected]

Puff_Greenie: WHAT’S YOURS?

ZH_85: [email protected]. I’LL EMAIL U. G/G BEFORE IKE HAS A FIT BYE-BYE

Then he left and someone else came on. I sighed heavily and added Zac to my BUDDY list and went back into the chat room only to find that it only had three people (including me) in it. I left and signed off, deciding there was nothing else to do. I called my friend, Sadie.


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