Hey guys I REVISED THIS CHAPTER, this is my first fic and I'm trying. Be informed I might mess up a bit so, bear with me. =D

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He opened the door and walked into his room. Regardless of his brother playing and making noise, he closed the door gingerly, as to not wake his mother who had gone to sleep early. He walked past his tall dresser and un-made bed. He always had compassion for his mother, she was a hard-worker.

He paced over to the computer, passing his bathroom with the door far more than ajar. He could easily see himself in the mirror. He sighed.

Mike had never felt content with himself. He was only somewhat overweight but he was very self-conscious.

Mike lived roughly throughout his early education. He had gone to a public elementary school, where as all young chrildren do; tease. They teased and rejected Mike from their little games. It got him angry all the time. He now felt that he shouldn't have let those kids get to him, you only have a childhood once.

He couldn't take it anymore. He had asked his mother if he could go to this very small private school that was near by, hoping it would be nicer there. His mother knew of his suffering, and even though it was expensive, she agreed.

This private school had very kind and considerate kids. Not stuck-up as you may think of a school like this. Most of them had even gone to this school for their whole lives. It was a bit hard educationally because of the adjustment. He had transferred after Christmas break in the seventh grade. He eventually adjusted. This school only had gone up to eigth grade and he knew he would have to go back. He graduated eigth grade with a few really close friends he met there. He was happy the way it turned out. He had only wished he went to the Private school earlier!

So, he went back to the public school's high school with the companians from the private school. After some months of being in this school he noticed his friends from the private school start to be friendly with some people that he didn't like. The people he didn't like were the ones who mad his childhood horrible. He was scared he would lose his friends. He just hoped everything would still be okay and his friends were truely friends.

He, himself also met some nice people at his public school that he hadn't before. They were also nice enough to give him their screen names if they wanted to talk. That's what he liked about Instant Messenger though, that you didn't actually know the person well enough to get a phone number but you could get close be talking sometimes online.

He sat down to his computer and signed on to his instant messenger. He had chosen AOL Instant Messenger to download to his computer when he had found out the people he knew had it. He had the three people that were his friends from the private school he would have real conversations with, around ten people he rarely talked to from school because they happened to give him their screen name. He also met people online from forums of bands he liked. He had many screen names from people from there. People who never saw him or his picture before. He knew why there were so many.

He saw that one of his close friends were on, "19Brad77." Before he could double-click his name, 19Brad77 Instant Messeged him. He felt happy when other people Instant Messeged him. It made him feel like people actually wanted to talk to him, rather than he talking to someone and then that someone flatly answering him. He answered Brad back.

19Brad77: yo, mike. whats going on?

Alien4Life: Not much. I was kind of bored so I signed on. As you may see.

19Brad77: o, yeah.

Alien4Life: What about you man?

19Brad77: same, but i finally asked that girl out.

Alien4Life: Awesome, how did it go?

Alien4Life: I mean, did she say yes or whatever?

19Brad77: she said yeah she thought i was cute lol

Alien4Life: Well, maybe she's mental.

19Brad77: dude, shut up go look in the mirror.

Alien4Life: Hey now...

Mike started thinking about what Brad had just said, he knew he was kidding. He had also thought how close they were and about when he did look in the mirror. And what Brad said was a very common comeback. It just made him laugh.

19Brad77: dude i was only kidding.

Alien4Life: Right...

19Brad77: oh my god you are so uptight sometimes

Alien4Life: Okay, okay...I like getting you mad though plus I'm bored.

19Brad77: you should like, ask him out you know. since you're so bored all the time. then you wouldn't be picking on me all the time :D.

Alien4Life: What!?

Mike didn't know what Brad was talking about. He really did, but didn't want to show it. Obviously Brad had noticed though. He never told anyone about his feelings for a guy in school. A guy no less. He never told anyone he was gay. He never liked girls, they were so...mean and liked "cute" guys, they were too...pink. Materialistic. He also was wondering why he was so worried. Brad could have been making a mere joke. Probably because I told him he was ugly...

He was waiting, eating nervously, for his friend's reply.

The anticipation.

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Did you guys like the revisions? I will have the next chapter up by the end of the day. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEWS, THE COMPLIMENTS AND THE HELP, IT HELPED A LOT. Review again! lol Kelly