Chapter One

**April 2001**

16 yr old Kaci Jacobs returned home after a tiring day at school and went straight to the kitchen for a snack.

"La la la..." she sang to herself and then sighed while looking in the fridge,"Hell yes, ho ho's!" She grabbed a package and a Pepsi and went to teh computer. She put in her Good Charlotte CD and logged onto her messengers.

"Nobody's on...hm...chat room," she said to herself. She found a music chat room and went in.

UNkreat1ve: hey everybody wuts goin on?

guest2026: hey wuts up

oceankid2080: he wuts up

fnutcrush: a/s/l all 18/m/IN

UNkreat1ve: 16/f/IL anybody wanna chat, IM me.

Kaci saw a box flash at the bottom of her screen andopened the personal message.

oceankid2080: hey 21/m/FL wanna chat?

UNkreat1ve: sure but im only 16

oceankid2080: thats alright with me if its alright with you, im just lookin for someone to chat with

UNkreat1ve: sure yeah, its cool. so wuts up?

oceankid2080: nothin much, chillin. i been busy so im relaxin for a few hours.

UNkreat1ve: yeah me 2, skewl is way 2 long

oceankid2080: what grade are you?

UNkreat1ve: sophomore. u goin 2 college?

oceankid2080: nah, I work. I wish I could but my job takes up a lot of my time.

UNkrea1ve: wut do u do?

oceankid2080: I travel for business.

UNkreat1ve: Bizness and u havnt bin 2 college yet?

oceankid2080: well i guess i just have a knack for the job. doin pretty well so far.

UNkreat1ve: thats awesome, i wish i could just work w/ something I love instead of goin to school.

oceankid2080: I didnt get to go to high school, I was home schooled, I wish I could have.

UNkreat1ve: ah i c, u didnt get 2 do nething fun like dances and fball games

oceankid2080: exactly!

UNkreat1ve: r u havin fun w/ ur job?

oceankid2080: actually yeah, i love it a lot.

UNkreat1ve: well thats good.

oceankid2080: yeah. well i gotta get goin, gotta run some errands.

UNkreat1ve: okay thats cool, it was nice talkin to ya.

oceankid2080: yeah it was, im guna add you to my buddy list okay? can i have ur email too?

UNkreat1ve: yeah! sure its unkreat1ve@yahoo.com. im guna add u too. btw, my names Kaci.

oceankid2080: nice to meet you kaci. im gene.

UNkreat1ve: nice to meet you too :)

oceankid2080: well ill ttyl, see ya!

UNkreat1ve: bye bye!

Kaci stayed on for a little while but then logged off because no one else was talking to her. She did her homework and watched some TV. At 6pm she started making spagetti and at 6:45 her Dad arrived home.

"Kaci!" he yelled.

"In here!" she yelled back finished up the spagetti.

"Oh, spagetti, yum," he said coming over to her. He kissed her forehead and smelled the food.

"How was your day?" she asked.

"OH, long, long, long," he replied sitting down at the table,"I have to leave Friday night for Florida."

"Again?!" Kaci yelled.

"Babe, calm down. I'll be back Sunday evening. You know I have to do this, it's my job," he said.

"I know but...yeah I know," she said. She dished up their food and they ate in silence until Kaci said,"Who are you working with this time?"

"Jive Records," he responded.

"Really?! Their pretty big. Aren't they the ones with all those pop groups and britney girls?" she asked.

"Yeah, it should be some good publicity for our firm." They finished eating and watched their usual prime time TV together and her dad, Dave, went to sleep around 10. She decided to get online for a little while. She logged on her messengers and checked her email.

Chapter Two
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