re-edited on: June 6, 2000
written by: Pamela
A Guy
I Met Online
(How
It all Began)
The
first chapter
On a cool windy morning I was
walking Sonny around the block. Then this guy came walking up. I thought, cute
guy at thirty paces.’ This guy said, "Hey what’re you doing?"
"Walking my dog around the block." I said as I smiled at him. "What
is his name?" he said. I said that his name was Sonny. Then soon we were
walking together and holding hands. Sonny wouldn’t walk any further, so we had
to carry him back to my house, which was on Royal Oaks Drive. It was about a
mile down the road from this high school named Will C. Wood.
After we took Sonny back to my house, we went through the bike trail. We talked for a while. I asked him what his name was and he said that his name was Robert Farris. Robert asked me what my name was and I shyly told him. "Are you shy?" Robert asked me. I shyly answered, "Yes." "You don’t have to be shy around me." Robert said.
Robert and I finally walked back to my house. "Are you ok?" Robert asked. "It’s ok you can tell me." He said. Then we went in my house and no one was in. Sonny was there just barking and jumping up on him. I kept getting Sonny to shut up. "It’s ok, Pamela. I like dogs." Robert said, "Is he a puppy?" asked Robert. "Yes." I said quietly. "Like I said before, you don’t have to be shy around me." Robert said as he smiled at me.
When the garage door opened, Sonny went barking at the door. The door opened and Sonny as usual started jumping. When Robert and glanced down the hall in my room, it looked as if my closet threw up. I said, "I’m sorry you had to see that." I said as I managed a smile at him.
Then my mom and dad came in the garage door. They had just come in from the store. But then I heard another voice. I peeped down the stairs and I whispered to Robert, "Look what they dragged in."
I ran up the stairs and Robert ran after me. Then my mom yelled from downstairs that somebody was here and he wants to see you. I hesitated a minute but then I finally came downstairs. Robert walked a few paces behind me.
When we finally reached the bottom step I refused to look at him. But then I looked at him and said; "I thought you were rude when you brought over that girl that day." I said as I sat down on the bottom stairs. Then Robert sat down beside me and put an arm around me. Manuel then said out loud, "What the heck?" "I met him on internet a year ago." I said softly, "And just now I met him while I was walking Sonny around the block." I quickly added. "What the heck is his name?" Manuel yelled. "His name is Robert Farris." I said softly as I managed a smile at Manuel sarcastically. Then the phone rang and dad went to answer it.
Then we all entered the kitchen. Dad was still on the phone. Mom thought it was a salesman, but then dad put a finger up to tell her just a minute. Then dad hung up the phone and he excitedly said, "We might be moving to New York City." Then I ran up the stairs and Robert ran after me. Robert put his arms around me and looked into my eyes. He saw that I had been crying. He took his finger and he wiped away a tear. Then Robert took my hand and he led me to my room. He closed the door and sat down on my bed. He hugged me and said, "It’s ok. Why did you run up here?" "I’ve got a problem." I said.
"What’s wrong?" Robert asked. "We might be moving and I’m scared that I’ll lose you." I said to Robert as I hugged him.
Just then there was a knock at the bedroom door. Robert said, "Who is it?" This voice cried out, "It’s me Manuel." "Go away." I cried. Then the door opened and Manuel came in. I wanted to beat him senseless, but I didn’t.
Then suddenly Manuel said, "I’m sorry I hurt you." "Uh-huh. That’s a little too late for that butt hole!" I yelled at Manuel. Then Manuel started to say something and I said, "Shut-up." "Robert." I started to say; "I thought Manuel was planning on doing something to me." I said. But then Manuel interrupted, "I wasn’t planning on doing anything to you, but I think I will." I had this look in my eyes like I was scared. "I’m kidding." Manuel said.
From watching out of my window, one night at about eight 0’ clock. I saw a car pull in my driveway. It was a red 1995 mustang convertible. When this guy got out, I opened the garage door and went downstairs. I opened the door and saw Robert. "I was hoping I’d see you again." I said. Robert put his arms around me and he said, "Can we go somewhere and talk?" "Sure. Where do you want to go?" I asked him. "Lets go to the lighthouse park." Robert said. "Um¼ok." I said as I smiled at him. As Robert was opening the car door for me, we heard something. "What was that?" I whispered to Robert as I was sliding in the front seat of his car. As Robert was walking around to the driver’s side to get in, somebody popped up from nowhere. This guy walked up. After a few minutes, it finally dawned on me that it was Manuel. I got out of the car and asked Manuel what he was doing here.
"Never mind what I’m doing here. I’m here to kidnap you." Manuel said. "Oh no you’re not!" Robert yelled.
Then Manuel took out this stolen handgun and fired it up in the sky. "Manuel!" I said, "Put the gun down we have to talk about this." "No." Manuel screamed. Then tears were streaming down my face. Then Robert put his arms around me. Manuel fired the stolen gun up in the sky again. Manuel then pulled out a pair of handcuffs. He then put them on Robert and me. Manuel said, "If you want to live you better keep quiet." Then tears were streaming down my face.
Then the neighbors saw what was happening and called the cops. The cops were there in five minutes after the neighbors called them. "What’s the problem?" one cop asked as he got out of the driver’s side. Manuel pointed the stolen gun towards the cop and shot him. "Manuel!" I said, "That wasn’t a nice thing to do."
Then another cop came and got out of their car. They tried to get the gun away from Manuel and they succeeded.
The cops got the gun away from Manuel by wrestling him to the ground. It took about five cops to wrestle Manuel to the ground – to get the gun away from him. The cops put handcuffs on Manuel. "What’s his name?" the cop said as he put Manuel in the back of the police car. "His name is Manuel and he stole a little handgun." I told the cop. "Ok." The cop said as he was writing Manuel up, "Manuel is arrested for robbery, attempted abduct and attempted murder."
"Hey. Could you take things off us, please?" Robert said as he raised the hand that was hand cuffed to mine. Then Robert added, "I have to pee!" When Robert said that everyone started laughing including the cop. The cop said, "Where the key for the hand cuffs." Then the cop whirled around and told Manuel to roll down the window. "Where’s the key for the handcuffs?" the cop said to Manuel. "I flushed it down the toilet." Said Manuel. "Ok, you little butt hole. Roll up the window." The cop yelled at Manuel. The cop turned around and said that Manuel flushed the key down the toilet. "Oh you’re kidding." Robert said. "That little¼" I started to say. "Oh never mind." I said as I managed a smile at the cop. The cop managed to get a key that would work on those kinds of handcuffs and he got them off. "Are you guys ok?" the cop asked us. "I think we’re going to be ok." Said Robert as we went in my house. "What do you want to do, Pamela?" Robert said. "Ya know I have some movies. Do you want to watch a movie?" I asked. "Yeah but I also want to talk to you about something." Robert said.
Back outside, the cop hauled Manuel off to Jail. From jail, Manuel called his mom. "Where are you? And how did you get in jail?" his mom asked him. Manuel told the truth. He said he stole a little handgun and got arrested for robbery and attempted murder. "Who did you kill?" Manuel’s mom asked him. Then click. Manuel hung up, except it wasn’t Manuel that hung up. It was the guard that was supervising Manuel. The guard had hung up. The guard said, "You’re time is up, Manuel so go back to your cell." "Why did you do that?" Manuel asked as the guard was escorting Manuel back to his cell, "I was talking to my mom and she asked me a question before you hung up on her." Manuel quickly added. "Oh sorry." The guard said sarcastically.
The next day Manuel’s mom called me. She had asked to speak to my mom. I told her that she moved back to Texas and that I stayed in California. "Oh ok." Manuel’s mom said and then she said, "I got to go bail Manuel out of jail. Ok. Bye." "Bye." I said as I hung up the phone. Then the doorbell rang and I went to open the door. It was Robert. I smiled at him and hugged him. "Hey, Pamela¼ are you ok after what happened last night?" Robert asked me. "Yeah I’m positive. I just thought I’d never see you again after what happened last night." I told him. "You know I never want to lose you." Robert said. "Awe that’s so sweet I don’t want to lose you either." I said as smiled, "But I want to talk to you about something." I added sincerely. "I¼" I began saying, (ring, ring) "want to¼." I added. (ring, ring) Then I said, "Damn it." "Sorry about that." I chuckled. I answered the phone and said, "Hello?" The person on the other end of the line said, "Hi. Is everything ok?"
"Yeah, mom. Everything is ok." I said as I smiled at Robert. "In fact I have someone over and I got to go ok." I said, "Bye. Love ya." I said. "I love you too. Bye." We both hung up the phone and sat down to talk. "What was it you wanted to tell me, Pamela?" Robert said. "Um¼ I’m thinking about moving to Boston." I said. "What for? Who’s in Boston that you all of a sudden want to move there?" Robert asked. "Um¼ nobody. I just want to get the heck away from Manuel." I said. "Oh ok. By all means have fun moving to Boston." Robert joked. Then we started laughing together. "What do you want to do tonight on your last night here in California?" Robert asked me. "We can go out to dinner and see a movie and then you are welcome to come back here to help me pack up. How does that sound?" I told Robert.
As we were getting ready to go out to dinner and a movie afterward, the phone rang. Robert answered it. "OMG!" Robert said, "It’s Manuel." Then Robert slammed the phone down. "Thanks Robert." I said as I smiled at him. "Anytime, Pamela." Robert said as he smiled. Then we went to dinner. We just ordered two burgers and fries and a pepsi—because that’s all they had in California. California doesn’t believe in coca-cola or dr pepper. After that we went to an eight 0’ clock movie. We went to see The Sixth Sense and Donnie Wahlberg was in the movie. "Hey, now I know why you want to move to Boston." Robert said, "Because Donnie Wahlberg is in Massachusetts." "Robert, that is totally not true." I said as I giggled, "And besides my favorite singer is Joe McIntyre." "Ok. I’m sorry, Pamela." Robert said as he hugged me. We had talked through almost the whole movie. The last scene was coming up and then the movie was over. The lights came on and people kept rushing out. When the movie theater was half empty, we got up and walked to my friend’s car.
When we got to my house, we began packing everything that is except for the couch that mom and dad left. Then we were tired so Robert slept on the floor and I slept on the couch. We talked until we fell asleep.
The next morning the moving van arrived and they got everything packed up. It was almost noon and they got everything packed in the moving van. Robert took me to the airport and I got my plane ticket and it said on the ticket that the plane leaves in two hours. "Do you want to get something to eat?" Robert asked. "Yeah, I’m hungry." I said. "Me too." Robert said. We went up stairs in the Sacramento airport, and got a little something. Then we waited for my plane and then the flight attendant came on and said that my flight to Boston just landed and will be boarding soon. People started boarding the plane. "Ok, I guess its time to go." I said.
Robert and I said our goodbyes and then he hugged me. "You promise you will call me when you get there." Robert said. "Yeah." I promised. Then I boarded the plane and looked back one last time at Robert. I smiled at him and he smiled back me. And before I boarded the plane, I waved to my friend. He waved back. I got on the plane and sat down. I was seated between these two hot guys that were apparently best friends. "Um¼ do you want to sit by your friend." I spoke up. "No that’s ok." We are mad at each other. "Um¼ why are you mad at each other?" I asked. "Because my friend made a stupid move by going out with girl and now he got her pregnant and now they are married. She lives in um¼ Braintree." This cute guy on left of me said. "Um¼can I ask what her name is?" I told this cute guy, "And what is your name?" "Yes, my friend’s wife is named Evelyn and my name is Donnie." He told me, "And the guy on the other side of you is my best friend, Jordan." He added.
"Awe I’m sorry, Donnie." I told him. "It’s not your fault." He told me, "Where are you headed?" "I’m headed east." I told Donnie. "Where abouts?" Donnie asked. "To get as far away from California as I can." I joked.
Then Jordan spoke up and said, "Why? California is warm." "Um¼ Jordan. I hate to burst your bubble, but California is too cold if you ask me. I mean at beach the water too cold. And I had a swimming pool when I was living in California and it was also cold. My dad would turn on the heat just a little so my mom would get in." I told Jordan.
Then the flight attendant came on and said, "We are in Boston and we’ll be landing in about one hour."
I had a smile on my face and Donnie looked over and smiled back at me. "Would you like to go out with me?" Donnie asked. "Ya know, um¼ I’m going to be busy moving into my first new apartment." I told Donnie. "Wait a minute, I could help you move into your new apartment." Donnie added. "Oh ok." I told Donnie.
Then Jordan woke up and turned to me and then he looked at Donnie. "Um¼ Donnie, I don’t think your wife would like it too much if she knew you were hitting on another woman." Jordan commented. "Oh shut up, Jordan! I can do whatever the hell I want." Donnie said. "But if you want to lose your wife, go right ahead." Jordan argued back. "Hey, if you’re going to keep on fighting I’m going to get a new seat on the plane." I said to Jordan and Donnie. That’s when the flight attendant came around to us and heard our arguing. "What’s going on?" the flight attendant said. "These two are fighting." I said as I pointed to Jordan and Donnie. "Um¼ I could get you another seat, but we are going to be landing about¼" as the flight attendant looks at her watch and says, "In about five minutes. So sit tight, we’ll be there shortly." "Ok. Thanks anyway." I said to the flight attendant.
The plane was landing and I was relieved. And after the plane landed, I went to go get my suitcase. Donnie followed me and Jordan went his separate way. Jordan was going to meet Evelyn at home where she stayed with their son- Dante Jordan.
Jordan was home and not five minutes after that, Dante came running to Jordan and hugging him. Then Evelyn walked into the room. "Evelyn, I missed you so much." Jordan said, "And I missed you too squirt." Jordan added picking up Dante. Jordan then asked his son if he had good time with his mom while he was away. "yes, daddy!" he said, "and¼" Dante caught himself. "Shhhh." Evelyn said to Dante.
"Sweetie, why don’t run along and play, so your mom and me can talk? Ok Dante." Jordan said. Dante said, "Sure." As he went into his room and shut the door. "Ok. Evelyn! Speak now that you’re son gone." Jordan said.
"Nothing happened." Evelyn said, "Look Jordan I’m telling the truth." Then Dante heard all the yelling and came out and he heard Jordan say, "Evelyn, It is over between you, and me if you don’t tell the truth." "I am telling you the truth." Evelyn said, "Well some guy was hitting on me." Evelyn and Jordan turned to their son. "Hi sweetie. What are you doing?" Evelyn said. "I’m outta here!" Jordan said, "and I’m taking my son with me."
Jordan and Dante went to Jordan’s car and got in. He just drove around with his son with him to see where he would end up. After about an hour, he ended up at Pamela’s apartment. Donnie was also there at Pamela’s apartment. Jordan and Dante climbed the stairs to his friends’ apartment. They knocked on the door and Donnie answered it. "What are you doing here, Jordan?" Donnie said.