Prompt 15 of 31

The Writer's Book of Matches pg. 181 "Two old friends reconnect via e-mail four years after one of them married and moved away."

Start time: 12:25

Chris got his e-mail from a friend of a friend of a friend. It didn't matter whom it had been all that he cared about was that it was actually his.

He sat down at his computer, pulled the slip of yellow paper (with the blue stripes) with the e-mail address scrawled across it and opened his mailbox. He sat for a moment staring at the screen. His inbox was quite full of his correspondence with MAILERDEAMON. The two had become quite close the past few weeks as he had been trying to reconnect with Anthony. The rumor was that he had moved back into town and try as he may to run into him it just wasn't happening.

Chris opened a new letter and typed in the address. Already his palms went sweaty and his finger tips cold. He quickly wiped his palms on his pants before continuing.

"Pull it together," he said.

He began to type.

Hey man

Jesus, he's going to think I'm a bro, he thought.

I heard a rumor you are back in town. Thought I'd drop you a line and say hi. Haven't seen you since the party at Falecia's parents right after graduation. Just wanted to see if you wanted to get some coffee and shoot the breeze.

Chris sat back and read the e-mail over and over again until it was just a droning sound in his brain. Nothing about it pleased him. It was too forward in one sense and then the other it just sounded so vague. Then he began to think of all the things Henry would think after reading this.

"Fuck it," he said.

Chris sent it before he could think of any other excuse. At this point it was all up to the internet gods.

He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

An instant message popped up at the bottom right of his screen.

jedimaster09548: chris?

Chris's body went cold and he froze in place.

Who the hell still uses instant messenger? he thought. Of course, the guy that doesn't even have a facebook and only an e-mail.

end time: 12:47

I'm just not feeling this one.