Virtually Real

Chapter- 8

Naomi 

I read the messages sent by Marc about a hundredth time now.

How is it possible?

"Why are you staring at the screen?"Jess asks me.

"I don't understand how come these two are so similar..." I reply.

"Who two?"

"Marc and Marc."

"What?"

I stare at her to read her confused expression, "I mean... Marc, my online boyfriend and Marc Raymond, my idol."

"Oh..." She chuckles.

"Reason for laughing?" I ask.

"How can the be similar?"

"That's exactly the thing I'm trying to figure out."

"Why are you two laughing?" Elena and John join us. 

"Se thinks that her online boyfriend and Marc Raymond are similar."

"But... how can that be? Marc Raymond... well he's a billionaire and your virtual boyfriend... you don't even know much about him." John points.

"Yes... you don't even know whether he exists or not!" Jess laughs.

"Come on... he does exist, I know that for sure." I frown.

"Why do you think they're similar?" Elena asks.

"Because Marc met an accident and my virtual boyfriend also, last week. That's why he wasn't texting me." 

"Really?" She asks surprised.

"Yes... their names are same and they both share occupations."

"Is your boyfriend fine?" Elena asks.

"Yes, he was also unconscious for a few days." 

"Really?" Jess asks astonished.

"That's weird." John comments.

"Yep... now you guys see, they both are so similar." There's a ping on my phone, I see the message is from Gravitygod. I quickly open it, 

"Can we meet?" The message says.

What? 

"What kind of meet?" I reply.

"I want to meet you in person..." He texts back, my eyes widen as I gape at the message.

"What is it?" Jess asks me.

"He wants to meet me." I'm shocked.

"Who?" She asks.

"Marc..."

"What?!" She exclaims.

"Marc, her online boyfriend, you dumb! Not Marc Raymond." John explains her.

"Oh..." She grins in a silly way.

"Why would he want to meet you?" Elena asks.

"I think he wants to know her... better." John suggests smiling.

"And also... this proves that he is a real person." I add triumphantly. 

"Strange... I think he really is a real guy." Jess says.

"Ofcourse, he is!" My subconscious jumps up and down. 

"I have not seen you this happy in a while." John says making me smile even wider.

"Yeah... today your dimples are visible." Elena points out.

"Yes, I'm really happy." I say while I text back Gravitygod. "Yeah sure, I don't have any problem."