Project 4 Final Narrative

As the Internet has become more popular, so have online dating websites.  Relationships have been formed over the Internet for many adults.  However, not all of these relationships are healthy.  Picture an eighteen-year-old girl named Eliza.  Like many teenagers, Eliza could not wait until college, when she could get away from her parents.  She loved to rebel against them, so it came as no surprise to Eliza’s friends when she dyed her hair with different colored highlights, pierced her nose and began listening to punk rock bands like The Clash.  She downloaded her music illegally from different websites.  One website in particular was based out of London, England. Eliza was intrigued by this site and contacted the creator to ask how he got his music. They found out that they had a lot in common and became fast friends.  They found each other on Facebook, exchanged screen names and Skype addresses.  Their friendliness evolved into flirting as the two continued to communicate.  They began to video chat frequently and developed feelings for one another.  She told her best friend about David, hoping she would support Eliza.  He introduced her to his closest friends via Skype video chat and asked her to do the same.  Eliza followed his example and convinced her friend to talk to him.  To Eliza’s surprise she thought David was funny and sweet and that he may be a good thing for Eliza.  She began to support Eliza’s feelings for him. David asked Eliza to be his girlfriend and she happily accepted.  Eliza’s friend began to have doubts about David.  She spoke to Eliza’s mother and expressed her concern.  Immediately Eliza’s mother contacted Eliza.  She tried to talk sense into her young daughter.  However Eliza would not hear it.  She stubbornly insisted that David was not a mistake and that they had a powerful connection.  She isolated herself from her parents and best friend, convinced that they would never understand.  David was her only friend; he was the only one who truly understood her.  In less than a year, someone she had never met before became her everything.  Late one night Eliza signed on to Skype excited to video chat with David. He was not online.  She assumed he was busy or unavailable for an important reason, so she looked for him on Facebook but his profile was no longer there. She typed in the URL to his music blog, so she could listen to some of his music before she fell asleep, but a message blinked on her browser that the site was no longer available. Confused, Eliza fell asleep that night with a pit in her stomach thinking of the possibility that David had abandonned her.  A million thoughts raced through her head as she realized that she had never felt more alone in her life.