technology company in Cyber Hills He was usually too busy tinkering with new gadgets to think about stuff like Bridget’s summer plans Bridget leaned over and grabbed her laptop off her desk She flipped it open and pressed her finger against the screen Bridget’s dad had given her the laptop last Christmas He’d designed it for Lingo The ultra-thin sleek shape was a big hit It also had a touchscreen Instead of a password Bridget logged in with one swipe of her finger The computer recognized her fingerprint Bridget opened up SocCircle her favorite social networking site She hoped that Emma had posted some photos from camp or sent her a message When she logged in a new-message alert popped up instantly But the message wasn’t from Emma It wasn’t from anyone Bridget knew Hey What’s up Don’t think u remember me We were in 1st grade 2gether My fam just moved back I go 2 Wilson now Cool 2 c u on Soc What r u up 2 Olivia Bates 6
Olivia Bates Bridget tried to remember an Olivia from first grade She couldn’t But first grade was a long time ago And Wilson Junior High was on the far side of town Bridget attended Cyber Hills other junior high Blue Lake She really didn’t know many kids who went to Wilson Bridget squinted at Olivia’s SocCircle picture Olivia had short dark brown hair and bright blue eyes She was on a beach somewhere Maybe the photo had been taken during a family vacation She thought Olivia looked familiar and Bridget didn’t want to admit she didn’t really remember her That would be sort of mean Bridget wrote back Sure I remember u I’m gr8 U Bridget hit Send A second later another alert flashed at the top of Bridget’s screen Olivia Bates had sent a friend request 7
Bridget hesitated She thought about all the times her dad had warned her not to accept friend requests from people she didn’t know You never know who’s on the other side he’d say But Bridget did know Olivia Sort of She clicked Accept 8
1 2 Zombie Warriors Hi What’s up That was quick Bridget thought Bridget had only friended Olivia a minute ago The SocCircle instant messages were already flying in Maybe Olivia was having a boring week too Not much Kinda bored U Bridget wrote back Bridget glanced out the window Rain puddled on the street Bridget wondered if her soccer game would be canceled today They usually played even if it was raining Me too Want 2 play Zombie Warrior w me Olivia replied Lots of kids from Bridget’s school played Zombie Warrior a multiplayer game In it you had to run around a haunted house and collect 9
