HunterSteele
May 20th, 2013, 02:51 AM
I'm having a major crisis right now. In September/October of last year, I started talking to this kid in my photo class at school. I'll call him Chase, but it's not his real name. Usually I'm shy and wouldn't feel comfortable talking to someone new, but I helped him out with the course since I had some experience with photography and working in the darkroom, and that's how we started talking. I got comfortable talking to Chase and his friend and they were nice.
In February, I posted a topic here (http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=166309) about this. You can read through it if you want the whole extended story, but the topic's cluttered and you probably don't want to read through it all, so I made this one.
Photo class was the only one we had together and even though we always talked in that class, we never spoke outside of it. So I spent months trying to think of how to ask Chase to hang out outside of school. As more and more time passed, I became more worried that I wouldn't be able to work up the courage to ask him before the school year was over. I was fairly confident he'd say yes. After all, we'd been talking for a while. It was just saying the words that was hard.
When May came around, I knew I had to do it soon or I never would. I called Chase on May 8 just to talk to him. It was my first time talking to him on the phone. We talked about GTA IV, provincial exams in June, courses next year, and it was all good. Chase was tired from fitness testing in PE so we didn't talk long.
A couple days later it was Chase's birthday and I gave him his birthday present in photo class. It was a video game. He liked it. He shared some Cheetos with me. Everything was great.
In my city we have a night market which runs every year from May to October. I've always really wanted to go but never got a chance, so I decided I'd ask Chase if he wanted to come with me. On May 15 I decided to just call him and ask. I figured if I wanted to hang out with him I had to ask at some point, right? It's not like he can read my mind.
Here's where the plot thickens: I called Chase and he didn't answer, so I called him again later in the day, and then a few more times later and he still didn't answer. I was hoping he was just busy, but couldn't help but think maybe he didn't want to talk to me, especially since I noticed the last few times it went straight to voicemail.
The next day he texted me and said he didn't check his phone until late that night and by the time he checked his phone it was too late to call me back. I said it was fine. At the end of photo class that day (we have it last block) I asked if he wanted to walk home together and he said he had to see his English teacher about something. I told him I could wait, and I waited outside the school for him. Too bad I started daydreaming and didn't see him come out. By the time I saw him he was all the way down the road.
I saw him take out his phone and call someone, and I waited until he was done to call him to ask him to wait up. I saw him holding the phone in his hand, but he didn't answer. I thought it was pretty hard to deny you didn't know I was calling when you're holding the thing in your hand and looking at it. (No, that's not what she said.)
I didn't think Chase had any reason to not talk to me, but I also knew what I saw. When I got home, I thought I'd try an experiment. So I purchased some SpoofCard credits and called him while spoofing my number, and sure enough he answered. I knew this didn't actually prove anything, since he might really not have seen me call before, but it seemed unlikely. He never said anything about the number discrepancy, although he did sound extremely confused for a moment. I wasn't sure what to think and I didn't feel like asking him to hang out at that point so I told him I'd call him later. He said he was celebrating his dad's birthday that night and to call after 8 PM. I said OK.
8 PM came around and I called him (without SpoofCard) and he didn't answer. He texted me saying the party was running longer than he thought, he wasn't at home, and I should just text him. I asked him what the deal was with not answering my calls and finally answering when I spoofed my number, and he said it had nothing to do with the number and he only answered because he was listening to music and I interrupted it. I told him I still wanted to talk to him and he said to call him in the morning.
I called him in the morning, spoofing my number as one of his friends', and he answered. I asked him if he wanted to go to the night market with me and he said sure, but he'd get back to me on when. I told him about how I saw him walking home yesterday and how I called him to ask him to wait up. He said he had it on silent and I asked if he saw it say on the screen I was calling and he said no. I didn't think that made any sense, but cell phones are glitchy, and who knows? I knew the power of suggestion was strong and it was easy to start thinking things and making yourself believe it was truth. So I tried to believe Chase was telling the truth.
That night, I texted Chase and asked what his Xbox live gamertag was. He told me and I added him. I asked if he found a good time to go to the night market with me yet and he said he'd ask his parents tomorrow. I asked if he wanted to play Call of Duty Zombies with me and he said was terrible at it so no. I said we could try anyways but he didn't want to and he said his copy of the game didn't always work. We found we both had MW2, but my mom was watching TV so we decided to play it the next day. I pointed out I didn't see the game I bought him listed under his account and he said it was under his brother's. I didn't see it there either and I thought it was just a glitch, but for some reason he stopped texting me after that. I honestly think it's a glitch-- Xbox Live is a Microsoft service, and we all know how reliable their products and services are. And anyway it's a dumb thing to lie about. But I thought it was really, really weird he just stopped texting me after that. I thought maybe he fell asleep, but then I noticed he was online on Facebook.
I texted him the next day and asked if he'd asked his parents yet-- he said he forgot. I asked if he wanted to play MW2 and he didn't answer. I mean come on, that was a totally legit question! All he had to do was say no if he didn't want to. The next morning (this morning) I asked if maybe he fell asleep texting me last night and he didn't reply. I didn't think much of it since obviously people can have other things to do than text me. So I texted him "Hi Chase" tonight. No answer.
I decided if he didn't want to play Black Ops or MW2 I could still play by myself. I started playing zombies and wasn't even thinking about any of this, when I got the message below. The gamertag in the message that's blurred out is Chase's.
http://imageshack.us/a/img825/117/xboxliveblur.png
What the fuck?! Who is he? What's going on? He sent a party invitation, but I didn't join it. I just wanted to play the game, I wasn't looking for some sort of altercation.
What am I supposed to think now? This has been one huge mindfuck. I'd like to talk to Chase and sort it out, but he's not talking to me. We don't have photo together until Wednesday, and we've been doing more presentations which take up the whole class so we won't get a chance to talk. I'd stop Chase in the hallway on Tuesday, but he's always with his other friends and it's not enough time to talk anyway. I could get him after school, but the only reason he wasn't with his friends on Thursday was because he had to see his English teacher.
I feel terrible. I don't know how things could go so wrong overnight. I was going to ask Cody, who I finally worked things out with (http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=172842), to go with me, but he won't return my messages again for some reason. I think he's just busy, but who knows? That's what I thought with Chase, and look at how that ended up.
In February, I posted a topic here (http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=166309) about this. You can read through it if you want the whole extended story, but the topic's cluttered and you probably don't want to read through it all, so I made this one.
Photo class was the only one we had together and even though we always talked in that class, we never spoke outside of it. So I spent months trying to think of how to ask Chase to hang out outside of school. As more and more time passed, I became more worried that I wouldn't be able to work up the courage to ask him before the school year was over. I was fairly confident he'd say yes. After all, we'd been talking for a while. It was just saying the words that was hard.
When May came around, I knew I had to do it soon or I never would. I called Chase on May 8 just to talk to him. It was my first time talking to him on the phone. We talked about GTA IV, provincial exams in June, courses next year, and it was all good. Chase was tired from fitness testing in PE so we didn't talk long.
A couple days later it was Chase's birthday and I gave him his birthday present in photo class. It was a video game. He liked it. He shared some Cheetos with me. Everything was great.
In my city we have a night market which runs every year from May to October. I've always really wanted to go but never got a chance, so I decided I'd ask Chase if he wanted to come with me. On May 15 I decided to just call him and ask. I figured if I wanted to hang out with him I had to ask at some point, right? It's not like he can read my mind.
Here's where the plot thickens: I called Chase and he didn't answer, so I called him again later in the day, and then a few more times later and he still didn't answer. I was hoping he was just busy, but couldn't help but think maybe he didn't want to talk to me, especially since I noticed the last few times it went straight to voicemail.
The next day he texted me and said he didn't check his phone until late that night and by the time he checked his phone it was too late to call me back. I said it was fine. At the end of photo class that day (we have it last block) I asked if he wanted to walk home together and he said he had to see his English teacher about something. I told him I could wait, and I waited outside the school for him. Too bad I started daydreaming and didn't see him come out. By the time I saw him he was all the way down the road.
I saw him take out his phone and call someone, and I waited until he was done to call him to ask him to wait up. I saw him holding the phone in his hand, but he didn't answer. I thought it was pretty hard to deny you didn't know I was calling when you're holding the thing in your hand and looking at it. (No, that's not what she said.)
I didn't think Chase had any reason to not talk to me, but I also knew what I saw. When I got home, I thought I'd try an experiment. So I purchased some SpoofCard credits and called him while spoofing my number, and sure enough he answered. I knew this didn't actually prove anything, since he might really not have seen me call before, but it seemed unlikely. He never said anything about the number discrepancy, although he did sound extremely confused for a moment. I wasn't sure what to think and I didn't feel like asking him to hang out at that point so I told him I'd call him later. He said he was celebrating his dad's birthday that night and to call after 8 PM. I said OK.
8 PM came around and I called him (without SpoofCard) and he didn't answer. He texted me saying the party was running longer than he thought, he wasn't at home, and I should just text him. I asked him what the deal was with not answering my calls and finally answering when I spoofed my number, and he said it had nothing to do with the number and he only answered because he was listening to music and I interrupted it. I told him I still wanted to talk to him and he said to call him in the morning.
I called him in the morning, spoofing my number as one of his friends', and he answered. I asked him if he wanted to go to the night market with me and he said sure, but he'd get back to me on when. I told him about how I saw him walking home yesterday and how I called him to ask him to wait up. He said he had it on silent and I asked if he saw it say on the screen I was calling and he said no. I didn't think that made any sense, but cell phones are glitchy, and who knows? I knew the power of suggestion was strong and it was easy to start thinking things and making yourself believe it was truth. So I tried to believe Chase was telling the truth.
That night, I texted Chase and asked what his Xbox live gamertag was. He told me and I added him. I asked if he found a good time to go to the night market with me yet and he said he'd ask his parents tomorrow. I asked if he wanted to play Call of Duty Zombies with me and he said was terrible at it so no. I said we could try anyways but he didn't want to and he said his copy of the game didn't always work. We found we both had MW2, but my mom was watching TV so we decided to play it the next day. I pointed out I didn't see the game I bought him listed under his account and he said it was under his brother's. I didn't see it there either and I thought it was just a glitch, but for some reason he stopped texting me after that. I honestly think it's a glitch-- Xbox Live is a Microsoft service, and we all know how reliable their products and services are. And anyway it's a dumb thing to lie about. But I thought it was really, really weird he just stopped texting me after that. I thought maybe he fell asleep, but then I noticed he was online on Facebook.
I texted him the next day and asked if he'd asked his parents yet-- he said he forgot. I asked if he wanted to play MW2 and he didn't answer. I mean come on, that was a totally legit question! All he had to do was say no if he didn't want to. The next morning (this morning) I asked if maybe he fell asleep texting me last night and he didn't reply. I didn't think much of it since obviously people can have other things to do than text me. So I texted him "Hi Chase" tonight. No answer.
I decided if he didn't want to play Black Ops or MW2 I could still play by myself. I started playing zombies and wasn't even thinking about any of this, when I got the message below. The gamertag in the message that's blurred out is Chase's.
http://imageshack.us/a/img825/117/xboxliveblur.png
What the fuck?! Who is he? What's going on? He sent a party invitation, but I didn't join it. I just wanted to play the game, I wasn't looking for some sort of altercation.
What am I supposed to think now? This has been one huge mindfuck. I'd like to talk to Chase and sort it out, but he's not talking to me. We don't have photo together until Wednesday, and we've been doing more presentations which take up the whole class so we won't get a chance to talk. I'd stop Chase in the hallway on Tuesday, but he's always with his other friends and it's not enough time to talk anyway. I could get him after school, but the only reason he wasn't with his friends on Thursday was because he had to see his English teacher.
I feel terrible. I don't know how things could go so wrong overnight. I was going to ask Cody, who I finally worked things out with (http://www.virtualteen.org/forums/showthread.php?t=172842), to go with me, but he won't return my messages again for some reason. I think he's just busy, but who knows? That's what I thought with Chase, and look at how that ended up.