Annie Forrest is a 15 year old girl, she has long dark hair and bright blue eyes. A very pretty girl, with very little confidence. She lives with her widowed mother. The two don't get on very well. Annie is a bit of a tearaway, she likes to go out with her friends and she usually doesn't stop to ask permission. Annie's mother just wants the best for her, like any parent, but Annie takes this for granted. Annie reacts to being bullied at school with anger and is often in trouble.
For her birthday, Annie is given a laptop. Now Annie can use the internet in the privacy of her own bedroom. Since Annie doesn't have many friends at school she very quickly, like many others, turns to making friends in internet chat rooms. One evening, when Annie is in a chat room, she is approached by a boy who's screen-name is 6thformboyChris. In his pictures he is a tanned young man, with dark hair and dark eyes to match. He comes across very caring, always in tune with how Annie feels and checking up on her. They talk on private chat until the early hours of the morning and at the end of the convosation, exchange email addresses so they can keep in touch.
The next day, Annie tells her friend Jenna that she has met Chris. Jenna is initially weary, but over the coming weeks she comes to realise how much happier Annie is, as if Chris is keeping her on the straight and narrow. So, she keeps her thoughts to herself.
Eventually, Chris begins to send Annie pictures of him. Playing football, hanging out with his friends. And so, Annie does the same. They talk about everything and Annie feels as if she's finally met someone who understands her and truely has the time for her.
But, when Chris asks for pictures of Annie in her underwear, Annie is weary. She again confides in her friend Jenna as she feels that her mother would take her laptop away and she'd never be able to speak to Chris again. Jenna tells Annie that she thinks that it's a bad idea and once a picture is sent you can't get it back. However, that night, Chris tells Annie that he loves her, and as she spiralls into a love for him she sends him the pictures. He tells her that she is ''so beautiful'' and she feels like the luckiest girl in the world.
Annie's mother notices a change and asks Annie if she has met anyone. Annie tells her mother about Chris, but not about the pictures. Annie's mother begins to check on Annie more and more compelling her to shield away from her mother even more. Annie's mother is an anxious woman, she questions everything Annie says and rightly so considering Annie's mother is never aware of who she is.
But when Annie arranges to meet Chris in real life, he is not what he at first seemed. He is a small, brutish man with small eyes and salt and pepper hair. His voice isn't soft and nor are his hands and his eyes burn into you, you can just feel them staring at you. It wasn't easy to say no to him and I doubt that anyone ever has. He had been married and has children of his own. He'd never done something like this before, but the idea of spending the afternoon with a beautiful young girl was too much to resist. Chris has always enjoyed child pornography and had one conviction based on his collection. He was not charged. He's a very lonely man and his isolation from personal relationships has forced everyone out of his life. Chris has Annie wrapped around his little finger and after a small amount of persuasion Annie agrees to join Chris in the room he has booked for the both of them. The elevator closes.
When Annie returns home, she isn't sad, she is angry. Her mother notices her anger and asks her what's wrong but Annie simply coops her self up in her bedroom and spends more and more time asleep. Jenna, Annie's caring best friend who always gives the best advice, comes round for Annie. Annie lets her know everything, and Jenna suggests that they get a day out, Just them, to come to terms with everything. Annie doesn't feel as if she was raped, she gave into him and until she met him she wanted it just as much as he did.
When Annie and Jenna are out, Chris walks round the corner as an instinct Annie and Jenna run. But, maybe, they should have just stayed still... Because avoiding the truth has devastating consequences.
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