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Dzhej Esher - The Future of Us

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Its 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. Theyve been best friends almost as longat least, up until last November, when Josh did something that changed everything. Things have been weird between them ever since, but when Joshs family gets a free AOL CD in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, theyre automatically logged onto their Facebook pages. But Facebook hasnt been invented yet. And theyre looking at themselves fifteen years in the future. By refreshing their pages, they learn that making different decisions now will affect the outcome of their lives later. And as they grapple with the ups and downs of what their futures hold, theyre forced to confront what theyre doing rightand wrongin the present.

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Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

THE FUTURE OF US

Carolyn Mackler

to Jonas, Miles, and Leif Rideout

Jay Asher

to JoanMarie and Isaiah Asher

Our past, present, and future

In 1996 less than half of all American high school students had ever used the Internet.

Facebook would not be invented until several years in the future.

Emma & Josh are about to log on to their futures.

sunday 1Emma I CANT BREAK UP with Graham today even though I told my - photo 1

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1://Emma

I CANT BREAK UP with Graham today, even though I told my friends Id do it the next time I saw him. So instead, Im hiding in my bedroom, setting up my new computer while he plays Ultimate Frisbee in the park across the street.

My dad shipped me the computer as yet another guilt gift. Last summer, before he and my stepmom moved from central Pennsylvania to Florida, he handed me the keys to his old Honda and then started his new life. They just had their first baby, so I got this desktop computer with Windows 95 and a color monitor.

Im scrolling through various screensavers when someone rings the doorbell. I let my mom answer it because I still havent decided between a shifting brick wall maze and a web of plumbers pipes. Hopefully its not Graham at the door.

Emma! my mom shouts. Josh is here.

Now thats a surprise. Josh Templeton lives next door, and when we were little we constantly ran back and forth between our houses. We camped in our backyards, built forts, and on Saturday mornings he carried over his cereal bowl to watch cartoons on my couch. Even after we got to high school, we hung out all the time. But then, last November, everything changed. We still eat lunch with our small group of friends, but he hasnt been in my house once in the past six months.

I select the brick wall screensaver and head downstairs. Josh is standing on the porch, tapping at the doorframe with the scuffed toe of his sneaker. Hes a grade behind me, which makes him a sophomore. Hes got the same floppy reddish-blond hair and shy smile as always, but hes grown five inches this year.

I watch my moms car backing out of the driveway. She honks and waves before turning into the street.

Your mom said you havent been out of your room all day, Josh says.

Im setting up the computer, I say, avoiding the whole Graham issue. Its pretty nice.

If your stepmom gets pregnant again, he says, you should talk your dad into buying you a cell phone.

Yeah, right.

Before last November, Josh and I wouldnt have been standing awkwardly in the doorway. My mom wouldve let him in, and he wouldve jogged straight up to my room.

My mom wanted me to bring this over, he says, holding up a CD-ROM. America Online gives you a hundred free hours if you sign up. It came in the mail last week.

Our friend Kellan recently got AOL. She squeals every time someone sends her an instant message. Shell spend hours hunched over her keyboard typing out a conversation with someone who may not even go to Lake Forest High.

Doesnt your family want it? I ask.

Josh shakes his head. My parents dont want to get the Internet. They say its a waste of time, and my mom thinks the chatrooms are full of perverts.

I laugh. So she wants me to have it?

Josh shrugs. I told your mom about it, and she said its okay for you to sign up as long as she and Martin can have email addresses, too.

I still cant hear Martins name without rolling my eyes. My mom married him last summer, saying this time she found true love. But she also said that about Erik, and he only lasted two years.

I take the CD-ROM from Josh, and he stuffs his hands in his back pockets.

I heard it can take a while to download, he says.

Did my mom say how long shed be gone? I ask. Maybe now would be a good time to tie up the phone line.

She said shes picking up Martin and theyre driving into Pittsburgh to look at sinks.

I never bonded with my last stepdad, but at least Erik didnt rip apart the house. Instead, he talked my mom into raising parakeets, so my junior high years were filled with chirping birds. Martin, however, convinced my mom to start a major renovation, filling the house with sawdust and paint fumes. They recently finished the kitchen and the carpets, and now theyre tackling the downstairs bathroom.

If you want, I say, mainly to fill the silence, you can come over and try AOL sometime.

Josh pushes his hair away from his eyes. Tyson says its awesome. He says itll change your life.

Right, but he also thinks every episode of Friends is life-changing.

Josh smiles and then turns to leave. His head barely clears the wind chimes that Martin hung from the front porch. I cant believe Josh is nearly six-feet tall now. Sometimes, from a distance, I barely recognize him.

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I SLIDE IN THE CD-ROM and listen to it spin inside the computer. I click through the introductory screens and then hit Enter to begin the download. The blue status bar on the screen says the download is going to take ninety-seven minutes. I glance longingly out the window at the perfect May afternoon. After a blustery winter, followed by months of chilly spring rain, summer is finally arriving.

I have a track meet tomorrow, but I havent been running in three days. I know its stupid to worry about bumping into Graham. Wagner Park is huge. It stretches along the edge of downtown all the way to the newer subdivision of homes. Graham could be playing Frisbee anywhere. But if he sees me, hell hitch his arm around my shoulder and steer me somewhere to make out. At prom last weekend, he was all over me. I even missed doing the Macarena with Kellan and Ruby and my other friends.

I consider interrupting the download to call Grahams house and see if hes home yet. If he answers, Ill hang up. Then again, Kellan told me about a new service where some phones display the number thats calling. No, Ill be a grown-up about it. I cant hide in my room forever. If I spot Graham in the park Ill just wave and shout that I have to keep running.

I change into shorts and a jog bra, and twist my curly hair into a scrunchie. I strap my Discman around my arm with Velcro and walk out to my front lawn, where I stop to stretch. Joshs garage door opens. A moment later, he rolls out on his skateboard.

When he sees me, he stops on his driveway. Did you start the download?

Yeah, but its taking forever. Where are you headed?

SkateRats, he says. I need new wheels.

Have fun, I say as he pushes toward the street.

There was a time when Josh and I would have talked longer, but thats been a while. I jog over to the sidewalk and take a left. When I get to the end of my block, I cut across and meet the paved trail leading into the park. I push Play on the Discman. Kellan made this running mix for me, starting with Alanis Morissette, then Pearl Jam, and finally Dave Matthews.

I run the three-mile loop hard and fast, relieved not to see any Frisbee games. As Im nearing my street again, the opening guitar of Crash into Me comes on.

Lost for you, I mouth the words. Im so lost for you. The lyrics always make me think of Cody Grainger. Hes on the track team with me. Hes a senior and an incredible sprinter, ranked in the top twenty in the state. Last spring, on the ride home from a meet, he sat next to me and told me all about the college scouts whove been calling him. Later, when I couldnt hold back a yawn, he let me rest against his shoulder. I closed my eyes and pretended to fall asleep, but I kept thinking, Even though I dont believe in true love, I could reconsider that for Cody

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