The cruelity of a joke

So let me tell you about tonight. Okay, my whole day was out of sink... I screwed up a lot today.. but it got better. (btw this was written right when I got home so I apologize for any errors and for the whole "written as if i was talking/formal" paragraph style)

After work I went home and relaxed, then I was going to go out and buy my grandma her Christmas gift and Chrislee a gift (yea, It took me 3 days to shop, just in case you're reading Austin). Well I called Sam and Chrislee to let them know and Sam said i had a surprise at her house and to come over. I told them I'd be over in a little bit, so I left and went out to office depot and bout blank cd's (yes chrislee wanted blank cd's) then across the street to my work to say hello to my fellow employees who I saw an hour ago lol. I bought cookies (for Sam and Chrislee) and gum, then left to go to O'Charley's to buy a gift certificate.

When I was leaving I got a call from chrislee and she asked where I was at and I said leaving remke. Then a few minutes late I got a text from a number I didn't recognize. The text said: "Hey =)" I responded with hey, who's this? They replied with "I'm your stalker". I took this as a joke and cleverly responded with "oh i have tons of those so narrow it down for me please =)". Their response kinda creeped me out.. "ok, I know that you are 18 and your bday is 10 12 89 and you live on (insert my address here). " I replied by saying wrong address (they had number wrong).

At this point I was kinda creeped out but knew I had a few friends who it could be. They replied with "Im 48 yrs old and my names james and i know every thing about you =)" I still figured it was a joke so I said "yea sure, who is this" Then I got the message that scared me to death. "I watched you walk into biggs around 10:43 and you bought 2 pairs of pajamas" I hadn't told anyone where or what I bought last night, other than Sam and Chrislee because they were with me. I called Sam and chrislee picked up the phone. I asked if she or Sam had given out my number.

Chrislee said no and asked why and when I explained she was like "oh wow thats creepy" and I was like no it's not just creepy it's scary as hell. At this point I was shaking and at O'charleys walking inside. I then got another text sayin what my car was and what hangs from my mirror. I was shaking the whole time and was afraid to go back outside and I called sam and asked her if she recognized the number and she acted like she didnt even know about the texts.. which surprised me. Then when I was leaving they text me saying "are you single" and I freaked out and didn't respond.

a few minutes later I received a text saying "come on baby". Then I replied with "seriously who is this, is it Sean?" and they replied "no it's James baby boo". I was still suspicious but too freaked out to even care. I was paranoid and constantly on the look out. When I was driving towards Sam I got a text that said "you want to know something?" I freaked out and called Chrislee and told her to wait outside because I thought they might be behind me because the person behind me was using a cell at the time. Chrislee asked what car it was and stuff.. and I was half way crying.. and when I hung up I was so freaked out and was sobbing uncontrollably. I pulled up to Sam's. Chrislee came outside and said shuana was inside and that that was my surprise. I asked her if it was shuana who text me and she said no.

I went inside (shaking), went in sams room and shuana tried to hug me but i didn't let her. I had got a text saying it was a joke but they wouldn't say who it was, they wouldn't respond either. I gave chrislee her gift and sam just kinda said hi. We all talked and they all tried to convince me that it was a joke or that it had to be someone I knew that I told. But i kept telling them I didn't tell anyone. I text my youth group and my work to see if anyone gave my number out, and ended up having to tell everyone what happened. We ended up calling the number but all it did was go straight to voicemail.

Shuana and Chrislee stayed til 11, then left. Right after they left I got a text from the number that said "you're going to hate me when I tell you who this is" I was like god i just want to know who it is. Sam looked at me and was like uh. and I was like you know? and she said yes and said she's not supposed to tell. I asked her to and she said it was Shuana. I text Shuana and said, "Shuana" and she said "No" then replied and kept saying sorry and that it wasn't just her.

Sam went into full detail.

I'm glad Sam told me, and I'm less mad at her since really all she did was provide some details. (she also gave hints that it was shuana but i never caught on cuz i was so scared). I had almost not gone to Sam's and called the cops/cincy bell.

I'm just kinda hurt, I know it went to far and they didnt mean anything by it. But it bugs me that no one told me. Sam said she would've if she got me alone, she just didnt want to hurt shuana either since shuana asked her not to tell. In the least Sam should've text me. Chrislee didn't try at all. Not only was she on the phone with me when I cried, but she played along to, sam said she even wanted to lie about it. She also lied TO MY FACE about it being Shuana. She also had me call her when I left Sam's and (she didn't know I knew) didn't try to tell me whatsoever. Shuana should've told me instead of blaming john (my friend, she made it should like it could of been him). She should've told me instead of letting me rant and worry.

I'm just hurt but I know by tomorrow I'll be fine. It went way to far and I know I'm not the only one who thinks so. That's not something you joke about, it's to common in society today. If you're gonna joke, then send like 2 texts and say you're kidding don't make a whole night of it.