How Mandy met Mark

[dragon_blood]

I've had a cold for the last few days, and I can't sleep. So I just popped some tablets in to make me drowsy and fall asleep. SO. While the meds kick in, and while the story is fresh in my mind, I decided to write about how I met Mark. The other day I traced back to my ability the deepest foundation, where the chain began that led me to Mark. BACKSTREET BOYS. Funny huh? When I was 12, I used to go into a backstreet boys chatroom. That's where I met Mandi from Wisconsin. She told me a story in March, 2009 about a lawsuit due to a game called Second Life. And that's when I had gotten my new laptop and I decided to try it out. I instantly became addicted. One day, my avatar was walking through the Hyde Park sim, where I heard this HILARIOUS Australian guy talking. I stayed the entire time he was talking, and just absolutely adored this old man. I added him to my friends list. From there on, I would TP him when i saw him logg on, and we developed a strong friendship. He brought me one day to a Sim called "Greenies." We had met a girl named Zeena, who pretty much persuaded us to join bloodlines and be a vampire. I ended up getting heavily into it, and I would jump from family to family, I collected my friends souls, and got some stuff for it along the way. 9 months later, I was very bored with my avatar. SO January of 2010 I created an Avatar named Savannah. I had loved the name for a while and wanted to create an avi with it. So i went around, played around with other people i didn't know. I eventually gave in, and headed to bloodlines to pretend i was a "noobie." As much as I'd hate to say this name, a woman named Rhianna was there to help me at bloodlines. She welcomed me in, "taught" me the game, took my soul, and introduced me to her SL husband/Partner MARK. Mark was a strange bald avatar from the UK. Very sweet though, loving, and caring. I ended up coming onto Savannah every day to be with Rhianna. she became my best friend. She considered me her best friend, we took pics together, had laughs, confided in each other, everything. She pretty much adopted me as her SL daughter, making mark my kinda father. we never really used the titles tho. But they made me vice president of their clan, they bought me an amulet (which is forever protection against dying on the game and losing souls) and those cost a lot of money. we all cared about each other a lot. We even shared photos of each other one day at the club. I saw Mark for my first time. In a wierd way, i found him creepy, yet super cute at the same time. Anyways, I finally came clean with Rhianna and told her that Sav was an alt, and that my main avatar was Mandy. which She accepted fine, and also shared with Mark. during the next few months, cracks showed on Rhianna's side. She wasn't as nice as i thought. Her intelligence level was pretty low, and she caused a lot of unnecessary drama, and would lie and complain about a lot. She also showed me she was a little deceitful. she had alts to get away from Mark. She also faked a lot of stuff, sicknesses etc. Mark was such a giving guy, he'd drop anything to help her out. For example, one time Rhianna was having a hard day. I texted Mark's RL phone to let him know Rhianna was upset, even though it was 3 am his time and he has a son, BAM he was online to be with her. I started to fall for Mark, but no one knew. I hardly even knew, i just wanted to show Mark that he wasn't too old for me. I ended up dating a guy from the UK named Almo. He was from Peterborough and a year OLDER than mark. I brought Almo to the sim once, and showed him off to Rhianna and Mark. Then, when Almo wasn't around and they'd ask about almo, i'd emphasize his age, hinting drastically to Mark that I dated older men. At that time, i really didnt know that anything would happen between us anyways. I saw Mark and Rhianna as the most perfect couple in Second Life. Finally, the friendship came to a drastic end. Some people were complaining about Rhianna and Mark. And being their loyal Savannah, I went right to them, told them EVERYTHING they said about them. IN confidence i told them. I was trying to be a loving caring friend and letting them know what was being said. But it backfired. Rhianna used it against me. Told everyone that i was talking shit about them, and added more and more to it, making it into a horrible thing. I had to defriend them, and leave the clan. it was an awful end to the friendship. Mark also helped Rhianna on all this. That's how loyal he is to his girl. He told everyone that what Rhianna said was true. I didn't talk either of them for over a month. I didn't think i ever would after the crazy shit Rhianna started. However, I got an interesting text a month or so later from Rhianna. "Please come online, I need you." ... .... what?! So, like the forgiving and caring person that I am, I rushed online to talk to her. She was crying and going mental talking about how her and Mark broke up. Me and her also made up, and I came with her to her new clan. We were friends for another month, without Mark at all. I stood by her side. But, once a backstabber, always a backstabber. I had found John in Real Life, and we were going through a very hard financial situation. So i decided to sell my souls on SL. First, i asked the clan in group chat if they wanted them. I wasn't going to sell them outside the family first. That way the number would stay up and people in my family would have the souls. Rhianna didn't like the fact i asked without her permission. SO what happens? She sends out a notice saying to DELETE Savannah/Mandy and block them, that i was a scam artist and a liar etc... this was out of no where... i was like... REALLY. Fuck her. I was finally done with her. I went straight to Mark and apologized for taking her side during their breakup. So we re added each other, and to piss Rhianna off, i joined Marks clan again, and he added me into his private group. Which i wore to the bloodlines Sim and she pffft'd about it lol. Then, a mutual friend had a wedding. I asked Mark to come be my date for it. And we danced and had a great time. This was the end of December. I started hating my RL boyfriend with a passion, and i was escaping onto SL again. I worked at the mall for cash for gold and i could be on my computer the entire shift. I ended up spending all my time and talking to Mark 9 hours a day at my job. I asked him out at the end of December. Asked him to give us a try. I mean i had secretly liked him for over a year, and yes i had the devious side of me that would think about the Rhianna part of it. But damn, i fell hard for him.(a few days after i told him i was still seeing someone in RL but hated him and was gonna break up with him... he accepted it! such a great guy) We web cammed all the time, and talked for hours and hours.... as soon as i'd leave my apartment, i'd get on my phone on skype and talk to mark all the way to work, all day at work, and all the way home from work. My days off from work were hell, Because i couldn't talk to mark. John was a very jealous and controlling asshole, it was hard to get around it. Mark stuck by my side for the next three months before i FINALLY got the courage to tell john to fuck off. I grabbed all my shit and moved home. Mark and I's relationship grew and grew and grew. Finally, one day, his mother gave Mark the money to get me over there to meet him. And we met on May 11th, 2011. Mark is everything I have ever wanted and more. We mesh so well together, we both have a great sense of humor and we can talk for hours on end. And when we don't have anything to say, we are both happy just listening to each other breath. :) We have the most perfect relationship. Anyways, Writing about what i truly love about Mark would be an entire different entry, and a long one. This was just my story on how I met him, and how we came to be. I want to read this in 20 years from now and remember it clear as day as i remember it now! I LOVE MARK WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL!!

Goodnight!

~*Mandy Lavradorio/Savannah Wandsworth*~