I figured out who it was! The mystery IMer, that is. Earlier, Kayla had told me that 510 was our area code. That’s why I didn’t give up the hunt for the person. Could it be coincidence? I doubted it. And, if it’s my area code, I might actually know the person.

I asked random people, “Do you know who this screen name belongs to?” My efforts were fruitless.

Enter Jason, once again. He says it sounds like someone who used to go to our school named Ryan Mendoza. That made sense. He was kind of big. The “doza” fit, and so did the area code.

Enter flash of genius. I remembered that Kevin hung out with Ryan, at least at one time.

IM Kevin. Does he know who the mystery person is?

Success! I have no idea why Ryan IMed me, but I figured out who he was, and that’s all that matters.

Mystery solved.

Now, what will come along now to balance things out?