It Wasn’t My Idea

Mark. How on earth does a girl like me end up with a pen name like Mark? Well, it wasn't my idea actually, it was my nickname first. In the seventh grade I had an old friend of mine, we'll call her Ellie, make her friend Savannah call me. I sat in my bedroom watching Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark when I received a call. I didn't recognize the number, but I knew that it was from my city. I assumed that maybe a classmate of mine called to ask about homework or something.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Heeeyyyy Mark!" A feminine voice on the other line chuckled. I knew it was her, Savannah. I could also hear Ellie laughing in the background.

From there on out I was called Mark for the rest of the year. Everyday, the two would walk past me in the halls and shout my nickname. At first, I thought they were doing that to make fun of me. Later, I discovered they wanted to give me a nickname but with no malicious intent. Over time, I accepted it and all of my friends started calling me "Mark".

When I first started out on Wattpad, I wanted to be completely anonymous. I tried to think up of some sort of name to use. One day in my English class, Ellie and Savannah went by their usual routine of calling out my nickname. Then it finally came to me, I'll use Mark. Now online, I'm only known as Mark, and no one knows my real name unless they're my real life friends or very, very close friends from Wattpad. I have to admit, I've grown rather fond of the name, and I'm glad those two gave it to me.