My friend Abby texted the group chat one day. She said that our friend Ella’s mom texted Abby and told her that Ella passed out and still hasn’t woken up.
Of course, for hours, we were worried sick about her. Abby told us she hasn’t received any more news about Ella. I vented to my family about it, and they said they were sorry that happened to Ella and I’d just have to wait and see if she gets better.
Ella also has a boyfriend, Michael. Michael and I eventually found out from Ella that it was a prank, and she had just turned her phone off. I was worried about her, and Michael was pissed to find out that she did that.
Ella thought it wouldn’t get a reaction, so she did that because she was bored and didn’t know what to do.
I’m not sure where to put this. Just… it worried me so badly, since Ella’s a friend and I care about her. Why would someone even do this?
There was something similar in the news a couple of years ago. Woman pretended to be kidnapped. It may be time to put some distance between you and Ella. Find out what Abby knew and maybe step away from her too. Their issues run deeper than something you can fix - professional help required.
Yeah, that prank is distasteful and went too far. It’s okay to switch a phone off, but not okay to pretend someone is in danger.
Exactly. Ella could’ve just said she was turning off her phone.