Contacting the forum

Shy had to dig around a little to find the address for the online forum where he'd first met Xander, but once he found it, he logged on and prepared to send a private message. Even if Xander wasn't there right then, at least Shy knew he'd kept his word to Tom. And if there was any way for Xander to make him understand why he was feeling this way, that would be welcome.

After taking a few deep breaths and trying to decide what he should say, he finally typed:

are you around? I'd like to talk.