In Every Universe (work in progress)

Chapter 1

Sometimes when you aren't looking, you find exactly what you need.

"He shined brighter than any star in the sky, or any diamond in the rough. His essence was beautiful, and he loved with all of his heart. He was an inspiration, and without knowing, he changed my life."

Twitter was the most lit social media, and most people used it. It had everything in one platform: drama, fantastic vibes, meeting new people, and the hottest porn; it had quickly become my favorite social media app. I met so many friendly people, and I just stumbled across a tweet for a group chat, and I joined it to get a promo for my tweets. I instantly clicked with Micah; I would flirt with her for fun, but nothing came from it.

One of the girls in my first chat added me to another promo chat. She wanted to make a new one with newbies to learn. I met a guy named Ethan. He was cute, and we got along pretty well. I would tease and flirt with him, but he never teased back. He seemed shy, but I knew there was something underneath all the innocence. I made a texting group chat for iMessage, and I added Ethan. We started texting outside the chat, and it became like an all-day texting type of thing. We would get on facetime even though I didn't show my face. We started to talk on the phone more often, and it got to the point where we would talk every night.

I started to gain feelings for him, and he told me he had some feelings for me too. I was really enjoying talking to him. I called him one day at work, and a girl picked up his phone. I was so confused, and everything went to my head, thinking it was his girlfriend or something like that. I went to the extreme and removed him from social media and blocked his number. When I got home, I unblocked him and questioned him about it. We talked, and overall, it was just a misunderstanding. I just felt hurt about it.

After that, we were back on good terms. But I was spending a lot of time with my ex Jon, and Ethan was okay with it, but I could tell he was in his feelings about it sometimes. I posted Jon on my snap without a shirt, and Ethan didn't like that. I felt like he started to get a little distant. So I went to his Instagram, and he posted a girl on his page. I immediately got jealous and decided I wouldn't talk to him anymore. In my head, I felt like it was the girl that answered his phone that day. So enough was enough for me; I thought he lied to me, and it was enough to let it go completely.

After everything with Ethan, I started to feel lonely and not good enough. People have played me before, but I saw the red flags with them. With Ethan, we had a strong bond and a connection. He promised he would always be here for me, but it was all a lie. I felt low, and I just needed time to myself to think and heal. I know Ethan and I were never anything, but what we had was special, at least to me.

Justsimplychris popped up in my notifications.

"Just checking in on you" was the first message I received.

I didn't know if I wanted to reply. I had to think about it for a few minutes, and I had so many thoughts going through my head. He was so encouraging with all of his quoted tweets to my tweets. It seemed like he always knew the right thing to say. So I went for it.

"Thank you for that, and I'm getting there," I replied.

He responded, "No problem, and I'm glad to hear that. 

I was still determining where we were going with this. Was he just being friendly, or did he want to talk to me? I'm not always good at feeling out a situation, and I didn't want things to get awkward by me making it something it wasn't.

I continued by thanking him again for checking on me and was open about not knowing what was next. I wanted the conversation to continue, but I had to ensure he wanted it to.

I nervously said, "I'm in that awkward situation where it's like, do I continue the conversation? I don't like to bother nobody."

"My bad, I never know how to navigate after I finish my goal, but you're not bothering me at all," he quickly replied.

"Goal"? I said to myself while reading the response. I wondered what he meant by that, so that was my next question.

He laughed and said, "to check in on you and make sure you were good."

He seemed like a sweet guy, and I truly appreciated someone checking on me and meaning it. We talked for the majority of the day. He made me smile by talking to him, and I was excited to continue talking.

We were doing what people always do when they first start talking, asking basic ass questions about each other. I've become interested in knowing people's astrology signs. For some reason, I felt as if he was a Pisces. It was like a gut feeling that I couldn't explain.

"I think you're Pisces," I said confidently.

He replied, "you are correct."

That feeling I had I just knew I was right, but at the same time, I was still shocked. I was like, no way.

I don't know what it was about him, but he seemed different. The more we talked, the more the connection started to build. But I knew I couldn't catch feelings for him.

I had some things to do today, so I told him I would text him when I could while I was out. It seemed like it was going to be a long day because I had to get my dad's car inspected, and I knew it would not pass, which was frustrating. I told him I had to reward myself for going out, and it would be watching Catfish and some pie.

"What kind of pie"? he jokingly asked.

I've been stuck on the pie at Food Lion; it was a dutch apple, and it had to be topped with vanilla bean ice cream, or it didn't hit the same. Especially when the pie was warmed up and the ice cream melted into the pie. It was literally the best thing.

He told me he had become interested in my idea of eating pie as a reward, and apple was the only pie he liked. I made the weirdest face and questioned him.

I curiously asked, "you don't like sweet potato pie"?

"Na, I don't like sweet potatoes either," he said.

I told him he was missing out on the best type of pie. It felt like this pie conversation was going on for a while, and right before I left the house, I told him that I would be thinking about him when I got my pie today. I tried to sneak some flirting into my texts because why not?

After doing my errands for the day, I went home and sent him a picture of my pie and repeated my steps for making it the best pie experience. Unfortunately, all the stores around him were out of pie because it was almost Christmas, so we didn't get the chance to eat it together. But just the conversation was good enough to be enjoyed together.

I went to his profile on Twitter to be nosey and read his bio, I noticed some emojis in the bio, and I wasn't quite sure what they meant, so since I was curious, I asked him.

"It is the transgender flag," he answered back.

So, with that answer, I had way more questions than I did from the beginning.

I quickly replied, "So, are you trans, or do you just support it?"

He said, "both."

At that moment, I sort of didn't know what to say. I've never met anyone that was trans unless I just didn't know. I thought it was interesting because I knew nothing about the transgender community and I wanted to learn more. I definitely wanted to learn more about him. I had so many questions, but I didn't want to overly ask or ask things I shouldn't be asking.

As I continued asking questions, I wanted to ensure it was okay. He didn't seem too bothered by my questions, as he has been asked a million times.