Not on your own

chapter I

Danny

"Hey, so how's it going so far?" Asked my sister. We were at our mom's house watching food wars.

I looked at her flatly as my answer.

"Okay, not going good.You know it's been a month and you should stop moping. Not like your ex is going to change her mind and walk through your door saying 'im back honey!'" She said giving me an exasperated look.

Rolling my eyes at her insistence for me to move on like the past two years were insignificant, I got up and left to go back to my apartment.
Saying a quick bye to our mom who was busy making chili for dinner.

It was a short drive back and once I opened the door , only silence and the usual mess that is my apartment greeted me. I laid down on the sofa after turning the tv on and opened my facebook account. Nothing to keep your mind blank and preoccupied like mindlessly viewing shit other people posted.

I saw a post on a group that added me before that looked interesting enough. I probably should have remembered to leave the group earlier but I just let it stay. It was daring members to comment a picture and see what other members would rate them.

Somebody happened to comment just as I clicked on the comments to view the other members. I saw the photo of a cute asian looking girl with dark shoulder length hair in a white floral dress who was sitting on the steps of a staircase.

I typed out a comment "Definitely a 9/10. You look cute."

I wasn't expecting her to reply or react, but after a few minutes she chose "haha" for my comment.

I was curious so I checked out her profile. 'Cara Lia' was her fb name. As I kept looking at her profile, her display photos and public posts, my interest grew. Until I thought maybe it was a good idea to message. I first sent her a wave and message request. When I got the notification that said she had accepted me I easily constructed a message.

Danny: "Hi I'm Danny. I really like how you look in the photo. You look very cute. I recently just got dumped by my ex about a month ago, we were engaged but she cheated on me. I really want to talk to you and be friends."

I hit send. Then I typed out a new .message.

Danny: "And hopefully maybe more?"

I saw the three dots moving. Good. Yeah I'm a straight to the point kind of guy. What's the point beating around the bush? Worst case scenario I block her, end of story.

Cara: " Hey Danny. I'm Cara. Thanks for  that nice comment. So are you ok?"

I felt the familiar buzz from talking to someone new.. so I started typing again.

Danny:" you're welcome. I meant it. And thanks for asking..not a hundred percent but I'm getting there. It gets easier everyday. Baby steps."

I saw she was typing a reply too..looks like she's not one to keep you waiting.

Cara: " so where are you from?"

I looked at the reply.. maybe she was also interested.  I hope she's from nearby.

Danny: " I'm from Nevada, USA. How bout you?"

Cara:" I'm from the Philippines. Haha I guess with how far apart we are, it's safe to say let's just be friends. :) "

Just my luck. She's from far away..but then that's nothing new here.. I have friends who are married to immigrants. It could work..
And I hadn't felt this interested in a while. Every other girls face was just blank to me.

Danny: " We could do long distance. And then if we get together we could.work on having you visit me here? "

Cara: " oh well, then we'll see if it goes alright. But for now let's be friends."

Friends? Wow. Not even a day and I've been Friendzoned.. but I can change that soon enough.

Danny : " well then I'll just have to make sure it goes better than alright. ;) "
I confidently replied.

Cara: " we'll see..it sucks to get cheated on. I was cheated on too. I caught my ex fucking around with someone else when I was pregnant with our second baby and we weren't long distance.."

She's got kids too? That's a surprise. She doesn't look like a mom yet. Well that goes to show don't judge a car til you see under the hood. So she's friend zoned me cause she's afraid of being cheated on..makes sense. Well I just have to show her, though I have one, I'm not a big dick.

Danny: " That does suck. But I'm not your ex. Just saying. . You can take a chance on me. Btw how old are your kids now? Mine are 7 and 6."

Cara: " Oh I have a 2 yr old and 7 month old. What's the name of your.kids? "

Danny: "  My daughter, Harley and son, Jag . Do you have both girls or boys or boy and girl?"

Cara: " Cute names. Mine are both boys. Benz and Royce. Haha I'm gonna take a wild guess here and say you named your kids after motorcycle and car brands too?"

Danny: " haha yeah I did. I see you have as well. Mercedes Benz and rolls Royce are your dream cars ? "

Cara: " well, they're the second and third. My number one would be for cars,.. Mustangs. But then that'd be an awkward name for a kid, he might be teased. The one for motorcycles is Harley Davidson, but then I had boys and I thought it better suited a girl."

I smirked, this might go nowhere so I have to up my game. Give her a reason to consider more than friends. I'm not overly confident, but I do work hard so I know I look okay. So I sent her some incentives. I laughed a bit at my idea.

I quickly stripped down to my black boxer and grabbed my black tie from my closet and wore it around my neck.
I went to stand in front of my bathroom mirror and I took a few shots while I did a sexy routine of loosening off my tie.

Danny: <sent a photo>
Danny: <sent a photo>
Dannuy:<sent a photo>
Danny: <sent a photo>

Good thing it's a Saturday. I smirked as I hit send.

Danny: "So, this is me right now. When I'm alone here. Unless it's daddy time when I have my kids (thurs-sunday). "

Cara: " omg. . Ahem. Well. I guess this rules out platonic friendship. XD "

I smirked. Plan worked. Good thing she liked it rather than block me. I knew working out would do me favors aside from being healthy.

Time for the million dollar question.

Danny: "so.. more than friends? "

I got dressed as I waited for her reply.
Then I heard the ping and quickly opened my app.

Cara: " Definitely. Excuse my crass.. but you're too hot to be just a friend. Haha"

Good answer.

Danny: " great. :)"

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Hi! Thanks for taking the time to read my story! I hope you enjoyed. ♥

Sincerely ,
Yui