Online Love

Chapter One

"Princess, you need to get out some more. Come on out with us on Friday?", Marco said.

"Nah, the whole club scene isn't my thing.", She replied without looking up from the report she was looking over.

"Well, you need to go out. Seriously kid you are wasting away in here and look at you are beautiful; it's wasted on us in here. Go find a man.", Marco continued.

"And how exactly I am supposed to do that? I work eighteen hours a day six days a week. Where is this mystery man I keep hearing about that will accept that?", She said looking up and over her glasses.

"I don't know. I am normal; I go out.", He replied as she rolled her eyes at him.

"What are we talking about?", Aaron asked as he rounded the corner to her office.

"Trying to get princess to go out, or find a date.", Marco replied over his shoulder.

"Oh yeah, That ain't going to happen. I have tried for years.", Aaron said as he chuckled annoyingly.

"Will you both go. I am busy.", She asked.

"I know one of those professional dating websites!", Marco said.

"I am not doing that.", She said.

"Come on; She won't listen. She can dance at all our weddings though.", Aaron said as they both left her office.

"So did you hear?", Her boss asked.

"Hear what?", Princess answered.

"Simon finally found a girlfriend. Now it is just your turn.", He said.

"Wonderful you too?", She asked.

"Look, kid, you are brilliant, but you should get out and meet some people. Work isn't everything.", He said.

"So I have heard.", She replied under her breath.

Both conversations played in her head over and over throughout the rest of the day. It was starting to drive her mad, when she got home it was still daytime, and she drove down her street only to see couples lining the street walking hand in hand and young children running about playing. She had never been wistful about the fact she was single or the fact she didn't have any kids; she was still in her twenties. She sat in her car thinking about her life, and she really didn't think it would work but she would give it a shot.

Soon after she settled in for the night through some music on she sat at the login screen for a new online dating website for professional people. She thought that would be the best one for her if this would even work. She doubted anyone would even look at her profile let alone answer it. She typed her information in and then sat staring at the empty page. Crap you needed a picture, she thought. Not one to take a selfie and she didn't want to use her work photo she thought she would ask him if he had one. Her best friend at work and in life but also the biggest man-child on the planet, Aaron would be the only other person to have one probably. So she picked up her phone.

"Hey Do you have a picture of me?" she sent him.

"Why?", he replied.

"Do you or don't you?"

"Again why? I may have one or two."

"Goddamnit. Just send them."

"You are doing it aren't you?"

"If I say yes will you send the picture?"

"That isn't a yes btw."

"Fine yes. Now send the picture."