short stories

Story 6-It all started with a call

I never thought that I could be this happy one day. I was this worried little girl who believed that no one will ever love her. She had many friends who told her that she will be happy with a person, a boy, who loves her endlessly and here I am: in a happy relationship for 6 years now.

It all started with a call.

"Hello?"
"Uhm, who is this?"
"I'm Jake, don't you remember? We met last night and you gave me your number"
"This has to be a mistake. I was at home the whole night"
"Oh, sorry to bother you. I must've got the wrong number"
"No, it's fine"
"Have a nice day.... uh, what was your name again?"
"Oh sorry, I forgot. I'm Melody"
"It's okay. Have a nice day, Melody!"
"Thanks Jake, you too"

I thought to myself Was it a mistake to tell a stranger my name? It doesn't matter anymore anyways. I won't ever hear from him again, will I?
I continued with my daily routine and forgot about all that pretty fast. I cleaned my room, did my homework, helped my mom in the kitchen and walked the dog.

At the end of the day, I went into my room and continued working on my school project.
A notification.

"Jake Porter wants to follow you"

Jake Porter? This can't be the Jake from this morning. How could he even? There are tons of Melody's in New Jersey. I couldn't stop myself, I went on his profile. He had those "bad boy"-kinda pics uploaded. I blankly stared at his profile not knowing if I should accept his follow request. Suddenly, I got another notification; it's a text message.

"hey uh i'm jake, remember? the guy who called u this morning. I wanted to ask if this is your profile; M******** ?"

It was really him. After months of chatting, face timing and getting to know each other more and more I found out that he actually lives 7 hours away.