Short story collection

I will never fall in love

Prompt 24 by GravityMay

You declare to the heavens that you will never fall in love. Aphrodite herself took it as a challenge.

After another failed date Isabelle exclaimed enervated to the heavens: "I will never fall in love!"

Soon she resumed her way home, not thinking about it anymore.

Unbeknownst to her, Aphrodite decided to take it as a challenge and decided to find her the perfect boy/ girl.

Isabelle on the other hand had decided to focus more on herself and not think about dating anymore. She started focusing more on her work and on building relationships with her business partners. She even got promoted.

Sometimes when she had time for herself she would start thinking about the relationship she had been in and after some time she realized, that she had never really been in love with any of them. She had liked them sure, but more platonically than romantically.

Maybe relationships just wasn't for her. The thought had been already longer in her head, and the only reason she had gone on that date was because her friend had begged her to give him a chance.

Aphrodite though had already found a few people that would be the 'perfect' match for her.

The first person was a man with black hair, grey eyes who wore  glasses.

Isabelle met him at her work place, she was on the way to her office. They started a conversation and  found out that they would be collaborating on a bigger project. He was very smart and they got along nicely.

They got to know each other better and in the end she decided to set him up with on of her friends, since she thought, that they would look cute together. The first date was a success and after a while they started dating.

The second person was a woman with blond hair, green eyes and black trimmed glasses. 

Isabelle met her at the library were she was reading a book, that coincidentally was Isabelle's favorite book.

She decided to talk to her. The other girl was named Viviane and she was sweet enough, if not a little bit on the shy side. They soon became really good friends and would hang out as often as possible.

The third and last person was a man with dark brown hair that reached to his shoulders and brown eyes. 

They met at a concert from Isabelle's favorite band. They immediately got on extremely well.

By now Isabelle didn't believe anymore, that this was just a coincidence. In the span of one week she had met three persons that she connected with almost immediately.

They exchanged phone numbers and promised to stay in touch. She decided to set him up with Viviane and though they didn't get together, they did become really good friends.

That evening she went on her rooftop and shouted to the heavens: " Hello! Aphrodite or Cupid or whatever! Can you stop trying to set me up? I'm ace and aro, accept it and move on!"

After that Isabelle could finally live her life peacefully, with three new great friends.