Last Love

Swiping Right

          I've had my fair share of what you could call... some pretty shitty relationships. I've had my heart broken more then you can count on your fingers. But your not here to read about that! Let's start at the beginning where it all began.

"Jillianne I don't like the idea of you getting tinder! There's preditors and disgusting old men who try to rape young women on those kinds of hookup apps!" shouts my mother from the other side of the bathroom door. I shake my head and rub my face with my hands. " Mom i'm 18 years old, and last time I checked I don't think I asked for your input" I say back through the door. "And besides its not a hookup app its a dating app!" I finish saying and start walking up the stairs to my room. I fall onto my bed and start swiping through the app on my phone. I scrunch up my nose as i'm looking through all the choices. "This is going to be harder than I thought." I mumble to myself. I throw my phone on the bed next to me and stare at the ceiling fan. What if I never find someone again? Is this even worth it? I shake my head again and turn over to my side and everything starts to go dark.

I wake up to someone shaking me awake. Its Alyssa my best friend! I sit up on my bed and she hands me a large caramel frappuccino from Starbucks. She sits down on the other side of my bed and smiles at me widely. "What?" I ask taking a swig of my drink. "You talk in your sleep a lot." She laughs taking a sip of her drink as well. " A lot? How long have you been standing there watching me?" I ask her thinking how creepy that kind of is. She shrugs her shoulders "Not long, maybe five minutes or so." She says as she starts to get on her phone to look on her tinder app. I look over at my phone and see that I already had a few people swipe right on me. I sigh and shake my head. " Have you found anyone you might like?" Alyssa asks me not looking away from her phone. I shake my head again. "No, and i'm not sure how I feel about doing this." I say. "You Know who and I have only been broken up for four months now." I finish as I get up to finish putting clothes in my suitcase for vacation tomorrow. She sighs loudly and puts her phone down. "Jilli I love you but you need to find someone, I hate seeing you so alone and sad all the time!" She exclaims and starts helping with my clothes. I Ignore what she says and keep thinking to myself. I want to be happy but everytime I try to be I just get kicked in the chest or cheated on.

I finish packing and sit down on the edge of my bed. "Lets face it Alyssa." I say and she sits down next to me. "I might just be alone for the rest of my life." I feel my eyes burning with tears trying to fall, but I don't let them. She shakes her head and holds her hand out to me. "Come on." I Look at her in confusion. "Where?" I ask taking her hand and she drags me to the bathroom and turns on the shower. "Your going to take a hot shower, do your hair and makeup and then we are going out to dinner." That explains why she's wearing a dress. She never wears dresses unless it's a special occasion.  I smile at her and nod my head as I close the door and start blasting my rock music.

I start getting my makeup on and do my hair. I don't go too Crazy with my makeup. Just some foundation, nude eyeshadow with a little sparkle, my brown eyebrow pencil to match my hair and black mascara. Same with my hair. Its naturally wavy so I just let it air dry. I open the bathroom door and walk into my room. Alyssa is sitting on the bed playing mario kart on her phone. She stops and looks at me with wide eyes. "I wish I was as beautiful as you." She says making a pouty face. I scrunch up my nose and shake my head. "I'm NOT beautiful what so ever." I say as I pull out a white lace dress from my closet and hold it in front of me to show her. "That's  perfect!" She says almost to loudly. I look at it and nod my head agreeing with her. I throw it on along with some white birkenstocks to match it. "Ready to go?" she asks me as Im grabbing my purse. "Ready as i'll ever be." I say with a smile and start to head downstairs to say goodbye to my grandparents.

We head out to Alyssa's car and drive to Buffalo Wild Wings blasting our playlist the whole way there. Yes, we have a playlist. Were there for about an hour and then leave to go get ice cream from the store, because she knows it makes me feel better. We head back to my house for the night and devour our ice cream. "I'm gonna miss you while your gone." She says sadly. I rest my head on her shoulder and nod my head. "I'll only be gone for a week."I say as she starts to get her things together. "I Know, i'll probably just stay home and play with my dogs all week." she says with a sad laugh and starts to head downstairs to leave. I walk her out to her car and give her a long hug. "I love you bb." I say letting her go. "I love you too bb." She gets into her car and starts playing our playlist again, I smile. " Don't worry i'll bring you something back!" I shout as she drives down my street and honks her horn.

Its six o'clock in the morning and i'm excited as ever. My family and I go on this vacation once a year every July. I look over at my phone to see that more people have swiped right on me last night. I roll my eyes and don't bother looking at it. I put some comfortable clothes on since i'll be in the car for seven hours. An oversized T-shirt and shorts. I grab my bags and help my grandpa load up the car. We leave the house at eight o clock. As in we I mean my eleven year old sister, my Grandma and Grandpa. My mom didn't want to go because it reminds her too much of my dad. Which is fine, shes to pregnant and sick to go anyway. We give my mom hugs and kisses and pull out of the driveway to start making our way up to Alexandria Minnesota. I put in my airpods and listen to music the whole way up. We finally arrive around four PM and get settled into the cabin, our home to be for the next week.

Six days go by and it's our last day at the lake. I've been ignoring my tinder notifications the whole trip. My family went out to a winery and my sister Hayley and I decided to stay at the cabin since we were to young to try any of the wine, so there was no point in going. I sit down on the couch and open my tinder app just to scroll through for a little bit. Thirty minutes go by and I have no interest in anyone. I'm just about to close out of the app until I see him. My eyes light up and my heart starts beating wildly. "Franklin." I say to myself as I stare at his picture. He's sitting in a boat holding up a huge bass with a big smile on his face. I look through his profile and smile even bigger than before. He has the same hobbies as I do. Fishing, Music, Ect. Hes 19, a year older then me and 6'2. I show Hayley his picture. "Hayley look at him!" I say with excitement. "He's so perfect! I think I'm gonna swipe right on him." She looks at his picture and smiles. "Hes cute sissy you should do it!" She says looking right back to her phone to continue playing her game. I swipe right on him and wait for a reply. My hearts beating at a million miles an hour. "Just don't get your hopes up, he probably won't like you." I think to myself as my anxiety is going through the roof. Not even minutes later my phone buzzes with a tinder notification. I shakley pick up my phone to see that he accepted my request and messaged me.

Franklin: "Howdy!"

Hey Guys! What do y'all think!? I've been very nervous about writing this book and almost didn't until I Finally got the courage to do it! Im very excited to see how it turns out! And YES this is my love story and wanted to share it with the world! Feel free to like and comment!

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- Jilli <3 -