Fearless

The week before i knew you.

Alena's P.O.V
"Alena! Hurry up will you, that dog hasn't even been bathed yet!" Shouted my boss, I roll my eyes away from her and push myself harder getting this dog bathed. I've worked as a dog groomer for about two years now and I love it but it can be so soul draining. My best friend Beth got me the job when I had no other ways to get money and here I am bathing dogs.

The dog makes a sudden move and turns the shower head my way and completely covers me in water. I stand there trying to stop myself from blowing up, the dog looks at me wagging its tail and then my anger deflates, how can I be mad at the dog? Finishing the dogs I start tidying up so I can call it day, as I go to put the shampoo in the cupboard I see my phone flash; I sheepishly pick my phone up and see my friend kacper has messaged me.

- kac - you free tonight? Got some scran and wine.
- Alena - yeah I'm free, 6?
- kac - sweet one

Stress is slowly fading knowing I can chill with my best friend and have a laugh, kac has been my friend for about 3 years now, he's literally that annoying older brother you hate but love at the same time but feels like he's always been in my life. Grabbing my bag I head back next door to say goodbye to everyone and grab the trash "see you guys tomorrow, have a good one" they all say their goodbyes and with that I'm out the door to greet my Nan. She smiles lightly at me while I jump into my seat "you alright nanny g?" She giggles at her nickname I have for her "yeah I'm good, you've got a letter from college" I feel a bit confused as to why they've sent a letter to me, I've only just started "okay thanks I'll read it when I get back, kac's coming over later" she nods and turns the car on and starts moving off.

Once I get into my bedroom I quickly tidy up my clothes and put my comfy pjs on, grabbing my remote I put on some Brooklyn 99 on to have as some background noise. A knock sounds at the door "come in!" I raise my voice "wagwan midget" kacper greets me in his usual humours tone "you alright dickhead?" He nods making himself at home sitting on my pillow chair and starts rolling a fag. We chat for a little while just seeing how each other are, once we've caught up I ask him what film he wants to watch "put something funny and weird on" I don't know what film it was but it was definitely funny and fucking weird.

Turning my head away from the telly I see kac is on tinder on his phone, I laugh causing him to jump and look at me with confusion on his face "what?" He asks spuriously "your so fucking sad mate, why are you on that shit?" I say while lightly laughing, he frowns and turns back to his phone "Alena I need sex and this is the best place for it" I laugh harder "like fuck" he frowns even more and hits me on the head with his Cheerios "what the fuck kac!" I shout rubbing my sore head "I bet you to try it yourself and see what happens, I guarantee you your like it" he promises with a smirk, I mean I've never been one for dating online but I guess I could give it a try "okay but as long as it's a tenner bet" I negotiate with him, he shakes my hand coming to an agreement.

Waiting patiently for the app to download kac starts showing me how to use it and what I need to stand out. Opening the app I set up my profile with the help of my other friend rowan with a great caption (one of the seven dwarfs looking for some extra inches) I didn't really have much choice. I keep swiping left because I know half the boys on here from school or they look like creeps. After a few minutes kac says to extend the distance so I can explore more, I move it up to 20m and see better results already and swipe right to a few of them. As I start getting messages I land on a boy that lives in Ipswich, I ponder whether to or not considering the distance but as I look through his pictures, I start to really take to his eyes, they were like mine and so addicting.

"I see he's caught your eye" I hum lightly star gazing at the guy, I read his name and I have butterflies "Harry" it rolls off my tongue so effortlessly. "Huh gay" kac laughs and goes back to chatting up girls.
As I look closely to his photos I admire his features; glass cutting jaw line, tall, strong figure, shiny brown hair, big hands and the most amazing eyes. My phone pings saying I have a message from Harry.

- Harry -
H ~ hey I've got 6 extra inches if that helps?
A ~ Awh is that it?😉
H ~ maybe if you saw it in person you'd say different..
A ~ well maybe we might have to make that happen

I never talk to guys like this but there's something about him that I can't put my finger on. We chat for a bit longer and exchange Snapchat names to talk on there as it was easier.

Snapchat from Harry pings on my phone and he's sent me a photo of half of his face and I stare at his jawline how sharp it would be to touch "can you actually stop your creeping me out" kac says cringing "I'm sorry but this guy is perfect I'm already in love and I haven't even heard his voice or seen him in person yet!" I say excitedly just thinking about how it would be if we did meet. Kac stands up and grabs his coat "well guess you owe me a tenner don't you think?" Fuck did I already lose the bet? I always lose man "oh whatever I don't even know if he's what I want anyways, I am trying to stay single you know that" kac just looks at me warmly "Alena not every guy is going to hurt you, sometimes you've just got to go head in first for the best things to happen, plus maybe this would be good for you to just play around with" i pounder on what he says and he's right this guy could be the one I've always deserved or just a bit of fun.

Cuddling kacper goodbye and telling him to message me when he gets home safe I shut the door behind him and race to my phone to see if Harry had replied yet.

H ~ do you wanna see the back of my car? I turned it into a bed haha
A ~ yeah go for it lol
  - Harry sends a photo of his car boot open revealing a converted double bed in the back that looked good enough to sleep in anyway.
A ~ that's so cool! I've never known someone that dedicated to get girls
H ~ haha well it's never failed me before if you wanna test it out with me?
  - I drift my fingers across my phone not knowing what to type back, I don't normally do this just meet up with random strangers and sleep with them first time meeting them. Then suddenly my mind goes back to what kacper was saying and that made my mind up. This could be so fun if I let myself be happy.
A ~ guess we're have to meet up for that to happen..
H ~ tomorrow night sound good to you?
  - without hesitation I answered saying that tomorrow nights good and said goodnight to each other.

Laying wide awake I couldn't stop thinking about his eyes, they were the thing that caught my eyes every time without fail, they drew you in and you couldn't look anywhere else other than his emerald green eyes. My heart thumped harder with every thought of him crossing my mind, I only knew of his existence a few hours ago and I'm already driving myself mad just thinking what he's going to be like and more importantly what will happen tomorrow night?