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Ada couldnt believe the replies that she had gotten. She quickly realized that the app wasnt for the faint of heart. And definitely not for virgins. Not that she was. She had let Gideon take that from her. Something now she deeply regretted.
She scrolled through the responses, deleting ones that were too distasteful or raunchy, replying to ones that caught her interest. And then there was one....simple and short and to the point. He or she didnt ask if she would send nudes or if she wanted to hook up. It simply stated ASL. Age, sex and location. Ada heard Bernie in her head, telling her to live a little. So she did.
19, female and Lake Pointecko. Send.
Almost instant a reply came back with 21, Male and Bourlo. A smaller town than Lake Pointecko, New York about 45 minutes away. Ada bit her lip. Talking to someone electronically was much different than talking to someone face to face. What was she supposed to say next?
She didnt have to make the next move though because screen name Navarro21 shot a reply back to her.
"By the way, being in love with your ex still, isnt a bad thing, I'm still in love with mine." This caught Ada's attention and then she lost track of time messaging a man she had never seen face to face but felt the same things she felt. It was like looking in a mirror.
It was 1am before Ada told Navarro21 that she needed to go to bed. He said his goodbyes with a promise to message her later the next day. She had all intentions of going to bed but she caught her self infatuated with a man she had never met. She scrolled through the messages that had transpired between them and she smiled.
Navarro21: So do you want this to be completely anon or can we exchange names?
Ac19: I mean its up to you, I doubt that we know each other. I dont know anyone in Bourlo.
Navarro21: My names Sebastien. And I know pretty much no one in Lake Pointecko.
Ac19: I'm Ada and now I guess I know one person in Bourlo.
Ada laughed softly. She was so ridiculous. Was this her half assed attempt at flirting because if it was, no wonder Gideon left. She scrolled down through the messages and she realized that Bernie was right. She needed friends. She needed Sebastien. A complete and total stranger.
A week later
A week had passed and very quickly Sebastien was someone who Ada felt she needed to talk to every day. She needed Bernie like air sometimes. Thats just how close of friends that they were. Sebastien was a different kind of need. Not sexual. Because their conversations never floated that way. Just someone that if she didnt talk to them, it put a ruin to her entire day.
At first, Sebastien was quiet. He actually didnt reply to her messages for two days and Ada though that the fun was over.
Day 3
Bernie came over and didnt even bother knocking before coming in her house. At this point Bernie was the second daughter that Ada's parents never wanted. She had known Ada since diapers and had been coming over unannounced since she was old enough to figure out how to open doors. Mr and Mrs Carmichael just waved as Bernie walked in and sent her on her way to find her other half.
"So how the app treating you?" Bernie said as she pulled licorice out of her bag. Ada smiled at her friend. Bernie was a sugar addict and always had some kind of candy on her person. "The app itself is entirely annoying, did you know that anyone can reply to the secrets you post and the guys that reply send the most disgusting things." she asked her friend. Bernie laughed. "Okay so thats the bad things what about the good things, you havent really spoken to me in like three days so theres someone that has caught your interest, now spill the beans." Bernie said smiling.
Ada leaned in and grabbed a piece of licorice from Bernie' bag and then sat back against the headboard and did as Bernie had asked.
"So you're telling me that you havent even exchanged pictures yet?" Bernie asked later in their conversation. "It was in our dialogue of conversation but then he just stopped replying." Ada mentioned. Bernie twirled yet another piece of licorice between her fingers and pondered what Ada assumed was the meaning of life. "Will you speak already? Ada snapped.
Bernie laughed. "So you scared him off so what?" she took a bite out of her licorice. "Yeah but how?" Ada questioned. "You didnt send him a picture of your boobs did you?" Bernie queried. "What? No of course not!" Ada scoffed. "What? Just saying you have weird shaped boobs, Im scared of them maybe he was too." Bernie stated as she took another bite of her licorice.
"Why am I friends with you?" she asked. Bernie smirked and rolled to face her best friend on the bed. "Youre friends with me because I am the only one that tells you how it is. Its okay that you're boobs are weird." Bernie assured Ada. Ada rolled her eyes. "We didnt even exchange pictures of our faces let alone my "weird" boobs," she stated. "Well maybe..." Bernie was interrupted by the notification sound of Ada's phone. Ada looked at it and then Bernie looked at it and then they both screeched at the same time. "Maybe its him!" Bernie exclaimed.
Ada held her phone in her hand. It just read notification, like all the others that she had received. She wouldnt know that it was him until she opened the notification up. "Maybe its just another unsolicited dick pic," Ada said offhandedly. "You get those?" Bernie asked, all seriousness in her voice. "Well yeah, dont you?" Ada probed.
"I mean, it might have something to do with the fact that I pressed the cute lesbian button under orientation, I get unsolicited boob pictures," Bernie said shyly. Ada raised a brow. "Since when are you lesbian?" she was honestly curious. She knew that Bernie flew both ways. She had been on the receiving end of countless conversations on how she was in love with so and so. And she had also been on the end of countless conversations where she spilled the beans about kissing a girl in the backseat of her car. Forgoing gender, Bernie was a regular Cassanova.
"Quit thinking about me and answer the damn message!" Bernie ushered. Ada held the phone in her hand. It wasnt going to be Sebastien. He had fallen off the radar. He wasnt interested. She opened the notification up and she smiled.
Navarro21: Hey sorry for not getting back to you. I had to play damage control with the parents and my siblings. How are you?
