Chapter One

I let out a sigh as I walked into the Starbucks that I have been working at for the past three months with my two best friends, Lindsey and Melissa. Although, Melissa would prefer if we referred to her as him and called Mark instead. Which was completely fine with me but took a bit more explaining to Lindsey, considering she was confused about why he wanted that instead but she was understanding and supportive in the end. "Hey, Maddie, check it out." I heard Lindsey whisper to me and pointed to a woman who just walked through the doors. I gave her quick once over before she walked to the counter. "She's your type." Lindsey whispered to me again. 𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒.. I thought as I took her order before walking into the back after she left, letting out a sigh. "What did you think about her?" I heard Lindsey's voice again and I looked at her. "Not exactly my type," I responded. Ever since she knew that I had never dated anyone in my life, she has been trying her hardest to hook me up with any woman with range of me.

I always just sighed or rolled my eyes at her but today, however, Lindsey had a plan she wanted me to go through. "Come on Maddie, Why don't you try and take our-" "You mean 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 advice." Mark said, interrupting her in such she just rolled her eyes and ignored him. "Our advice just this one? You don't wanna be single forever do ya?" "Look, she doesn't need to try and hit on every woman that she meets." Mark said. "Yeah, not to mention that I don't want to date just anyone either.." I muttered, taking a sip from my water bottle. "So from what I am understanding correctly, you want to stay a virgin forever?" Lindsey remarked and I spat my water out. "L-Lindsey! W-what the hell?" I said in between choking. "I can take care of her if you want," Mark said, being to stand and Lindsey backed up but I just shook my head. "No, it's fine.." I suspired and our manager walked into the room. "Alright you there, let's finish up the rest of our work." He told us and we walked out of the back.

"Okay, okay. How 'bout this, just flirt a little with whichever woman walks through the door?" Lindsey suggested and I forced myself to suppress the eyeroll and groan that threatened to come out. "Lindsey, no. Alright? No." "Leave her alone now, for Christ sake." Mark sighed. I my place at the register and took a couple of orders when I suddenly saw a woman with pink dreads walk in and she immediately caught my eye. "Hello," she greeted in the most calling voice I had ever heard. "Uh.. Hello. What would you like?" I asked her. 𝑆ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒... I thought and she looked up at the menu, messing with her hair in which I noticed was up in a ponytail. "It's my first time getting a drink from here so uhm.. may I have the Triple Mocha Frappuccino with a chocolate cake pop please?" She asked, looking me in my eyes which made my heart skip for beat. "O-okay. That will be twelve dollars and forty-six cents." I and she handed me her card in which I slid it before handing it back.

"I'm going to need your name hun," "It's Jade." She told me with a smile before walking to a table. I walked to the back to see Lindsey was chatting with one of the other employees and she turned her head once she saw me walk in, immediately by my side and nudged my shoulder. "Soo~ who was that underbar kvinna you were having trouble talking to?" She teased as I rolled my eyes and nodded at Mark, handing him the order. "Just like the rest of the women who walk in here, she's just a customer." I conveyed as I sat down. "But you can male her something even better than that! Why don't you ask her out on a date?" Lindsey questioned and I glared at her. "Do you easily think that someone like her would waste her time with someone like me? Yeah, okay. Why don't I go ask her right now." I scoffed sarcastically and she sighed. "Okay, okay you don't have to ask her on a date, maybe to just hang out? Besides, you never know if you don't ask." She shrugs and I made a face before turning to Mark.

"Mark?" "If I'm being honest, I think you should go for it. I mean, she is kinda cute and seems like your type." He responded and I sighed. "Alright.. but what about the manager?" "It's fine, he's probably watching porn in his office right now so he won't know that you're trying to get your flirt on." Lindsey told me and I walked out of the room, walking over to her. "U-uh, hey.." She looked up at me and I noticed her eyes immediately light up. "Hello again." She smiled and I felt the heat rush into my cheeks. 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑢𝑙 "Uh.. I was wondering if you would.. like to hangout with me sometime this week? I-I understand that we just met and all..." "I would love to!" Her smile widened and my blush darkened. "O-okay.. cool! M-may I have your number?" I asked and cursed myself silently. Jade giggled as she took out a notepad and pen from her purse, writing her number on it. "What're you so nervous for? I'm not gonna bite~" She handed me the paper.

"Here you go sweetie." "T-thank you.. your order will be out in a minute.." I said and carefully walked to the back and sighed once I sat down. "Fucking ifreann.." "Did it go well?" Lindsey queried. "Yes, but I was nervous and pretty sure I made myself look like an idiot." I responded and she smiled. "Hey, at least you had enough confidence to do it." Mark said, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Hey, are you two going to date? If so, when is the date? Will you be too preoccupied with your new girlfriend and forget about us? Will you two move in together?" Lindsey bombarded me with questions which made me giggle and shake my head. "Hey Lindsey," Mark got her attention. "Shut up." He said and she squinted at him. The two went back and forth at eachother and I suddenly heard Jade's voice. "See you later Madelyne!" My friends looked at me, Lindsey with the biggest smile on her face and my face began to heat up as I tried to stop myself from smiling.

"Seems like she already really likes you." Lindsey said, voice slightly high. "Yeah, seems like it."

~ ~ ~

After we finished our shifts for the day, the three of us headed home and all throughout our our walk, Lindsey was talking nonstop about my future with Jade. "Herregud! I'm already planning the wedding!" She almost squealed, making me laugh. "Alright, calm down you fangirl. We don't know if they'll be together long enough to get married.." Mark rolled his eyes. "They will! I just know it!" Lindsey said with the biggest grin plastered on her face. "Didn't you say the exact same thing about that other woman like, four years ago? What will make this time any different?" "Hey now, how was I supposed to know that woman was already married?" I laughed at the two of them. "You two sound like a couple." I giggled and Mark turned his head to face me. "Shut it." "We have arrived at your apartment m'lady." Lindsey giggled as she bowed which made Mark and I laugh. "Alrighty, see ya." I waved to them and began to head inside before Mark stopped me.

"Wait, are we still hanging out next weekend?" He queried and I thought for a moment. "Yeah, I just have to double check a few things beforehand though." I responded and he nodded. "Bye!" Lindsey said as her and Mark continued walking down the street. I went upstairs to my apartment and unlocked the door. "Finally home." I sighed as I sat my keys down on the desk near the door. My roommate, Tiffanie, came out of her room to greet me. "LynLyne!" She walked over to me and pulled me into a hug, her breasts suffocating me since she was slightly taller than me by a few feet. "Y-you're smothering me.." I managed to say and she immediately let me go. "Sorry," she apologized before plopping down on the leather couch. "So how was work?" "It was alright. Lindsey tried her usual 'match-making' thing with me again." I responded and she giggled. "But did it finally work this time?" She catechized me and I felt my face warm up. "Well... yeah, it worked this time." I responded and Tiffanie gasped.

"It did? What's her name? Is she cute? Did you two exchange numbers?" She quizzed and I let out a light laugh. "I asked for her number." "Aww, did you catch her name?" "Yes. It's Jade." I riposted and she gave me a questioning look. "Jade? Why do I feel like I've heard that name before.." She said to herself. "She's beautiful.." I said with a sigh and Tiffanie looked up at me. "Are you going to hang out anytime soon?" "Yeah." "Are you going to text her to find out when she's free?" She inquired, getting up from the couch. "Well, I plan on showering first considering Lindsey decided to have a little coffee ground war with Mark. Another reason why it took us a bit longer to get home because we had to clean the whole mess up." I sighed dramatically, making Tiffanie giggle. "Alright. Just don't forget to do it." "Ceart go leor." I riposte as I headed towards the bathroom.

𝐉𝐚𝐝𝐞

I walked into my house and went into my room, dropping my things onto the floor before flopping face first into my bed. "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝑱𝒂𝒅𝒆. 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖.." I turned over on my back and stared at my ceiling. I bit my bottom lip as I thought about the woman I met and felt my face heat up. "She's so cute!" I grabbed one of my pillows and covered my face as I rolled side to side, screaming into the pillow. "I hope we get to hang out real soon.." I said and smiled to myself. "I will make her mine. She will be so in love with me that she won't ever need anyone else~" I threw my pillow to the floor, stood up and headed into my bathroom as I continued to think about her.