Chapter 4: 4
Alba POV
Yesterday was a mess and I'm still angry, but the truth is I feel a bit guilty today. I think I went too far with Elena. The girl was really nice and I could see she was a good person. I guess all the cheating I've been putting up with because of the damn app came together and I took it out on her. I'm not justifying what she did, but my reaction was over the top. I wanted to apologize but she had deleted her profile.
Then I saw her. The girl in the photos. Elena said she was a friend of hers. She opened a new profile, with many more photos than before. What's her problem? She's pretty, she doesn't need to use her friend. She didn't even wait 24 hours to create a new profile to look for new girls to cheat on. And I wanted to apologize... well, some people never change.
I swiped to the right. She wouldn't dare...
Match.
ALBA: Still the same?
MYRIA: ???
ALBA: Seriously, another profile?
MYRIA: I don't know what you're talking about, I just made my profile a while ago.
'Is she laughing at me?'
ALBA: Elena?
MYRIA: No, I'm Myria. But I have a friend called Elena, do you know her?
Her friend doesn't know she uses her photos, maybe that's why she deleted the profile.
ALBA: I have the wrong person, I'm sorry.
MYRIA: It's OK :D
I started chatting with Myria, Elena's friend, the girl with the stunning eyes, in this weird and accidental way and we chatted all day. She was not only pretty, but also very funny. I didn't tell her that her friend uses her photos for flirting because I didn't want to create a conflict, I preferred to leave it alone.
When I reported my experience with Elena to Rosa, she looked her up on the internet and it turned out that she was indeed a streamer. She was very weird, but at least that was true. Apparently she streams playing videogames and eating on live, her favourite dish is chicken, that's why she had the chicken thing on Tinder. Eating in front of the cam? I don't understand why some people do these things. Or more precisely, I don't understand why there are people who watch other people doing these things. Rosa loved Elena's channel and spent the whole day watching it and laughing at his bad jokes. Well, if she finds it entertaining.....
Myria POV
I've been talking to Alba, the bitch who made my Elena cry, for two weeks now. I am in full seduction mood and she seems receptive. We talk every day, all the time. We've flirted a lot, we've made jokes, I've let her know that I find her attractive, that I want to meet her, I've told her some dramatic anecdote to add a degree of sensitivity to my character and she's found it charming… She's told me that she hasn't had a relationship for a long time and she wants to meet someone, that she spends her days working and feels that her life is slipping away and she's glad that we've hit it off so well.
'And I'm glad to hear it.'
This weekend I want to meet her in person and I'm sure she won't refuse me.
Alba POV
I'm not gonna deny that I'm getting excited about Myria. Over the days I've been getting to know her and I like everything I'm discovering. She's funny, she makes me laugh, but she also knows when to be serious. She is also a sensitive person who needs security. I'm about to leave work when a notification comes on my mobile phone.
MYRIA: I walked past an ice-cream shop and I thought of you.
I smile. A few days ago I told her that my favourite sweets are ice cream.
ALBA: Don't make me envious, Myria, I'm still at the office. :(
MYRIA: When I meet you I'm going to take you out for ice cream.
ALBA: Oh yeah?
MYRIA: Yep.
'Yep?' I smiled. Why am I smiling?
ALBA: You say that to make me want to see you already, you don't play fair.
MYRIA: Sometimes you have to cheat jijiji.
ALBA: You don't need the cheating or the ice cream, just so you know.
MYRIA: You think so?
ALBA: Yep.
MYRIA: What if I buy the ice cream now and bring it to your office? I'm sure it would make your day.
'You'd make my day.'
ALBA: Now I'm about to leave, you'd get here and no one would be around.
She put a broken heart icon on me.
ALBA: But if you want on Saturday we can go to that ice cream shop.
I packed up my stuff and closed the office. I'm going on a date with Myria and now I just want to jump.
OK, I'm a bit scared and worried about another disappointment. But if she really is the girl in the pictures and she doesn't cheat me in that way, I don't think I can be disappointed in any way because I love everything I know about her.
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On Saturday I went shopping with Rosa. When I'm nervous, I shop, and today I'm very nervous. Besides, this way I'll have a new outfit for my date with Myria. When we finished shopping we went for a coffee...
ROSA: I was watching Elena's channel yesterday, she did a challenge to eat 12 extra spicy chicken wings and ended up crying.
ALBA: You should have had the date with her, I'm sure it wouldn't have been such a mess.
She chuckles shyly.
ROSA: Maybe I'll get a Tinder profile too, who knows. Although, seeing the luck you've had so far, I'm scared.
ALBA: That's nice. You gave me the idea but you were just planning to use me as a guinea pig.
Rosa is very shy, she always has been. I can't imagine her in an app like this, but I'd love to see her meeting someone. In all the years I've known her, which are not few, she's only been with two people, a boy and a girl, and I don't even think they would have done anything because they were even more shy than her, which is quite impressive, I don't know where she could find someone like that twice.
ROSA: Well, I have the feeling that today your luck is going to change. -She smiles mischievously at me.
'I hope so.'
ALBA: I don't want to get my hopes up, we'll see what happens.
ROSA: Let me check the app.
I gave her the phone.
ALBA: What do you want to see?
ROSA: Well, I want to see what people are there, to see if it's worth downloading...
She started looking at it while making faces.
ROSA: The truth is that it's a bit devastating...
'What are you gonna tell me'.
She opened her eyes wide.
ROSA: Hey, look, it's Elena.
I picked up my mobile and saw Elena's profile. She had finally made an account with her pictures, even though she was covering her face with a hat and only her mouth was visible, we recognised her smile immediately. Rosa was smiling.
ROSA: She's cute, right?
ALBA: Yes, she is.
ROSA: Well, I might create my own profile...
I chuckled.
ALBA: Maybe I should talk to her and apologize for the way I treated her. I feel really bad since that day. I don't think I'll get a match, though.
ROSA: Try it.
She did match me. It was two hours before my date with Myria when I wrote an apology to Elena.
ALBA: Hi Elena. It's Alba, the jerk from a couple of weeks ago. I've been wanting to write to you and apologise but I couldn't find you. I wanted you to know that I didn't mean the things I said to you. I had bad luck with a few dates on the app and when you showed up it was the last straw, everything I should have said to other people I magnified it to you and I let out all the anger I've been building up. But I don't think you're pathetic, nor do I think you need to post anyone's pictures to meet girls. Besides, I've seen your channel and it's hilarious. My best friend has even become addicted to your livestreams. Anyway, I'm really sorry, I really am.
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