A/N: This is AU fluff for your pleasure. I have posted this to Tumblr mainly for the graphics that accompany the story, so please have a look and search my tags for One Click Away to enjoy the pictures that help tell this tale.
"Okay," said Rick. "What's happening now? Did I mess somethin' up?"
He glanced down at his phone and noticed that the screen he had just been looking at had changed. He held the phone up so his partner and best friend could look at it.
"Oh, you got a match," said Shane.
"Really?" asked Rick dubiously.
He had only just let Shane talk him into creating an online dating profile, he did not really think the website was going to be able to match him with a compatible mate.
"Yes sir," replied Shane. "See, a link to her profile pops up on yours."
"And you said my profile was shitty," Rick laughed, as he peered down at the small photo of an attractive woman.
"It is shitty," Shane retorted. "I'm amazed the site even matched you with someone. Lemme see! I need to have a closer look."
Rick handed his phone over to his best friend as they sat in the squad car on their lunch break. Rick took a bite from his burger and watched on as Shane's face was covered with a wide smile.
"It ain't the clearest picture, but she looks good," he told Rick.
"What do I do now?" Rick asked as he held his hand out for the phone.
"Hold on, Romeo; lemme figure it out," said turned the device so that Rick could see it.
"Here, we can either add her as a friend, send a message or have a look at her profile first," said Shane.
"We?" asked Rick, as his stomach fluttered a little when he gazed at her profile picture once more.
"We as in 'Team Get Rick Laid', buddy. You wouldn't even know what to do if I wasn't here showin' you," Shane laughed.
Rick rolled his eyes but had to admit he was not so good with technology and social media.
"Okay, let's look at her profile first," Rick said. "What do I press?"
"Click her picture," said Shane.
Rick did just that and waited. Soon the mystery woman's profile finished loading and Shane handed the phone back to its owner. Rick noticed right away that the lady the site matched him with had the most radiant smile he had ever seen. Her dark eyes shone brightly and her dark skin shimmered; she was absolutely breathtaking.
Rick was so taken with her that he did not realize he was sitting in silence just staring at the screen; that was until Shane tried to grab the device from his hand.
"Hey, asshole," said Rick. "Watch out. I don't want to press somethin' I'm not supposed to."
"I just wanna see,' said Shane as Rick let him look.
"Shit. She's hot. Too hot for you," Shane offered playfully. "Mi-chonne? Michonne? And look, she's got friends."
Rick laughed and shook his head.
"Michonne, that's nice," Rick said absently; liking the way her name rolled off his tongue. "Now what?"
"Well, you can go and like her pics or send a message," Shane explained.
"What d'ya think I should do?"
xXxXx
Michonne had finally gotten to take a breather at work after a long day in court. She and her best friend Andrea had grabbed some lunch and found a nice shaded outdoors area where they could sit and eat. Michonne took a seat and then pulled out her phone.
"I told you to leave it in your purse back in your office," Andrea said. "I'm sure they can leave you alone for thirty minutes while you eat."
Michonne shrugged.
"I know, I just don't want to miss anything important," she offered and she unlocked her screen and scrolled her notifications.
She opened up her emails and sighed.
"What is it now? If you have to leave, I swear I'm never making a lunch date with you ever again," Andrea said as she opened her sandwich and started to remove the pieces of tomato.
"No, it's not work. It just that website we signed up to," Michonne explained as she deleted the email.
"Which site? The dating one?" asked Andrea.
Michonne nodded her head and drank from her bottled water.
"You got a notification just now? What did it say?" Andrea queried, not worried about her sandwich anymore.
"I don't know. I get them all the time, but I just delete them," Michonne explained.
"Why would you go and do something like that? We signed up so we can find men to double-date, remember?" said Andrea.
"I just haven't had time to respond; I've stopped accepting men trying to add me on there. It's probably not fair on the guys anyways. I shouldn't commit to anything if I have no time," she said as she placed her phone down.
"You're not obligated to give these guys anything, Mich. You're just checking 'em out in case you get time to commit to something. So come on, log into your profile and check your notifications," Andrea urged.
Michonne sighed again thinking she really should have deleted the profile. She did however, do as her friend suggested and was surprised to see that someone had gone and liked all of her pictures, every last one. She clicked on his name, Rick G, and it took her to his profile page. She could scarcely hide her grin when she saw the handsome, blue eyed stranger smiling at her from his profile picture.
"What?" asked Andrea. "Is he hot?"
Michonne just handed her device over so her friend could see for herself. Andrea raised her eyebrows and tilted her head to the side.
"Well, alright Michonne. Nice! Very, nice. What's going on with you and this, Rick G?" said Andrea.
"Nothing," Michonne replied as she took her phone back. "He just liked all of my pics."
"Well what are you gonna do?" said Andrea.
"I don't know; he only liked my pics, there's not much I can do," Michonne replied.
"It means he likes how you look, girl! You have to send him a message or something," Andrea offered excitedly.
She really did want Michonne to have some fun in her life as she worked way too much and had not been on a proper date for almost a year.
"I haven't even read his profile," said Michonne as she glanced at the few details. "Doesn't say much; oh, he's got kids."
"You like kids," said Andrea.
"Yeah, but I don't know about dating someone who has kids," she replied.
Andrea shrugged and Michonne shook her head.
"What am I even saying? The guy only liked my pictures, I'm getting way ahead of myself," she sighed.
"No, it's a dating site. If they like how you look, it's implied that they wouldn't mind a date. So, what are you gonna do with this information?" Andrea offered before Michonne could talk herself out of it.
"I guess I could send him a message," said Michonne. "A quick hello. Something like that."
"Are you gonna do it now?" asked Andrea.
"I might do it later. It's kind of rude of me to be on the phone while we're having lunch," she said quickly.
"Mich, don't chicken out," Andrea said.
"I won't, I promise," said Michonne with a small smile. "As soon as I get home, I'll send Rick G a message."
