"By the Seven, I've just had an impeccable idea!" I could almost hear Jenny, a friend of mine from class, bouncing up and down on her bunk from the other side of the building! That usually meant trouble. How did I get stuck with troublemakers for friends?

"Let me guess, we're going out tonight?" It's where every last one of her 'impeccable' ideas begin. We go out, we drink, we dance, she pulls, I get left behind.

She gasps down the phone. "Oh no, we could never— yes we're going out tonight."

"Yay?" Totally up for being left on my own in a bar nursing my drink! This is going to be an amazing night! I hate myself sometimes. I must be such a bore.

"Awwww Dany, cheer up girl!" she was making fun of me. Jen was one of those girls that -almost- didn't care if anyone else was enjoying themselves, as long as she was. "I was thinking we could go to the union and check out the event you ducked out on last year..."

Uh... no. No, I ducked out of that on purpose! "The hell, Jen? Speed dating?" My hand dragged down my face from my forehead. I hated the idea. "I am not going..."

"Oh yes, you are! You pulled a story out of your arse last year, this year, I'm not letting you!" she was laughing.

I wanted to die.

Things like this, I lose my nerve completely and end up embarrassing myself and/or not saying a word to anyone and, therefore, looking awkward. "Please, no?"

"Put on your best princess, you're not getting out of this!" she hung up on me. I can't believe she... did it so that I couldn't say no again.

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"What's the matter? You've been staring at the same page for twenty minutes." My roommate, Missandei, was so sweet. Book smart, like me but, ten times more outgoing, funny... so very beautiful. "Irri on your case?"

"Worse." I murmured, not lifting my gaze from my magazine.

"Ooooh Jenny." she inhaled sharply in response to my affirmative mumble, walking over to our small kitchenette. "Do you want a tea?"

"No, thank you. She'll be here soon, I should probably get changed." I was sat, cross legged on my bed, in lounge pants and a pusheen cat t-shirt.

"You out for the night?" she asked, making herself a mug of tea.

"If I have my way, we won't be out for long."

"Oh dear." Missandei chuckled. "Where's she taking you this time?"

I closed over my magazine and placed it on my desk before scrubbing my face with both hands. I sat up properly, dangling my legs over the edge of the bed. "She's dragging me out to go speed dating..."

She snorted, almost inhaling her hot tea. "Ha! You? Speed dating?" Missy wasn't a cruel person but, the next thing that came out of her mouth was a little. "Now that, that I would pay to see!"

"Missy!" I whined plaintively.

"Oh you poor girl..." she smirked, pushing her glasses back up her nose.

"It's going to be awful!"

"Yeah..." she nodded, holding back giggles.

I sighed. "I want to go even less now."

"Dany, go. You never know, Mr. Right Now could be waiting for you." she sat on the bed next to me and put her arm round my shoulders, squeezing gently. "Look, we both know you're a dating disaster—"

"Thank you..." I couldn't help but cut her off.

She was laughing but, her aura was genuine. "But, this could be really fun and you won't know if you don't go."

"I suppose." I sighed, picking at my nails.

"Even if you don't meet someone you like, there's always Tinder." she quipped, kissing my hair lightly before going to sit at her desk.

"That, I will never do!" I also left my spot, a self deprecating smirk tugging at my lips, going to my closet and rifling through my dresses.

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Some time later, Jenny arrived. Missandei let her in, at my request, while I finished off my doing my hair and makeup. She tottered into the room, perching on my bed after politely hugging Missy, barely able to walk in her sky scraping heels. It was a miracle that she'd never fallen in them! I preferred lower wedges, practical and fashionable enough to get away with. At least I'd be able to wear them for more than five minutes. The rest of her outfit was trademark Jen: short, low-cut, black mini dress; her back length red hair, loose and straightened to within an inch of its existence; 'no makeup' makeup, also known as foundation you could decorate a cake with!

I'd gone with the 'I don't want to be there but, I tried my best' look. Dark purple maxi dress and straw wedges, hair braided into two inverted plaits. For makeup? Eyeliner and lipgloss. I wasn't planning to stay long enough for anyone to see my pores so, who needs foundation!

"You'll do! Ready to go?" Jen chirped to my right, watching me fiddle with my baby hairs for the hundredth time.

"I suppose so." I replied, rolling my eyes before touching up my gloss and popping it into my tiny, black handbag. "See you later, Miss..." I turned to Missandei and mouthed 'help!' to her as Jenny grabbed my arm and dragged me out the door!

"Bye, try not to wake me when you get back?"

"I'll try!" I called back, kicking the door shut behind us.

A/N: Hey everyone, cheers for reading up to this point! Hope you're enjoying. Just wanted to pop in and drop you a little thank you and to giggle over yhe thought of little, shy, Pentoshi-raised Dany going speed dating! I don't know why this idea popped into my head but, it did!

-Midnight