6. Tinder dating

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Waking up alone in bed, she almost thought it was just a normal day. The sunlight was glaring through the window and she could see the trees moving in the wind. But then she remembered what had happened in the last two days. Feeling the anxiety in her grow, her worry over her mother and Alisha. She glanced at her phone, still no cell service. She hoped this was just a nightmare and she would wake up soon. But it wasn't. Was the world really ending? Hearing about it all yesterday, how the people are surviving, chaos around them.. She wanted to escape her own mind as she remembered back to the last day she had seen Alisha.

Kara never thought she would be doing this, but Alisha had taken her phone as a hostage the other day and created a Tinder account for her. How embarrassing could it get? They were sitting in Alisha's apartment and swiping the screen for Yes or No. She was laughing at the whole situation.

"No." She chuckled when Alisha decided to swipe for Yes. Oh god would she be in trouble if all the guys would send her messages. "Come on girl, you need some action in your life. Can't just focus on your career." Alisha said giving her a meaningful look. She sighed. She didn't have time for 'action' in her life. She was probably going to leave soon for a deployment anyway.

They had just been in the Arctic and were now enjoying some downtime. Alisha was leaving for Paris tomorrow with her girlfriend. So she did wonder what would she do while Alisha was gone.

"Definitely Yes." Alisha showed the screen to Kara. Blond guy with green eyes and a beard. Was that Danny? "Wasn't he with us in the Arctic?" She realized and gave a look to Alisha. "He's a fellow sailor. So no." She reasoned. "But you gotta admit he's hot? I think he might even look better with the beard." Alisha studied the photo. "Did you talk much to him during our cruise?" Alisha looked at her. "Might have exchanged words briefly. He hung out mostly with Burk and the guys." She said. She didn't want Alisha to know that she might have glanced at the guy a couple of times after their introduction.

Okay.. She might have done more than just glance at him. There might have been a few daydreaming sessions about the guy. He was a new face on the trip and it wasn't like she was going to work that closely with him. And especially after the storage room incident, she had this burning sensation inside of her and her need for physical contact was stronger than ever. But no matter how many times she had tried, the feeling inside of her didn't go away. She was half considering to go around the ship and kiss every guy she would find, just so she could find the one responsible for her agony and finish the job. But perhaps she was making the incident to be something more than it really was? Had it been that good? What if no one else would ever be able to make her feel the way he had?

"Yes it is then." Alisha swiped the screen and she felt embarrassed. She felt she couldn't face the man. "Alisha!" She exclaimed. "What will I say to him now if he chooses me too?" She leaned back on the couch and closed her eyes. "Here, I think you got enough men now." Alisha handed her phone to her. "I'm changing my passcode!" She said with a smirk and took her phone back. "I know all the codes you might use." Alisha winked at her.

Luckily Alisha would be in Paris for a week so she didn't have to worry too much of her meddling in her love life. Then her phone beeped. Looking at the screen. "It was a match." She saw that Danny had chosen her as well. What was she going to do? "You are going to chat with him." She heard Alisha state firmly. Giving an annoyed look at her friend, she wondered what should she do?

Looks like he's on his phone. She saw Alisha nod towards her phone and there was a message on the screen.

"Hi." Well at least he didn't start with a lame pickup line, she thought. "Hi. What's up?" She wrote in return not quite sure what she was thinking.

"You were on the Nathan James, right? Carlton's friend?" She was a little more nervous now. He remembered her. "Ooh, looks like he had eyes on you babe." She heard Alisha say in a teasing tone. She chuckled at this. Wondering how could she ever find a way to have her revenge on Alisha.

"Yeah, I was." She wrote back, not wanting to tell him quite yet that she remembered him.

"Why do you think he has a profile? Doesn't say anything about what he is looking for." She browsed his profile. "Does it matter?" Alisha eyed at her. She began to think about it. She should want to date and so on, but she had her mind set on her career. Being a Lieutenant in the Navy and hopefully getting to a higher position. When would she have time to date anyway? Half the time she would be on deployments.

"You up for a road trip?" She saw on her screen. "Hell yeah!" She heard Alisha shout out. Giving her a look, she wondered what she should answer. Getting into a car with a stranger didn't sound like something she would do.

But before she could reply, he wrote a new message "I got a family reunion in Orlando and I could use a buffer, if you're up for it. You're just the kind of girl one would introduce to his mother." She started to laugh and Alisha read the message. Looks like he isn't as tough of a guy as he seemed. Afraid of his own mother. But she thought she should at least be impressed that he would think she was the kind of girl to take home to meet your family.

"You are going girl. You got nothing to do here by yourself." Alisha gave her the phone. "What? It's ridiculous!" She said. "It will be fun. You get to play a little, get out of your shell. Have some fun." Alisha then got up on her feet and did a few dance moves by swinging her hips. "Oh god. I can't do it. It's not me." She chuckled. "Exactly. It's not you." Alisha stopped and gave her a look.

With Alisha out of town. And Burk was visiting his family with his brother, but he would return shortly. She didn't have that many close friends. Her only worry was her mother though. Would she be okay if she would be away for a few days? She had just got back after being away for 4 months. But then again her mother had survived the 4 months she had been gone.

"When do we leave?" She wrote back to him, not sure why she was agreeing to this at all. Alisha's reaction to her decision was to turn the sound a notch higher on her stereos and to dance to the rhythm of the music.

She came back from her thoughts as Danny entered to the room with breakfast. "Thought you needed the sleep." He gave a look at her and placed the coffee cup and a plate with omelette to the nightstand as he sat beside her on the bed. "Thank you." She smiled and reached to kiss him. Placing her hands on his cheeks and as she deepened the kiss, she wasn't all that hungry for food. Sensing that he felt her need to feel connected, she broke off the kiss and took of her t-shirt and pulled his body close to hers as they laid down on the bed.

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