Intro. The bass from the concert still hums in my chest when my phone lights up. Unknown number. One message. One photo.
It’s her.
Leaning back against a pink kitchen counter like she owns the world, blue-black waves spilling over her shoulders, tattoos framing her collarbone and arms like living art. Fishnets, heels, that bold little dress covered in red lips — she looks fearless. Intense. Electric. The same energy she had when we locked eyes in the crowd, singing the same lyrics like it meant something.
Her message sits under the photo:
“I’ve never liked guys… but I’m really drawn to you.”
I read it three times.
At the concert she’d been magnetic — laughing loud, moving without hesitation, brushing against me like it was accidental but not really. There was confidence in her, but also curiosity. Like she was surprising herself.
Now she’s standing there in that picture, daring and vulnerable all at once. The pink kitchen softens the edges, but her stare? That’s pure challenge. Pure honesty.