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S2:E1 "A Fresh Start"

Aphrodite Solana Collins hates Genevieve Parker with a passion.

They're loud, obnoxious, and she's pretty sure they let their boyfriend eat all her cookies.

In addition to that, they're a thief. Genevieve stole Aphrodite's most expensive pair of shoes and won't disclose the location.

   Unbeknownst to Aphrodite, they sold the shoes online for some quick cash.
    Either way, stealing was the last straw of many offenses. Aphrodite was moving out and far away from her roommate from hell.

   She loaded all of her boxes into the truck outside, all by herself- how tragic.

  Two hours later, Aphrodite pulled into the parking lot of a new apartment complex.

  Here's to new beginnings, she thought.
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"Welcome. I'm Delilah." A feminine voice said as Aphrodite walked up and stood next to the handsome stranger.

"Will Bettelheim. Nice to meet you."
Ew. Aphrodite's face scrunched up in distaste for the name. That's definitely not a hot guy name, she thought.

"Aphrodite Collins." The sweet voice caught Joe's attention and he quickly looked over to match a face to the sound of her voice.

Hello you. Fuck, it's happening. Look away. This is supposed to be a fresh start. Joe's thoughts raced but he was pulled out of his trance when he realized Delilah was speaking to him.

"Your credit came back sparkling, Will," Delilah spoke out. "Oh, good, good," Joe exclaimed nervously. "Yours was fine too, Aphrodite. But I looked you up. You're not on the socials. Like at all. Thought you might be some kind of freak." Delilah said to Will suspiciously. "You, on the other hand, the photos don't do you justice." Delilah complimented looking at the young woman.

"Thank you, that's so sweet," Aphrodite replied with a smile. The sound of her voice sent a tingle down Joe's spine, once again.

"Just not great at keeping up with that stuff," Joe responded.
Delilah made a joke to lighten up the somewhat tense mood, "Do you not keep up with brushing your teeth?"

Aphrodite chuckled quietly, but Joe heard and couldn't help the grin that spread onto his face at the sound of her laugh.

"Okay. I just have this vacancy on the first floor."
"I'll take it if you don't mind Will," Aphrodite said.

" I like the second floor, it's quieter."
Delilah quickly explained the rules, left the key to the apartment, and went to show Joe where he would be staying.
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After unpacking all her boxes, Aphrodite decided to go grocery shopping. She saw a store on her way to the apartment and decided to walk.

The greek goddess named woman entered Anavrin with a grocery list in hand. She tried to focus on the task at hand, even if she had a bad feeling in her gut.

She should've trusted her gut because she was being followed. At first, Joe really wanted to get out of the house. Then, he saw the direction the woman was heading and he just couldn't help himself.
Imagine the surprise Joe felt when another woman captured his attention. She was standing right behind Aphrodite and Joe didn't know which one to look at.

Hello, both of you. No fuck, I'm not doing that. I should go home. One fixation is a death sentence, but two at the same time? My own personal hell.

Meanwhile, Aphrodite had bumped straight into Love Quinn.
"Oh, did I get you? Are you okay?" Love had a concerned look planted on her face.

"It's okay. No harm, no foul." Aphrodite met Love's eyes and a blush spread across both their cheeks.

Both women thought the other one was beautiful. There was some kind of magnetic force pulling them towards each other felt on both ends.

They both brushed it off hastily and continued shopping, one of them unaware they had an audience.
"Excuse me, do you think this peach looks like a butt? There is no wrong answer." Love blurted out.

An emotion one could only recognize as confusion was painted across Joe's face. Was she talking to me or Aphrodite? He wondered.
Speaking of, the latter finally noticed her neighbor inside the same grocery store as her.

Must be a coincidence, she decided. "Um, if you're directing that question at me, I believe all peaches look like butts. Although, I can't speak for the little stalker next to me."

Joe's confusion quickly turned to panic as he realized he'd been caught red-handed.
"Well, it could go for either of you. You're both very cute." Love flirted.
A blush coated Aphrodite and Joe's cheeks. The former is able to hide it fairly well, due to her skin tone.
" It looks a little like a butt, yeah," Joe said shakily, still worried about getting caught.

"Right? I might go out on a limb
and suggest that... bell peppers can be extremely vaginal
depending on how you cut them."
Aphrodite decided to reply "Wow, learn something new every day I guess." Love giggled then turned to Joe.
"Were you following me?"
Joe paused. Shit, time to come clean. Aphrodite already knows I was following her. But, after we got here I was lurking behind Love."Not initially but then yes. I am sorry if I seem skeevy."

The last part was directed toward both women. "I mean, you might've... if you looked like a skeeve, which I guess is me saying, good choice showering today." Aphrodite thought of a response but chose to say "I agree." instead. Joe, wanting to shut down his two new obsessions said " I debated, so."

"You work here?" Love questioned.
Joe was wondering how she knew he got the job. " The apron", Love added. "Oh yeah, Will, I just started in the cafe."

"Me too, um, I uh manage the kitchen. I do most of the buying for the store. I was just shopping for my dinner. Anyway. sorry. Love. It's my name I mean." She looked toward Aphrodite as if she was expecting her name.

Aphrodite felt like she was intruding a bit but introduced herself anyways. "Nice to meet you, Love I'm Aphrodite."

Joe found it funny how he managed to find two women with names related to love, while he's supposed to remain single. It's like the universe was playing a cruel joke on him. "Well Aphrodite, it was a pleasure to bump into you. I'll see you in the break room Will."

And then there were two, Joe thought. He turned to his left to find  Aphrodite walking towards the register, to ring up her groceries.

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Well, that's all for the first chapter. I felt like Aphrodite didn't fit into the storyline. I will say that when Joe had the fantasy about Love, Aphrodite was in it as well. Also, I could've added her to Love and Joe's cooking date thing but I felt like it would be weird for her to keep running into them, especially on the same day.
*genevieve's pronouns are they/them. I don't have a face claim for them, so you can imagine them however you like*

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