In 2016, I, while working at sun fresh, told a group of 3 women that there was no limit on a sale of 2 liters of soda. After these women filled 4 full carts of 7up, I was leaving work and Danielle, the bagger who carted them up, stopped me. “You still haven’t accepted my friend request” she said. From that moment on, a friendship was born.

Over the months that followed, Danielle and I would continue to bond over shared music tastes and similar sense of humor. Danielle was vegan, and I worked in the deli. I made sure I knew what days she worked so I could have vegan options in the hot case or just simply a peanut butter and jelly sandwich ready everyday. Our friendship continued to blossom.

In summer 2018, Danielle messaged me about meeting up at sun fresh to help her brother get groceries. We hadn’t seen each other in quite a while as Danielle had begun college and neither of us worked at sun fresh anymore. After this, we started talking a bit but not too often, as we both were very busy with work and life.

In October of 2018, I had been messaging Danielle about recent break up, so she FaceTimed me. After listening to what had me feeling down, she offered a simple solution.

“Date me instead”

Best decision I’ve ever made.

D&T