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Today had been a not so normal day for Aria Porter, she was three weeks removed from graduation and everything felt different. The tiger; 18 years of age was not your normal, everyday young adult. She was different, she was unique, and she knew how to make everyone laugh. Today, she was planning on leaving home to finally meet with her boyfriend she met online in an Furbook IM chat three years prior. She was nervous, scared, and very excited to say the least. Mixed emotions rocked the young tiger's brain. Packing up the final few things of hers that would fill her room; she would remember how the two started dating.

[One Year Ago]

"Look, I do not need a boyfriend. I'm 17, not 21"- Aria would say as her best friend Jasmine was trying to explain to her that she was alone, when in reality Aria never felt alone. She had her moments, but what fifteen year old girl going through hormonal changes and bunches of other stuff wouldn't.

"I'm just saying, Ari. You have been moping and groping for the past few months, look there's thing called FurBook. It is a social media website that also has some dating aspects to it."- Jasmine says as she would take Aria's laptop and log onto Furbook, the first thing popping up on the website being an advertisement for a porn website. Aria would tilt her head at this as she tried to make out words to figure what her friend was doing; but figured it was best to keep her mouth shut. The tiger at the time should have been an attraction to all the boys in school, her curvy and voluptuous frame getting dirty looks as she walked by, but with her being so shy; no one cared to bother. Aria would let out a loud groan as she sat down beside her friend; another fellow tiger but less curvy and with more an alternative look as the two would go through the site filling out the lines for the new profile for Aria.

"Okay, let's see. Aria is looking for a fellow nerd who can combat her sexuality and libido"- Jasmine says as she chuckles louder than what she should have, causing Aria to groan at her annoyance.

"Why? Why me?"- says Aria as she rapidly bangs her head against the desk, the wood hitting her forehead hard as she tried to make sure she was not witnessing this. Her friend was known to stick her nose where it did not belong, and today might have too far as Jasmine looked back at her when she hit "Create Profile" with a smirk.

"You are all done, my dear bestie. The deed is done, and you are now officially looking for love.. in all the wrong places"- says the other tiger as she gives Aria a smirk, her tail wagging happily as Aria got her first friend request. "What guy is really going to want a chubby tiger from Nebrask--- hello." - says Aria as the screen would flicker, a notification popping up in her messages. "That was quick" - she says as she clicks the message icon, the words "New Message from Cayne Lockhart" popped up, his profile picture instantly making Aria blush.

"Check him out, dude is a hunk from Texas, and he is 18. Meowwwwww." - Jasmine says as she gets up, grabbing her bookbag as she starts heading out of Aria's room, though she did not want to leave the little igloo she had going on. "Let me know how everything goes, Mom's wanting me home for the new wrestling show coming on." - Jasmine says as she hugs her best friend, Aria giving a weak hug in return as her mind was focused on the screen in front of her, she had not even realized that Jasmine had walked out of the door. "He is cute." - the tiger says as she scans over his profile quickly, making sure the guy was not a creep, so that gave her a sigh of relief.

|Hey, what's up? Seen your profile and thought I would give you a holler. Hit me up sometime I would love to chat.| would be the young man from Florida's response, causing Aria to blush as she replied.

|Nothing much, friend made me make one of these because I am apparently lonely; Which I do not feel lonely at all. What are you up too?|- she would say replying, a small smile forming on her face as she stared into the computer screen, seeing that her friend had made the right decision.

[Back to present time]

"Aria?"

"Aria, do you have everything packed and ready to go?" - said someone from behind her door, as Aria put the finishing touches on her suitcase; her smile wide as she walked over to her bedroom door and opened it. Her mother; whom she was a spitting image of, would stand on the other side with a happy look on her face.

"Yes, mama. Everything is good, ready to go, and I am so nervous." - Aria says as she would look down, her feet shuffling as she was more nervous than what she should be, her mother pulling her into a quick hug as she had seen her daughter start to get cold feet.

"Hey, stop being nervous. You've seen more than enough of him through video calling to know he is nervous too. I'm sure he has been in shambles trying to make sure his place was clean for you, and probably as cold as an igloo." - her mother says as she chuckles softly, her paws running through her daughter's hair, somewhat of a way to soothe her, as she knew she needed to get out on the road.

"Now c'mon, you need to get out on the road before you miss your ETA. Capeesh?" - hearing this would make Aria laugh softly, her mother always knew how to cheer her up even in situations where the tiger felt like she never would cheer up. As her mother would let go of her, she would grab some of her things; her mother grabbing the suitcase taking it downstairs on her shoulder, as Aria would have bags in her paws as she tried fidgeting in her pockets for her car keys; it should not be hard to cut it on, as the new Dodge Challenger's had push to start from the key chains activated. Looking back at her mother, she would smile before pulling her into a tight hug; her eyes starting to tear up as the emotions were overwhelming. "I love you so much Mama. I am going to miss all of this." - she says as her tail would wag softly; her mother's paws rubbing her back as she tried shushing her daughter.

"Shh, shh. Just make sure you come and visit every holiday, and make sure that you call me every night before you and him go to bed. Write me an email.. " - her mother was starting to ramble, as her own tears would start to flow. "My baby is leaving home." - her mother was now bawling by this point, causing Aria to softly laugh before pulling away from her, cupping her mother's face with her paws as she smiles at her. "I will be fine, do not worry. I am a big girl now, but I need you to let me go." - Aria says as the last part caused her to nearly choked on her words as she would depart from her mother, her mother kissing her on the forehead as Aria would walk out the door with her, pressing the start button on the key chain of her car; starting with a medium roar as her mother would put the suitcase and her bags in the trunk; closing it as she gave her daughter one last hug before she would depart from home. Aria hugging her tightly as she broke away from her mother, getting into her car and shutting the door quickly, cutting her GPS on, and radio, as she put her car in Drive and started her journey to Texas. Twelve hours she would be on the road, but every single hour would be worth it. She was going to get to Cayne, and she was going to be one happy tiger, no matter what it took; she was determined to make it work.