It's the deadline today for the techno nerds to meet up and show their results. As I walk to Trevor's place, I'm so anxious and uneasy that I keep twiddling my fingers. My breath is heavy, while my head is running with possible scenarios. "What if this all blows up in my face right at the very beginning. What then. What do I tell April", I think to myself. My greatest fear really wasn't the whole app operation not working out, but rather the fact I had to show my face to April with another load of bad news. I wasn't big on having faith on a lot of things. That privilege was taken away from me while I was still a kid. So it really puts me on edge when I don't know the exact end result of something I've invested in.
I've been insecure, anxious and frankly depressed all my life. Those feelings seem to be built into my DNA. But as April would say, "you cant expect to get anything done if you're not willing to take a risk in doing something you're not 100% sure of". And for the most part shes right, but shes always the biggest risk taker I know of. Matter of fact, her dating me was the very start of her continuous risk taking. When we were still dating I could barely comprehend the idea that I actually managed to scoop such a girl in my lifetime.
April was what you could call a top tier girl of my high school life. Nobody, and I mean nobody could easily get her attention . Sure she was friendly to everyone, but that was really the most you'd get out of her. But I was the lucky guy who managed to get the most out of her, and still ended up keeping her to myself.
So it kinda feels like marrying April was some major dumb luck on my side. But she says it was the best thing that ever happened to her, and I'm just hoping that shes not regretting taking that risk with me in the long run.
I got to Trevor's place, and made my way in. The rest of the crew was already there waiting to break the news to me.
"So. whats the verdict", I asked them all. Trevor and Davey came up first. "Should I tell him or do you want to", Trevor asked Davey. The looks on their faces seemed to show they had something heavy to put on me. "Don't worry, I'll break down the news better", Davey told Trevor.
Davey cleared his throat and started saying, "well J. 10k isn't a lot of money to work with, especially with the sort of app we're planning to develop. There's just so many fundamentals and admin that we really need to consider". After Davey said that, I felt my heart start to fall in it's place as my head hung low.
"But! I told you that we'd make it work, and it will", Davey said with a big smile. I was lost for words. "It's a big risk I'd admit, but if this big risk means a larger reward, we're going to be swimming in money eeeeyy", Davey exclaimed, soon after him and Trevor started making a jig. I covered my mouth with my hands and muttered, "thank God". I looked at Leilani and the other guys for their side of news. Leilani looked at Lenny and Eric and told them, "I'll tell him".
So we did some much needed research. Asked a lot of people a LOT of questions. And I'm proud to say that we've figured out the perfect design for our app that's not only modern, but sexy AF too", Leilani told me. In that exact moment, I had no idea of how to express exactly how I was feeling, so I opted to giving everyone a hug.
"We need to celebrate", Eric exclaimed. "Don't worry I've got that covered", Trevor stated. He pulled out a bottle of really expensive Rosé, and claiming that, "I've been saving this bad boy for the right occasion". We poured out some drinks and started cheering away. "I can't believe it. We're actually crazy enough to do this thing", Trevor stated, "Damn right", Leilani yelled out.
"Wait! J did you manage to get that celebrity shout out to get this project off the ground", Trevor asked me.
I responded to him with, "you might need to pour me an extra glass for getting Franklin J Miller to give our app that shout out".
Trevor put his hand on his mouth and asked me, "how the hell did you manage to pull that off". I shrugged my shoulders and told him, I'm not your fearless leader for nothing".
"Hey! As long as the project doesn't cut into my quality time with my wife, I'm good with whatever", Davey told us. "Davey has a wife now", the rest of us exclaimed. Trevor took a sip of wine from his glass and said, "damn! A Lot has changed".
"For sure. But what hasn't changed is the techno nerds determination", I announced to the group. " Here's to the upcoming Blip app. The biggest app that's definitely going to flood the market ", I announced while raising my glass in the air.
We clicked our glasses and all yelled out, "to the Blip App! Cheers".
Coming up...
Her side of the story.