Living On A Dare

Jose

Every little girl dreams of a big white wedding with their knight in shining armor. They'd have 2.5 kids, a beautiful house, birds flying around with crowns made of flowers, and live happily ever after. None of us ever dreamed of being divorced with a baby because we discovered that the knight was an evil ogre when we came home from a prenatal appointment and caught him in bed with another woman. Yet, here I was, twenty-six, a single mom, trying to find a magic spell to keep the ogre out of my life.

My sister Tabitha's arrival on the day I found him cheating brought something I needed into my life - someone who acted and loved like a real family member. I hadn't even known she existed until that ancestry DNA testing gift, but it felt like I'd known her my whole life.

Now I wanted my dream, but I wanted to have a fresh start and be me for the first time in years. I wanted to live my best life with my daughter, laugh every day... basically I wanted the dream without the knight.

Then, my soon to be brother-in-law's best friend dares me to go out on a date with him, and it's not a dare I can say no to.

Ellis

I've been a tattoo artist for years. I've met great people, weird people, pain's in the ass, you name it, but I've never met anyone like Jose.

We're proof that opposites attract, but every time I ask her out she keeps saying no. So, I came up with a plan, a plan based on handing out dares knowing she wouldn't say no to them. Why? Because she's the most stubborn woman in the world.

When that still wasn't enough, I went ahead and submitted a photograph of the two of us into a competition in an ink magazine. Guess what - it won, so it's now on billboards all over the country and she can't get away from me.

So now we're living on a dare.

And I dare Jose to say no.