I Never Stopped | ongoing

Chapter 6 | Notification

him: how is your butt doing though you took a pretty hard fall

I glare at my phone.

me: shut up i did not

me: and she is doing perfectly fine thank you for asking

him: you refer to your butt as a she?

me: uh yeah is there a problem?

him: nope no problem at all

me: yeah that's what i thought

me: sorry that was rude

him: don't apologize it was funny

I breathe a little sigh of relief. I'm glad that Sawyer isn't one of those guys that gets butthurt really easily 'cause if he was that would be really annoying.

him: so why were you at the elementary school yesterday anyway?

me: i had the day off yesterday and my mom needed some help around the office so i told her i could go and lend her a hand

him: wow such a good daughter you are

I roll my eyes at his sarcasm instead of smiling at his message like I know I want to.

me: i know right i'm amazing

me: why were you at the school yesterday?

For some odd reason, Sawyer doesn't respond to this message right away. The three gray dots appear and then disappear just as fast as they came. I asked him the same exact question that he asked me so I don't know why he would have to continue deleting the messages that he was typing out to send. Why is he hesitating to tell me why he was at the school?

After waiting about two minutes for Sawyer to respond, his message finally comes through.

him: i had to pick up one of my friends and while i waited i decided to go and say hi to my mom

me: cool do i know this friend of yours? maybe i remember them

He hesitates again, typing and then deleting his message once or twice.

him: yeah

The fact that he didn't provide the name makes him even more suspicious.

me: who is it?

him: elise

Oh. I didn't expect that one. I know that they went to middle school together so maybe they stayed in touch and continued to be good friends.

me: oh that's cool! how is she i haven't spoken to her in forever?

him: she's doing good

him: what school do you go to?

Ah, subject changing at its finest. He's avoiding the topic of Elise and I don't know why, but I decide to just let it go. If he doesn't want to talk about it then it's probably for a good reason. I trust his judgment.

me: i go to gray hill high school what about you?

him: atticus high school

me: random question but are you and logan still friends?

me: cause last i remember you guys were besties

him: i'm still friends with that fool sadly

him: nah i'm just kidding i love that dude to death

him: you can't tell him that though cause he'll never let me live it down

me: LMAO i won't promise

me: how is he? i miss that dude

him: he's pretty good and he misses you too

him: he talks about you sometimes and says how much he misses you or will just bring you up to tease me that bitch

me: aww send me his @ pls so that i can talk to him

me: wait what do you mean he teases you?

him: logan.perez.fanclub

I press the link that Sawyer sent me and immediately follow Logan's Instagram. I do a little dance in my seat because me and Logan were the best duo in elementary. He is literally the funniest person ever.

I go back to my messages with Sawyer and see that he's trying to avoid what he said about Logan's teasing.

That's not gonna work with me sir.

him: nevermind forget i ever said anything

me: no no

me: you brought it up

him: technically you brought it up by mentioning logan

This dude is still as stubborn as I remember. It's okay though, he'll submit to me eventually.

me: you know what i mean

me: logan brings me up to tease you?

him: maybe?

me: elaborate

him: you're really gonna make me say it?

me: yes i want to know

him: fine

It takes him a while to send his next message but it eventually pops up on my screen. Like I said earlier, he was gonna submit to me eventually, but I did expect him to put up a bigger fight than this.

him: logan teases me because he knows that i had a big crush on you in elementary

Oh.

me: well if it makes you feel any better i had a big crush on you too

him: wait really?

me: maybe?

him: bruh

me: no im just kidding i did

him: damn kinda regretting i never made a move back then

Why did my heart start beating really fast after I read this?

me: its okay

me: maybe next time lmao

I press the send button before my brain actually processes what I just wrote. It's like my thumbs have a mind of their own. I'm about to unsend the message, but his reply stops me in my tracks.

him: maybe

O-kay. I think I've been vulnerable enough with those last few messages that I've sent so I'm just gonna tell Sawyer that I'm gonna go to sleep because Lord knows the amount of things that my thumbs can reveal if I keep this conversation going. I think I've had enough candor for one day.

me: i'm getting tired so i'm gonna head to bed but it was really nice catching up

me: good night sawyer

him: good night sage

Word Count: 1371

author's note:

HEY HEY! A new chapter is here! I don't know why, but for some reason I really like how this chapter came out and I hope that you guys did too! I love how even though they just reconnected, they can already joke around with each other ya know?

Be sure to let me know your thoughts on the book and characters :)

I love you and I am proud of you. I hope that you have a beautiful day <3

elisa <3