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❝︎ 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 ❞︎
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Aurora Park allowed her thumb to hesitate over the blue arrow button on her phone. She had been hesitant to follow Rae's advice, considering the idea was quite bland compared to her Mission Impossible-esque approach to the subject. It wasn't that Rory didn't trust Rae, because she did. The problem was that Rory wasn't sure how to approach Val.
In all of their years of friendship, Rory never had trouble in opening up to Val and talking about their issues. However, something about this situation felt different. She couldn't exactly put her finger on it, but it made her nervous.
Foot tapping across her hardwood floor, she finally mustered up the courage and pressed send.
rory
can we talk?
Honestly, Rory was half expecting Val to ignore the message entirely.
That thought fled her mind the moment her phone dinged.
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rory
can we talk?
val
ya
rory
what the fuck
rory
you actually replied
val
yes?
rory
uh anyways
rory
are you mad at me?
val
what makes u think that
rory
i mean...
rory
we haven't talked in weeks
rory
and your recent kinda seemed like you
were brushing me off after i tweeted
about missing you
val
not everything's about you aurora
rory
not the full name-
rory
also i wasn't trying to say everything's
about me ?
val
ok
rory
can you please tell me what's wrong?
rory
so i can fix it
val
idk
rory
the one word replies aren't gonna
cut it val
rory
you gotta give me something to
work with here
val
fine
val
we don't need to talk every second
of every day...
val
space is good
rory
and normally i'd agree
rory
but we haven't talked for weeks????
rory
we barely spoke the day you left
and since then it's been radio silence
on your end
val
i've been busy
val
you can't blame me for doing my job
rory
i'm not !
rory
i just wanted to talk to you
rory
you're my best friend and i want
to hear all about your day
rory
this new role is huge for your career
and i want to know how everything
is going and how amazing your life
is becoming
val
it's fun
rory
have you made any friends?
val
yeah a few
val
mainly jennie
rory
the girl in your insta post?
val
yeah...
"Here we go..." She sighed.
rory
oh... rae told me a little bit about
her
val
fucking great
rory
what?
val
she thinks jennie is problematic
val
but she's wrong.
rory
idk val...
rory
i've seen the stuff written about her...
val
of course you'd believe all of that shit
val
those journalists exaggerate everything
val
i thought you'd know that by now
considering how many bs articles
that were written about you...
rory
i think this might be different
val
you've never even met her
val
stay in your lane
rory
i'm just trying to help val
val
i don't need your help
val
or rae's
rory
please just hear me out
val
why should i?
val
you're shitting on my friend
rory
i'm your friend too
rory
i care about you
rory
does jennie?
val
why would u ask that???
val
of course she does
rory
i'm not so sure about that
this time val
rory
i'm just looking out for you
val
well stop
val
she's famous and understands the
pressure of being under the eye
of the public
val
i just wanted a friend who would
actually help me out
rory
excuse me ???
rory
so you're saying i haven't helped
you out at all during our 5 years
of friendship ?
val
not that i can recall
rory
how about all of those times
you got your heart broken
by assholes every other month
and i let you sleep over my
place for days on end with
practically an all-you-can-
eat buffet for you???
rory
or when i helped pay for your
dinner or even your bills
because you couldn't afford
them???
rory
or when you kept losing roles
and i worked with you to help
you learn how to portray
emotions better????
rory
or when your grandfather passed
and i set up the entire funeral
service so that you had to time
to grieve in peace?????
rory
what the fuck was all of that then???
val
i never asked you to do all of that.
rory
you're being fucking ridiculous
rory
jennie's clearly manipulating
you and it's honestly really
fucking sad to watch
rory
you might think i'm pathetic but
i know i deserve better than this
rory
don't talk to me until you get your
shit together
rory
and fucking talk to rae
rory
at least fix one relationship before
you lose everyone.
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certified dumbass™︎ ┊︎ @roary
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