27. TEXTS
MINNIE
hey so
MINNIE
kinda out of the blue
MINNIE
definitely sounds more in touch with my emotions than I usually am but I maybe miss you lmao
MINNIE
and the rest of the cast too, ofc, but if we're playing favorites here, I miss u the most (don't tell seb though otherwise I'll probs end up with an hour's worth of hysterical sobbing from him via voicemail)
CHRIS
hey there stranger, long time no speak
MINNIE
omg how lame I retract my previous statement
CHRIS
MINNIE
jk jk
MINNIE
so like I know ur visiting ur family and I can 100% appreciate and understand how important that is, but I'm just putting an offering out there that if u ever find yourself anywhere nearby then feel free to drop me a text or whatever
MINNIE
I was gonna say 'and we can hang out' but then I realised that I'm not in middle school anymore
CHRIS
hanging out is a very grown up thing to do idk what you mean
MINNIE
dude it sounds like something tom would say
CHRIS
shit I get your point
CHRIS
what's the adult way of communicating that u want to hang out with someone
MINNIE
idk myb 'would u like to go on a date' or something of that description
MINNIE
just a thought
CHRIS
hm im not convinced
MINNIE
do u hear that
CHRIS
we're in different states so no
MINNIE
it was the sound of my heart breaking
MINNIE
if you need me, I'll be crying on the floor of a Denny's bathroom, per Seb's recommendation
CHRIS
hey so totally unrelated note but when I come into town in say, idk, in 8 days totally hypothetically and definitely not for a big important meeting, would u be free
MINNIE
hypothetically, I'm sure I could find time somewhere
CHRIS
and, ya know, purely hypothetically would u like to go out to dinner with me or something
MINNIE
i'd even hypothetically introduce u to banjo beforehand
CHRIS
whoa hold ur hypothetical horses let's not rush now
MINNIE
smh we've been dating for ages
MINNIE
wHEW it must be like 9 or 10 months by now, it's abt time u meet my favourite person
CHRIS
how rude of me to forget
MINNIE
didn't even send me flowers for our six month anniversary and now this ?? unacceptable
CHRIS
my deepest apologies
MINNIE
how deep is ur deepest though
CHRIS
I'd say as deep as lizzie got when she was having that existential crisis over breakfast
MINNIE
oh wow that's hella deep dude
CHRIS
ikr
MINNIE
we've landed ourselves in such a mess omg
CHRIS
how so ??
MINNIE
we've kissed goodbye to any chance of keeping this a secret that we might've had
CHRIS
a blessing and a curse
CHRIS
but hey I'm sure we can make it work
MINNIE
idek I've never done the celebrity dating scene before
CHRIS
you'll be fine, we've practically been doing it for 3 months anyway and nothing's gone drastically wrong up to now
MINNIE
dangerous last words, christopher
CHRIS
nah I don't think so
AUTHOR'S NOTE; just a reminder that they've been 'fake' dating for like 3 and a half months by this point so i wouldn't say it's rushed or an illogical step for them to take, I mean it was gonna happen sooner or later, so why not sooner