TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Fifteen pages later and I'm finally done with this paper. Can you believe it? Fifteen pages! It's crazy!
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
What class is that for? (And yes, crazy indeed.)
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Geography. We had to write about the effects of climate change. Boring and completely juvenile. I would have done something like this in college.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Ah, well, it's done, yeah? I say we celebrate!
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Does that mean you want to meet up? Remember what happened last time?
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Yes, Liz... -.-
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
YOU DROPPED YOUR COFFEE ALL OVER THAT POOR MAN.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I SAID I WAS SORRY!
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
You're just evil, Alfie. Evil, evil, evil.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Bet it made a grand story to tell his wife when he got home, though.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Hm. Maybe. Who's to say he's got a wife, though? He could well-enough be on his own.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
At that age? I certainly hope not.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
What? He was only forty something.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
More along the lines of sixty.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
No way!
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Yeah, he had white hair and glasses and everything. Can't believe you missed it. Do you need glasses? (;
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Shut up. And, well then, I sincerely hope he went home to his lovely wife and they had a good laugh about it.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Me too. When I'm that old, I want to be able to tell my wife all sorts of funny things. Reckon I'd be so funny even then.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
You're not that funny, Alfie.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Really? You laughed quite a bit last weekend, at the library.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
No. You were just being dumb. I was laughing at how dumb you were.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
You're the one who decided we should build a book fortress and play hide-and-seek. I was merely joining in on the fun with my incredible jokes.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Please.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I went to the zoo the other day. It was empty, except for one dog. It was a Shih Tzu.
. . .
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I'll bet you're laughing right now!
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Am not.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Then why did you take so long to reply?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
I was grabbing something to eat from the kitchen. Nessa and her friends have completely cleared out the fridge, again.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
But you did laugh, though. Admit it.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
No.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Yes.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
No.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Yes. Just say it. We're all friends here.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
You and I, Alfie, are not friends.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Then what are we?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Aquaintances.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
That makes zero sense. We willingly go out to see each other. We're friends, Elizabeth.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Wow, okay. No need to use my whole name.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I don't know. I quite like it.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
What are you, Mr. Darcy?
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I've got the looks for it, sure.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
You're so weird.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
And you love it. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. Fits well.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Yeah, if we quarreled half the time we talked with one another.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I'll never understand why you use that word.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
I like it. And the other half, you'd have to be saying 'I love you, most ardently.'
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Do you want me to?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Nooooo. What the hell?
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Elizabeth, I love you, most ardently.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Shut up, Alfie.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
loooooooooooool.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Those extra O's were completely unneccessary.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Just like your existence. (;
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
THANKS A LOT, BUTTHEAD. :{
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I'm going to head to the library in an hour or so, if you want, meet me there?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Same table?
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Yes.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Great, I've missed Ben.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
You named our table Ben?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
I like how you say, 'our table.'
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
Might as well be ours. We spend the most time at it. And considering this term's nearly over and exams are only a few weeks away, we're going to be spending a lot more time there.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Good. I like studying with you. No more paper airplanes, though. It's distracting.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
And my face isn't?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Where the hell did the slightly insecure Alfie go from when we first met?
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
This girl I'm aquainted with says insecurity doesn't look good on me.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
She's right. Listen to that girl.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
I always do.
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Good. She appreciates it. And, she's grabbing you a coffee on her way over.
TO: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
FROM: ALFIE
She remembers my order?
TO: ALFIE
FROM: E(LIZ)A(BETH)
Like the back of her hand now.
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author's note: sorry for the suuuuuper late and short update. been hella busy these past few months. thank you to everyone who's been sticking by this story and asking for updates and leaving kind as fuck comments for me down below. it means the world to me!
dedicated to hira, 'cause she's a cutie and a great person. see ya soon, babe! hope you liked this. x