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  (22:44) Okay …

  (22:46) Remember when I said that I ‘kissed some girls for some reason’?

  (22:49) Well … it wasn’t because I was drunk. I mean it was, but that’s the reason it confused me.

  (22:56) Cavan, you’re rambling.

  (22:59) Right, okay. Sure.

  (23:03) I’m gay.

  (23:09) Lucas?

  (23:13) Oh thank God! I thought you were about to tell me you were lying about who you were all this time!

  (23:16) What? So .. you don’t care that I’m gay?

  (23:20) Of course not.

  (23:24) How can you be so ‘okay’ with this?! Everyone I know had at least a really big reaction, good and bad!

  (23:29) Cavan, I’m older than you. I’ve had to deal with all this bullshit myself.

  (23:34) Does that mean …? Are you gay?

  (23:39) Yes, I am.

  (23:43) Why didn’t you mention something earlier?

  (23:49) You didn’t ask.

  (23:53) Besides, I’ve enjoyed talking to someone without any prejudices and politics involved.

  (23:57) I’ve liked talking to you too.

  (23:59) I’m glad.

  ~

  (00:38) G’night Lucas.

  (00:40) Goodnight Cavan.

  Chapter 4

  Friday PM

  (13:09) So are you still going over to Bonnie and Fletcher’s tonight?

  (13:11) You remember that? I’m impressed.

  (13:14) And yes I am.

  (13:18) Are they going to ask you about me?

  (13:22) Oh yes, definitely. Eleanor’s already harassed me about it.

  (13:26) She’s even coming along tonight to pry information from me.

  (13:29) They might be devious! They’ll get you juiced up with alcohol!

  (13:36) You have no idea how accurate you are.

  (13:40) Paint me a word-picture of your friends.

  (13:45) Why?

  (13:50) I want to be able to imagine it.

  (13:53) You don’t even know how I look, let alone my moron friends.

  (13:58) Okay don’t tell me how they look, just describe them as a person.

  (14:05) Bonnie is about 5’3” and mean with it. She’s feisty and was sent from the devil to out-drink me.

  (14:08) Fletcher is about 6’4” and is Bonnie’s calm counterpart. He’s a great cook and love’s singing along to old movies.

  (14:13) As for Eleanor … I already compared her to a rash.

  (14:18) She’s eccentric. A total geek. Pretty sure she forgets to breathe when she gets excited about something medically strange.

  (14:22) Wow. So … you might really be the sane one out of the group?

  (14:27) Now tell me about your friends.

  (14:37) Okay well Sophie is my sister. She’s 5’5” and athletic. Calm and deadly.

  (14:42) Arthur is shorter. He’s 5’3” and has bright blonde hair. He’s quiet and academic. A mini-genius.

  (14:47) What about that Jean kid who took your phone?

  (14:50) I guess he’s more like …a rash? :P

  (14:53) I understand completely.

  (14:56) I sort of love that you do.

  (15:00) If it makes you feel any better most of my friend’s tower over me.

  (15:03) Wait … Even Bonnie?

  (15:06) No?

  (15:09) OMFG RKGMFDLM

  (15:15) What the fuck was that?

  (15:19) Cavan?

  (15:37) Oi shitty brat I’m talking to you!

  (15:47) Sorry, sorry, sorry!

  (15:56) Where did you go?

  (16:04) Okay I’ll tell you but you have to promise not to laugh.

  (16:05) No.

  (16:08) … Fine. I may have gotten a little bit of a nosebleed and needed to deal with it.

  (16:12) Over what?

  (16:15) Wait

  (16:20) Cavan, did you get a nosebleed because you have a thing for short guys?

  (16:23) … No?

  (16:32) I’m sorry haha I may have laughed. There’s something deeply wrong with you.

  (16:36) Don’t make fun of me!

  (16:40) Oh hush I’m sure my friends could tell you some embarrassing things about me.

  (16:43) So … you’d want me to meet your friends?

  (16:50) Well … maybe. Eventually.

  (16:54) I think I’d like that.

  (16:58) I think I’d like that too.

  ~

  (19:03) So they started their interrogation as soon as I walked in the door.

  (19:08) I feel like your friends would have your phone if they knew you were texting me. Where are you?

  (19:11) In the bathroom.

  (19:13) You went into the bathroom specifically to text me? Aw :3

  (19:15) God, please, no emoticons.

  (19:18) Shit they’re knocking on the door. Send help!

  (19:21) God speed, Lucas ;)

  ~

  (23:10) CAVAAAAAAAN!

  (23:16) I was sleeping.

  (23:19) Cavan! HI!

  (23:22) Eleanor wants to know if ur seeing some1

  (23:30) You’re drunk, Lucas.

  (23:35) R u?

  (23:37) I don’t care if u r, but frizz-face asked me to ask u

  (23:39) Haha no I’m not seeing anyone.

  (23:43) That’s good :D ure good

  (23:49) Youre so nice 2 me lik a cupcake

  (23:53) Lick a cupcake?

  (23:57) THAS UR NEW NAME!

  (00:01) gkgodkfmbks

  (00:06) Hi is this Cavan?

  (00:09) Um yes?

  (00:15) Haha sorry, Lucas has only got you saved under CUPCAMPF. It’s Bonnie. Has he … mentioned me?

  (00:18) The devil drinker? No, not at all.

  (00:20) Ha!

  (00:20) How drunk is he? Is he alright?

  (00:23) He’s fine but I’ve confiscated his phone.

  (00:27) Ah, good.

  (00:29) Get some sleep, hun ;)

  (00:31) Thanks Bonnie :)

  Saturday AM

  (6:01) GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING NORTHERN HEMISPHERE!

  (6:04) IT’S THE AMAZING Cavan COMING TO YOU LIVE TO TELL YOU

  (6:07) OF THIS AWESOME SATURDAY MORNING!

  (6:09) IS IT TO LOUD TO BE THIS EARLY?!

  (6:11) WHO CARES IT’S FRIGGIN’ SATURDAY!

  (6:18) Why?

  (6:22) LUCAS!

  (6:23) HI!

  (6:24) YOU’RE AWAKE!

  (6:28) Of course I’m awake you shit-eating little brat! You sent me so many messages my phone vibrated off the table and onto my face!

  (6:32) That’s called REVENGE, cupcake.

  (6:35) The fuck are you talking about?

  (6:38) Scroll up.

  (6:42) Oh no.

  (6:46) OH YES!

  (6:52) I’m dying.

  (6:55) You saved me as some drunk variation of ‘cupcake’!

  (6:58) Do you think of me as sweet and cute? :P

  (7:03) Please leave flowers at my grave. I’m gonna hop out this window.

  (7:07) Haha okay I think I’ve made you suffer enough for now.

  (7:11) My head is pummelling me.

  (7:14) Take water and some painkillers and then sleep for a few more hours.

  (7:17) Okay. Gotta find my bathroom first. I think I drank it.

  (7:21) You’re amusing when you’re in pain.

  (7:24) Sadist.

  (7:26) You love it.

  (7:45) Okay. Found the bathroom. Downed a pint. Took tablets. Made some tea for bed.

  (7:49) I wondered why it took you so long.

  (7:55) Try and rest now.

  (7:59) I’ll let you know if I’m still alive after this.

  (8:03) And … if you’re not?

  (8:06) Kill Eleanor.

  (8:09) What did Eleanor do?!

  (8:12) I don’t know. That’s my go-to tactic. It’s always –somehow –her fault.

  (8:15) Sleep tight Lucas.

  (8:18) We’ll
see.

  Saturday PM

  (14:02) I’m alive.

  (14:09) Are you just waking up?

  (14:15) I might be. Some little shit-stain woke me up this morning.

  (14:17) That’s not very nice.

  (14:19) Pot. Kettle. Black.

  (14:21) My mouth feels like cotton wool.

  (14:24) Oh poor little Lucas.

  (14:31) Be kind? I’m pretty sure I’m just haunting my phone right now.

  (14:39) Aw Okay I’ll be kind :)

  (14:42) So what are you up to right now?

  (14:50) Reading.

  (14:53) Wotcha reading?

  (14:57) Othello.

  (15:00) FOR FUN?!

  (15:03) It’s good.

  (15:07) I’ll take your word for it.

  (15:10) Have you ever read the Jack Reacher books?

  (15:13) Nope.

  (15:30) … I’m sorry I just had a brain haemorrhage.

  (15:34) Brat.

  (15:38) Lucas PUT OTHELLO DOWN!

  (15:42) YOU NEED TO READ JACK REACHER IMMEDIATELY!

  (15: 43) STARTING WITH KILLING FLOOR.

  (15:46) I’d rather not, thanks.

  (15:51) Lucas. If you don’t put that book down and go and get ‘Killing Floor’ RIGHT NOW I will silent-treatment your arse.

  (15:53) Oh no. Whatever shall I do without a petulant baby badgering me all day?

  (15:58) Okay I know you’re hungover, so I’ll let that one slide. For now.

  (16:00) Anyway back to the topic at hand

  (16:02) GO OUT AND GET JACK REACHER NOW!

  (16:05) Even if I wanted to read ‘Killing Floor’ –which I don’t.

  (16:09) WHERE am I supposed to go and get these books when the nearest bookstore is a 45minute walk away and shops shut at 5PM?

  (16:16) Do you have a kindle?

  (16:20) No.

  (16:23) I guess you’re an alien.

  (16:25) Urgh. Fine.

  (16:28) I’ll ask Bonnie to borrow hers.

  ~

  (17:15) Bonnie and Fletcher laughed at me for ten minutes before she handed me her kindle. I have just bought ‘Killing Floor’.

  (17:16) Okay! I’ll leave you to read! I’ll see you in a week when you crawl out of your man-cave after binging the series!

  (17:18) I can assure you that won’t happen.

  (17:20) I bet it will!

  (17:21) We’ll see.

  ~

  (19:34) Why didn’t I read this?

  (19:38) Ha! And you thought Othello was good.

  (19:41) Shut up I’m reading. Go away.

  Sunday AM

  (00:05) Okay so I finished the first book.

  (00:09) I’m not fully aware of how sordid and miserable my childhood was having been deprived of how AMAZING JACK REACHER IS!

  (00:13) Heh even though you woke me up … you’re kindda cute.

  (00:16) Should I start the second one or sleep?

  (00:19) Fuck it. Who needs sleep?!

  ~

  (4:01) I hope this wakes you up you little shit. You did this to me! I have literally seen day turn into night and night turn into day BECAUSE OF YOU!

  (4:07) Wish I could spoil this for you … Git.

  ~

  (11:50) Are you still mad at me?

  (11:55) Yes. My eyeballs have papercuts right now because I fell asleep reading.

  (11:59) What time did you nod off in the end?

  (12:03) Last I checked … it was 5:23.

  (12:06) Oh you poor man!

  (12:07) I’d say I felt bad … but I don’t.

  (12:10) This needed to be done.

  (12:15) I may have started the third one just now.

  (12:17) Oh that’s a good one! The Visitor?

  (12:21) Yeah.

  (12:24) Honestly, you’ll love it. You can’t doubt me at this point.

  (12:32) No I supposed I can’t. You haven’t been wrong yet.

  (12:33) Yet.

  (12:38) Oh God I just realised! I should be pacing these out!

  (12:40) Relax, there’s like twenty odd books at this point.

  (12:41) Really?

  (12:42) Something like that.

  (12:43) Oh, okay. Good.

  (12:45) Haha you’ll be taking them to school with you on Monday. Hiding it behind your textbook.