CHAPTER TEN;
who's awake?

iMESSAGE
BARBIE BITCHES GC
AMALA, PETER, AKIRA, NED
2:56 a.m.

AMALA
anyone awake

i cant sleep

NED
hi amala

AMALA
hi ned

what's up

NED
nothing much

contemplating my existence
on this planet

wbu? i heard you were sick.

hope you're feeling better

AMALA
no way 🤩

me too

also i'm feeling better thank
you :) i've had a pounding
headache all day and it's keeping
me awake lol

but i feel better than yesterday that's
for sure

NED
glad to hear that lol

what has you contemplating
life tonight tho

AMALA
well idk

i was watching a vid

NED
as one does

AMALA
as one does

and idk it was a vid ab space
and it like sent me into orbit

lol see what i did there

NED
lmfao that was good

AMALA
thanks 😊

anyways.

was watching a video and this guy
went "do you know that every year
the sky gets darker" and i googled it
to see what he went and it's actually
true.

like every year our sky gets darker bc
stars die much quicker than thwy are
born.

that means that one day, people in the
future will look at the sky and see
nothing. like literally nothing. just black.

i cannot imagine how scary that must
be. to never know any better. these
people are never going to know that
we could see stars in the sky. they're
never going to know rhey even existed
bc they're all DEAD.

n i'm just playing slow dancing in the
dark and just thinking

everything we've ever known started in
a vacuum of emptiness . we were nothing
ans now we are everything. everything that
makes us US is unknown and theoretical.
we know nothing but we pretend like we
know it all. we don't. everything is
unknown

how did we even become something?

just an explosion? a pressure of heat
then BAM? but then why? how can
there be heat when there is nothing?
what caused the heat?

so is it god? but then where did god
come from? who are his creators?
why did he make the universe like thid
ans not like that?

nothing is explainable.

PETER
holy shit

NED
damn dude

AMALA
hi peter

PETER
hi amala

how are you feeling

AMALA
better thank you :)

NED
dude that was so ?/?/$:&/

PETER
^^ what ned said

idk what i'm feeling but they're
feelings and theyrw making me
have a crisis about the universe

*they're

so thanks for that 👍🏼

AMALA
sorry lol

just in a thinking mood

NED
your thinking mood is very

deep

AMALA
why'd tou hesitate

NED
what

AMALA
why did you pause between
that sentence

NED
it was a typo?????

AMALA
so you hate me

wow

i see how it is

NED
what

AMALA
ned i thought you were bae

turns out you're just fam

no one hmu ✋🏼. real ones know
🥀🖤⛓

PETER
gasp

NED
im actually gonna cry why
cant i do anything right in
this life

what can i do to make it better
i didn't mean for this to happen
😓😓😓

AMALA
😖😖😖

i don't know if i can move on
from thid

NED
pls 😫⛓🖤🥀

i canr bear to see you usowtn

*upset *bare

AMALA
☹️😫😖

@ PETER should i forgive him?

PETER
honestly?

nah

NED
PETER

PETER
😃😃😃

oops

AMALA
LOL NED GET FUCKED 🤣🤣

NED
i hate you

PETER
no you don't

NED
yes i do

idiot

PETER
shut up

dumb dinosaur

NED
no YOU shut up

ugly bug

AMALA
OH HSIT

THE GIRLS ARE FIGHTING

@ AKIRA hoe where are you
it's getting interesting !!!

PETER
shut up ned

this is why no one loves you

NED
no one loves ME?

when was the last time you
touched a female besides your
aunt

AMALA
💀💀💀💀💀

@ AKIRA ARE TOU SEEING
THIS SHIT WHWRE ARE YOU

AKIRA
IM HWRE IM HERE

AMALA
AKI IM SCRWMAINGNA

AKIRA
LEMME READ ONE SEC

AMALA
OKKK

PETER
last night

and it was your mother

AKIRA
NAWWWW IM HOLLERING

💔😭💔😭💔😭💔💔

AMALA
😭😭💀💀💀💀💀

my jaw just broke

rest in peace ned 🕊

gone but never forgotten 🙏🏽

AKIRA
we need to plan a funeral !!

i'll organize it and make it cute

AMALA
can the theme be glitter pls

AKIRA
ya

PETER
and the color pink

like that one obnoxiously
bright pink

AMALA
neon pink

PETER
yes

AKIRA
yes yes i agree

NED
oh you were with my mom
last night?

fine well FUCK YOU i never
even liked you anyways i hope
you choke on a wrapper

stupid spider

AMALA
NOO HES WOUNDED

WE NEED TO SPEED UP THE
FUNERAL PREP !!!!!

PETER
ned.

AKIRA
we must!!!!! it's happening
tomorrow in the back of the
gym.

wear bright pink and anything
with glitter to remember his
memory 😔🌈

NED
sorry

PETER
private

now

NED
K

AMALA
???

AKIRA
uh hello ????

wtf happened

AMALA
idk

guys? @ PETER @ NED

AKIRA
they both went offline

AMALA
that's weird :/

AKIRA
ya

anyways since they're gone
go priv

we'll plan the funeral together

🤣💞💓🕊

AMALA
LOL

ok coming
read

— END OF CHAPTER 10 —

[ note ]
another filler chap since
this was supposed to be
in the last one but it got
too long :)

i want the story to be a
slow burn and also be
written smartly. so amala
is not going to catch on to
peter's double identity v
early or out of nowhere.
hence the buildup.

thank you for understanding :)
i'm having so much writing this !!

much love,

pearl <3