WhatsApp Group Chat
'The Golden Hive' with
Stan, Mackie, RDJ and Rudd

Rudd
guys
i've got it

Stan
got what?

Rudd
i've got a new name for us

RDJ
okay do it
change it change it change it
i don't wanna be a bee anymore

Rudd changed the subject from 'The Golden Hive' to 'The Marauders + Lily Evans'

Mackie
oh jesus

Stan
i don't want to be pettigrew

Rudd
that's fine coz you're not
look, i even made a list already
james potter = seb (because he's suave and all)
lily evans = chris ('cause of their last names)
sirius black = me ('cause let's admit it, i am the cool one)
remus lupin = rdj ('cause it's rdj)
peter pettigrew = mackie ('cause you're annoying)

RDJ
actually i think it should be the other way around
james potter = rudd (because you'd definitely be a love sick puppy like potter)
lily evans = chris ('cause of their last names)
sirius black = seb ('cause of their long hair)
remus lupin = rdj ('cause it's rdj---duh)
peter pettigrew = mackie ('cause you're annoying x2)

Mackie
I DISAPPROVE
I REFUSE TO BE PETTIGREW

Stan
james potter or sirius black
i'm okay with either
but man, chris is gonna start saying he doesn't have red hair

Mackie
WELL I'M NOT THAT SHORT EITHER
I HATE YOU GUYS
I'M TELLING MY MOM

RDJ
i love messing around with mackie

Rudd
i love it too 😂
and hey, i see chris typing!!!!!

RDJ
finally
at least this time we won't have to wait for him to reply after like an hour

Stan
hey but sirius black gets killed off by bellatrix

RDJ
james potter gets killed off by voldemort
and lily too
so take your pick

Rudd
don't

we do NOT speak of this
we're in the marauders era so we're all alive and well and peter pettigrew is a kind-hearted boy who has his friends' backs

Mackie
fine i'll take it because this is pre-voldemort

RDJ
evans, i've never seen you type this long
are you writing an essay on all the reasons why you shouldn't be lily evans or something

Rudd
well, naomi did say that he's a rarity, right?

Mackie
AHAHAHAHA oh my god oh man that was good

RDJ
told you it's a good idea to have him in here

Stan
bud, what are you typing
it's been like an hour

Mackie
i stg vanilla ice
you're a literal drama queen when you've got coffee in your system

RDJ
actually, i'm the drama queen in this group chat
so shut it

Evans
i can't love her.

Rudd
EXCUSE ME WHAT

Mackie
WAIT HOLD UP WHAT
WHAT IS THIS WHAT'S GOING ON

RDJ
oh my god oh my god
what happened?

Stan
oh fuck
wait what the hell do you mean you can't love her?

Evans
she said i can't love her.

RDJ
naomi said you can't love her?
am i actually reading this correctly?

Rudd
we're not talking about the special lady friend naomi, right?
because special lady friend naomi would never say this

Evans
she did
this morning
rather quietly

Mackie
but
but why did she say that all of a sudden. . . .

Evans
i guess she knows about my feelings for her

Stan
well, obviously
you're pretty transparent to her, man
okay sorry let's leave that aside for now
why did she suddenly tell you that?

Evans
i think she had a nightmare about her mother because she screamed 'mama' at around 5.30am and when i got to her, she was drenched in cold sweat and she was practically shaking.

RDJ
the poor girl. . .

Mackie
wait, if the nightmare was about her mother then why did she say she can't love you?

Evans
i think it's because i saw her in that state.

Rudd
but a lot of people wake up in that state sometimes when they've had a really bad nightmare

Stan
was it more than a nightmare?

Evans
she didn't say. she didn't tell me anything about the nightmare she had and why she screamed for her mother or why she kept apologizing to me.

Rudd
wait hang on
i just realized something

RDJ
what?

Rudd
why were you with naomi though?

Mackie
omg

Evans
hold your horses, mackie
we didn't do anything

Mackie
actually my 'omg' was directed at paul 'cause he spotted that way before any of us did

RDJ
told you we should have added him in here a long time ago

Stan
wait were you at her place or

Evans
like you guys said, i should talk to her and ask her about what's been eating away at her.

RDJ
okay

Evans
so, i texted her and asked if she was free but then she replied me while she was drunk

Mackie
naomi got drunk?

Evans
yeah, even i was surprised
so i kept asking her to tell me where she was and then she drunk texted me, saying, "you should stop texting me before i fall for you. you make it so hard for me to not like you."

Stan
oh my god

Rudd
oh my freaking god
okay well at least we know that she likes you a lot

RDJ
drunk thoughts are sober thoughts

Mackie
did you say anything?

Evans
her safety and whereabouts were my main concern at the time even though i was completely taken aback by it.
anyway, the bartender managed to get a hold of her phone and texted me her location. when i got to her, she was already crying and shaking. when we were in the car on the way back to her place, she said she was sorry and that she can't.

Stan
she can't?
she can't what?

Evans
she didn't finish what she was trying to say.

Rudd
hang on
chris said that she said he can't love her

RDJ
you're saying she could have been trying to say that she can't love him either?

Evans
i don't know what to think. . .

Mackie
oh my god
my ship
my beloved ship

Rudd
hey i'm the damn club president

Stan
shush shush
what else happened, chris?

Evans
i couldn't get her keys so i drove us back to mine. she slept in my bedroom while i slept outside on the couch and then i woke up 'cause she screamed for her mother. i stayed by her side until she calmed down, and then she said it quite softly.

RDJ
our poor girl
my god
she was always so cheerful

Mackie
sometimes, the ones who look the brightest are actually the saddest. . .

Stan
is she okay, now? is she still at your place?

Evans
no, i drove her back to hers.
she's probably watching suits right now.

Rudd
y'know, amidst all of this, i still can't get over how you know what she's even doing right in this very moment.

RDJ
are you gonna talk to her about it?

Evans
about what?

Stan
about her saying you can't love her.

Evans
i want to talk to her about it and ask her what she meant by it but i don't think she'll tell me. i asked her what that meant when she said it but she just stayed quiet so i decided to drop it.

Mackie
she seems pretty shaken up about the nightmare she had

Stan
^ she really does

Rudd
maybe you could give her some space and time? wait for her to come around on her own?

RDJ
could be for the best, chris ^

Evans
i love her.

Mackie
oh chris. . .

Stan
bud. . .

Evans
and it's not because i saw her in such a state and that i pity her or anything.
i knew i loved her when i literally started to feel the butterflies in my stomach. it's a real feeling and it even made me feel a little queasy but that's okay because i love her. i started having this feeling around two weeks ago. we were sitting in my living room, watching the nanny because it's her favourite show and after some time, i just found myself looking at her. she didn't notice me staring because she was pretty focused on the show but that was when i felt it and she wasn't doing or saying anything to me. she was just there, right next to me, watching the nanny as she burst into constant fits of laughter. i just, i fell in love with her right in that very moment and i found myself falling in love with her every day that we were on set.

RDJ
what are you gonna do now?

Rudd
especially since she told you that you can't love her. . .

Evans
i don't know. . .
i honestly don't know what i should do.

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a/n; boy i sure have a lot in store for chris and naomi :-) :-)

also, shoutout to @sarcastic-shit for coming up with the group chat name 'the marauders + lily' for these five adorable dorks 💞 thank you so much for this!!! i love this new group chat name 😂🙌🏻

ps. not sure if all of you got the notification for chapter 59 ('cause i think there were some minor problems with the notifications and stuff) but if you didn't, check it out 'cause it's kind of an important chapter (you'll see 😉). to everyone who's read it, i hope you haven't given up hope on evansberg!!