Bold=Matthew
Italicized=Eva
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Incoming Call
New Fren?🤷🏽‍♀️

"Can I ask you something?"

"Hello to you too, Prince Charming."

"Sorry. Hello, Queen of awkwardness."

"You got my name down! Ask me anything."

"What happened on the day you first called me?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you said it was 'the worst day ever'. I was just wondering why that was the case."

"OHHHH! Yeah, that was a funny day."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, I had just auditioned for a part in my school musical."

"This is a foreboding start.."

"Foreboding?"

"What?"

"Nothing. Don't interrupt me, by the way."

"Whatever you say."

"ANYWAYYY, I had just auditioned for a part in my school musical. As you probably figured out, it went horribly. The drama teacher kept on glaring at me during my monologue, and my stupid voice cracked during the singing part of the audition. With his reaction afterward, I'll be lucky if I even get an extra part."

"It was really that bad?"

"Not really."

"Knew i~"

"It was even worse."

"Aaaand I spoke too soon."

"After the audition, my mom was supposed to be waiting for me in the parking lot. But she wasn't there. She was out picking up my little sister from band practice. So I had to walk home, in the humid as HECK southern weather."

"Ooohhhh...that must have sucked."

"You really learn a lot about nature after a walk like that."

"I could imagine."

"Yup. And then once I got home, my youngest sister ambushed me with a bowl of hard macaroni she was creating necklaces with."

"Eugh."

"Sooo, yeah. It was a pretty sucky day."

"But then you called me and it was all better, right?"

"Don't flatter yourself, Princey."

"I'm wounded, Queenie!"

"Queenie??"

"..what? You have a nickname for me, so I figured I might as well give you one.."

"Don't call me that again, for all our sakes."

"Okay, jeesh! I guess I'll come up with a new one then."

"Good. Queenie was kind of awkward, and we don't need more awkwardness with me already around."

"....can I ask you another question?"

"Fire away."

"Why did you keep on calling me?"

"Oh...well...you see, I'm sort of homeschooled, and I don't have that many friends other than Charlotte, who goes to public school. I just thought this might be an opportunity to make a new friend, so I took it."

"Aw, that's cool."

"I guess so....Oh! I have to go, Princey. My mom wants to help in the kitchen."

"Oh, okay! Bye...friend?

"..bye, friend."

Call ended

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