WhatsApp Messages with Hannah

Piper
hannah, just end me already
just kill me
it'll be quicker and less painful and probably less awkward as well

Hannah
ok firstly, no
you can't die coz who else is gonna tell me that i can't have a pet dog coz i'm just the absolute worst at taking care of cute little animals

Piper
i don't care
just end me, please

Hannah
okay pip
what's up
what's wrong
i'm still not gonna end u tho

Piper
remember the christmas party i told you about?

Hannah
yeah the one that robert downey jr is hosting in like 7 or 8 days from now, right?

Piper
yes
well, they're also hosting a secret santa game

Hannah
okay
what's wrong with that?
you're great at getting presents, so it shouldn't be a problem

Piper
the problem is that i'm chris' secret santa

Hannah
omg

Piper
yeah

Hannah
okay i get where you're coming from

Piper
yes

Hannah
and i can see why you're pulling your hair out over this

Piper
I AM
ugh god
we just had the most unfortunate first meeting and then the entire group found out about it a few days ago and now... now, i get to be chris' secret santa
the universe hates me
it just absolutely abhors me

Hannah
has he updated his wishlist yet?

Piper
he hasn't
rdj just sent out the emails so i guess he'll update it by tonight

Hannah
well, i'd try to save you but the thing is, i can't do anything about this

Piper
end me

Hannah
no, i love you too much
so, no

Piper

Hannah
okay, look. you gotta put this aside sooner or later. i know that sounds really harsh and maybe a little insensitive but this "event" can't follow the both of you around like a shadow for the rest of your lives. you're gonna be working together for the next idk how many months. you're gonna be training together and for all you know, you guys are probably gonna share a house together with the rest of the cast or maybe stay at the same hotel.
you have to set this aside, pip. the both of you.
it was neither his nor your fault. it was that fucking dick, vince, and that she-devil idk can't remember her name but wtv who cares about her
okay?

Piper
okay...

Hannah
if you guys are gonna keep acting weird around each other then, this is never gonna end
if he's still acting weird, you have to take the initiative to break the awkward silences and whatnot
and for all you know, he might still be acting weird about it because you're acting weird about it
it's gonna take some time but you have to do it before filming starts otherwise you're not gonna enjoy filming with the rest of the crew

Piper
you're right
i guess i'm just being super weird about this and it's honestly gotta stop at some point
i guess i feel like us being friends would be a little weird, especially with what happened, you know?
and that if we do end up becoming really good friends, we'll always be a walking reminder to each other of what happened.

Hannah
you have to break the tension, pip.
one of you will have to break the tension first but it would be great if you broke it together rather than sit around and wait for the other to do it first.
it always takes two hands to clap, not one.

. . . . . .

WhatsApp Group Chat
'1D (after they broke up)'
with Stan, Mackie and RDJ

Evans
rdj seriously

RDJ
what
i did nothing
i'm as innocent as the cookies i'm baking

Mackie
this group chat name still haunts me

Stan
the worst day of your life, wasn't it?

Mackie
silence, peasant
you know nothing

Evans
i'm piper's secret santa?

RDJ
ah right, about that...

Stan
omg

Mackie
wait i need to screenshot this

Stan
oh buddy
the universe has spoken

Evans
and what has it said

Stan
that you two should talk things out and stop being weird

RDJ
ok before we carry on, i just wanna say that i had nothing to do with this
i mean, i sent out the emails but i didn't arrange for you to be piper's secret santa
the website did it randomly

Mackie
the universe really has spoken ^

RDJ
chris, it's really not a bad thing

Evans
it's already weird enough between the both of us and now i'm getting her a present and she's gonna have to guess who it's from and when she finds out that it's from me? what then?

Stan
you're really looking at this from a very pessimistic pov

Evans
then how else should i look at it

Mackie
look, chris
didn't seb say that you guys would actually hit it off really well?

Evans
yeah but that was before this happened to the both of us

RDJ
you're going to have to find your way around this at some point, chris
you can't let it tail you forever

Stan
rdj's right

RDJ
of course i'm right

Mackie
plus, didn't you say that the two of you were actually defending one another when you guys confronted your horrible exes?

Evans
yeah, we did...

Stan
it's already in your nature, chris.
and i think it's in piper's as well.
usually, people would start pointing fingers but you guys didn't. instead, you defended one another and unknowingly & indirectly provided some sort of emotional support. you guys just didn't notice it.

RDJ
the both of you are making it weird. no one else is making this weird but the both of you. and i think it's because you think that that's the way it should be, especially with what happened.

Mackie
yeah ^ but that shouldn't always be the case, chris.
it doesn't always have to be weird and if you don't want it to be weird, then it won't be.
we can see that the both of you are actually making this weird – unintentionally and subconsciously, of course.

Evans
i guess you guys are right...
i'm sorry, rdj.
i shouldn't have jumped to conclusions like that.
god, i was never like this

RDJ
hey hey, there's no bad blood here.
it's all good.
no apologies needed, okay?

Stan
it takes time, bud.
i'm sure piper's dealing with the same thing but one of you has got to make the move first & break the tension.
and this secret santa game might just give you guys the boost you need.

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a/n; i hope you're ready for the next chapter :-)