Nichole: Hey Mark are you doing okay?

Mark: Hey yeah sorry I've been super busy with work and crud.

Nichole: Oh that's okay. Where do you work?

Nichole: Unless you just don't wanna tell me that's cool too.

Mark: No it's okay. I work online from home.

Nichole: That's nice that you get to work from home. ☺ Not a lot of people are able to do that.

Mark: Yeah it's nice. Do you work anywhere?

Nichole: No. I'm not able too. I have too bad of Social Anxiety to be able to work out in the public.

Mark: Oh I'm sorry to hear that.

Nichole: It's fine, I've had it my whole life. That's why I don't have very many friends. Just a small handful -- you included. 😉

Mark: You consider me a friend?

Nichole: Well, yeah, I mean unless you don't wanna be?

Mark: No, no, no! I'd love to be your friend... it's just complicated.

Nichole: How so? Don't tell me you've got a jealous girlfriend or something.

Mark: No it's not that... I don't really know how to tell you right now.

Nichole: It's okay. So long as you promise to be my friend sometime soon it doesn't matter.

Mark: Are you for real?

Nichole: Yeah.

Mark: ☺

Nichole: 😉