Chapter 3
Derek I Stiles
March 31st
[Fri 4:44pm]
So how did the concert go?
[Fri 4:46pm]
It went well.
[Fri 4:47pm]
Managed to pull some strings last minute and got someone to volunteer to play the bass.
[Fri 4:49pm]
Nice.
[Fri 4:52pm]
Yeah. Now we're stuck with a groupie for a bassist.
[Fri 4:53pm]
Kid's not bad.
[Fri 4:57pm]
You're the only person I know that makes a compliment sound bad at first.
[Fri 4:59pm]
I'm rolling my eyes at you.
[Fri 5:02pm]
Just letting you know.
[Fri 5:05pm]
Oh, I know.
[Fri 5:06pm]
I can practically hear them rolling.
[Fri 5:08pm]
Damn that loud?
[Fri 5:11pm]
Oh yeah, even my neighbors can hear it.
[Fri 5:14pm]
Bullshit.
[Fri 5:16pm]
I wish I was kidding.
[Fri 5:19pm]
Uh huh.
[Fri 5:22pm]
Don't you have anything better to do than text me?
[Fri 5:23pm]
I don't know, like a job maybe?
[Fri 5:25pm]
Listen you, I am on my way to my job as we speak.
[Fri 5:27pm]
Ooh texting and driving I should call the cops on you.
[Fri 5:28pm]
You're funny. Really.
[Fri 5:29pm]
I aim to please.
[Fri 5:30pm]
Right. And no, I'm walking to work since my car broke down.
[Fri 5:32pm]
Sucks.
[Fri 5:34pm]
What's the restaurant's name?
[Fri 5:36pm]
What's your band's name?
[Fri 5:38pm]
…..
[Fri 5:40pm]
Thought so.
[Fri 5:42pm]
Touché Stiles.
April 1st
[Sat 2:14am]
Hey are you awake?
[Sat 2:16am]
I never sleep so yes. I'm awake.
[Sat 2:17am]
Why?
[Sat 2:19am]
Can I ask you a question?
[Sat 2:21am]
You just did.
[Sat 2:23am]
No really can I?
[Sat 2:25am]
You just did again.
[Sat 2:27am]
Fine. Fire away.
[Sat 2:28am]
Have you ever been dumped?
[Sat 2:30am]
Um, no? Why?
[Sat 2:34am]
Well when I got off my shift I got a text from my now ex-girlfriend saying that it's over, and that we work better off as friends.
[Sat 2:39am]
Uh, you okay?
[Sat 2:42am]
Yeah, I'm okay, just a bit down.
[Sat 2:42am]
Hmm. Okay.
[Sat 2:44am]
Well, if it makes you feel any better, my last girlfriend cheated on me.
[Sat 2:46am]
Seriously?
[Sat 2:48am]
Yeah. Couldn't say I didn't see that coming. A lot of people told me to steer clear from her.
[Sat 2:50am]
So I guess in a way you can say she dumped me. In her own way.
[Sat 2:51am]
Wow. That, uh, sucks dude.
[Sat 2:53am]
Yeah. It does.
[Sat 2:54am]
You okay now?
[Sat 2:55am]
Yeah. Just blasting music at the moment.
[Sat 2:56am]
Okay I have another question now.
[Sat 2:58am]
Shoot.
[Sat 3:00am]
Why do you care if I'm okay? You barely know me. I'm just that guy that texts you at random.
[Sat 3:02am]
I mean, don't get me wrong, I appreciate it. Even if you don't actually care.
[Sat 3:04am]
I care.
[Sat 3:05am]
Okay. Can I ask why?
[Sat 3:07am]
Well…I consider you a friendly acquaintance?
[Sat 3:08am]
Dude, why is there a question mark at the end of that?
[Sat 3:10am]
Because I can put it there.
[Sat 3:11am]
You're hopeless.
[Sat 3:13am]
I actually consider us more as friends.
[Sat 3:14am]
I mean, we text every other day.
[Sat 3:15am]
True.
[Sat 3:16am]
Friends, huh?
[Sat 3:17am]
To tell you the truth, I don't know how to do this 'friends' thing. I always seem to piss people off.
[Sat 3:18am]
Well, you do kind of come off as a douche at times.
[Sat 3:20am]
Hey, I resent that.
[Sat 3:22am]
But I might as well tell you that I don't really have that many friends either.
[Sat 3:25am]
I see.
[Sat 3:27am]
If you want to keep on texting, it's fine by me.
[Sat 3:29am]
I have a lot of free time that I'm wasting on twitter and instagram.
[Sat 3:31am]
You'd rather waste your time with me?
[Sat 3:33am]
Yes?
[Sat 3:34am]
Again with the question marks, and I hope you know what this mean Derek.
[Sat 3:36am]
Am I agreeing to a friendship right now?
[Sat 3:37am]
Yes.
[Sat 3:39am]
And you have to promise me one thing.
[Sat 3:41am]
Okay. And that is?
[Sat 3:43am]
You'll eventually tell me what your band's name is.
[Sat 3:45am]
Maybe.
[Sat 3:47am]
I got a maybe! This is progress.
[Sat 3:49am]
Shut up Stiles.
[Sat 3:52am]
You say the sweetest things, you know?
