bonus chapter? and perhaps a sneak peek into "the count up"?

Yes please!

sneak peek:

"uh hello?"

"is this Jake?"

"um nope"

"oh goddamit! i needed to talk to him!"

"uh im sorry?"

"sorry im pretty drunk at the moment and im trying to get back home."

"hm. what a coincidence, im also trying to get back home"

"you sound like a girl though. should you be walking home, at 4 in the morning, alone?"

"well if I were doing that, then no i shouldnt, but im in an uber right now. are you walking home alone at 4 in the morning"

"i think i am."

"you think?"

"i actually think im lost"

"well im not sure i could help you with that

especially since i have no idea who you are"

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bonus:

and now what youve been waiting for:

this isnt really a bonus per say, just a chapter that i never really included lol, please excuse the typos (this chunk was literally directly copied and pasted from my notes):

carla

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"the most wonderful person on the planet is speaking. make it quick."

"only happens when you call me."

"you should. besides you are interrupting my 'me' time."

"so...? me time is me time."

"my life happens to be very normal thank you very much."

"yea. dont you have a normal life to get back too?"

"wait. dont you have school. its like noon."

"just an inkling. you are slightly immature. no scratch that. super immature. unimpressive. have girl problems. and have a super old phone that constantly is butt dialing me"

"first of all this week has been like three days! three freaking days! and second of all, did you not listen to any thing else i said?!?"

"

"mhm. sure. but was i right?"

"hmmm. ok whatever."

"yes. in fifth grade."

"yup. so now you answer my question"

"oh cool."

"so why are you not in school right now?"

"yes. duh. ive been secretly calling you to make sure you arent doing drugs."

"ha"

...

"jordan."

"no. im actually a junior. and yes, i am skipping school."

"im also in highschool. but you dont do drugs right? because if you did, i dont think we could be friends"

"i dont know but i dont want to deal with the baggage of that."

"yea."

"this is weird."

"all of a sudden im meeting grown up jordan. not immature jordan. and also you're not a total stranger. i kinda know you."

"but i am skipping school because of school stress."

"thanks."

"ahh now its stuck in my head. p-push it. push it real good"

"i dont know man but im regretting it."

"bye jordan."

"i will."

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As you can see, these kids are like 1000x more playful in this conversation...i kind of miss them :((

Anyway hope yall enjoyed...see you next time🥳