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Dingus🎬
Gwendolyn
Gwen
Gwenny 

Gweneth
Gwyneth Paltrow

Please wake up.

Gwenny🩷💙
I've been awake since 6 am...

did you JUST wake up???😭🙏

Dingus🎬
SIX???
WHY WOULD YOU WILLING DO THAT?
VACATION IS THE PRIME TIME TO WAKE UP AT 12 EVERYDAY

Gwenny🩷💙

no???
you wake up earlier so you can do more stuff

Dingus🎬
that sounds like my worst nightmare

Gwenny🩷💙
you sound like a kid that doesnt read

Dingus🎬
ive read percy jackson 7 time for your information...ty btw

Gwenny🩷💙
"erm actkully🤓👆" and ur welcome

Dingus🎬
what are you doinggg?

Gwenny🩷💙
reading on the top deck

Dingus🎬
i will arrive in approximately 3 minutes as long as idiot younger brother traffic doesnt occur

Gwenny🩷💙
no Tanner slander approved

Dingus🎬
im feeling the favoritism.

Real life

"Gwendolyn Denise Jackson." Walker said as he reached the top deck. He walked right up to Gwen's chair and placed down four juice boxes. 

"Walker William Scobell." Gwendolyn matched before giving him a questioning look. "What's with the juice?"

"Everything on this cruise is alcoholic and water is boring." Walker sighed dramatically as he sat on the edge of the chair next to her. "Now we have juice boxes. I didn't know if you like fruit punch or apple juice more, so I brought both. I know you don't really like sod so..."

"You know you can order most of the drinks non-alcohol, right?" Gwendolyn chuckled, grabbing the apple juice.

"WHAT." Walker gasped. "THIS ENTIRE TIME I COULD'VE BEEN DRINKING PINA COLODAS AND SHIT?"

"Yeah, dude!" Gwen laughed. "You seriously didn't know?"

"Hey! It's my first cruise, lay off."

"Oh, apologies."

"Yeah, you better be sorry." Walker said resting on the chair next to hers. "What are you reading?"

Walker had this grin on his face, this smile that Gwen couldn't seem to read. One that was impossible to tell what he was thinking, he could be interested, plotting something, flirti-. ANYWAY, it was mysterious, it was so unlike him to be mysterious yet so very him. Gwen couldn't even begin to explain how that works. Walker is the kind of guy you could have known for years and fully believe that you know everything about him, except for the fact you definitely didn't. Truthfully, only his family knew him, like genuinely knew him. It could be considered sad, but he found comfort in the fact, being able to know that fake friends or the media couldn't spill his business to anyone.
Gwen felt similar to him in that way, she believes that since her brother, Ezra and her three closest friends even bothered to know her deep down than that meant it should stay that way, she loved her little support system. It's not like she didn't care for her other friends and family, but these ones were just more capable of being understanding, it feels like the most impossible thing to explain, but she had friends who knew her, as in favorite color and number of siblings, than she had her other siblings who knew her, as in phobias, childhood events but then she had her people, the ones who know her. The way she talks, what she fidgets with when she's nervous.

"At the moment 'It's not summer without you' which is just the second 'The summer I turned pretty' book." She said holding up her book and flipping the pages like a money spread.

"At the moment?" Walker laughed a little and took aa sip out of his juice box. "You got more up your sleeve or something."

"Yeah, something like that"

"So, tell me, I need book recommendations anyway."

"Yeah?"
"Yeah."

"Wellllll," Gwen smiled and she began counting on her fingers. "A good girls guide to murder, Better than the movies, My life with the Walter boys, don't read that one, it's bad and I'm re-reading Kane chronicles."

"Imma be real I did NOT read Kane chronicles."

"Dude...you're literally Percy Jackson."

"I know..." Walker sighed. "I should be fired to be honest."

"Especially for how often you're breaking that Disney contract." Gwen said referring to his literal addiction to cursing, she definitely couldn't relate as she almost never cursed, or at least tried not to but she didn't mind that he did. It was actually funny watching him do it because he looks like if golden retriever got morphed into a human, not to mention the fact he was just about the friendliest, funniest and most respectful guy you'd meet. Gwen figured he was a lot like her friends in that way, half of them seems like the perfect friend to bring home to your parents and the other half was just the most insane and chaotic teenage kid ever.

"Changing the subject-" Walker said, turning to the side and facing Gwen, plopping his hands down to his knees. "What music do you listen to?"

"Well, that depends."

"On?"

"On you, Dingus." Gwen said leaning forward and flicking his forehead. "Like, what if I say Taylor swift and you're like 'Ew dude no, 21 savage for life' embarrassing." 
She usually doesn't care what anybody thought of her but when she thought of the possibility that Walker could possibly find her 'cringy' or 'weird' it made her nervous, he made her nervous. She was always a careless and free spirit with the mindset of 'you only live once, enjoy it.' but something as just...different?

"I don't have a problem with Taylor Swift. AND" Walker raised his finger. "I totally would flick you back, but my mom told me to never lay hands on a girl."

"I literally love your mom. But, Taylor Swift, Gracie Abrams, Eden Alitri, she'll pop up as Lyra though, Lana Del Rey, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, Conna Gray- what are you doing?" Gwen paused, staring blankly at Walker.

Walker looked up from his phone where he had been typing as fast as he could. "Searching them up on Spotify, figured I gotta do something on this cruise and if it's not hanging out with you it could be, well, getting actual music taste."

Dang...I mean...DANGGGGG. Gwen nearly blushed, this was genuinely so sweet, either her standards for her friends were insanely low or this boy was an actual demigod, because there was no way somebody cared that much about her right? He took so much interest in what she liked, every word that she said he looked at her like he was trying to memorize it, he had this sparkle in his eyes and Gwen figured it probably showed in her eyes too. He was the perfect best friend; she loved her friends back home but there comes a point in friendship where you know everything you need to know, even though after time passes, you change and then they don't keep learning and taking interest because they know the old you and the current you is standing right in front of them. But Walker? Walker acted as if he knew her then, when they were just little elementary schoolers, in the middle when they didn't take and now. Like everything had changed except his love for the friendship, Gwen didn't know somebody could make her feel so wanted, she didn't know somebody could actually want her.

"What music do you listen to then, Scobell?"

"Well, Jackson, I'll have you know that I don't listen to music- hold your comment- that's why I'm asking you. One, because not listening to music is depressing and bully worthy and two because I think it should be common knowledge that Gwendolyn Jackson has the best music taste and a very fitting playlist for every oddly specific situation."

"That might just be the best compliment ever."

The duo stayed on that top deck talking for two hours, none stop yapping and storytelling. Eventually Leena as sent up to remind them they needed to eat and brought them down to have lunch. Even then they barely touched their food because they were too busy talking.

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@Gwenlovesyou: yapping session with blondie and i bless you with a cute lil photo was us in like 3rd grade

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Ollie yaps:

GANG THIS WAS A STRUGGLE

i have the most insane writers block rn and i FINALLY felt motivated to write until it literally disappeared mid-way through this chap (thats y it got so bad towards the end) and i felt dumb for writing in this book instead of my Charlie book cuz everyone ants that one instead but at least im updating

BUT IM BACKKKKKKKK

updates WILL come i swear.

once i get to an actually good part of this book they'll be more frequent

ill try not to disappear on yall again ily