CHAPTER THIRTEEN;
CONFUSED.

mike wheeler

hey
read at 1:39 pm
??
everything okay?
read at 3:17 pm
well
alright then
i feel shunned

busy 😬

okay
read at 4:08 pm
still busy?

no
just tired

what were you doing?

the vet i work at partnered w a local shelter and we're having an adoption event tmrw
i had to help set up for it today

oh

yeah
i thought you had to work on your project tonight??

i do
she's here

then why are u texting me?

do you not want me to?

do u even want to

what?

why are u texting me?

because we're friends?
is this a trick?
i'm sorry
i'm really confused
are you okay?

i'm fine
just tired

are you sure?
did something happen?

no
all good 👍🏻

i'm not sure if i believe you but okay

u should work on ur project

she won't let me
i keep getting yelled at
you kind of sound like you don't want to talk to me
i feel like i did something

u didn't
everything is fine 😊

you're being weird though
not like a sad weird
but like a mad weird
like you're angry
kind of passive aggressive actually
i just can't tell if it's directed at me

omg chill out
not everything is abt u, mike

okay
it's definitely directed at me
what did i do?

nothing
i'm just tired
i've been cleaning kennels and brushing dogs 10x my size since lunch

oh
maybe you should go to sleep?

i can't
it's friday
i have to wait for my dad to get home

oh yeah
i forgot

yeah

look
whatever i did
i'm sorry

u didn't do anything 🙄🙄

but you're mad at me
i can tell
i can feel your rage through my phone screen

that's not rage
it's exhaustion

then go to sleep

I CANT
CAN U NOT READ

oh
i can read

i should go

can you please tell me what's wrong?
i'm really fucking confused right now

nothing
i gotta shower 🤗

that felt passive aggressive
but alright
i'll just talk to you tomorrow

don't
i'll be busy all day
i'll text u whenever 🙂

okay
goodnight?
read at 7:49 pm

max🤩

hahahahhahahaha

what?

told u he likes u omg

again
what?

BITCH LOOK
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HAHAHHA HE'S SUFFERING
THE DUMB TREE
ok what do i say

say nothing
i'm doing what u said
giving it time
and space

i didn't say space
ugh c'mon u guys will b so cute together

but i'm just so confused
i rly don't understand him
he says he likes being friends but then he lied so he didn't have to keep talking to me??
i'm big sad 😪
also big mad too 😡

yes u have every right
but it's funny to watch him scared lol

idk what to do
bc like he seems to nice and he seems like he wants to talk to me
like really talk
he says all this stuff and i start thinking "omg he cares so much what in heck" but now idk
what if he doesn't care at all???
what if he only talks to me when he's bored 😕😕

omg stfu he talks to u all the time
like when we all hang out, he's texting YOU
and we can tell it's u bc he's all ☺️
and he talks abt u too
like the other day i was talking abt getting a cat and he was like "cats are ugly why would u want one" but then he was like "well el's cat is cute, but only hers"
SO SEE
UR ALWAYS ON HIS MIND

i don't think so

omg
he keeps msging me sjsj
hold on
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😤😤

o wow
u guys r very affectionate w each other

i know !! 🥰🥰

i fr should've left him alone when i first texted him 😪😪
he told me to but i was in the mood to annoy some old person but then i realized he was my age and i was intrigued
LOOK WAHT I GET NOW
i have a crush on a fudgeboi

a what??
OH FUCKBOY
yeah i remember him saying u don't swear lol
ur so precious 😚😚

thank u 😇😇

ok
what do i do
how do i help u
i could see if i can get him to admit he likes u like that

no
don't talk abt me
the only way these feelings r going to go away is by pretending he doesn't exist right

no
not right

very right 🤠🤠

no el

glad we agree!

what no
NO HOE

👍🏻👍🏻

this is soooo gonna bite u in le ass

u think

mhm
but if u don't want me to interfere, i won't
ok next time a girl asks me if he's single i'm saying no but that's all

lol ok

ugh i have to turn my phone in for the night 🤧🤧
text u later gator

turn it in??

lol yeah my parents caught me sending nudes to lucas last week

oh

yup i accidentally sent them to the mom of the kid i babysit and she told my parents 😬😬
well i should say used to babysit 🙄

oH
wow
spicy
um lol
we'll talk later!! ☺️☺️

yay def!!
bye 👋🏻

bye max !! 😚

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a/n: ooh. this chapter was kind of boring but it's important to notice the shift in their relationship (also elmax is cute af)!! ok thanks for reading, x

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