CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX;
I LOVE YOU.

mikeyy😇💙

i love you

really?

yes
i'm sorry the first time i said it was through a drunk text
but i hadn't planned on saying it until i thought you felt the same
obviously we haven't been together for that long so it might seem soon
but i really fucking do, el

what the frick
i'm in kroger so i'm trying not to smile and cry to avoid looking insane but omg
i also wish u didn't first say it over drunk text but it's kind of perfect given our history of drunk texts

i wish i could've told you in person
i fucking miss you

WAIT

what

i didn't say it back

yeah
i was trying not to dwell on it
can't say i'm ecstatic
but i understand
it's soon
i know

no

you don't have to say it back

but i do
i love you

oh, thank fuck

i miss u, mike 🥺🥺
i want to see u so bad, esp rn
this distance ain't it 🤧🤧

i know
fuck this distance

ugh, ur way w words 😫😫

i'm serious
i hate it

ok
i want to tell u something
i wasn't going to tell until we were together but since we're inappropriately confessing all sorts of stuff through text msg i might as well

?

i applied to purdue

what
i thought you wanted to go to bsu?

i do
well, i did
but i looked at the veterinary program at purdue, and it's amazing
and the campus is so pretty
it's a lot bigger than ball state so that's sort of intimidating
but it's where u will be

el

do u think i'm crazy

its just, it's so far from your dad
your home

haha u think i'm crazy
i'm so embarrassed wow
ight imma head out 🙃🙃

baby, no
i love you
and you're not crazy
i want to be where you are, too
i just don't want you to change what you want for me

but i want u 😔😔
plus max said she would b my roomie

you told max?

ofc
don't b salty
r u even surprised

i guess not

well, anyway i got it

seriously?

um u seem shocked
that kind of hurted me 😗😗
i'm not dumb u know

oh, i know
you're brilliant

ugh 😫😫🥰
i owe u so many kisses already but i'm adding 10 more to the total bc ur cute
maybe more than kisses 😉😉

fuck
don't turn me on, i'm already hungover
it's a bad combination

um
and how would u know? 🤨🤨

love you

mhm

can we facetime later?
i'm still at lucas'
but when i get home?
i want to see your face

sigh i suppose
u tell a guy u love him one time and he gets all clingy 🙄🙄

that hurt

i got jokes babyy
but i love youuuuu
ooou u don't even know

then tell me

i've had the fattest crush on u for so long
before i even saw ur face actually
it was weird tho bc ur texts would make my stomach go 🦋🦋 but there was still a chance u were a pedophile
it was mildly concerning
but then i saw ur face and i was like 😳🤠🥰🥰😫🥵🥵👍🏻👏🏻❤️🤡🥰

you're literally so fucking cute

🥰😇😇
i'm blushing boi stop

but you're adorable

stop being so grossly sweet
max would b sick

actually max is sick
i heard her throwing up literally 10 minutes ago
she was really wasted last night meaning she's very hungover today

that peach fanta and vodka is dangerous i'm telling u 😳😳

yes, i'm aware
i literally just cleaned some off the coffee table

ugh my man is cleaning
i love a maid boy 🥵🥵

the house is a wreck
we're going to be cleaning for a while
i probably won't get home until after lunch

evidently u hawkins kids go hard on the partying

i guess
there's a girl passed out of the kitchen island and she's wearing a football helmet

is she breathing

i don't want to know

😳😳😳
mama i'm in love w a criminal ☺️☺️

what

i'm so close to dumping u and finding an eboy that will get my references

no, you're not

ur right
i'm not
bc country boy, i love youuuuu

see, i got that one

awww i'm proud 🥺🥺

lucas is yelling at me for being on my phone when i'm supposed to be cleaning

lucas can piss off

language, eleanor

tell him we r in love therefore u don't have to clean

what logic you have

i know right 🤓🤓

i'll call you later
his parents will be home around 2 so we have to hurry

aww ok
i guess u can go
just stay away from the passed out girl
she might make moves 😗😗

noted
bye, baby
i love you

oh my fudge
this is a thing we say now
i'm having palpitations
we have come so far 🤧
u used to not like me and now u love me
my mind is so powerful i really tricked u into loving me 😳😳
i could take over the world w this power

sure you can

ok fine
bye mike 💓💓💓💓
i love you
r butt
hahah

you're a comedian

i know
ok fr i love you

i love you, too
call you later ❤️

whooosh
that was my heart 🥺🥺

baby

FINE I KNOW I KNOW
BYE
i love you
fine don't say it back

i love you, too
this is the final bye, lucas is getting mad

ok fine
bye
💓 u

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a/n: haha it's been a minute lol, my b. i've been busy, it happens. i hope u guys enjoyed this cute fluffy chapter!! my babies r in love and now they know. lmk whatcha think!! thanks for reading!! xx

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