CHAPTER TWELVE;
CORRUPTING.

mikey🥺

helllooo
how is chu 😚

hey
i can't talk at the moment
text you later

o
well
ok 🥺
i'll just be here
talking to no one

sorry
talk later
promise

ok 😪
bye bye
read at 4:47 pm

okay
i can talk now

y couldn't u before
it's been 3 hours
i missed u
i was like 😢

i had to work on a economics project

oooh ugh my smart man 😫😫

i really hate economics
my partner did like 70% of the work because i was so confused

o
never mind
my dumb man*
u be like 😯

definitely

did y'all finish ur project

no
she's coming over tomorrow to finish

o
that's fun 🤗

no
i would rather die than spend my friday night working on a school project with kendall gates

u dislike this kendall??

i don't dislike her
she's my ex

u dog 😮

from like 8th grade
but still

why'd y'all break up

i didn't want a girlfriend when we went to high school

omg ur rly THAT guy
🤮🤮

am not

hmmmm i kind of think u are
but ok

i can't believe i'm stuck with her for a partner though

karma rly did that 🤩

anyway
are you sad about yesterday still?

nah i'm gucci 😎😎

did they get in trouble?

no
they told ppl tho 🙄🙄
so that's kewl

you're kidding
what the fuck
are you okay?

lol i'm fine
they didn't do anything today
just stared and whispered
like oook 🤨🤨

they really fucking suck

tru dat brotha 😤😤
whatcha doin

homework
well, not really
i have my folder open but i'm not really doing it

oooh i'm distracting u 😉😉

i'm easily distracted when it comes to annotating american literature
so don't be too flattered

OH HE'S GOT JOKES
HURTFUL JOKES 😪
BUT STILL JOKES

what are you doing?

well
my dad was supposed to get off at 7
it's almost 8 🤠🤠
i even cooked but now it's cold
and i'm hungry
and alone 😪😪

okay
can i ask you something?
you don't have to answer

omg i'm scared 😳😳
but ask away bb

what happened to your mom?

o

you don't have to answer
maybe i shouldn't have asked

lol no it's fine
she passed away when i was 13

i'm so sorry
i assumed something happened
but i wasn't sure what

she had to have her appendix taken out but there were complications and her blood clotted
one day the clot shifted to her heart
and so yeah
now it's just me and my dad 🤠

i shouldn't have asked

noo it's ok
i don't mind talking abt it
i can talk abt it without thinking abt it
idk how
but yeah
i'm gud 👍🏻

i know it doesn't make a difference
but i really am sorry that happened

thanks mike
but i'm ok
really
it was 4 years ago
i've come to terms
soo 👐🏼

not to be insensitive
but your life seems so brutal
i'm really not trying to sound rude
i just mean that you go through so much
i don't know how you're so happy most of the time

bc i'm thicc 🍑🍑

not this shit again

yes
this shit again

what the fuck, el
don't say that!!

u say it

don't swear
you can't

but u doooo
hmmmm

well, you don't
so don't

whatcha gonna do little boi

i'll cry
i'm serious
if you say fuck i'll actually cry
i can't be responsible for corrupting you

imma say it

no
don't
el

fudge!!

okay
yes
fudge
say fudge

ur so cute
trying to keep my pure
big aww 😚😚

just don't say shit please
not on purpose
it's unsettling to say the least

oklahoma
what in heck i typed ok
how

how?

HOW

you're so dumb

and you're SO flirting w me 😏😏

i'm definitely not

ok babie 🥰🥰
u keep lying to urself

sometimes i can't tell if you're joking
you do know we're only friends?

yes
i know
i only joke
🥺🥺

okay
good
i'm not trying to sound like an ass
i just really like being your friend
but just your friend

yeah same 👍🏻👍🏻
i like being my friend tooo

haha okay
hey, i have to go

aw why

i have to shower before my sister
or she'll use all the hot water

ha
can't relate
only child perks 👊🏻👊🏻

yeah, yeah
i'll talk to you later
night, el

goodnight mike 😁😁
read at 8:17 pm

max🤩

hi

omg heyyy

we have a problem

what

i think i like mike
like fr 😭😭

omg YAY
YES 🤪🤪🤪
y'all will make cute babies

ok true
but no
u have to help me

ok how
do u want me to like
scare girls away from him
or wha

what????
no
help me not like him
i can't like him

HUH
i'm not following ??
why no

bc he wouldn't ever feel that way abt me, max!
how do i get over this????
make it go away

um 😬😬
well
i guess just give it time??
crushes only last for a few weeks

u think it will just go away?

if it's a crush, then yeah
if it's more, then ur fucked sis 😗

more?

omg
LOVE, EL

i'm not in love w him
i just think he's cute
and funny
and sweet
sometimes
not always tho
sometimes he's a meanie

ugh this is so cute
u guys have to get together 😤😤
i swear to god
if i have to pretend to tolerate another airhead w blonde hair and the iq of a walnut i'm going to DIE

SEE THAT'S HIS TYPE
my hair is too brown
my iq is too high

that's bc he's a dumb bitch
it's bc he's so tall
the air pressure up there affects his brain i swear !!

i'm just going to give it time ok
this will pass!!
i'm sure of it 🤠🤠

sure jan..

MAX UR NOT HELPING

well i don't support u on this
i think u guys would be so cute together
u could come visit hawkins and we could go on a double date
AW CUTE YES LETS DO THAT
well i suppose i'll have to forgive lucas by then but eh..

mike doesn't like me back, max
I NEED TO NOT LIKE HIM

ACTUALLY
u need to come get ur mans 🙄🙄
he's annoying as HELL our gc
him and dustin are arguing rn
my phone is blowing up 🙄🙄

oh
he told me he had to go
he said he was getting in the shower

oh

see
he doesn't like me

MAYBE HE DOES
maybe that's why he lied ??
bc he likes u!! and he was nervous or something

or because he was annoyed and didn't want to talk to me

noooo!!

i'm tired
i'm going to go to bed ig
thanks for the advice tho 😊
i'll just give it some time
night max 🤗🤗

el
ughhhh he's so stupid wtf
night 😕

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a/n: the plot has,, thickened 🍑 thanks for reading!! let me know what u guys think! xx

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