CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE;
GROUNDED.

mike😳💜

okay
so, this time i'm grounded

omg no 🥺🥺
i'm sorry

it's not your fault

it is
i didn't mean to fall asleep

we both fell asleep
i explained it to them but i guess they were still mad about me getting home at 2am the night before last
and now they come home and i'm sleeping beside a girl
it's just a bad combination

i feel so bad
i'm really sorry 🤧🤧

don't be
but i don't think we're going to be able to go see the second movie

aw
this sucks 😪
i'm not going to see u before i leave am i??

i don't know
my mom is scary mad
my dad not so much
he just nods when she yells

i want to see u, mike 🥺🥺

i want to see you, too

maybe u can say u have a project w max and come to her house??

you want me to lie to my parents?
i think you're corrupting me

hA
funny
esp coming from a manwhore

your manwhore

i cringed
but i'm lowkey 🥺💓
omg wait

what?

ur mom
omg she probably hates me
i'm cry 😭😭
mike fix this!!!!!!!!

she doesn't think that
she just needs to calm down
she's stress cleaning right now
but she's only mad at me, not you

omg she hates me doesn't she??
should i make her muffins or smth
this is terrible
ur the first guy i've ever dated and ur parents already hate me and i got u grounded

no they don't
wait
are we dating?

what

you said i'm the first guy you've ever dated
which implies that we're dating

i said that?
lol weird i don't recall 🤠

el

max

max?

yes! she's being so annoying
she won't stop teasing me abt sleeping over at ur house
she's acting like smth happened
no matter how much i tell her nothing did

well, something did happen

huh

you kissed me

oh
ok well, u kissed me too so

you kissed me first

um anyway
u should go help ur mom clean

ouch

i'm kidding 😁😁
💓💓💓💓

your dad thinks you slept at max's house right??

yes
why

because i have a feeling i should be a lot more scared of him than you should be of my mom

ur not wrong
he has a mustache

what
i'm talking about because he's a cop
with a gun
what's the relevancy of him having a mustache?

not rly relevant
just sayin

okay?

but yes lol he has a gun
like pew pew

that really clarifies

ofc babie
also my dad already knows abt u
i told him we had a date
lol he thought i was a lesbian
i could be tbh

what

um is that an issue for u

i mean, kind of
after all, i do really like you

u disgust me

el

disgrace

are you done?

r u done discriminating against my pending sexuality

what?
my best friend is gay
this argument is invalid

omg lucas??
yeah i get that vibe from him lol

what??
no
will

ohhhh
uh don't tell max what i said

you're so dumb

i thought i was adorable 😗😗

yes
so fucking adorable

😳🥺🥺🥰

but also really dumb

😳😤😤😡

what time are you leaving tomorrow?

at 8

in the morning?

yes 😪

shit
i was going to ditch school

i have to be back for work tmrw afternoon 🙄🙄

this sucks so much

rt

hm?

U ABSOLUTE MORON WTHECK

oh

this is y i cant date u
ur too stoopid

i won't lie
that hurt

good
maybe u will feel inclined to brush up on some basic twitter lingo 😌

why are you being so mean?
i made you a fort

ahem that fort was built by ME
don't get it twisted

i got you ice cream

and i probably gained a pound from it so THANKS A LOT

ungrateful
we are over

i'll just text my other boy toys

so will i
but not boys
girls

😳😳
if that's ur story..

sorry, i can't hear you over the sound of all the girls i'm texting

k i'll text sebastian

wait stop
who?
the british crab guy

quite a description

you guys are still friends?

yes?

oh
cool

is someone jelly 🤧🤧

i'm not jealous
why would i be?

ok well
this isn't really the best way to lead into this but i feel like i should tell u that he asked me out

like on a date??

yes

oh

i said no

oh, that's good
because crabs are bad company

wow ur such a fricking dork
but then he kept asking so i told him that i'll think abt it

oh
ha nice

don't get sad
i don't want to date him, mike

you shouldn't
he seems like a punk

i just felt like i should tell u abt it
we weren't on the best of terms when it happened so i couldn't tell u then
but now that things are good with us, i wanted u to know

thank you
it's even less comforting knowing you're going back to new castle now
but i'll manage

ur so strong 💪🏻💪🏻

can i facetime you later?

idk i'm leaving max's soon
then i'll be with my dad
we're taking my grandma to her house tn and staying there

oh

yup
i can't believe i won't get to see u before i leave
i'm really sad ☹️☹️☹️

so am i
i have an idea
but if i get caught i'm so fucking screwed
like they'll put bars on my window

i don't want that

send me the address of your grandparents house

i don't know it
i'll send u my location when i'm there later

okay

omg r u gonna sneak out for me
we're like romeo and juliet 🥰🥰

hopefully we don't die

oof i forgot abt that part lol
we can be mrs claus and santa claus

what?

ok i couldn't think of any other romance story w a happy ending

so dumb

stop insulting me
or i'll cry 😢

right

i'll break up w u

we're not together

o
that's that hurt lol
haha anyway
imma go
i need to cry or smth

el
i meant we aren't together yet
like officially

no it's ok
i'm gucci
we gucci

like i want to ask you
formally
that sounds dumb
i mean like
fuck, now i'm getting all messed up
el??

wat

i didn't mean to sound harsh
i was joking and didn't think
are you okay?

ya i'm ok bro

what the fuck?
don't call me bro

y not

because it's weird
i want to kiss you, not fist bump you

why not both
..simultaneously
kind of goalz ✨✨

fuck, my mom is calling me downstairs
if she sees my phone she'll realize she forgot to take it away
remember to send me your location later

ok

don't be upset, please
it was a bad joke
i'm sorry, el

max says u need to grovel more

max needs to stop looking over your shoulder at our texts

i'll see u tonight
u can grovel then 🤗🤗

gladly
bye, el ❤️

bye nerd

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a/n: i have fr been busy beyond words, but i don't owe anyone any excuses. hopefully i can adjust and fit writing into my new busier schedule, but pls be understanding. some of y'all have been (thank u, y'all rock), and some of y'all haven't (fuck y'all). this was supposed to be a written chapter but eh, it wasn't important enough lol. thanks for reading, lmk what y'all think!! xx

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