Tuck
I really had a great time last night. ;)
Marcy
Me too Tuck. It was fun hanging out with you. I’m glad Talia set us up.
Tuck
Ah Talia, Talia. The wonderful Talia and her even more wonderful friend Marcy, Marcy, Marcy.
Marcy
Haha. Was that supposed to be some kind of song?
Tuck
So when can I see you again? :) :)
Marcy
Uses too many emojiis.
Marcy
You know I’m not into guys who use too many emojiis.
Tuck
You probably meant to send that to someone else. Unless you really wanted to be that direct and rude.
Marcy
Agh. Tuck - I’m sorry. Meant to send that to Talia. T, T – I don’t know. Eeep.
Tuck
Does the too many emojiis thing really bug you that much?
Marcy
Yes. You come off as over-eager and not a real person when you line up all the emojiis like that.
Marcy
It’s too much. Uncool.
Tuck
Real people aren’t ever over-eager? Also, I’m uncool?!
Tuck
That question was sarcastic if you couldn’t catch that via the text.
Marcy
Caught it. No need to over-explain.
Tuck
Okay, so it’s my over-eagerness and over-thought out texts that have weirded you out.
Tuck
What if I was just really, genuinely into the idea of seeing you again. What if emojiis were the only way for me to express that. What if...
Marcy
Okay...Gawd - I get it. It’s just a bit intense.
Tuck
I can be less intense. Marcy
Tuck
I can be as subdued as you were at dinner last night.
Tuck
I can sit across from you with a complacent smile on my face and pretend I’m listening to what you’re saying.
Tuck
And then...when it’s my turn to talk I’ll go on and on about the new book I’m writing. How it’s about young love.
Tuck
How, a-la-John Green, the book is fighting the manic pixie dream girl mold. How I’m the next Virginia Woolf.
Marcy
I’m sorry I came off like that.
Marcy
But, to be fair, I never said I would be the next Woolf.
Tuck
Yeah, well, reading your published short stories online, I would say otherwise.
Marcy
This is kind of a weird thing to say over text.
Marcy
I’m pretty terrible at relationships of any kind.
Tuck
So we’re in a relationship already, are we? Look who’s the intense one now.
Marcy
You know what I mean. Dating, relationships...
Marcy
the whole spectacle of being with another person and feeling something for them.
Marcy
Yes, intimacy. And it’s kind of comical really bc I’m doing this via my phone and not face to face.
Marcy
Anyway, what I’m trying to say is sorry.
Tuck
You already said that. It wasn’t that big of a deal anyway.
Tuck
I just figured it was you’re way of saying you didn’t want to go on a second date.
Marcy
But the thing is I do. Because I did have a great time with you.
Marcy
You’re funny and smart and emotionally expressive...
Marcy
That last one freaked me out so much because I’m not.
Marcy
I mean, right off the bat you were telling me about how Boyhood made you cry. I cried too when I watched it
Marcy
but never in a million years would I admit that to a practical stranger.
Tuck
Let me be the one to
Tuck
Lift your heart up and save your life
Tuck
I don't think you even realize
Tuck
Baby you'll be saving mine...
Marcy
Haha. Is that One Direction?
Tuck
Yes, yes it is. I find some of their songs to be quite poetic.
Marcy
A man of eclectic tastes. Richard Linklater films on the one hand and One Direction on the other.
Marcy
I’m gonna be honest, I’m a huge fan of One Direction. Best Song Ever is my jam.
Tuck
Want to go to a One Direction concert with my lil sis and me?
Tuck
I bought the tickets for my kid sister’s birthday. Our mom doesn’t want to come so we have an extra ticket.
Tuck
So what do you say? Second date spent listening to the harmonies of Harry, Niall, Liam, and Louis?
Tuck
May Zayn forever be remembered in our hearts.
Marcy
Yes, I’d love too. :) :) :)
