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[TEXT/VOICE/VIDEO/ETC.]

Hi! This is Ashley. I, um, can't come to the phone- gear right now? Leave me a message and I'll get back to you ASAP, okay? Bye!

*Let me know the time/date of your message!

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I'm texting with him RIGHT NOW oh my gosh KARKAT we can talk about romance without all the reproduction parts
Because all I have to say is I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU and I am SO GLAD you two have talked
And just that you told him, I'm honestly tearing up thinking about it. :')

EXPLAIN WHY IT KEEPS COMING UP THEN, I SURE AS FUCK WOULD LIKE THIS MYSTERY SOLVED.

[Besides the fact that he's a hormonal teenager surrounded by highly attractive also hormonal teenagers. This is obviously irrelevant.]

UH I
HADN'T THOUGHT YOU WERE THAT INVESTED. IS THIS REALLY A BIG DEAL FOR YOU?

We just keep stumbling upon it I suppose.

THE POINT is well
I'm a romantic okay??
And I was worried about both of you.
You've both been incredibly nice and well
helpful while I was first figuring things out and continue to.

Besides
I never wanna see anyone miss the chance to confess how they feel for someone else
ever

[... How exactly had explaining quadrants helped her ouwait right, the stuff about. Trauma. That.

Fuck.]

WELL IT HAPPENED.
I'D SAY YOU SHOULD USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GLOAT ABOUT FIGURING IT OUT BEFORE HE DID WHEN HE'S HAD THREE YEARS ON A METEOR WITH TROLLS AND YOU HAD ONE LECTURE ABOUT QUADRANTS TO GO OFF OF, BUT HE WOULDN'T CARE. I MEAN HE SAID HE WOULD LISTEN TO ME IF I TALKED ABOUT IT AGAIN BUT STILL.

[Look how tactfully he is not asking about this whole confessing feelings thing. Even if he didn't get a lot of details out of her last time, he remembers.]

Oh don't worry.
Once some time passes, I'll tease him.
Though not TOO bad. After all, it took me a few years as well.

COULD ALL YOUR FRIENDS TELL, TOO?

Yes.
Everyone teased me and told me to go for it.
I assume it was the same for Chris.

WELL UH
THANK YOU. FOR TELLING ME TO.
ONLY BECAUSE IT WORKED OUT, I MEAN. IF IT HADN'T I'D BE FUCKING PISSED.

Well, of course.
I'd expect that

God I'm just so glad you did it on your own terms.
You're gonna make sure he understands everything about quadrants?

AS WELL AS I CAN, YEAH. HE'S GUARANTEED TO BE A DOUCHEBAG ABOUT SOME OF IT, BUT
AT LEAST HE'LL BE LISTENING THIS TIME, YOU KNOW?
NOT SURE HOW THE FUCK I'LL APPROACH KISMESISSITUDE BUT THE REST SHOULD BE FINE.

You know, the way you explained it to me really worked well!
I still would like the story to help conceptualize it, of course, but if you approach it like that? The rivals angle.

I MEAN, MAYBE? HE HASN'T
I MEAN HE HAS REASONS TO NOT WANT TO UNDERSTAND IT, I CAN'T BLAME HIM.
I'D MAKE HIM READ THE STORY TOO IF I THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP, BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T.

[SPEAKING OF.]

OH RIGHT I UH
I'VE BEEN WRITING MORE. IT'S NOT VERY LONG? BUT I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEND YOU A FIRST DRAFT SOON.

Maybe it will help him conceptualize it better. You never know!

I'm really glad to hear that, though!! You're going to be done before I am, I at this rate.

MAYBE? IT'S STILL MY FIRST REAL ATTEMPT, THERE ARE PROBABLY LOTS OF THINGS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT. AGAIN, WRITING IS FUCKING HARD.
AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON THE APPENDICES, THAT IS NOWHERE NEAR BEING DONE. I JUST GOT SICK OF STOPPING TO EXPLAIN SHIT WHEN I HAD A STORY TO TELL, TO SAY NOTHING OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS I'VE BEEN HAVING WITH IT.

Look, even if you DON'T explain everything
What's important is I understand the feelings and the emotions behind it. So what if a detail or two has to be clarified later? That's the same with every piece of literature.
Don't worry. I'm sure it'll be great. And if you want, I'll help you make it even better.

[... Goddammit.]

I GUESS.
OK THEN I'LL. SEND IT TO YOU LATER? LIKE I GUESS AT THE END OF THE WEEK, UNLESS SOMETHING FUCKING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENS.

What if I try and get mine as done as possible too? Then we can send them to each other at the same time.

THAT
THAT WOULD BE COOL. I DON'T WANT TO RUSH YOU, THOUGH.
HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU HAVE TO WRITE?

Uh
Well it kind of depends on the kind of ending I want.

[... oh no]

WHAT KIND OF ENDING WERE YOU CONSIDERING.

It could end where I have it or
Well it could end somewhere a little more hopeful.

[...........]

DID YOU WANT THE HOPEFUL ONE?

Kind of.
I think the girl in the story deserves it.

So I'll probably send mine to you early next week then instead.
You don't want me going on and on about this.

[That's... probably a good sign? Maybe?]

OK. THEN I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
AND HEY IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT I WON'T STOP YOU.

Later.
This is about you right now.

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