Chapter 26
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CHARLIE: This gas station has ketchup chips!!
CHARLIE: Chips that taste like ketchup!!
NOVA: Why don’t you just buy ketchup?
CHARLIE: Ketchup in the car is not the move, Nova girl.
NOVA: How many gas stations are you going to stop at?
CHARLIE: It’s only my sixth stop.
NOVA: In a three-hour drive.
CHARLIE: I am quite literally dragging my feet all the way back to New York.
NOVA: Did you order me a pizza?
CHARLIE: Depends. What’s on the pizza?
NOVA: It is a heart shaped pizza with extra sauce.
CHARLIE: Then, yes. That was me.
CHARLIE: Who else would send a heart shaped pizza????
CHARLIE: Is some other bozo sending you heart shaped pizzas??????
CHARLIE: NOVA????
NOVA: Only one bozo.
CHARLIE:
NOVA: And you ordered Jeremy a sauceless pizza with no cheese? In the shape of a…what is it supposed to be?
CHARLIE: I asked Matty to make a pair of eyes.
NOVA: …why?
CHARLIE: So Jeremy knows I’m watching him.
NOVA: Oh. They sort of look like boobs.
NOVA: He loves it. He keeps snickering and taking pictures of it.
CHARLIE: That’s not what I was going for.
CHARLIE: Did I leave a sweatshirt at your place?
NOVA: No.
CHARLIE: …you’re not even going to ask me what it looks like?
NOVA: If it’s black with a badger on the front, I definitely haven’t seen it.
CHARLIE: Nova.
CHARLIE: Nova girl.
CHARLIE: That’s my favorite sweatshirt.
CHARLIE: It’s an Inglewild High limited release.
CHARLIE: I had to push some PTA moms out of my way at the football game to get it.
NOVA: Then you can appreciate it’s in very good hands.
NOVA: Healing update request.
CHARLIE: [picture.txt]
NOVA: Your wrist. Show me your wrist, Charlie.
CHARLIE: You’re no fun.
NOVA: Which one do you like best?
CHARLIE: sdfjksldjfklsd
NOVA: That is not an answer.
CHARLIE:
CHARLIE: Nova.
NOVA: What?
NOVA: Pink or black? It’s a simple question.
CHARLIE: Both. All of them. Use my card. Buy every set they have.
NOVA: This one too?
NOVA: [picture.txt]
CHARLIE: Fucking…fuck.
CHARLIE: Answer my video call right now.
NOVA: I’m in public.
CHARLIE: Then I suggest you figure out how to be quiet.
CHARLIE: Selene wants to know why I’m still in the conference room.
CHARLIE: I can’t tell her I got a boner halfway through a budget meeting.
CHARLIE: I have to sit here until it goes away.
NOVA: I’m not sorry.
CHARLIE: Neither am I.
CHARLIE: But maybe no more pictures during business hours.
CHARLIE: I take it back.
CHARLIE: You can send me pictures.
CHARLIE: Please send me pictures.
NOVA:
NOVA: I asked Selene to block off some time for you on Wednesday afternoon.
CHARLIE: For something sexy?
CHARLIE: You wanna see me in my three-piece suit?
CHARLIE: I can wear suspenders if you want.
NOVA: No.
NOVA: I thought we could have lunch together. It’s the only time we match up this week.
CHARLIE:
CHARLIE: Even better.
NOVA: But please feel free to wear your suspenders.
CHARLIE: Are you awake?
CHARLIE: Nevermind. We’ll talk tomorrow.
NOVA: I’m here. What’s up?
CHARLIE: Did I wake you up?
NOVA: No.
CHARLIE: I did.
NOVA: Lucky for you, I like it when you wake me up.
NOVA: Feeling lonely?
CHARLIE: Feeling far away from you.
NOVA: I’m right here.
NOVA: Want to watch a movie?
CHARLIE: I don’t know how I feel about you and Selene being besties.
NOVA: You can feel however you want about it.
CHARLIE: She wants a tattoo.
CHARLIE: Coincidentally, she also told me I need to learn how to fight.
NOVA: I like her. I’m glad you have someone looking out for you.
CHARLIE: …
CHARLIE: But not more than me, right? You don’t like her more than me?
NOVA: I like you the most.
NOVA: You’re my favorite, remember?
NOVA: Sorry I missed you. I had a client.
CHARLIE: All good.
CHARLIE: Can I call you now? I’ve got five minutes before I need to head to another meeting.
NOVA: Now is great.
NOVA: Why does New York feel so far away?
CHARLIE: Because it is.
CHARLIE: Miss your peanut butter pretzels, Nova girl.
NOVA: So, weird thing happened today.
CHARLIE: What’s up?
NOVA: I went to the grocery store and asked Sandy if she has any more of those heart shaped grapes.
NOVA: Apparently, they don’t cut grapes into heart shapes.
CHARLIE: That’s weird.
CHARLIE: Must have been a limited-time thing.
NOVA: It’s cute that you’re holding on to this.
CHARLIE: I have no idea what you’re talking about.
CHARLIE: I’m going to have to cancel. My meeting is running late.
NOVA: That’s all right. Call whenever you’re free.
CHARLIE: It might be a while.
NOVA: I can wait.
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
CHARLIE: My calendar is a nightmare this week.
CHARLIE: I’ll try you again later.
[MISSED CALL FROM Nova]
NOVA: I had a walk-in and squeezed them in between two other appointments. I’m sorry I missed you.
[MISSED CALL FROM Nova]
NOVA: You better not have left your phone at home again.
NOVA: This is harder than I thought.
NOVA: Wow. You must be busy if you didn’t immediately spin that into a joke.
NOVA: Call when you can.
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
CHARLIE: I know it’s late, but I wanted to try.
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
CHARLIE: Fuck, I miss you.