Chapter 24
CHAPTER 24
TEXT THREAD BETWEEN OLIVE AND LIAM, LATER THAT NIGHT
Olive
So how do we feel about Jetpack Girl? I think we put her in a pink space suit with a cute helmet, but leave her pigtails sticking out, like this:
Insert image of Jetpack Girl
Liam
Wow. That’s perfect.
Olive
And I think Propeller Hat Boy needs a name. How about Larry?
Liam
No
Olive
Liam?
Liam
Absolutely not
Olive
Okay, we’ll put a pin in that. Do you want to go the inventor route? Because I sketched his laboratory. I thought showing the environment might be good for your pitch. If you are still pitching it.
Liam
I’m pitching it
Olive
sends drawing of laboratory, followed by drawing of crazy-haired inventor
Or maybe I need a different take on the inventor. Maybe the Albert Einstein knockoff is too common?
Liam
I’ll send over the ideas I have so far. I have a whole Google doc, just no artwork
Olive
You want me to quit throwing ideas at you?
Liam
Actually, no. I love to hear them, and I love to brainstorm.
Just maybe not at midnight
Olive
You’re such an old man.
Liam
Go to sleep
Olive
Probably won’t.
Liam
I have to get up early to set things up for Family Day.
Olive
That’s sweet of you.
Liam
I’m a sweet guy
Olive
Liam
. . .
Olive
. . .
Liam
When did you start drawing the propeller hat guy?
Olive
When we were kids
Liam
Is it supposed to be me?
Olive
Cocky, much?
Liam
. . .
Olive
Just kidding. Yeah, it is.
Liam
What’s it mean?
Olive
Sometimes you would sort of go off in your own little world, and I wondered what it was like inside your head. I imagined these big, wild adventures you must be on. I guess I made up a way to get you to share them with me.
Liam
Jetpack Girl.
Olive
Dumb, right?
Liam
Not dumb
Olive
But dumb that I still absently draw them. I guess I’m still trying to find a way to get you to let me in.
Liam
Night, Liv
Olive
Night xoxo
. . . but I erase the xoxo before I hit send.