Self-explanatory title, I believe. Major breach of privacy :P
If you've just found this, you might not understand what is going on and any sane person would recommend you to read the Part I to the series, but since I don't fall into the category, I will advice you NOT to read it at all, because the fic is going through a major editing process and many of the things that I mention might not be there in the main fic. The thing is that when I stepped into university, I realised how much was missing from John and especially from Sherlock's life.
But if you want to read, you can add it to your "Marked For Later" list and wait till I post chapter 19. Because I inted to finish editing before a new chapter.
For convenience of context, I've marked the places where you need more insight with symbols like '*', '+' etc and included notes at the end.
And if you're still waiting for Chapter 19 of the main story, a big, humongously big sorry that I haven't posted it even after almost two months. Hiatus is over, and I've updated two other fics of mine, and I've cleared the whole mystery but am a little confused as to what Sherlock and John do next (especially after John's confession).
I will keep updating this as their texts accumulate. So this can be considered as WIP.
19th October, 2014
3:15 pm
Are you still no then? SH
Like I said, you're my student and I'm not gay.
You don't have to be gay to be with a man. SH
Yes, you do. That's why we go to the
trouble of saying 'gay'.
Do you know that you sound a lot like me? SH
3:40 pm
Are you gay?
Why're you interested? SH
3:47 pm
Hello? SH
We have U-Turn tomorrow, by the way. SH
What's U-Turn actually?
Oh, good you're back. Are you still no then? SH
3:55 pm
Hello? SH
You're just PhD in denial, aren't you? SH
I didn't mean it. SH
U-Turn is the official collective freshers party for all the departments and the faculties. It's the third biggest event after Spring Fest and Scintillations* Not that I'll be going. SH
Why not? You have lots of fun in freshers parties.
There'll be a lot of people. And it's boring. I can't believe I'm telling you about U-Turn. SH
Right. You don't like fun.
Excuse me. I do like fun. I just have more sensible ideas than bullying new students. I'm not a sadist. SH
Is that what happens in U-Turn?
Mostly, yes. It's a 3 day fest. Since hazing is "abolished" in St. Bart's, U-Turn is nothing but an excuse for the sohps to bully and make fun at the expense of the freshers. SH
U-Turn is tame compared to individual freshers. In St. Bart's you've got 3+1 faculties, that is, Humanities, Sciences and Engineering, with a separate Medical college outside the campus. SH
The most horrible are the engineering ones. For them, life is easier because they believe they'll get some job or other if they just manage to pass. On the other hand, science students have to struggle for jobs as well, at least that's what Molly has told me. SH
Molly? Ms. Hooper?
Yes. SH
This year, sadism achieved new heights at the mechanical engineering ones freshers. Mech Engg batches usually have very less girls due to menial labour involved, shop class and all that. So guys have unlimited license to make fun of the new ones. SH
Two newbies were called on stage. One of them was made to be a pole, and the other was asked to strip while dancing around it. SH
And we have a 60x45 banner near Gate no. 2 saying that such things are labelled as criminal offences. SH
That's horrible.
You know, you should become a news reporter or a social activist. You quite write like that.
Tedious. SH
Aren't you going to ask me what my ideas for fun are? SH
Okay. What are your ideas of fun?
Are you still no then? SH
27th September, 2014
2:23 pm
How's the boring lunch going? SH
I'll give you two clues as to where I am. SH
Why?
You could sneak out of uni and come and join me. SH
That's the first clue, by the way. SH
That was obvious.
St. Bart's is non-residential, in case you didn't know.
Not to everyone, John. SH
I'm your teacher. No first names.
John. John. John. John. John. John. John.
John. John. John. John. John. John. John.
John. John. John. John. John. John. SH
I used copy/paste, by the way. SH
31st October, 2014
10:31 pm
I'm in a Halloween party. I'm bored. SH
Congratulations.
It's not funny, John. I'm actually bored. SH
I don't understand why people need to celebrate Halloween. According to popular legend. . . (Message truncated due to length)
10:43 pm
For an unsociable guy, you do get to attend a lot of parties.
Don't make it sound like I should be thankful. SH
By the way, are you still no then? SH
10:50 pm
Hello? SH
Come on, John. Your face is like a Russian flag in the lectures. Admit it. SH
11:01 pm
No, Mr. Holmes. I'm not interested in you. How do I make it clear?
Lab class tomorrow. SH
1st November, 2014
7:33 pm
I'm sorry.**
Please. I didn't mean it. I was angry.
7:45 pm
I'm not sure whether you're getting this message.
If you are, give me a missed call.
7:57 pm
Alright, give me a call.
8:09 pm
You'd do the same thing if it was your sibling.
Ms. Hooper apologized to me. Tell her it's not your fault.
3rd November, 2014
6:57 am
Thank you.***
For all of it.
7th November, 2014
9:33 pm
Congratulations again.+
9:37 pm
Wow, I'm lucky. You texted me first today. SH
Is that an excuse to talk to me? SH
Shut up and congratulate yourself.
I know it's not an excuse, relax. I can smell the stench of guilt on you. SH
This is the seventh time you've been congratulating me for something that doesn't even matter to me. SH
Is there something that does matter
to you?
9:51 pm
Hello?
9:55 pm
Holmes?
9:57 pm
Sorry, fell into a micronap. SH
Go get some sleep, you robot.
9th November, 2014
6:32 pm
Molly is dressing me up. SH
I'm not a mannequin. SH
6:33 pm
And I'm not Molly Hooper.
So don't complain to me.
But you're a teacher. SH
Students complain to teachers, don't they? SH
Well, happy shopping then.
Tell me something that makes sense. SH
You're crazy.
Ah, thank you, John. SH
I wasn't complimenting.
But you did say something that made sense. SH
I'm looking forward to meeting Jeanette again. SH
Have you told her? SH
What?
That you're going to break up with her. SH
What makes you think that?
And even if I do, that should be none of your business.
An idiot would see that. She's with you only because she gets a place to stay. You're still with her because she proves that you're not gay. SH
That rhymes. Happy accident. SH
As always, your humility and tact astounds me.
I live to give, John. SH
You think I'm with her because of you?
Yes. SH
6:45 pm
Hello? SH
6:59 pm
Get me that damned Cluedo now! SH
Sorry, what?
Oh no, I was texting Mrs. Hudson. SH
7:04 pm
Now that I remember, she doesn't know how to read texts. SH
11th November, 2014
4:35 pm
I'm sorry.++
Why? SH
I couldn't do anything when Jeanette did that.
I'm sure you did more than that. SH
You broke up with her. SH
And you're texting me. SH
Who should I text then?
For starters, Simpson^. You have to give him the reports of my second internals tests. SH
And you have to listen to his conspiracy theories. SH
Great, thanks for reminding.
Wait, I didn't mean it. SH
2nd December, 2014
11:03 pm
Are you still no then? SH
Mr. Holmes, this is starting to become very troublesome. I don't appreciate this at all. I am your teacher. Full stop.
And I'm in a class, so stop texting me.
If I wasn't your student and if you weren't my professor, would you have gone out with me? SH
11:33 pm
This is plain naivety, nothing else.
Look who's talking. SH
What's that?
You're the one naive enough to think that you can suppress this. SH
11:44 am
Hello? SH
I'm not apologizing. I mean it. SH
John, we should be together. SH
11:50 am
Or what? You'll spike my tea with aphrodisiac?
Since you look like that sort of guy.
Good idea. SH
But no. I trust you. I wish you trusted me. SH
12:01 pm
Mr. Holmes?
12:03 pm
I didn't mean it like that.
12:05 pm
Attachment: ^^
During Scintillations. Can you really deny that? SH
It's just a photo of us.
1st January, 2015
11:39 am
Happy New Year
11:44 am
Happy New Year. SH
Do you still think that it's just a photo? SH
11:50 am
I think it's a photo of us.
You had to think for that? SH
Sometimes I really feel like taking the Lord's name in vain. SH
Shut up.
I believe the more appropriate phrasing is "stop texting". SH
I'm prepared to do that anytime.
Ciao. SH
Where'd you pick that up?
Molly. She keeps using it an awful lot. SH
12:17 pm
I think my parents would like you too. SH
12:20 pm
And even if they don't, it won't matter. My mother understands very little as it is. SH
12:25 pm
Great, now I'm just texting myself. SH
31st January, 2015
10:39 pm
I'm downstairs. ^^^
11th February, 2015
9:35 pm
you llittle basterd
you fucking destorye my live
i was useess
and i inted to remain useless for the rest of my useles life
how dare you iss me and then
i wanted you out geddit
i never wanrted yiou
and yiu probably no its a lie
noits not
i hate you
i fukig ate you
why shelrock why
you have a lot to anweer you rpick
why did you ever cme ito mylife
i am not gay
we never fucked
you geddit
you ruined the bes thing for me
i have to work here
ihate being a professor
not because its hateful because it made me meet you
god i was happy wit jenete
she was right. you neer cared boutme
all youcared about was habving a bit of professor on the side
play around likerabbits
you betteranswer me or ill fucking endyou
i wanted you not to go you prick
i wanted you to go
this is what you did to me
icant decide
10:03 pm
getr out here you coward
ill fuck youin th street in front of dogs
13th February, 2015
3:26 pm
Class leaves in 5. Lab B-3.
Be there in 5. SH
Notes here, for some things that you do need to know (regardless of whether you've read the main thing or not):
Spring Fest and Scintillations* - Fictional, only in this universe. The main college fest of St. Bart's organised by all the students and the college technical fest organised by the engineering faculty respectively.
I'm sorry.** - For this, I suggest you read chapter 10 of If I Could Only.
Thank you.** - Same thing as the former
Congratulations again.+ - Sherlock's getting some award that he couldn't care any less about. John's congratulating, but its an excuse after all, to talk to him. Molly dressing him is for the event itself.
I'm sorry.++ - Jeanette and John break up because she wrongfully slaps Sherlock, but then that had been coming since long ago
Simpson^ - HoD and John's boss. Hates Sherlock the way Hitler hated the Jews
^^ - John and Sherlock took a photo themselves during Scintillations
I'm downstairs. ^^^ - the text before the infamous night of course
Please please review. I'd love to hear your comments! :)