Turntechgodhead [TG] started pestering EctoBiologist [EB] at 16:22

TG: sup egbert

EB: Nothing much Dave! :B

TG: sounds cool

EB: Hey Dave?

TG: again sup egbert

EB: Are you, maybe

EB: Doing anything today?

TG: you askin me out on a date

TG: didnt think you rolled that way

EB: No! I mean, unless you want it to be a date?

You most definitely did not get butterflies in your stomach when he asked that. Striders don't get no damn butterflies.

TG: the most ironic of dates

EB: How ironic?

TG: the most ironic

TG: you know me bro

EB: Yeah irony irony irony

EB: Irony, apple Juice, rap and being cool is all you care about Dave! :B

TG: hey man so not true

TG: there is a certain bucktooth dork i care about

TG: but that dork is so oblivious he wouldnt know unless i wrote in big red sharpie on his face "dave strider loves this dork"

TG: but i doubt even then the dork would notice

God damn how is he so oblivious.

EB: Dave

TG: john

EB: Is it

EB: Me?

Oh god maybe he isn't as oblivious as he seems.

TG: now why would you think that

EB: Dave

EB: I am the only bucktooth dorky "he" you know

TG: i know jake dont i

EB: So you like my cousin?

TG: no i was just proving a point

TG: striders dont impede on other striders men

TG: i wouldnt do that to poor dirk

TG: dont tell him i called him poor dirk though

TG: hell kick my ass

EB: So it is me?

EB: Dave?

TG: ah shit cats outta the bag now

TG: yes john i like you

TG: feel free to reject me now

TG: john

TG: john?

You swallow and try not to think the worst and hyperventilate. No way is Dave fuckin strider gonna hyperventilate. Nope, not gonna happen. You do, however mentally argue with yourself that you may have just lost your best friend by scaring him away with your confession. You swallow again and breathe a sigh of relief when your laptop pings and his blue text pops up.

EB: Sorry Dave.

EB: You shocked me that's all.

TG: striders tend to do that

EB: Hehe yeah...

EB: Um, don't take this the wrong way

EB: But

EB: Are you serious?

He doesn't believe you. Or he doesn't want to. Or he wants to, but is afraid you're joking and doesn't want to make a fool of himself. You hope the last one. But with your luck, it's one of the first two. You contemplate saying yeah it was just a joke egbert calm down, but that would be lying, and you can't lie to him. You've kept it from him long enough. You just hope he doesn't outright hate you. You steel your courage and type a simple reply and wait anxiously for his reply.

TG: dead serious

EB: Oh.

Shit shit shit shit shit.

EB: I... I don't know what to say Dave.

TG: dont need to say nothin

TG: i get it bro

TG: you dont like me that way

TG: it's cool

That was such a lie and you know it. What happened to not lying to him? You are such an idiot.

EB: No!

EB: It's not that I don't like you that way.

EB: It's... that I think I do?

Hope flares in your chest as you read his message. You try to remain calm as you reply to him.

TG: you do

EB: Yeah I think I do Dave

TG: does this mean I can take you up on that date offer

EB: I guess?

EB: Yeah it does :B

TG: cool

TG: so where you takin me on our first date egbert

EB: Um...

EB: A little cliché, but, dinner and a movie?

TG: cliché

TG: awesome

TG: so when is this date

EB: Uh...

EB: Saturday?

TG: cool see you saturday

EB: Hey Dave I have to go do homework so talk to you later?

TG: go do your homework nerdy kid

TG: bye

Turntechgodhead [TG] stopped pestering EctoBiologist [EB] at 17:44

You can't wait till this Saturday.