Author's Note: So sorry it's been forever since my last update. Major writer's block is to blame. I have a better grip on where I'm taking the story now so hopefully, I'll have the chapter up by next week.
This is a little chapter for humor and helped me get back into my writing groove. It's not the big detailed kind of chapter I usually give but since there's not a lot of action involved, it will suffice for now.
Warning: Bad and lazy texting..You might get eye hurt from this. Don't say I didn't warn you because I did.
The next morning, Artie awoke to the buzzing of his cell phone atop his dresser. Slowly, he stretched for it and flipped it open.
Saturday 6/19 7:17am
From: unknown number
Y did u leave the party
Artie had no idea who this was. Apparently, It was someone from the party. He had Finn's number, also Tina's, Mercedes and Kurt. If the message came from one of them, it would've had the contact displayed.
Saturday 6/19 7:17am
Who is this?
A couple of minutes passed by before it vibrated again.
Saturday 6/19 7:19am
From: unknown number
guess
Artie groaned. He hated it when people made him guess. He tried to remember who else he might've released his number to. About a month ago, Mike got a new phone and passed it around so everyone could jot into his contacts list.
Saturday 6/19 7:19am
Mike?
Saturday 6/19 7:19am
From: unknown number
no
Who else, then? There was a day when Mr. Shuester made everyone do an assignment for Glee. Everyone had to pair up and sing a ballad to one another. He was paired with Quinn. Yes. He did pass his number to her on a piece of paper. It didn't seem like she was enthusiastic to be working with him. Never did call or do the ballad. She's turned over a new leaf, though. Something about her last night was unremarkable to the Quinn Fabray he once knew. Maybe she really did keep the number.
Saturday 6/19 7:22am
Quinn
That must be it. Her and Mike are the only people in Glee he's shown his digits to without recieving any in return.
Saturday 6/19 7:23am
From: unknown number
nooooo
Okay..Now this was just getting ridiculous. Time to play the guessing game until the person caves or he runs out of names..Brittany? Santana? Matt? It couldn't be Rachel, she's always squawked about the fact that texting isn't something she does because you can't feel her colorful array of emotions that way. Who else? Maybe..
Saturday 6/19 7:23am
Puck?
Saturday 6/19 7:23am
From: unknown number
bingo was his name o
Finally. He should've know. Awful use of grammar and spelling. Couldn't have been anyone else. He took the number and promptly saved it in his memory.
Saturday 6/19 7:24 am
How did you get this number?
A book was pulled out in the meantime while he was still in bed. Science Fiction was something this nerd couldn't get enough of so he got the urge to roll over and slide the book from the far end of the dresser next to him by his bedside towards him.
Another text came in as soon as he pulled the bookmark out.
Saturday 6/19 7:26am
From: Puck
kurt
Hmm..So Kurt gave him the number at the party? Odd, but, whatever.
Saturday 6/19 7:27am
Oh okay
Artie continued to read the Douglas Adams book as the time passed by whilst waiting, chuckling softly to himself as he passed along an anecdote inside. He heard the pulse of the phone nearby. Flipping the book face down, still open above his hips, he glanced at the font.
Saturday 6/19 7:32am
From: Puck
so y did u leave
He wasn't going to let this one die, was he? The young spectacled one sighed aloud and clicked on the keypad
Saturday 6/19 7:34am
Didn't feel so well.
Halfway truth..Halfway lie...
Saturday 6/19 7:34am
From: Puck
o i c
How hard is it to type full words? For someone who works out so rigorously, Puck sure is lazy.
Artie plopped the phone on the red and white striped pillow. This conversation was over and he was going to enjoy reading now.
The blue light came on from the corner of his eye.
"For crying out loud.." He complained to himself.
Saturday 6/19 7:35am
From: Puck
what r u doing next week
Artie was taken aback. That was random. Obviously, this meant he wanted to hang out. This, hopefully would not mirror the last time he asked him to hang out. He still can't forget the smell of the school Port-A-Potty.
Saturday 6/19 7:35am
Nothing, why?
Saturday 6/19 7:35am
From: Puck
going to the movies wanna cum
Raising an eyebrow at the imagery of him alone with Puck in a dark movie theatre had him curious and wierded out at the same time. Especially after the improper spelling of the word come.
Saturday 6/19 7:36am
Is this a man date?
The text was of course, a joke. Maybe not the most appropriate to say to the school bully but he didn't care.
Not long came an awnser he never expected to find.
Saturday 6/19 7:36am
From: Puck
yea a double date with you and me and finn and kurt
He shook his head and smiled. Good one, Puckerman.
Saturday 6/19 7:37am
Have they picked out dresses for the wedding yet? lol
Saturday 6/19 7:38am
From: Puck
lol
Well at least the guy had a sense of humor. Finn wouldn't let Artie get beat up by him if he had but it was relaxing to know it would never come to that now.
Several minutes passed by while he wandered aimlessly to the furthest corners of his mind. His off white walls looking more and more mundane as he stared at them. Never in a million years did he think he'd be joking around with Noah Puckerman on the phone. Besides, Arthur saw himself as a movie buff of sorts. Why not tag along with the guys? Might be fun for a change. In a hurricane like pace, he pressed the number keys and sent him another text.
Saturday 6/19 7:45am
Sure. Why not?
Artie took a palm to his face upon reading.
Saturday 6/19 7:47am
From: Puck
i dont know
Saturday 6/19 7:48am
That was supposed to be a rhetorical question.
He was no Finn but he sure gave the guy a run for his money in the intelligence department. No wonder they were best friends.
Saturday 6/19 7:51am
From: Puck
i dont know what that means but ok
i gotta call for the times but ill let you know then
All of this was a joke now.
But if he knew what was going to happen, he wouldn't have been laughing that day.