I learned a lesson yesterday: if you spend your entire afternoon writing fanfiction, you will not get your homework done, and you will regret that because you stay up until 1 am doing it (and not even finish).


December 20

I didn't see you before you left for work today. SH [sent at 10:34]

Did I say something wrong? SH [sent at 10:36]

I'm still waiting on that measuring cup. SH [sent at 10:42]

I'll pay you back, I swear. SH [sent at 10:49]

John? SH [sent at 10:55]

I'm almost out of patches. This time it's because Mrs. Hudson found them while she was cleaning (are we sure she's not out housekeeper?), and 'confiscated' them. I had some hidden under my pillow, so the rush for a new package isn't terrible. SH [sent at 11:03]

But I need more soon. SH [sent at 11:05]

Did you throw out my bag of thumbs? SH [sent at 11:13]

And tell Molly not to give me any more? SH [sent at 11:20]

Maintaining a non-smoking problem in London is brutally difficult. Whenever a smoker walks past the flat, I can smell it and it almost sends me over edge. SH [sent at 12:03]

Where did you hide my cigarettes. SH [sent at 12:16]

John, I NEED one. SH [sent at 12:20]

Does Mrs. Hudson know? SH [sent at 12:25]

If she does, she isn't telling me, apparently. SH [sent at 12:36]

Under the skull, really John? That was your last hiding spot. SH [sent at 12:46]

Mrs. Hudson took my cigarette. SH [sent at 12:53]

John. SH [sent at 13:02]

John. SH [sent at 13:09]

John. SH [sent at 13:15]

JOHN. SH [sent at 13:20]

You're in luck, there is something worth watching on telly. Maybe I'll stop texting you for a bit. SH [sent at 13:26]

I was wrong, this is boring. SH [sent at 13:44]

I need a new case. SH [sent at 13:47]

Why won't Lestrade give me a new case? SH [sent at 13:51]

You went to a pub with him recently, did he say anything? SH [sent at 13:54]

Your phone's off, isn't it. SH [sent at 14:06]

That's it. Your phone's off. SH [sent at 14:09]

TURN YOUR PHONE ON. SH [sent at 14:11]

Please? SH [sent at 14:13]

Why am I being polite, you can't hear me. That's not how technology works. SH [sent at 14:14]

Yet. SH [sent at 14:14]

Would you please just do an experiment or SOMETHING to distract yourself. I can't focus on my patients when my phone is buzzing every few minutes. JW [sent at 14:16]

Oh, so your phone wasn't off? And you threw out my experiment! SH [sent at 14:18]

John? SH [sent at 14:22]

You'd better be glad you have unlimited text messages, I will not stop until I get a conversation out of you. SH [sent at 14:27]

John. SH [sent at 14:32]

Fine. SH [sent at 14:33]

I'm off work, what do you need? JW [sent at 18:19]

Are you seeing Tiffany tonight? SH [sent at 18:20]

Okay, one, it's Tracie. Two, she asked me about you, and I explained, and she didn't call me after. JW [sent at 18:23]

I told you she wasn't good for you. SH [sent at 18:25]

It doesn't necessarily mean we are over. JW [sent at 18:27]

You've known her for no more than a week, and were already referring to her as your girlfriend. SH [sent at 18:29]

What's that got to with anything? JW [sent at 18:31]

Nothing, really. I just wanted to point it out. SH [sent at 18:34]

Yeah, fine. I'm going to the pub again tonight. JW [sent at 18:36]

I don't want to go to the pub. SH [sent at 18:37]

I wasn't inviting you. I'm going with Mike Stamford. JW [sent at 18:40]

Why? SH [sent at 18:35]

Because he's my mate. JW [sent at 18:36]

I thought you said he was your friend. SH [sent at 18:37]

They mean the same thing, how long have you lived in England? JW [sent at 18:38]

The term "mate" isn't only used in England. It's used in Australia also, maybe even more often than here. SH [sent at 18:39]

Never mind, Sherlock. JW [sent at 18:41]

What? What did I do that time? SH [sent at 18:43]

You talked. I'm regretting texting you. I'm going to the pub now. JW [sent at 18:45]

I didn't talk, I texted. SH [sent at 18:46]

Have fun getting drunk with Stamford. SH [sent at 18:47]

Maybe next time I can join you... SH [message saved as draft][message deleted]


In case you weren't paying attention, that last one said [message deleted]. Just in case. You probably noticed. But just in case. I'm going to stop typing now.