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Coming of Age Drama High School

This story contains sensitive content

Written in response to: "Write a story with timestamps and/or dates." as part of In Real Time.

[Sensitive content: allusions to sexual assault, depression, and suicidal thoughts.]

Friday, October 21 2011

joytotheworld03

Girl, oh my god, you have bio with Matty, right? Did you see what he was wearing today??

2:21 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

since i don’t spend the majority of my time staring at him, no, i did not :p

2:22 PM

Joytotheworld03

Boooo, don’t act like you don’t have eyes. That boy is fine and he knows it. 

2:24 PM

Joytotheworld03

He used his shirt to wipe some sweat off his forehead earlier and I swear I short-circuited, Ginny

2:24 PM

Joytotheworld03

Genuinely, like my body took a screenshot

2:24 PM

Joytotheworld03

Are we still on for movie night tonight btw?

2:24 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

oh, as if you’re getting out of it… my mom already went to Family Video.

2:25 PM

Joytotheworld03

Don’t tell me that means we’re watching another one of her Hugh Grant movies.

2:26 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

i think we managed to weasel out of it this time with it being a halloween horror themed event… she got scream, the halloween movie from the 70s, and then something called jennifer’s body?

2:25 PM

Joytotheworld03

I know you can’t see me, but I’m letting out a sigh of relief. HUGE. 

2:26 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

lol shut up…

2:27 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

girl I can see that chat bubble… if you don’t stop messaging me, you’re gonna miss your bus

2:28 PM

Monday, October 24 2011

Joytotheworld03

Are you still upstairs?

3:06 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

yeah, actually, had some questions I needed answered and stuck around after class

3:07 PM

Joytotheworld03

Oh thank GOD – could you grab my white sneakers and my pom poms from my locker on your way down? I totally spaced and forgot we had practice today and didn’t grab them.

3:06 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

no problem :)

3:07 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

is your combination still 08-15-89?

3:07 PM

Joytotheworld03

You know it girl. Won’t be forgetting that one.

3:08 PM

Wednesday, October 26 2011

Joytotheworld03

Oh. My. God.

10:41 AM

Joytotheworld03

Girl.

10:41 AM

Joytotheworld03

Girl. Look at your phone.

10:41 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

is nothing sacred to you, joy

10:42 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

does silent reading time mean nothing to you

10:42 AM

Joytotheworld03

This is Earth-shattering news – I fear the book will have to wait

10:43 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

… okay, give me the deets

10:45 AM

Joytotheworld03

MATTY TEXTED ME

10:45 AM

Joytotheworld03

Apparently, his parents have to go out of town for the weekend for some family thing, so the team’s gonna throw this huge Halloween party at his place

10:46 AM

Joytotheworld03

And obviously, you can’t have a party without cheerleaders

10:46 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

obviously

10:47 AM

Joytotheworld03

Obviously.

10:47 AM

Joytotheworld03

What do you think you’re gonna wear?

10:48 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

hmmm, I dunno. maybe something scary?

10:47 AM

Joytotheworld03

Ooh, like a sexy vampire? 

10:48 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

i guess i could get some plastic teeth

10:49 AM

Joytotheworld03

No way someone’s kissing you through those, haha!

10:48 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

what do you think you’re gonna dress as?

10:50 AM

Joytotheworld03

Is sexy cat too cliche?

10:48 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

hahahahaha

10:50 AM

Thursday, October 26 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

awww, oh my god, joy, look what i just found when I was cleaning

8:31 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

[IMG.408]

8:31 PM

Joytotheworld03

No way, is that our book?

8:36 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

in our shitty third grade handwriting and everything

8:37 PM

Joytotheworld03

I can’t believe you still have that. 

8:36 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

well, i can’t exactly get rid of a legal document, now can I? you signed a contract, remember – BFFLs?

8:37 PM

Joytotheworld03

Oh, I’m holding you to it. 

8:36 PM

Friday, October 27 2011

Joytotheworld03

Wait, are we getting ready for the party at my place or yours?

1:04 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

can we do yours? my brother’s having a bunch of his friends over and I feel like their presence won’t be very conducive to a party atmosphere

1:05 PM

Joytotheworld03

That’s probably for the best.

1:06 PM

Joytotheworld03

Ooh, do you wanna get ice cream after? Matty was just telling me that there’s this really awesome shop just a couple streets down from his house.

1:08 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

when have I ever said no to ice cream?

1:09 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

feels like it’d be easier to text than try to speak with how loud it is in here

10:31 PM

Joytotheworld03

Haha! Good thing speaking isn’t usually the priority in this situation :P

10:32 PM

Joytotheworld03

Ooh, I see Matty, BRB

10:32 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

are you coming back?

10:55 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

okay girl, where are you? I just went to get a drink and Matty was the one who made it.

10:55 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

did you get lost?

10:55 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

joy I love you but I do not see what you see in this boy. He’s spent the last 10 minutes talking at me over the countertop about the transformer’s movies

11:06 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

hopefully whenever you get service and see these messages you will come RESCUE ME

11:06 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

where are you??

11:17 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

hey, um, I don’t know if my texts are going through with how many phones are probably in this room, but I kinda started feeling woozy, so im gonna go outside for some fresh air i think

11:25 PM

Saturday, October 28 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

joy

11:41 PM

Sunday, October 29 2011

Joytotheworld03

Oh my god girl, I am SO sorry – I got swept up in the crowd and ended with Chelsea and the girls, who of course roped me into all of their usual drama and I totally lost track of time.

12:01 AM

Joytotheworld03

Do you wanna just meet at the ice cream shop?

12:02 PM

Sunday, October 29 2011

Joytotheworld03

Ginny?

12:02 PM

Monday, October 30 2011

Joytotheworld03

Are you not coming to school today?

11:00 AM

Tuesday, October 31 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

sorry. flu.

9:14 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

just woke up

9:14 AM

Joytotheworld03

Ooh, a sudden illness after a party… Sounds like you kissed someone, then?

9:16 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

I didn’t kiss anyone. 

9:16 AM

Joytotheworld03

Um, okay.

9:17 AM

Joytotheworld03

Me neither, for the record. I couldn’t find Matty anywhere.

9:17 AM

Tuesday, October 31 2011

Joytotheworld03

Ginny? You still awake over there?

9:38 AM

Friday, November 04 2011

Joytotheworld03

I feel like I haven’t seen you all week.

10:03 AM

Monday, November 07 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

can you tell coach i can’t make it to practice today

2:12 PM

Joytotheworld03

Sure! You okay?

2:13 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

i’m fine

2:12 PM

Friday, November 11 2011

Joytotheworld03

You wanna do another movie night? I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever.

4:14 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

sorry, i’m not really feeling up to it

4:22 PM

Joytotheworld03

Okay! Maybe another time.

4:23 PM

Monday, November 14 2011

Joytotheworld03

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my GOD

12:34 PM

Joytotheworld03

You will NEVER guess what just happened to me

12:34 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

what happened?

12:38 PM

Joytotheworld03

MATTY KISSED ME

12:39 PM

Joytotheworld03

Oh my god, we were both walking in the hall near the end of free period, and he just pulled me into a corner and kissed me stupid

12:39 PM

Joytotheworld03

Said he hadn’t been able to stop thinking about me since the Halloween party, and couldn’t wait any longer before properly asking me out!!!!

12:40 PM

Joytotheworld03

God, I feel like I’m grinning ear to ear

12:40 PM

Joytotheworld03

Can you believe it, Ginny?

12:41 PM

Monday, November 14 2011

Joytotheworld03

Ginny?

12:58 PM

Friday, November 25 2011

Joytotheworld03

You up for another movie night?

4:00 PM

Friday, November 25 2011

Joytotheworld03

Guess not.

8:00 PM

Saturday, December 12 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

hey. sorry i’ve been MIA for awhile

3:01 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

i was just cleaning and came across our book again, and I was thinking that maybe it could live at your house

3:02 PM

Joytotheworld03

You haven’t texted me back in weeks and the first thing you wanna talk about is some stupid book we wrote when we were kids? It’s just construction paper and staples.

3:03 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

i think it’s more than that

3:04 PM

Joytotheworld03

Then why do you wanna give it away?

3:05 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

i want you to have something that reminds you of me

3:08 PM

Joytotheworld03

Funny, the way you’ve been acting lately, I was under the impression that we weren’t friends.

3:10 PM

ginnyisnthererightnow

we’re best friends

3:11 PM

Joytotheworld03

Are we?

3:13 PM

Sunday, December 13 2011

ginnyisnthererightnow

I’m sorry I couldn’t be a better friend to you.

1:22 AM

ginnyisnthererightnow

I hope that Matty is better to you than he was to me.

1:23 AM

Sunday, December 13 2011

Joytotheworld03

Hey, I’m sorry for what I said too, that wasn’t cool of me.

10:30 AM

Joytotheworld03

Honestly, me and Matty have been having some problems, and I think I accidentally let out some of that frustration onto you, which sucks and I’m sorry.

10:31 AM

Joytotheworld03

Still friends?

10:31 AM

Sunday, December 13 2011

Joytotheworld03

Ginny?

10:48 AM

Sunday, December 13 2011

Joytotheworld03

You alive over there?

10:59 AM

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