Page 54 of Truly, Madly, Deeply

Lulu (11:24 p.m.): BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Lulu (11:24 p.m.): OMG YOU DUMB BITCH I LOVE YOUR STUPID ASS SO MUCH

Truly rolled her eyes.

Truly (11:25 p.m.): Haha so funny! Truly made an ass of herself! So hilarious! LOL. What a knee slapper.

Lulu (11:26 p.m.): 1) we can tone down the sarcasm and 2) who the fuck says knee slapper??? gen-z grandma

Lulu (11:26 p.m.): also for the record it’s so cute how you say his whole name as if i know another colin

Even as Truly rolled her eyes, her cheeks burned.

Truly (11:27 p.m.): I asked for help, not to be razzed within an inch of my life.

Lulu (11:28 p.m.): bold of you to assume i can’t do both

Lulu (11:28 p.m.): i just don’t understand what you’re waiting for

Lulu (11:28 p.m.): clearly you like the guy

Lulu (11:29 p.m.): clearly he likes you

Truly (11:29 p.m.): It’s more complicated than that.

Lulu (11:30 p.m.): bullshit. it’s only as complicated as you make it and babe i don’t understand but you seem bound and determined to make this more complicated than it needs to be

Lulu (11:30 p.m.): you had a good time the other day right? you’d probably have a good time if you grabbed coffee with him again right?

Truly (11:31 p.m.): I suppose.

She could concede that much.

Lulu (11:32 p.m.): now pretend the podcast isn’t a thing. you’re done recording. you have zero professional obligation to see him ever again. you walk out the door and that’s it. never again will colin mccrory darken your proverbial door. how do you feel?

Even though it was strictly hypothetical, her heart shrank.

Truly (11:33 p.m.): Okay. I get it.

Lulu (11:34 p.m.): no one regrets the chances they took

Lulu (11:34 p.m.): people regret the chances they didn’t take

She snorted. Now that was an utter crock of shit.

Truly (11:35 p.m.): Okay, Wayne Gretzky. If I went bungee jumping and broke both my legs, I can safely say I’d regret it.

Lulu (11:37 p.m.): you asked for my opinion so here it is

Lulu (11:39 p.m.): i think you do know what you want and it scares you so you’re looking for an excuse not to take the flying leap of faith we both know you want to. the one the truly six years ago would’ve taken in a heartbeat, without question

Lulu was right; six years ago, Truly would have gone after what she wanted, consequences be damned. But that girl had unwavering faith in happily ever afters.

Lulu (11:40 p.m.): take my advice or don’t, but i’m not going to be the one to tell you not to take a chance just because that’s what you want to hear

Lulu (11:41 p.m.): go out with him or don’t. take it slow or go full throttle pedal to the metal

Lulu (11:41 p.m.): do what you need to do

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