Page 7 of Sicken of the Calm

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Ezra

sounds good

see yah then

;)

Me

See you tomorrow

I look down at my phone. I canfeel the dumb grin on my face, but the little winking emoticon stares back atme like a taunt. Do those usually mean something? I consider googling it butshake my head. I open another text conversation.

Me

Hey

What does ;) mean?

Is it like…flirting?

Moore

Depends

But usually, yeah.

I wait for Moore to ask me whyI’m asking, but my phone stays silent. I sight in relief. Calm, dependable,stalwart Moo-

Iva

dude

is someone flirting with u?

joaquin

joaquin

j

quinny-boo

telllll meeeeee

joaquin!

Me

Oh my God, stop

Iva

come on!

I cannot BELIEVE u arent telling me!

I am enraged

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