What elephant???
Georgia Warr
your ginormous crush on rooney bach Felipa Quintana
Uh wait wait wait
I mean she’s OBJECTIVELY hot
I’m not into her
Georgia Warr
aldkjhgsldkfjghlkf Felipa Quintana
I DON’T CRUSH ON STRAIGHT GIRLS
Georgia Warr
lol
Felipa Quintana
We would murder each other if we dated Which we wouldn’t because she’s straight And I don’t like her like that
And she’s super annoying and she has to have her way all the time And I’m doomed to be a lonely gay 4 life Georgia Warr
you’re digging yourself so far into this hole Felipa Quintana
I’M CHANGING THE SUBJECT
I have a question
Georgia Warr
fire away my dude
Felipa Quintana
I may be like … totally making this up, but … is there something going on between you and Jason???
He told me you met up just you two the other day and like Idk it sounded almost like a date or something hahaha Georgia Warr
would you find that weird? if we dated?
Felipa Quintana
Idk
It’d be a change
Georgia Warr
well i guess i don’t really know what’s going on with that yet Felipa Quintana
So you do like him??
Georgia Warr
i don’t really know?
maybe?
we’ve decided to see what happens Felipa Quintana
Hm
Okay
GEORGIA WARR, JASON FARLEY-SHAW
Georgia Warr
i just told pip that we’re potentially seeing each other Jason Farley-Shaw
Oh SHIT okay!
Wow
What did she say?
Georgia Warr
she just said ‘Hm okay’
Jason Farley-Shaw
Oh god she’s mad then Georgia Warr
i don’t think she’s angry
she’s probably just confused Jason Farley-Shaw
Fair enough I guess!!
It is kind of a sudden development Georgia Warr
she’ll get over it though right?
i mean she’ll be all right with it?
Jason Farley-Shaw
Yeah
Definitely
GEORIGA WARR, ROONEY BACH
Georgia Warr
hey fried egg where are you??
Rooney Bach
Out!!!!
Georgia Warr
you coming back tonight?
i have things to discuss Rooney Bach
Oooooo THINGS
What things I love things Georgia Warr
well
idk what to do next with jason
so i am summoning you to assist unless you wanna stay out, no pressure haha Rooney Bach
Nah people are just being boring and drunk and I’m not in the mood to get with anyone Fried egg is on her way Georgia Warr
be hasty, egg
‘There,’ said Rooney as I tapped send on my message.
Georgia Warr
Sooooo d’you wanna meet up again this weekend?
We were sitting next to each other against the headboard of my bed, Rooney still in full going-out clothes and me in some Christmas pyjamas, despite the fact that it was early November.
‘What do I do on the date?’ I asked, looking at the message, waiting for Jason to see it.
She sipped her post-night-out cup of tea. ‘Whatever you want.’
‘But do we have to kiss on the second date?’
‘You don’t have to do anything.’
I turned to Rooney, but we were sitting too close, so I just got an eyeful of dark hair curled into loose waves. ‘Would you kiss on the second date?’
Rooney snorted. ‘I don’t go on dates.’
‘But you’ve been on a date before.’
She stayed silent for a moment.
‘I guess so,’ she said finally. ‘But generally, I prefer just sex.’
‘Oh.’
‘Don’t get me wrong, being in a relationship would be nice, probably. And sometimes I meet people and I think, maybe …’ She halted mid-sentence, then rolled off my bed and walked over to her own. ‘It’s … well, I always fall for the wrong people. So what’s the point?’
‘Oh.’
She didn’t say anything more than that, and it felt rude to push it and ask for details. Instead, she started changing into her pyjamas, and I definitely saw her shoot a glance at her photo of her and Mermaid-hair Beth.
Maybe Beth was an ex-girlfriend. Or an old crush. I didn’t have any evidence that Rooney liked girls, but it wasn’t impossible.
‘There’s nothing wrong with just having sex,’ she said, once she’d got into bed.
‘I know,’ I said.
‘Relationships just aren’t for me, I think. They never end well.’
‘OK.’
She suddenly leapt up from the bed, muttering ‘Roderick,’ and running over to water him. Roderick was looking a little the worse for wear, to be honest – Rooney seemed to be forgetting to water him quite frequently. After she’d finished, she was asleep five minutes later, while I stayed up, alternating between staring at the blue-tinged ceiling and scrolling through my phone, stressing about whether I was supposed to kiss Jason on our second date.