𝟏𝟏:𝟏𝟏 ━━━━ STEPHANIE BROWN.

viii. nova: overthinks

spoiler's simp
steph.
stef.
STEPH.
STEPHANIEEEEEE
PLEASE DON'T IGNORE ME

after all we might be soulmates 🙄
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spoiler alert's #1 fangirl
wassup

spoiler's simp
HEYYYYYYYYY

spoiler alert's #1 fangirl
HEYYYYYYYYYYYY

spoiler's simp
i'm bored.
and my best friend is getting his drivers test today
so i can't talk to him 🙄

spoiler alert's #1 fangirl
wow nova.
i thought we had something truely special
going on.
nice to know i'm your second choice 😕

spoiler's simp
i swear it's not like that, babygorl 🥺
read at 12:04 p.m.

real life

nova groaned and threw her phone onto her desk before flopping onto her bed.

"why, why, why," she grumbled. "did i make this weird? why did i make this weird?!"

she turned and picked up the phone off of the desk, opening it. she went onto her contacts and pressed romeo's. 

RING. RING. RING.

"hello?" a familiar voice asked. "girl, this better be important. i'm just about to get in the car and get that license."

"ROMEO!" nova screeched into her phone. she groaned again, twisting on her bed until her back was against the headboard. 

"NOVA!" the boy screeched back. "WHAT IS WRONG?"

the girl bit her lip. "so, y'know that one person who i started talking to? the one who i literally know nothing about but literally am too scared to ask them actual questions in fear that they might actually be a 50 year old white man whose going to kidnap me and sell my organs on the dark web even though i texted them right after manifesting my soulmate?"

romeo blew out a breath. "yes, nova, i do. they're like, all you talk about."

"i'm sorry!" the girl said. 

"okay," nova could practically see him rolling his eyes. "what about them?"

the girl groaned again, flopping her arms around.

"nova, if you want to tell me your problems, you're gonna actually have to speak to me, sweetie," romeo said.

"i knowwwwwww," she whined. "it's just too embarrassing. i'm like, totally embarrassed right now."

"read them to me now, bitch," romeo ordered.

"fine." 

nova swept off of the phone calling thing (idk what to call it), and pressed her texting app. she went on to stephanie's contact, which was titled spoiler alert's #1 fangirl and stopped at their most recent messages.

she read the most recent ones from today out loud to romeo, who surprisingly kept silent.

"I swear it's not like that babygorl," she finished off. nova sighed, lightly banging her head against her wall. "read at 12:04 p.m."

silence was all she heard before romeo broke down into a weird cackle. 

"romeo!" nova pleaded. "why are you laughing."

a different, distant voice came through the phone.

"romeo parker! who are you on the phone with?" they demanded. "you're about to take your drivers test! stop laughing like that before your mother thinks your possessed and takes you to a priest!"

"s-s-orry dad," romeo wheezed out. "i'm on the phone with n-n-nova."

"hey, nova!" the once annoyed voice turned kind. "how you doing, kid?"

nova smiled as she realized it was romeo's dad, elijah parker. 

"i'm doing good, mr. parker," she responded.

"that's good," he said. "now romeo, you got 5 minutes before i drag your ass to the car, okay?"

"okay, dad," romeo responded.

"bye, nova!" mr. parker said.

"bye!" she called out.

romeo laughed again. 

nova's eyes twitched. "ROMEO! stop laughing, dude! now tell me what i did wrong!"

"that's the thing," his laughter started to die down. "you did nothing wrong, girl. you're overthinking too much! they probably had to do something else. i can't tell you how many times i've done that to people."

nova's beating heart calmed down. "yeah, you're probably right. i do overthink too much."

"you do," the boy agreed. "and hey! you should play twenty questions with them! you can find out more about each other, and you could even find their insta. they most likely post their face on there and you can see."

nova giggled. "like those cringy texting wattpad stories?"

romeo hummed. "yup! that game can do you wonders, really."

nova smiled. "thanks for talking me down, rome. good luck on your drivers test!"

"thanks, nov," he said. "and make sure to do it! the next time i talk to you i better have more information about them."

nova rolled her eyes playfully. "you will, you will. bye, love you!"

"love you too! bye!"

nova pressed the red button that ended the call before letting her phone fall to her lap and closing her eyes.

before she was doing anything more stressful, she needed a cat nap.