Honestly Banality

fifteen | breve

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"Hello?"

"Hey Ian. It's Ellie."

"What's up Elliot?"

"Who's Elliot? I'm Ellie."

"Sorry Ellie, but you must have gotten the wrong number."

"Just say it Ianora!"

"..."

"What do you want Ellie."

"I broke up with Valerie yesterday."

"What? It hasn't even been a month! And I thought you said you had fun!"

"I did have fun! I beat her at a ton of those carnival games. It just didn't feel like how being boyfriend-girlfriend was supposed to feel. We cared about each other a lot, but more in a brother and sister way than in a couple way."

"Sorry, but did she dump you?"

"No, it was mutual and stuff. It's cool. We both knew it would've never lasted anyway; we're better as friends."

"Oh okay. Sorry."

"It's not a bad thing, stop apologizing. There are worse things."

"..."

"You okay?"

"Yeah. yeah...by the way, could you drop by Marina's tomorrow? My shift ends at one. Maybe we could hang out together, without the girls this time."

"Of course.""

"...Ellie."

"Haha. I've got you."

"Caught red handed. And Elliot?"

"Mmhmm?"

"Imogen and I aren't a thing either. We established that yesterday too. Maybe you could tell Valerie so she doesn't try squishing us together or something."

"Valerie's efforts were for nothing then? That's hilarious."

"Hehe. More or less."

"Imogen and I are still friends though, obviously. She's so nice."

"Mmhmm."

"Hey, we should try to play matchmaker for Valerie. Give her a taste of her own medicine, you know?"

"We should. What about Imogen?"

"She's got her eye on someone."

"We could be her wingmen then."

"Haha. Let's talk about it tomorrow. Plan it out."

"Bring your thinking cap Ianora!"

"Ellie-"

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