I Love You, I Guess || Tristan Evans

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You: JAMES THANK YOU SO MUCH 

James: that reaction means it went well 

James: i'm glad 

James: and you're welcome 

You: YEAH I ACED IT YOU SHOULD HAVE HEARD ME I WAS SO GOOD 

You: okay not like i had any idea what i was doing note-wise and cord-wise and stuff but i knew what string to press and when and all that stuff and it sounded soooo good 

You: i made no mistakes whatsoever 

You: and my teacher was like who taught you this and i was trying to be mysterious and stuff and i said a future world-wide famous guitarist taught me and he's really good and i think she's silently praying that you'll come play for her and she might even think that you're a miracle worker or something because you taught me how to play a song in such a short time 

You: i'm rambling i'm sorry i'm just so pleased 

James: hahahaha that's okay 

James: i am so glad that i could help and i am so proud of youuuu 

You: can i please take you out for dinner or something? my treat. i have to repay you somehow. 

James: awww really you don't have to 

You: no come on i can take you to my favorite restaurant 

You: please tell me you like chinese food 

James: i have an idea 

James: how about we all go out together? me, you, brad, con and tris? 

You: oh i don't know about that, James...........

You: i mean i have nothing against the other guys coming. it's just that... i feel like things might be a bit awkward. 

James: between you and tris? you fought, i know 

James: i'm sorry about the sneaky way to introduce the conversation again but i just didn't know how to ask you

You: it's okay... i was actually wondering if you'd ask...

James: so, what happened? 

You: well, as a first i don't know if i would call it a fight 

You: he messaged me and i kind of reacted weirdly 

You: i don't know why i did that 

You: i guess i was just kind of pissed at him because he'd kind of forgotten about me in a way..........

You: and then out of the blue he messages me and i don't know... i kind of felt like a second choice then 

You: which is stupid... I HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE GUY -_- 

James: how many times am i going to have to explain to you how internet friendships work, nora? it's okay to feel that way, because they are like any other friendships

You: i guess there's also another thing

You: i am probably going to regret asking you this, but are he and Veronica back together? 

James: in all honesty, i wish i could answer that, but i really don't know

James: he's been a bit distant toward us as well in the last couple of weeks

James: i think you should talk to him 

You: i don't know 

You: i really don't know what i want to say to him 

James: just be honest with him 

You: you think? 

James: yeah, tris appreciates honesty and likes it when people are direct with him 

You: okay. i'll think about it. 

James: good. i'm sorry to put a damper on your mood by bringing this up. 

You: it's okay. it kind of helped to talk about it. :) 

James: i'm so sorry to leave you now, but i really have to go. i'm actually helping with organizing my cousin's birthday party and they've been calling for me for the past 15 minutes 

You: go :) 

You: i didn't mean to take up so much of your time

James: you didn't. i wanted to help. that's what friends are for, nora. don't you ever forget it. :) 

You: thank you, James. :) 

James: talk to tris, alright? 

You: i'll try 

James: talk to you later? 

You: talk to you later. :)

Soooo, long time no see, guys. It's almost been a month. I'm sorry for the lack of updates. I was just really busy lately. But I will try to keep the updates constant from now on. If by any chance I accidentally have a little hiatus like this, blame finals, because they are coming up. But since I do have everything except for the very last chapter written, they should be up once or twice every week as usual. 

Anyway, I hope you're enjoying the story. Any thoughts on what you think might happen next? :)