hello everyone! if you want, listen to "love in the 21st century" by neon trees while you read this chapter. all lowercase is intentional. also remember this is au, so there's some slightly ooc behavior. enjoy!
j: hi
n: um...hi??
j: sorry, guess you don't get messages from numbers you don't know.
n: no, i don't. where did you get my number???
j: this is super embarrassing.
n: ????
j: so i was at a restaurant, and my friend from class talked me into texting this number
n: why was my number at the restaurant???
j: ....
n: ???!!
j: ...
j: it was in the bathroom stall...
n: are you serious???!! and you texted me???
n: i can't believe this!! why is my number on the bathroom stall ugh ew
n: who put it there???
n: why are you using it perv
j: sorry sorry sorry! i really only did it as a joke i don't get out much and my friends talked me into it
j: this is why i hate having friends honestly
n: i am disgusted
n: don't talk to me again
j: honestly i was just going to tell you that your name was on the bathroom stall so maybe next time you got a message like this you wouldn't be so upset
j: and i just wanted to get your name. the wall doesn't have it
n: ew
j: sorry i'll just leave you alone. bye
n: k
Message read at 11:56 pm
n: sorry about getting mad. thanks for telling me.
Message read at 12:07 am
n: really?? you're gonna leave me on read???
n: k.
n: my name is nancy.
j: desperate much?
n: ok im being nice. and besides, i'm not the one who got a number off a bathroom stall.
j: touché.
j: nancy.
n: what is your name? (:
Message read at 12:16 am
n: are you serious?? stop leaving me on read!!
j: you use a lot of punctuation
n: i have an intense personality
j: i see that
n: tell me your name
j: you don't need to know.
n: you can't text me and ask for my name and tell me i'm on the bathroom stall and then not tell me your name.
Message read at 12:29 am
n: k bye. i thought maybe we could be friends, but you seem unfriendly. so nevermind.
j: i don't really like having friends. and i don't think we would work as friends anyway.
n: how would you know??
j: please. i can tell a lot about you just from the way you text.
n: you don't know anything about me!!!
j: loud. probably popular. super smart. kind of stuck-up.
n: that's so not true!!!
j: then what are you?
n: i am not stuck-up!! and i am not popular.
j: ok
n: i'm not!!
j: i believe you.
n: well...what about you?? i bet i can guess some things about you.
Message read at 12:43 am
n: like i bet you're the artsy type. you like to think you're mysterious, but you're really not. you're a loner and i bet people think you're strange.
j: if you really believe it's that easy, then sure.
n: oh, and you think i'm so simple?? you judged me first!!
j: you're right
n: you're frustrating
Message read at 12:49 am
n: omg
n: you must think i'm a slut too, since my name is on the bathroom stall
j: no
n: so what do you think??
j: doesn't matter.
n: yes it does!! i asked, so you tell.
j: i think you're a girl who just picked the wrong friends and one of them screwed you over
n: oh...
j: oh??
n: that might be true...
j: goodnight nancy
n: goodnight.
Message read at 12:58 am
n: hey, i never got your name
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j: it's jonathan
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Well, there's the first chapter. It's the first time I've written anything in this style, so I'm not sure how I feel. I might use actual prose for my next fic. I just read a bunch of texting fics and felt inspired. Let me know what you think!
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love in the 21st century//jancy
Fanfiction"are you a camera? because every time i look at you i smile." "come on, nance. you can do better than that." // jancy college au set in the 2000s. a mostly texting fic.
