DIVE [1; CHRIS EVANS]

XXVII.

27. TEXTS

MINNIE
hey so

MINNIE
kinda out of the blue

MINNIE
definitely sounds more in touch with my emotions than I usually am but I maybe miss you lmao

MINNIE
and the rest of the cast too, ofc, but if we're playing favorites here, I miss u the most (don't tell seb though otherwise I'll probs end up with an hour's worth of hysterical sobbing from him via voicemail)

CHRIS
hey there stranger, long time no speak

MINNIE
omg how lame I retract my previous statement

CHRIS

MINNIE
jk jk

MINNIE
so like I know ur visiting ur family and I can 100% appreciate and understand how important that is, but I'm just putting an offering out there that if u ever find yourself anywhere nearby then feel free to drop me a text or whatever

MINNIE
I was gonna say 'and we can hang out' but then I realised that I'm not in middle school anymore

CHRIS
hanging out is a very grown up thing to do idk what you mean

MINNIE
dude it sounds like something tom would say

CHRIS
shit I get your point

CHRIS
what's the adult way of communicating that u want to hang out with someone

MINNIE
idk myb 'would u like to go on a date' or something of that description

MINNIE
just a thought

CHRIS
hm im not convinced

MINNIE
do u hear that

CHRIS
we're in different states so no

MINNIE
it was the sound of my heart breaking

MINNIE
if you need me, I'll be crying on the floor of a Denny's bathroom, per Seb's recommendation

CHRIS
hey so totally unrelated note but when I come into town in say, idk, in 8 days totally hypothetically and definitely not for a big important meeting, would u be free

MINNIE
hypothetically, I'm sure I could find time somewhere

CHRIS
and, ya know, purely hypothetically would u like to go out to dinner with me or something

MINNIE
i'd even hypothetically introduce u to banjo beforehand

CHRIS
whoa hold ur hypothetical horses let's not rush now

MINNIE
smh we've been dating for ages

MINNIE
wHEW it must be like 9 or 10 months by now, it's abt time u meet my favourite person

CHRIS
how rude of me to forget

MINNIE
didn't even send me flowers for our six month anniversary and now this ?? unacceptable

CHRIS
my deepest apologies

MINNIE
how deep is ur deepest though

CHRIS
I'd say as deep as lizzie got when she was having that existential crisis over breakfast

MINNIE
oh wow that's hella deep dude

CHRIS
ikr

MINNIE
we've landed ourselves in such a mess omg

CHRIS
how so ??

MINNIE
we've kissed goodbye to any chance of keeping this a secret that we might've had

CHRIS
a blessing and a curse

CHRIS
but hey I'm sure we can make it work

MINNIE
idek I've never done the celebrity dating scene before

CHRIS
you'll be fine, we've practically been doing it for 3 months anyway and nothing's gone drastically wrong up to now

MINNIE
dangerous last words, christopher

CHRIS
nah I don't think so

AUTHOR'S NOTE; just a reminder that they've been 'fake' dating for like 3 and a half months by this point so i wouldn't say it's rushed or an illogical step for them to take, I mean it was gonna happen sooner or later, so why not sooner