Charisma's Companion ❦ Jasper Hale

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Taking place in modern times, because I can not do 2005-era cultural references. Nope. 

 - c o m p a n i o n -

Oh, the woes of using Snapchat as your main texting medium. Whenever you actually need to use Messenger, you have to go in and ask for their number awkwardly instead of doing it straight-up, like they did in the olden days.

It was only my good friend, Victoria, though, so it wasn't that bad. I wanted to send her a video of my brother being dumb, but the file was too big to be sent over Snapchat, so over to Messenger I went.

[Me] lmao dis u

[Unknown] ...

[Unknown] I'm me, yeah, but I'm probably not who you're looking for.

[Me] yup, ik youd never use proper grammar while texting. oof, sorry for bothering u mdude

I headed back to the app, asking Victoria if she got the number wrong and asking her to resend it. I got an "omg so sry, here: ", so I sent the video over to that new number without asking, because it's not like she'd get it wrong twice, right? It'd take several minutes to send, considering the video was seven minutes long.

But, then, the random number texted back.

[Unknown] You say that like it's a bad thing. Proper grammar should be universal.

[Me] lmao ok bud

[Unknown] Laughing my ass off—okay, buddy.*

[Me] dang surprised u know to do * when correcting bc ur so out of touch
[Me] bet you're the type of kid who capitalizes abbreviations like SMH dude

[Unknown] Are you assuming my age?

[Me] yeah ig i shouldntve called u a kid
[Me] ur prob some 40 y/o white guy w/ a ford f-150 thinking hes clever 4 bein a grammar nazi
[Me] wait lemme check something
[Me] yeah u live in my area code, bet you're one of those boomer biker weirdos that hang around Port Angeles reliving the glory days of 1972

[Unknown] Harsh. And just so you know, I wouldn't be caught dead in a leather jacket, much less a motorcycle. 

[Me] ooo did u just start a sentence with a conjunction? what a rebel
[Me] im turning u already
[Me] and y u h8ing on leather jackets? 

[Unknown] I'm not too big a fan of bikers, since I had a bad experience with a few a while back.

[Me] spill the tea sis

[Unknown] What? I'm not a girl.

[Me] smh kid
[Me] i mean like spill the beans, share the story, tell me about it, etc
[Me] sis is always used for the phrase bc "spill the tea bro" just sounds off imo

Right after I sent that, the actual Victoria texted "lmao", so I assumed that the video sent. It's kind of hard to reply to that, though, so I just let that conversation die because what else could I do? Victoria was always bad at keeping conversations going; she's a listener, not a talker.

So, I refocused myself back to my little chat with the stranger from Washington, who had just responded. Before I looked at what he said, I changed his recently-created contact to be "not-Victor", the masculine form of Victoria.

[not-Victor] Oh, okay. That's a story for another time, it's kind of long. And I got to go, the game is on and I'd like to watch it without distractions, sorry to disappoint.

[Me] u mean the mariners game?

[not-Victor] Correct.

[Me] imma watch it too. anyways cya l8r because u bet imma bother u again