𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋

seven

CONVERSATION WITH: NED

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PETER
brUH

NED
Yes?

NED
Did you accidentally feed
Mr. Harkin's chinchilla
tostito chips again with
gooey queso?

NED
I thought we agreed to
never look that devil
in the eye again

PETER
what? of course not.
i learned my lesson

PETER
i don't want to lose
another toenail

NED
Did you run into
Jeremy again asking
if you wanted to see
his bagpipes and
pet shop collection?

PETER
no you insufferable imbecile

PETER
we have a new project
in english and RYDER
is my partner

PETER
RYDER

PETER
its like the universe
is against me

NED
Ryder, like, the girl
who accidentally
sent you a nude last
week? And the girl
you've been crushing
on since freshmen year?
That Ryder? Or
someone different?

PETER
fuck

PETER
ned when ms stevens
announced the partners today
my heart dropped because
i thought she was gonna
ignore me or something idk
And omg i was so nervous
when people started moving
seats next to their partners
because i was like ?!!!! do i go
to her or does she come to
me???? it was stressful

PETER
but ryder like...,,came right
up to me and was super nice
and i was so star struck i
didn't know what to do

PETER
my dumbass had to ask her to repeat
herself because i was too busy being
lost in her stupid beautiful eyes

PETER
like

PETER
who gave her the right
to be that beautiful?

PETER
but ned dude the way
she talks about
her ideas n thoughts

PETER
she talked as if she's
been planning this for
months but i know all
these ideas were from
the top of her head
and i was stunned

PETER
ned she's so smart

PETER
nobody gives
her any credit

PETER
did you know she's the
president of three national
honor societies? i didnt either
until i saw her pins on her
backpack so i asked about them
and her eyes just lit up and
she talked about how she
loves how she's so involved

NED
I think you're in love

PETER
i think ive been in
love for a while

PETER
and then we just started
talking and forgot
about the project

PETER
bro we walked
to lunch together!