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carla
jordan

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"sir butt dialer"

"oh lady reciever of the butt dials how may i assist you"

"how many times do i have to fucking tell you to stop butt dialing me?!?"

"i have an older phone... it happens sometimes man"

"well MAN how come it is always and constantly me?"

"it stopped for a while, like for a month. this just happened to be an accident"

"okay okay"

"haha so what u—wait let me rephrase. so 'whats in store for your zodiac today'"

"haha you remember that!"

"when have i ever not remembered something"

"touché"

"so i guess for my zodiac, im not too sure."

"ah thats ok."

"i um actually was on my way to school today and uh i heard a song on well heard a song on the radio today. and it reminded me of you"

"sorry the name left me but its by hozier"

"im sorry. you did not say hozier"

"uh i did. why you got a problem with him"

"oh umm gosh no its just that. in eighth grade i went like 38% emo and went through a sub-phase where i listened to hozier 24/7"

"you definitely listened to take me to church 3748 times, didnt you?"

"uh perhaps?"

"thats ok my emo phase was for like .88 seconds where i wore eyeliner and listened to 90s grunge"

"holy shit! no!"

"yup it was pretty bad. right now my sister is going through her emo phase. but its like the gen-z emo phase"

"meaning haha meaning fishnets and dyed hair?"

"YES! its crazy"

"sometimes i babysit for this family and the oldest is like 14 and went through an emo phase like that"

"you know i think that everyone goes through an emo phase. like sometimes for a minutes and sometimes for 2 years"

"god. its like the teenage midlife crisis but the only thing we do in reaction is go emo"

"and then swear off it and never speak of emo-ism again"

"haha"

"ok so i've got to go but it was nice talking to you carla."

"bye jordan!"

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