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CHIE BABY <3

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"Hi Rich!"

"Hi Eds! Good morning! Would be better if I could see your face!"

"Oh, complain all you want but I am not walking to work while on Facetime. You'll giggle and then I'll get distracted and run in front of a semi."

"Aw, cute. How is your morning so far?"

"Honestly, not good. I'm dead tired."

"I heard doing drugs helps."

"Okay, I'll be sure to try. What are you doing right now?"

"Sounds like the beginning of a steamy phone call, Eds..."

"Haha, asshole. Very funny."

"I know, I'm a comedian. You're a cashier at McDonalds. We are not the same."

"Okay, first of all, Dairy Queen,"

"Oh, yeah. Big difference."

"Second of all, I'm manager."

"Oh, boy. I wish I was living that dream life."

"... Oh, shut up, mister Indie singer."

"Anyway, back to the purpose, wait 'til you hear about my underwear—"

"Shut — Shut up! You're so stupid oh my God, you're lucky I have my bluetooth in so that these poor strangers can't hear you."

"You signed up for this, baby,"

"..."

"Uh — You there?"

"Yeah, yeah, I just... See what you mean. The baby thing. Makes my heart go crazy every time."

"Aw! Baby!"

"Shut— Stop! I'm trying to walk to work, I—"

"Aw, Eds, me callin' you baby is getting you all flustered! So cute!"

"I will hang up on you!"

"No no no, I'll behave..."

"You better."

"I'm pretty tired myself... maybe I should stop at Starbucks—"

"Asshole! You're trying to tease me—"

"I'm not! I'm not!"

"You totally are! Stop laughing!"

"I'm sorry, I love you~"

"That's is not fair because now I'm gonna say I love you too and you're gonna count that as a victory."

"I love you..."

"Fine, I love you too, you still suck."

"Oh, I—"

"Don't say it!"

"I wasn't gonna say anything!"

"I'm not an idiot. Anyway,"

"Anywho—"

"Anything fun happen recently? How's the crew?"

"The— The crew? Stan and Bev?"

"Yeah, no shit."

"Do not say that like it was obvious, you've never called them the crew before!"

"Maybe I wanna switch it up on ya, Rich. Maybe I'll start calling you Rick. Ricky Tozier."

"Oh my God,"

"So? How are they?"

"They're — They're fine. Bev is startin' to get better after that breakup."

"Starting? It's — It's been almost two weeks. I'm kinda worried."

"Yeah, they weren't very long term but... it was a few months. She's been staying with Stanny and I most of the time."

"That's cute."

"Wh— What? What's cute?"

"That you call him Stanny when you get all serious. It's cute."

"Oh— Thanks? I'm not sure what to say to that."

"That's cute too! I am swooning in public."

"God, now I'm blushing."

"Don't complain, you're in the comforts of your own home."

"I was hiding in the bathroom so that Bev didn't hear me bring up Ben and, like, maul me."

"She would never."

"Oh, Eddie. She would."

"She's a Goddess! She murders with class."

"That's a valid argument."

"Wait, is the crew there now?"

"Yeah— Yeah, the crew is all here."

"HI!"

"Oh my God, Eddie, you just screamed in my ear."

"Okay? Put it on speaker."

"Al... right! Speaker is on."

"HI!"

"Hi Eddie!"

"Bev! How are you!"

"Oh, just crying into a bowl of ice cream at seven thirty in the morning."

"Ooh, what flavor?"

"Mint chocolate chip."

"Yum!"

"Okay, giving the phone back to Richie now..."

"..."

"Hi doll."

"Hi baby, welcome back. I actually gotta go, unfortunately,"

"Aw! Sad..."

"But I love you!"

"I love you! Bye bye!"

"See ya!"

CALL ENDED.