The Dangers of Butt Dialing

b o n u s !

carla
jordan

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"hey jordan!"

"carla."

"arent we an awkward pair"

"yes we are."

"by the way it was really nice seeing you the other night, after how many years? 13?"

"yea i cant believe its been 13 years. thats crazy"

"i remember when we first met, and it was snowing and i caught you as you were leaving"

"you have no idea how surprised i was!"

"i remember i was cursing my reckless side but im glad i got to see your pretty face"

"mhmm, ok."

"seriously!"

"on our date you wont let me compliment you! and now youre complimenting me!"

"oh shit, i guess im a little bit of a hypocrite"

"well there is a way to fix that..."

"how so?"

"let me compliment you"

"no way in hell"

"why not?"

"b-because because um i hate being flustered"

"im sure you look cute either way"

"i hate you"

"i doubt that"

"ok fine, youre right"

"you know, everyday im so thankful i got to move up here. granted, i had begged my boss to transfer me to toronto"

"im glad that happened. i saw you very sparingly when you lived in chicago. but now youre here!"

"and i dont plan on leaving for a while"

"thats the sexiest thing ive ever heard you say"

"stop making me feel like this!"

"feel like what?"

"shut up, you know exactly how i feel"

"i dont think i do"

"fuck you!"

"ah alright i was just playing"

"yea i know"

"want to go on a date with me? again?"

"how many dates have we been on in total?"

"like, three. there was one last week. and then we went on two dates when you lived in chicago"

"shit. only three? and we started talking again almost four years ago"

"fuck."

"ok then we are due for about a million dates"

"thats fine by me"

"so i was thinking i could take you to my favorite restaurant ever. do you like indian food?"

"yea, i do"

"and i need to find different spots to eat around this city anyway. i only know the grocery store a couple blocks from here, my work, the subway station, that park we went to, and your apartment"

"dont worry you'll soon know toronto like the back of your hand"

"i hope so"

"so can i take you out on sunday? at 12 maybe?"

"that works for me"

"ill meet you at your apartment, since its close enough to the restaurant"

"oh that means ill have to tidy the apartment, since youre coming over"

"hey, my apartment was a mess when you were over"

"well, i um i wasnt too focused on the state of your apartment"

"oh yea, you were focused on this di—"

"I HAVE TO GO!"

"haha"

"seriously i hate you"

"nah, you couldnt hate this pretty face"

"ok fine you got me, i dont hate you. youre just an annoying prick"

"thats the carla i know"

"whatever"

"ill let you go though"

"yea, ill text you"

"and i cant wait to see you sunday"

"bye carla"

"bye jord"

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so what did yall think??? i really needed this bonus because i felt like carla and jordans story needed closure. especially since we see a certain character in the count up, i wanted a lil bit of jordan/carla interaction. i know i talked a lot about rewriting, but as cringey half the chapters are, i think i wont change them. once you get over some of the cringiest chapters in the beginning, it pretty ok. i know i the epilogues made it seem like they were getting back together, but i couldnt see carla or jordan doing a long distance relationship. the thing is, both jordan and carla hadnt talked in about SEVEN years. theyve both changed, so it would have been really hard for them to have a relationship with good chemistry. now that carla moved to toronto, they can have a relationship!...thirteen years later lol. i just wanted to clear that up. i love them with my heart, so its sad to say goodbye to these guys. i do have a spinoff based on this story,,, and its about a character yall have already met!! anyway i had thoughts about writing a sequel to this, but writing the bonus chapter just solidified my thoughts about NOT doing a sequel. as much as i love them, and would want to explore what a relationship would mean for mature adults like carla and jordan, i dont think i could do it. it would be interesting to see how theyve changed but it just wouldnt work. so ive settled for this bonus chapter...which i love. as you can see, jordan is more confident (an assholey—im pretty sure he joined a frat in college)! and carla has scaled back on her temper! growth😻✨🧚
soooo, thats it. drop your thoughts!!
-lila