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TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Hey! Is this the cashier from Budget Foods?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Depends. Is this freckles?

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Freckles?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Well, you didn't give me a name, so what else was I supposed to call you?

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: How about John?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: John...that sounds so damn familiar somehow. Wait, do you go to

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Yeah, I do! Why?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: I went there for a month or so last year!

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: I remember dancing with a kid who mentioned that. Wait, are you Alex?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: You remember my name?

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: How was I supposed to forget the person who stole my first kiss?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Oh shit, that was your first!? I'm so sorry!

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: It's fine, don't worry. Glad it was a cute guy like you instead of an ogre or something :p

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: But still though. Your first should be with someone you like and know, not just some dude you talked to once.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: What're you doing here anyways? I thought you were only supposed to be here for a month or so.

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: I moved here not too long ago. I have more opportunities here than at home.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: But you're only a sophomore though?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Technically, I could be a senior, if not in college already.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Damn, really?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Yup! Sucks that I still have to take science though. Not good at it at all. :(

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Nothing you can do about it, sadly. Gotta love core classes.

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Heh, yeah, I guess. I do actually enjoy my classes (other than science, obviously), especially English and History.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: I could tell. You seem like the kid to spend hours writing a novel or something.

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: How did you know!?

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Oh shit, I was just kidding! Didn't know that you actually do that!

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Yeah, seeing me at my laptop writing an essay or something is extremely common, more then it should be. You should ask my mom, she'd tell you that I'll spend DAYS without sleeping, just to finish an essay. Miracle that I'm still kicking, if I'm honest.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: That's not healthy

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: I know, but you have to sacrifice some things, including your own health, to get the end goal you want to achieve.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Oh yeah? What do you wanna do when you graduate.

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: It's kinda stupid, but I want to get into politics.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: That's better than wanting to do art for the rest of your life, that's for sure. :p

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Oh, you draw?

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: Paint, but yeah. I'm better at painting than pencils, but I can still work with pencils pretty decently.

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Can you send me a picture!?

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: A specific one, or?

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: Doesn't really matter to me.

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople:

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: That's so good!!!

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IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee: That's so good!!!

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople: No it isn't. It's really bad, actually.

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"Who are you texting?" Laf asked, glancing above my shoulder.

"My soulmate." I sighed dreamily. "I met him at the grocery store the other day, and he gave me his number."

"Oh?" Laf commented. "Is he cute?"

"Smoking." I replied, not taking my eyes off my phone. I looked at Laf. "Wanna see a picture of him?"

Laf looked confused. "You already have a picture of him?" I nodded. "Stalker much?"

I looked at him, annoyed. "Dude, really? He sent me the pic willingly." I said, pulling up a picture of Alex wearing glasses and looking bored. You can see that he's writing a paper through the reflection, explaining the bored expression.

Laf whistled. "Damn, he's hot." He nudged Herc, who was sitting next to me. "Looks like you got some competition, mon amour."

Herc rolled his eyes, looking at the picture. "Personality determines character, Laf, not looks."

Laf smiled and kissed Herc on his forehead. "True, but I wouldn't mind it if you were a bit more good looking."

Herc scoffed. "Why do you think I got a hot boyfriend?" He said. "You can be hot for the two of us."

I rolled my eyes. "You two are annoying."

Laf smirked. "Just wait until that Alex of yours is your boyfriend. You'd want to be all on him too."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah right."

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If you can't tell the references on Johns and Alex's names:

TurtlesAreBetterThanPeople = Reindeers are better than people (Said/sung by Kristoff in Frozen)

IDontNeedSleepINeedCoffee = I don't need sleep, I need answers (said by Sheldon in The Big Bang Theory <also a meme>)

Also, the picture is just some random picture in my album. It's Kakiriko Village from BoTW I think (no I didn't make it). Credit to whoever drew it!

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