[ he kind of thought tate would be happy about that, all things considered - he hasn't had much reason to believe there are too many people back home tate wants to see again - but he assumes this is about violet, more than anything else, so. ]
I just think of you as a writer more than a musician. I don't know. I'm just surprised. Not in a bad way. Unfortunately, I'm too poor to buy coke, these days, but. I'll see what I can do about a guitar.
[ all kids tate's age - maybe a little younger, actually, if he's nearly 19 - write dark shit like that. despite everything, he doesn't have a reason to suspect dark writing of being anything worth worrying about. derek was the happiest kid on his basketball team and he still wrote melodramatic shit for english class. he's not concerned. ]
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Just - you know.
I'm me. So.
Did it wrong. Fucked up.
[ shrug. ]
I don't really want to talk about it any more than that.
Like I said, I was just letting you know he's around.
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[Trying to be - understanding, sympathetic, all those emotions here. See?]
i'm kind of jealous. you get a lot of people from home
i haven't seen anyone since violet left
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She could still come back.
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whatever. it'll be 2 years here in a few months
time goes by pretty fast huh
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You were important to her.
That doesn't just go away.
[ he lies, lyingly, like a liar. anyway - ]
Two years.
You've had a pretty hot streak of staying out of trouble.
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[PLAYFULLY SAID? HALF TRUTHFUL? WHO KNOWS]
i guess i'll be 19 in january
weird. this is where i lay down the hints about wanting shit for my birthday, right?
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Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
[ slightly less playful. ]
You could just tell me what you want.
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electric or acoustic, i don't care
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Huh.
[ feels like something he should've expected, weirdly enough, but it takes him by surprise nevertheless. ]
You know how to play one of those?
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not really but i might as well learn
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Unfortunately, I'm too poor to buy coke, these days, but. I'll see what I can do about a guitar.
You're going to have to write me a song.
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i have been writing more, though. since that fucking class
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[ he's a little annoyed, but tate isn't really annoying him on purpose, so he doesn't dwell. he just lets the joke lay. ]
Right. The classes.
You should show me some of your writing, too, actually.
You've never really done that.
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There wasn't a lot of homework.
[ iykwim. ]
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flexing the biceps probably counts
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too hard to keep flexing without em?
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[ also, shut up. ]
Come on. Show me something you wrote.
I like reading. I'm a good audience.
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if you promise that you won't like idk
talk about it with other people
or judge the content
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[ a pause. ]
What do you write about?
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dreams i have...
sometimes it's dark
but it's just writing
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[ all kids tate's age - maybe a little younger, actually, if he's nearly 19 - write dark shit like that. despite everything, he doesn't have a reason to suspect dark writing of being anything worth worrying about. derek was the happiest kid on his basketball team and he still wrote melodramatic shit for english class. he's not concerned. ]
It's a date, then.
Come over tonight.
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can we get some beer and chinese too?
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[ in other words, he doesn't want to waste energy on getting it himself, but go nuts. ]
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