2021-12-07 - Tik Tok Trend

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Ravn, darling, you’re my best friend...
(Pic of Gabby making adorbs face)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I somehow doubt it. But I know that expression. It's Girl for 'I need something.' What do you need?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : But there’s a few things that you don’t know of...
(Has a sort of 'oops' look)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : The world is full of things I don't know of. What did you do?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Why I borrow your lipstick so often...

(She has a pic of her with chapstick --- wait, did she find his lost chapstick?!)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : ... Are you drunk? High?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : I’m using your shirt as a pillow case...

(Pic of her fake sleeping on a BLACK shirt)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : ... Why?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : I wanna ruin our friendship...

(Pouting face)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : ... Okay? I mean, sure? Am I missing a point here? Is there a bridge I'm supposed to be talking you down from? Protip: I don't speak Girl.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : We should be lovers instead...

(Holding her hands in a shape of a heart)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : You're joking, right?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : I don’t know how to say this...

(Her brows are lowered with a confused look)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : You're high?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : ‘Cause you’re really my dearest friend...

(Gabby smiling with her nose scrunched up)

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Girl, you seriously need to meet people.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Right. Story time.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Put the hookah or wine bottle or whatever down a moment, all right?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : It was for Tikky Tokky.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Once upon a time there was a boy named Ravn who met a beautiful girl named Benedikte who liked him in spite of the fact that Ravn is a walking buffet of neurotic disorders. And they got engaged, and she hated it so much that she ended up drinking entirely too much wine, and rammed a road tree at 120 mph, distributing herself and a Ferrari over so much asphalt they both had to be cleaned up with a mop and bucket. The end.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I am -not- dating material.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : #WhenTrendsGoWrong

Ravn, that doesn't make you not dating material. That isn't your fault that it happened. It wasn't you. It really wasn't. Also, virtually hugging you because no one should have to go through that. You didn't make a person drink. You didn't make a person drive. And you are not one to be hated. Besties forever.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I'm well aware. I'm just telling you, me and relationships mix catastrophically. Also, what the hell is Tikky Tokky?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : It's TikTok. That thing where people make videos? (sends link)

(TXT to ) Gabriella : If it helps, I am way horrible at relationships too. Like way way horrible. So we are like bonded on that.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Oh, I've heard of this. Never actually went to look at it. I'm pretty shit with social media tbh.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : I'll teach you! Or I'll just bring my phone over and we can watch on that.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Seriously, girl, you need to meet more people. This town is full of guys. A lot of whom would be all over a cute, blonde thing looking at them twice.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : So you think I'm cute?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Don't be ridiculous. You know you are. American guys go nuts about blondes.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Nah, blondes are a dime a dozen.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Most American men dig Asian women

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Well, they kind of are where I come from, admitted. That said, you're smart, you're sharp, why the hell aren't you out there trawling to meet someone who can keep up?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Ravn, whats the fun in that?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Meeting someone special, would be my guess.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Nah, they all leave or lie or lie AND leave.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Yeah, not going to argue with you on that, that'd be bloody hypocrisy on my end. Being on your own is not the end of the world, though. I mean, it hasn't killed me, and I've spent most of my life that way.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Me too, I think most people spend most of their time on their own. It's why it's hard to form relationships or friendships. You stay in your war brain. That means you are always waiting for the next shoe to drop. So you sort of manifest it by creating unintentional pathways to it.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Myeah, I'll buy that, I've been like that. When I was younger, it was a big deal. Now? I honestly don't think about it a whole lot.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : You just tell cute blondes to stay away and flee from them. You know, the ones you think are cute. Super cute. The cutest.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I don't usually have to tell anyone anything. Most people tend to assume I'm either interested in the gender they're not or ace, both of which suit me fine.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Ace?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Asexual. Not interested at all.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Ooh, huh. I just thought Demi. You know, you have to catch feels before you want to be caught feeling.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Or already taken. That one too.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I'm demi. And I suppose you could put it like that. I tend to think of it as, I don't care what's in the pants, I care who's in them. But it's really a pretty damn moot point since I am not planning to date any of my friends.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : I think we should end our friendship.
:p

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Okay.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : (I don't date my non-friends either).

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Thought I found a loophole there
😜

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I've been in a relationship one time in my life. I thought I might consider another. It seems to have fizzled. I am going to consider this a hint from the powers that be. And I am telling you this not because it's really your business, but because it seems to be a big deal to you. It's not you. It's me, not needing these kind of complications.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Wait, did you just 'it's not you it's me' me?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : In a manner of speaking, yes. But unlike most people who pull that line, I am quite serious. It's me noping out on anyone. Doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, I am not looking to add romantic complications to my life at this time.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : You're a psychologist. I'm sure you understand the mechanics of reached out, got hand burned, waits another year or five before another attempt.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Psst! Secret Time.
I'm not either. Don't tell anyone. It will kill my rep. It's just I can't say no to poking the bear to see how it reacts.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Yeah, that's fair. Not going to ruin your game.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : You realize this means I might still make the passes at you. We just have an understanding that you are going to pass on them.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Be careful who you screw with, figuratively speaking, though. Small town, don't want to make too many enemies.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Meh. Most pass on it.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Yeah, that's fine. You won't be the only one. Have a friend who's on a mission to get me to flirt with her. She has a boyfriend, that's not the point.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : So... small town. You know people yes?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : I think I know most people like us who have been around for a while.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Tell me about this Devlin guy. He seems ... nice. Which means he deserves nice of which I am not.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Dev? Yeah. Nice is a good word. He's the kind of down to Earth, got his priorities on right, just trying to be a decent bloke guy he looks like. Pretty much what it says on the tin from what I've seen. I like him.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Benjamin Martin?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : No, I have no idea whether he's got a girlfriend. Martin I have only met twice, you were there the first time. Can't tell you much about him -- he'd be an idiot to not kiss a bit of Addington ass which is what he was doing the second time I met him. They're the money in Gray Harbor, and he's local business.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Oh that's who Addington is. Meh, I don't kiss ass. Business or no. What about this Javier de la Vega? Or this Alexander I have as a stalker?

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Wait, you are into an Addington, right? Is that why? Money?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : There are several Addingtons. This one was Erin, she's one of the cousins. Hyacinth's the main family heir. Margareth's the matriarch -- haven't met her, hope I never will. There's a couple of others. Either way, they're the local gentry, figuratively speaking.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : de la Vega's in a steady relationship. Alexander Clayton too. Clayton's an investigator -- if he's stalking you, then he thinks there's something going on around you. He's not famous for his social skills but he's pretty solid.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : And no, I don't need Addington money.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : No, no, I'm not going to date them. Alex already said he had a thing and de la Vega just exchanges barbs with me. I'm down with that. Just curious if I should be down with that. -- Hyacinth. That's the one you are into, right?

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Yes. Well. See above about things not really happening. But yes.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Maybe she forgot. Have you reached out? Communication goes two ways. I mean I like to think you'd want me above all else, but I suppose I can settle with being your runner up.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Might argue that if she forgot, it wasn't exactly written in the stars either. Life doesn't always provide a happy ending, Gabriella. And then it goes on anyhow.

(TXT to ) Gabriella : Oh babe, I totally know about not having happy endings. Well I should go cook something.

Warning. I'm coming over later to meet your cats. Also to get a ride on your bike thing. And to feed you.

(TXT to Gabriella) Ravn : Hah, fair. Bring your best cat game, Kitty Pryde's the diva-est diva you will ever meet.