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AG

oh my god. Are you drunk? I need to know what shit-faced Grant is like!

Me

I think I might be on my way to drunk? Yeah. Definitely on my way. Ppl tell me I’m a nice drunk. Very friendly. Very fun. Very touchy, but not in a creepy way! Like, I held Riley’s hand when we lft the club. It was nice.

AG

That doesn’t surprise me at all. Happy drunks are the best.

Me

Maverick and Emmy are getting married!

AG

Like, right now?

Me

yeah haha. We’re outside a chapel!!!

Do you want to get mrd?

Whoa. It’s getting hard to type. Maried????

Sry. Is that too personal?

AG

I’m not sure about marriage, to be honest. It’s not because I don’t believe in it or anything. It’s because I’m too selfish, I think.

I frown at my phone. Someone calls my name, but I wave them off. I want to focus the last strands of my attention and memory to this conversation.

Me

Selfish? You’re the lest selfish person I’ve evr met!

AG

Right now, my career is my priority. I know there is a balance between personal and professional lives, but I also know how hard I work and all the goals I want to achieve. I’m afraid if I find someone I want to spend the rest of my life with, I’ll have to compromise. I don’t want to compromise, and that’s what makes me selfish.

Me

Whoaaaaa. That’s deeeeep.

I tell my sistr all the time that you should never settle. Especially for someone who wants u to give up your career for them!!! No one asks men to do tht!!!!

AG

There you go being a feminist again.

Me

Hell yeah. Why wolndnt I be?!

AG