Textual Attraction

Submitted into Contest #34 in response to: Write a story told entirely through text messages or emails.... view prompt

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Eva

Monday, August 26, 3:16pm

Wanna come join me for coffee? There’s a pretty sweet view today

Nah, left some reports to the last minute

Oof, good luck with that

Dw about me. how’s the view? I need a distraction

Do you? You seem like you need to focus

Relax, Jords, I got this. so spill

He’s sitting at the table by the window

The one we normally take

You haven’t sat down yet?

Just waiting for my order

He has swoopy light brown hair and glasses

And his shoulders are just *chef’s kiss*

He’s reading a book

Looks like a textbook

Maybe he’s a student too?

Haven’t seen him around tho

Might be a medical student

You might’ve seen him about???

Anyway I think he’s part Greek or smth

No fake tan looks like that

Oh damn

Girl get his number

Eva chill. He probs has a gf already

or he’s gay

That’s usually how it goes, isn’t it?

Got my coffee. Gonna sit at the table across from his and “look through my phone”

Sent Attachment: 1 Image

Omg Jordan you have to try

For the love of God

What does God have to do with this?

Other than that he may be one?

You should talk to him

Hell no

Are you insane?

Then he’ll know I exist

Hun, you have to try.

He’s super hot

and what the hell else do you have to do?

You get 90% in pretty much every class

True, but

Sorry, sent that before I finished because he just left

☹ Did you see what drink he had?

A cap I think. Bog standard. Might’ve been chai

As long as it’s not a mocha, it’s chill

What do you mean? That’s my favourite!

I know, dude, but your a girl

First of all, *you’re

Second, look at him, he can drink whatever he wants

Tuesday, August 27, 6:22am

Wake up sunshine! It’s a beautiful day!

9:14am

I hate you

Shut up, you know that’s not true

Of course it is

Please don’t call me as an alarm

I will reach through the phone

And strangle you

I’d like to see you try. You couldn’t even do that fully awake

Try me bitch

Anyways I was just gonna let you know that loverboy has a name, Jord

First, he’s not loverboy

Not yet

Second, I still hate you

His name is Quinn. His insta is @quinnforthewin

My guess is he made that when he was 14 and is stuck with it now

Kinda cute tho

PS he doesn’t have a gf and I don’t think he’s gay, judging by his insta

How far back did you go exactly?

To the start, 2015

Holy crap

He doesn’t post that many pics. Wouldn’t even get a best nine thing going on

No I mean I accidentally like a post from two months ago

Shit

Breathe

Unlike that shit too, jesus

Already done

Breath taken

He doesn’t know who I am

It’s fine

Awesome. Don’t fuck this up for us ok?

Sure, whatever

I’m gonna go eat if you don’t mind

At the café??? 😉

In my kitchen, dummy

Love you

Shut up

Direct Messages (1)

@quinnforthewin

Tuesday, August 27, 11:32am

hello

1:18pm

hello?

2:53pm

hi?

hey

how are you?

good thanks

and u?

all g

are you the girl from the café yesterday?

you stalked my Instagram?

recognised your profile pic actually

why didn’t you come today?

no classes today. Arts degrees are fab if you want days off

no kidding. I’m in every day to check on experiments and shit

ugh that must suck

I love it, so it’s not too bad

But getting up at 6 every morning can’t be great

5 actually. I like to get in a workout before I catch the train

You work out?

You couldn’t tell?

Nooo 😉

There’s a gym in the common area of my apartment complex, and I run twice a week too, in case you want to join 😊

I’m not really athletic, unless walking to and from the fridge counts haha

That’s cool

I mean, it doesn’t look like you take multiple trips to the fridge every day, acc to your pictures

High metabolism

It’ll stop one day and I’ll be fat as a house haha

You’ll still be beautiful though

*blushes*

Do you have class tomorrow? We could meet at the café on your break??

That’d be nice

My lecture finishes at 12 and my tute starts at 1:30, but on the other side of the campus 😅

see you then 😊

Eva

2:56pm

Heyo

Heloo

Jord?

3:12pm

Hi!

What kept you?

Anything to do with loverboy?

Quinn, I should say?

Mmmmaybbeeee 😏

Oh my god jord what’s happening

He may have DMed me on insta

we may or may not be meeting up at the café tomoz for coffee and chats

aaaaaaahhh oh my god Jordan Villanueva that’s great!!!!!

I know right!!!!

Eva

Wednesday, August 28, 8:24am

Hey so what should I wear

Sent Attachment: 2 Images

1 or 2???

Evaaa?

8:37am

Hi yes sorry

Um deffos 2. You don’t wanna go too big on the first meeting. Keep it cazh

Is that supposed to be a shortening of casual?

Shut up

Anyway, jeans and a nice button up will be fine 🤗

Also what shoes?

I was thinking my cons

But there old and sad

*they’re

🙄

What shoes do you think then?

Your black strappy sandals

Fancy but not too fancy

Noted

I’ll update later 😊

😄 😄 😄 so excited for youuuu!!!

August 28, 12:10pm

He’s not here

Shit

Relax, girl. He’s probs freshening up or smth

Maybe he’s nervous

Well it’s not making me feel any better

He might be caught up checking results too

You never know

Yeah I guess you’re right

I can see him!

Text you later 😊

August 28, 1:25pm

So, tea

Spill it

He’s fab

And even hotter up close, jus sayin

Ok Mrs. Vague-pants, anything else?

He was late bc he was asking his lecturer a q about the assignment

Not what I mean, hun

Did you

Kiss him?

Mmmmaaaaybeeeee 😊

Oh my god you didddddd that’s amazing!!!!

How was it

The best

Give me all the deets pls

So

We got coffee and sat in the window seat

The one that overlooks the parklands where the lake is

Really pretty

Two great views, was hard to choose

We talked about uni a bit

Like

Our majors and classes and stuff

What assignments we had

He laughed when I said I had a lot to do

But I told him he had no fun in the writing department and he blushed

Like actually blushed

Oh crap that’s cute

And then he got out his laptop to show me a story he’d written

About a boy who goes on wild science adventures and falls in love with this creative girl

So you right?

He wrote it before he knew me, but I’d like to think I’ll inspire his writing in the future 🤞 🤞

So when we finished our coffee, he took me down to the park and we walked by the lake

There were ducks

They kept flipping upside down so they could eat and we laughed at the duck bums

What are you, seven?

Shut up

Then there was this bench under a nearly purple jacaranda

And we talked for a bit

Looking at the water

Then

Wait for it

He kissed me

Aaaaaahhhhhhh great job!!!

Sorry continue

Can’t, my tute’s going in

I’ll continue later

August 28, 2:33pm

I’m back

yayyy story time 😊

now who sounds like they’re seven?

Shut up

Was there tongue?

Only a little bit

Because then

Um

Oh god what? the anticipation is killing me

It started raining

And our bags had our laptops and books in there and we had to run

Like really fast

To get under shelter

Like

My hair was sticking to my neck by the time I got there

And we were only 100 metres away

And then he was all ‘I have to go’ and there I was

Left there

Soaking wet

And not in the good way

While it continued raining all around me

Oh that sucks

I thought you were gonna

Do it

In the park

And get arrested for public indecency

Dude you need to get your mind out of the gutter

Did you think about it *wiggles eyebrows suggestively*?

Not in the park, god!

And his hands tho, his hands

But he hasn’t messaged me since ☹

Gave me his number tho 😊

💖 Loverboy 💖

August 28, 3:18pm

I had a really great time today

It’s Jordan by the way

August 29, 10:06am

Me too

Do you want to go out again?

Saturday maybe?

Sounds great

What were you thinking of?

There’s this art exhibition at goma that combines science and art that sounds cool

It’s like us 😊

So are you keen?

You ran off so quickly today

Sorry about that. I didn’t realise how close I’d cut it before my next class started

I’d love to come

Great

we can figure out the details tomorrow

can’t wait 😊

March 28, 2020 02:37

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23:00 Aug 04, 2020

Nice job

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