Because You Love to Hate Me(17)
How was I supposed to know you were MAKING IT UP
FROM: GWEN
TO: ELAINE
Suppose Art finds out!
FROM: ELAINE
TO: GWEN
Knight Cheerleaders = Circle of Trust
FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
Hey. You seen the #Excalibur tag on Joust?
FROM: GWEN
TO: ELAINE
THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS ON JOUST BETTING IF I CAN PULL #EXCALIBUR. ART WANTS TO KNOW IF I’VE SEEN IT.
FROM: ELAINE
TO: GWEN
Can’t talk. French tutor.
FROM: GWEN
TO: ART
I hadn’t seen it! Not really a fan of those shady apps.
You must be flattered. Guess people want us to go to Prom together :) FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
Flattered? Not sure about that
All the Knights want us to go together too.
FROM: GWEN
TO: ART
So why don’t we?
FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
1. You’re going with another dude
2. I told Lance you were hot and he said you and I look alike, which means I’m a narcissist and want to hook up with myself FROM: GWEN
TO: ART
1. Another Dude’s appendix burst and he’s in the ER and can’t go to Prom so now I can go with you!
2. Lance is just jealous. You and me belong together. Prom King and Queen in gold crowns. Rulers of Camelot Prep. Don’t you want me as your queen?
FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
2. Couldn’t do that to Lance.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
Hi Lance! So nice out tonight. Too bad we have that English test tomorrow. Mr. Merlin said the essay is on whether “Hades and Persephone” has a happy ending. We could study together if you want. Btw, you wouldn’t care if Art goes to Prom with me, right?
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
I’d rather talk on the phone.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
Reception is bad in my house.
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
Well to answer your questions, yes, I’d care if you went to Prom with Art seeing that you lied to me about going with someone else.
And no, I don’t want to study together, because the last time we studied together, we had sex and now you’re asking me if you can go to Prom with my best friend.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
Calling you.
Thursday
FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
Lance said you studied together last night for Merlin’s.
You should have told me.
I was up till 2 a.m. googling whether “Hades and Persephone” has a happy ending.
(I say no. Girl gets kidnapped, ping-pongs between two God brothers, and goes to hell.) FROM: GWEN
TO: ART
Studied together? More like Lance gave me some ideas for the essay question. (There was no ping-ponging btw, and she does get to leave hell for a few months at a time. I’d say the ending is happy. Girl gets to be a queen.) FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
Lance said he was going to your house
Texted him for like 3 hours after and he didn’t answer FROM: GWEN
TO: ART
Forgot my book at school, Sherlock. He came over to let me borrow his. Since when is Lance your best buddy FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
Next time invite me.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
I SAID IF YOU TOLD ANYONE WE HANG OUT I’D HURT YOU.
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
I didn’t tell him we hooked up. I told him we studied.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
STUDIED = HOOKED UP YOU IDIOT
FROM: GWEN
TO: ART
Hey :) Why don’t we blow off first two periods and study for Merlin’s at my house?
FROM: ART
TO: GWEN
Lance and I are at the gym.
Trying to get him swole but he keeps texting during sets ha ha.
Says it’s the girl he’s taking to Prom but won’t tell me who FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
I’M NOT GOING TO PROM WITH YOU.
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
You said you’d think about it when we were cuddling.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
You know how Merlin talked about “Persephone’s Crisis”? i.e. Persephone could never exist as a person outside of her mother until Hades took her to hell? Well, maybe she needed Hades to take her to hell for her to find out what she really wanted.
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
So you’re Persephone. I’m Hades. And hell is Prom?
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
I should have never let you come over last night.
Or any night.
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
Then why did you?
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
Because when I’m with you I don’t feel lonely.
FROM: LANCE
TO: GWEN
I’m the only guy you feel safe with. You’re the only girl I trust. Art will never see you the way I do. Art will only see what you want him to see. You and him have that in common. Why do you think you both keep me a secret? Ha.
I’m the only one who knows the real Art and the real Gwen.
FROM: GWEN
TO: LANCE
Just because we hooked up doesn’t mean you know the real me.