Maybe Later(11)

Enjoy,



Amy





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Saturday, April 2nd, 11:23 a.m. EST



JSpear84: Don’t tell me, Starry Night is your favorite painting by Van Gogh. You’re so predictable.

AWalk90: No, but that’s the only Van Gogh they have at MOMA—at the moment.

JSpear84: What’s your favorite?

AWalk90: A Bridge Over A Pond of Waterlilies is my favorite painting. But from Vincent, it would be Irises. I appreciate Starry Night, but it isn’t the best one. I like his sunflowers a lot. What’s your favorite piece?

JSpear84: I like photographs better than paintings. What are you doing?



AWalk90 is sending you an attachment.

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JSpear84: I thought you said you couldn’t paint more than a stickman.

AWalk90: Maybe it’s a paint by numbers?

JSpear84: That’s a beautiful oil.

AWalk90: I’m at a gallery taking a class. My painting isn’t bad, but I wouldn’t call it beautiful.

JSpear84: Your adventure of the day?

AWalk90: Yeah, I woke up thinking … Amy, today is the day you should create something wonderful and different.

JSpear84: It’s beautiful. I like it more than some of the paintings I’m supposed to … admire.

AWalk90: Finish your tour. It won’t take you more than three hours. Afterward, remember lunch and the bookstore.

JSpear84: What are you having for lunch today?

AWalk90: Tacos.

JSpear84: I like tacos.

AWalk90: There’s always tomorrow. I’ll make sure to create a plan for you to have Tacos and Tequila.





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Saturday, April 2nd, 2:34 pm EST



JSpear84: What are you doing?

AWalk90: Treasure hunting, like you.

JSpear84: That’s why you’re sending me to the bookstore?

AWalk90: You’re not there yet?

JSpear84: The bartender at O’Riley’s had a lot of stories to tell.

AWalk90: Are you drunk?

JSpear84: Four beers at sea level are nothing when you’re used to drinking at a high elevation.

AWalk90: Great, then head over to the bookstore.

JSpear84: What am I looking for?

AWalk90: Treasures, like this one.



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JSpear84: A written dedication?

AWalk90: Yes!

AWalk90: I love looking for old books and checking if there’s something special inside, like a dedication, a dried flower, a note … there’s always more to an old book that just words.

JSpear84: What book are you holding?

AWalk90: Persuasion

AWalk90: That makes sense. “Aspen, It’s never too late to make it work, Mom.”

AWalk90: There’s a story behind this. Why would a mother give her child Persuasion with those words?

AWalk90: Maybe it’s a way to tell her she has to be patient, things—like love—take longer.

JSpear84: The daughter was eighteen, in love, but the guy enlisted, and they broke up.

AWalk90: I like your story best. Do you think she waited for him?

JSpear84: You hope she did, don’t you?

AWalk90: [covering eyes emoji]

JSpear84: Of course you do. Every woman’s dream is to get married and be taken care of by a man.

JSpear84: Every female character ever written expects a man who will solve their life’s problems in one way or another. That’s what women fantasize about, what they hope for.

AWalk90: Every woman? What books are you reading? Are you talking about your mother and sisters too?

JSpear84: Stop bringing my mother and sisters to our conversations.

AWalk90: Don’t generalize. Not every book or every woman are the same—we are all unique.

JSpear84: Tell me you don’t dream about some knight in shining armor coming to rescue you from your life.

AWalk90: Aren’t we a little misogynistic? There’s a difference between being happy with a partner and thinking that women can only be satisfied if they have a man by their side.

JSpear84: You didn’t answer my question.

AWalk90: I’m not waiting for anyone to rescue me. The life I live is pretty fucking fantastic. Your perception of women is sickening.

JSpear84: If that’s what you got from what I said, I don’t have anything more to say to you.



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Chapter Six





Saturday, April 2nd,7:15 pm EST



JSpear84: I bought a few books and found out that just like hot chocolate, I don’t like frozen hot chocolate. I enjoy a piece of chocolate from time to time, but I don’t like chocolate cakes, shakes, or drinks.





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Saturday, April 2nd, 9:42 pm EST





AWalk90: What did you have?

JSpear84: Strawberry Fields Sundae.

AWalk90: Do you like vanilla ice cream?

JSpear84: Is that code for something else?

AWalk90: It’s code for frozen custard vanilla flavor, Mr. Spearman. Not for sex.

JSpear84: I wasn’t thinking about sex, but I am now.