Chapter 22: 21

till forever falls apart | Taylor SwiftWords: 6199

text messages

August James

everybody's always talking at me

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

What do you mean?!

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Are you done ignoring me? 🤩

August James

everybody's always tryina get in my head

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

August? What's going on?

August James

I wanna listen to my own heart talking

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Yeah, of course! You should always follow your own heart

August James

I need to count on myself instead

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Is everything okay??

August James

DID YOU EVER

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Did I ever what?

August James

Lose yourself to get what you want???

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Oh, are we getting deep now? I need a glass of wine for this

August James

DID YOU EVER?

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

August what is going on babe? 😭

August James

Get on a ride and wanna get off???

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

like a rollercoaster?

August James

DID YOU EVER

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

...?

August James

Push away the ones you shouldve held close?

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Im gonna need more than that glass of wine for this convo

August James

DID YOU EVER LET GO? DID YOU EVER NOT KNOW?

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

CAN YOU STOP BEING SO CRYPTIC SKSKSKS

August James

IM NOT GONNA STOP THATS WHO I AM

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

is that... wait

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Is that from High School Musical

August James

ILL GIVE IT ALL I GOT THAT IS MY PLAN

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

oh my god

August James

WHEN I FIND WHAT I LOST YOU KNOW YOU CAN

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

BET ON IT

August James

BET ON IT

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

BET ON IT

August James

BET ON IT

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

I hate you I thought you were having a mental breakdown or something 😭

August James

Oh, hold up

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

What?

August James

give me room to think

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Okay...

August James

Bring it on down!

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Bring what down?

August James

GOTTA WORK ON MY SWING GOTTA DO MY OWN THING

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

AH you're still singing

August James

OHHH HOLD UP

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

siigh

August James

ITS NO GOOOOD AT ALL TO SEE YOURSELF

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

AND NOT RECOGNISE YOUR FACE!!

August James

OUT ON MY OWN ITS SUCH A SCARY PLACE

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

OOOOOH

August James

THE ANSWERS ARE ALL INSIDE OF MEEEE

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

ALLLL I GOTTA DOOOO IIIIIIIS

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

[voice memo | 3 seconds]

"believeeeeeee"

August James

[voice memo | 10 seconds ]

I'M NOT GONNA STOP NOT GONNA STOP TILL I GET MY SHOT, THAT'S WHO I AM. THAT IS MY PLAN, WILL I END UP ON TOP YOU CAN BET ON IT BET ON IT YOU CAN BET ON ME!

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

OH We got Lil Auggie too!!!!

August James

how DARE you

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

I— ...

August James

dont insult my main man LIKE THAT

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Zac Efron?

August James

No TROY

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Troy Bolton?

August James

Yeah 😤 the ONLY man who deserves rights in this world

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

What about Benji? 🥺

August James

He's a cat it doesn't count

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

HE DOES COUNT 😤 HOW DARE YOUUU

August James

WOULD HE DEFY HIS DAD'S LIFELONG DREAM OF PLAYING BASKETBALL JUST TO SING A DUET WITH YOU FOR THE SCHOOL SHOW BUT THEN FIND A WAY TO HAVE BOTH BASKETBALL AND SINGING IN HIS LIFE AND EVEN GO SO FAR AS TO GO TO A PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL THATS LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR NERD SCHOOL? NO.

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

You're really passionate about high school musical

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

This is very interesting

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

And very entertaining

August James

I am making you binge all 3 movies with me

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Are they on netflix or something?

August James

No, but I have all three DVDs in blue-ray

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Of course you do

August James

WHATS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

nothing :))

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

What are you doing rn?

August James

Listening to the HSM soundtrack 😭

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Do you wanna watch the movies?

August James

Duh but my sister's hogging the living room cuz she has zoom meetings and my dad's hogging the basement cuz my sister's in the living room and my laptop screen's too small to appreciate Ashley Tisdale in all of her glory

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

August! Would you like to come watch all 3 high school musical movies on the giant ass tv screen I have in my living room?

August James

You're inviting me over...?

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Yes!

August James

Like right now?

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Do you have anything better to do?

August James

I mean we're in the middle of a pandemic so

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

So, no! Exactly!

August James

Are you calling me a lame person with no life? 🤨

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

I am one as well! It's okay :)

August James

KSJSJNS Taylor, we're in the middle of a panera

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

I don't care about the pandora! I know you've been at home for weeks and only go out to walk Phoebe

August James

again, are you saying I'm lame? 🤨 🤨

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

August 😩😩

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Do you wanna watch the movies or not?

August James

Yes...

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

You get to meet Meredith, Olivia, and Benjamin

August James

Hmm...

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

You get to meet Taylor Swift??

August James

NVM That's not that exciting

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Lil Tay Tay will be there too

August James

IM PUTTING MY SHOES ON

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Are you really though..?

August James

No, I need to shower first! I kinda smell like ramen noodles

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

... How

August James

I had ramen for lunch and my sweater and sweatpants kinda had ramen for lunch too...?And the smell wouldn't leave even after I'd changed clothes

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

YIKES

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Was it chicken flavoured at least?

August James

And extra spicy, of course!

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Amazing!

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

So, are you coming?

August James

Yeah, once the fact that I'm meeting Lil Tay Tay sinks in

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

Great :) I'll be waiting!

MISS TAYLOR FUCKING SWIFT

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double update tonight? 👀