AHall80:Most of the time I was inthebus
AHall80:I’ve thought aboutit,Ruby.
RubyMars:Maybe you should sleeponit.
RubyMars:This is crazy. This is reallycrazy.
AHall80:Ialreadydid.
AHall80:You keepsayingthat.
AHall80:You want to come toFlorida.
RubyMars:You’re stealing mywords.
RubyMars:You’reapain.
RubyMars:Why am I not tellingyouno?
AHall80:Because you want to meetmetoo
AHall80:Because we’re friends and we were going to meetoneday.
RubyMars:!!!!!
RubyMars:Sleep on it tonight, and if tomorrow you wake up and you still want to talk on the phone and see if we’d get along, I’llcallyou.
RubyMars:I can’t believe I justtypedthat.
RubyMars:My hands areshaking.
RubyMars:I should feel like the stupid girl in a horror movie who goes on a date with a serial killer right now because I’m not tellingyouno.
AHall80:It’s just me,Rubes.
AHall80:But fine. I’ll sleeponit
AHall80:I gotta know ASAP. We start driving there the day aftertomorrow.
AHall80:You could just fly and I could get you from theairport.
RubyMars:You’re already makingplans….
RubyMars:No hard feelings at all if you changeyourmind.
AHall80:Allright.Deal.
RubyMars:Deal.
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11:58a.m.
AHall80:Hey
RubyMars:Hey
AHall80:270-555-5025