Hey! Listen! (Nate)

[Luxanna Viera]

Luxanna felt a little bad about showing up at Nate's drunk, soaking the poor boy at 3AM in the morning. Sure, at the time it had been pretty funny, but now? Not so much. So, therefore, the brunette had decided it was about time she apologized.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Hey, what's up?
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She hit send and nibbled on her lower lip before lifting her phone again.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Look, I'm sorry about the other day.
I didn't mean to annoy you.
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Luxanna rolled over in her bed, pressing her face against the pillow as she let out a slight groan. Hopefully she hadn't majorly pissed him off.

[Nathan Darwin]

Nathan hadn't appreciated so much his little wake up call the other morning. Granted it was probably due to the fact that he wasn't a morning person to begin with. He wasn't mad, irritated maybe, but not mad. It just made him sleep in late, workout even later and screwed up his schedule that he had planned out for homework. Oh well, he still managed to get it all done without completely failing.

Sitting in his dorm room, studying, he had his phone on sound in case anybody messaged him. All of his friends knew he was busy, Nick did too and along with that Kadence, but he still got messaged periodically telling him to stop being such a nerd and come have fun. So when his phone went off, he frowned and flipped it open a little more irritably than usual to see a text from Luxanna. And then two. He frowned deeper.

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To: Buttercup
It's whatever. I'm not mad.
Is that all you wanted?
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He pressed send and set his phone down briefly until he realized that he probably came off like kind of a dick, so he picked his phone up again.

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To: Buttercup
How was the gnarly hangover?
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[Luxanna Viera]

Her phone beeped and she picked her phone up, unlocking the start screen. She frowned a little at the message and sighed, debating whether or not to bother replying. He seemed crankier than usual, and she's rather not annoy him any further. She nibbled on her lower lip, about to put the phone down as another message arrived.

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To; Nathan Darwin
It wasn't all that bad, I suppose.
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Tapping her lower lip, Luxanna became self-conscious. Maybe it had been dumb of her to message him to begin with? And by doing so, she just made everything worse? Lord, she was sounding like such a girl.

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To; Nathan Darwin
But yeah, I just wanted to apologize.
So... I'm sorry.
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She let the phone drop onto the bed as she pulled up one of her school books, not really feeling motivated at all.

[Nathan Darwin]

To: Buttercup
Well that's good.
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Part of him had wanted her to feel it pretty harshly the next morning, but he was also happy that she hadn't. No one deserved to have a really bad hangover, no matter how ridiculous they acted when drunk.

Her next message made him frown and he pinched the bridge of his nose. Hadn't he said it was fine? Hadn't he said that he wasn't mad? She was the one that texted him, and yet she was the one that was being all weird. It wasn't like he just left it so harsh. And he'd been nice to her when she did wake him up.

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To: Buttercup
Ooookay then..
Like I said, it wasn't a big deal
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Nathan set his phone down and started banging his head against the desk. Why did he have to start liking the girls that didn't act like most of them? He couldn't even get a solid read on what she was feeling. With most girls, weren't they like emoticon happy? He sighed, this was much much too frustrating.

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To: Buttercup
Hope you had a nice break btw.
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He retracted the 'I missed you' that he almost tacked onto the end of it before pressing send.

[Luxanna Viera]

Sitting still with the phone in her hand, Luxanna watched the phone as the first two messages popped in. She didn't reply, she just sat there, staring at the screen. She let out a sigh and dropped down to her back, rubbing her eyes.

She didn't know why his somewhat dismissive responses were getting to her like this. It made her feel guilty, it made her feel bad and it made her feel sick.

And then another message popped in.

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To; Nathan Darwin
It was okay. Mostly boring,
but that's only to be expected when being stuck at school.
I wish I could have spent more time with you.
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Especially when everyone - well, mostly everyone left.

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To; Nathan Darwin
How about you?
You do anything cool?
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[Nathan Darwin]

To: Buttercup
I understand that. I didn't go anywhere special either.
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Nope, Christmas with the Kranks. Or rather, the Darwins, which might as well have been the Kranks. Nick brought Kadi along since she didn't have any family in Vermont and since she didn't feel like going back to Florida. Not that he could blame her, she always seemed so sad on the holidays. Luckily, with Nathan there, he could make her smile because he was just that much more charming than Nick.

Besides, he was totally going to marry her one day. Yup. And Nick would be the best man. And sit back to watch Nate kiss the girl he loves. Sucks to be him. Well...Nate could dream anyway. He'd be happy if anyone even thought of marrying him though, not that it'd ever happen. Love just didn't work for him.

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To: Buttercup
I spent the holidays with family.
My brother's girlfriend tagged along, it was pretty chill.
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He chewed on his lip and sighed before finally growing a pair.

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To: Buttercup
I missed you though, Buttercup ;P
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[Luxanna Viera]

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To; Nathan Darwin
That sounds nice, though! :-)
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She envied him. She didn't have a family to go home to. All she had was Oriel and Evony. Not that she was complaining or anything, because they were both great. More than great, actually. They were her family, or at least the closest thing she had to one. And she loved them. Dearly.

Then, another message beeped in and Lux's cheeks flushed over into a bright shade of pink and she smiled.

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To; Nathan Darwin
I missed you too, Natieboo ♥
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She hit send and pursed her lips, finally feeling a little calmer. Okay, so he wasn't that mad. That was a good thing. A very good thing.

[Nathan Darwin]

Nathan snorted at her response.

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To: Buttercup
You haven't met my brother. Or parents for that matter
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Talk about embarrassing. God, especially Nick. The day he introduced Lux to Nick would be the day he was asking to be humiliated and when he decided that Lux wasn't his friend anymore. She was going to hate his family, they were all so obnoxious.

Then again...he was too.

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To: Buttercup
I knew you d- HEY!
No. No no no no nooo. I'm the one with the nicknames!
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[Luxanna Viera]

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To; Nathan Darwin
He can't be that bad
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She really doubted his family was all that horrible. But then again, what did she know? It wasn't like she had any experience anyways.

And hey, he had turned out pretty nicely!

His response made her chuckle and she shook her head, followed by a eyeroll.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Too bad! If you're allowed to use that horrible nickname for me,
well, then this is what you get in return!
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She was so going to use it in public too.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Naaaatieeeebooooooooo~
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[Nathan Darwin]

To: Buttercup
You'd be surprised xP
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Nathan loved his family dearly. Brother included, but Nick was a butthead and he could only handle so much of the older Darwin. Especially when Kadence wasn't around to keep him in line, which luckily for him, was rare anymore.

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To: Buttercup
Keep it up, and I'll use a worse one for you!
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And then she did it. Pfft, it was her own fault!

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To: Buttercup
Cuppppp 'errr buttttttt
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[Luxanna Viera]

Lux frowned at the screen, but the good kind of frown. If he had called it to her face, she'd probably smack him over the head and glare (More like pout), but a screen, several walls and bedrooms separated them, so instead, she could only send him a mental slap and hope he felt it.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Oh, shut you up lard!
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Oh it was so on.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Natie-boo-boo~
Or what about...
Ti-Ti-Pooh?
Which emasculates you the most?
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She grinned as she opened the browser on her phone with a smirk on her lips.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Hey! Guess what!
I found a picture of you~
     
Cute, huh? Yeap.
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It kinda looked like one of her Furbies...

[Nathan Darwin]

Ti-ti pooh? Dafuq? Nathan shook his head and snorted.

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To: Buttercup
Natieboo it is -.-
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The picture made him roll his eyes, but then he realized...she'd said it was cute...and a picture of him. His lips raised into a smile and he tapped his lower lip as he thought of what to say.

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To: Buttercup
Very cute, most definitely not me
Must be you
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[Luxanna Viera]

She was totally milking this for all it was worth.

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To; Nathan Darwin
OH, or Natiti!
That sounds feminine thought...
It's perfect!
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His next message brought a devilish grin to the timid girl's face as she rolled around in her bed, leaning her head against her upper arm and pursed her lips. This was a lot more fun than what she had thought it would be.

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To; Nathan Darwin
Naaaah, that's not me.
It's totally you ^^
This is me;


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She smiled again, running her hand through her hair. What was the strange feeling at the bottom of her stomach? She nervously nibbled her lower lip as she wrote the next message, her eyes flickered across the screen before hitting send.

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To; Nathan Darwin
You are cute though.
Just so you know.
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