Truncated - Part Four!
Title: Truncated
Part: Four
Description: So not a typical Monday afternoon after college. In true teenage fashion, the girls manage to dodge the topic of 'last night' - but for how long? And will it even matter when the issue of mobile phones is raised...? The only ones they're kidding are themselves - and they're not even doing a good job of that. [Written almost entirely as a transcript of chat.]
Rating: Fine for all! :)
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Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: i am SO sorry soph :(
sophie :) says: i was just about to log off, i didn't think you were gonna show!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you mean i only just caught you?
sophie :) says: oh no, i was only about 10 milliseconds away from clicking sign out, you were alright ;)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you mean you're not mad?
sophie :) says: ... why would i be?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: i um dunno lol :) i need to explain why i'm late tho!
sophie :) says: yes, you do! i was worried about you :(
sophie :) says: you know, because you're never this late and all
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you were worried? sophhh <3 everything was fine! i got stuck in detention cos they caught me asleep in maths. we had a supply teacher and i didn't sleep very well last night, so i wasn't exactly concentrating.. i must have only dozed off for about 5 minutes but the supply just had to ask me a question, didn't he? typical!
sophie :) says: YOU FELL ASLEEP?! omg! i could never relax that much in class, hahahha! oh sian that's so adorable <3 how come you didn't sleep well last night?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh i didn't sleep because the weather was horrible outside, the wind kept banging my window and waking me up :(
sophie :) says: never! i didn't see anything like that on the news... it's so bad how wrong those weather reporters get it!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: looking out for blackpools weather is it soph? ;)
sophie :) says: oh haha no i just noticed it!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: lol :) did you sleep alright?
sophie :) says: yeah, went out like a light :D
sophie :) says: actually no i didn't, i was really cold to begin with and then my mind was all over the shop
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: we'll have to find you someone to cuddle with! :) what were you thinking about?
sophie :) says: brb a sec sian, rosie wants something! :( xxx
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'Now what?!' Sophie chewed on her bottom lip, trying to fathom why she hadn't come up with some excuse as to why she'd slept badly. She'd been right, though: Sian probably hadn't given their webcam chat a second thought as soon as she'd logged off. The weather had kept her up, nothing else - much unlike Sophie. Sian hadn't left her thoughts since she'd seen her long blonde hair, her captivating blue eyes, that unbelievable smile that seemed to take Sophie's heart right out from her chest and kiss it...
'Should I just come out with it? Risk sounding like a total div and tell her she's been on my mind all night and day?' As soon as Sophie had even realised what she'd been thinking, she bit down on her lip a little too hard, causing her to break her reverie. Pain shot through her, and she was forced to the alarming conclusion that Sian was driving her insane. 'All she is, Sophie Webster, is pretty. Really pretty. But pretty in a way your friends are, not pretty in the way that boys are. No, boys aren't pretty... handsome, then. Yeah, handsome. Sian's pretty in a way a friend is, not like how guys are handsome. Like...' Sophie's thoughts scrambled as she tried to picture a male she found attractive.
She sighed loudly as her mood descended into confusion. Why couldn't she answer a question any other girl on the planet could? Why did Sian's glowing face fill her mind whenever she pictured the word 'attractive'? 'Sian is most definitely not attractive. That word is reserved for people you fancy, and you certainly do not fancy Sian. She's a girl, and you're not like that. Stop acting weird.' Resigning herself to a night of misery, Sophie's expression turned sour. Since when was she the type to confuse friendly feelings with... those feelings? Her fingers sought the necklace lightly resting on her skin - a modest silver cross, upon which Sophie's saviour had died for her sins.
As her fingertips grazed over it, the most damaging thought Sophie had ever had flashed through her mind, and her eyes bulged, shocked that she'd even thought it. 'N-now I know something's up. W-woah... how could I?'
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sophie :) says: back! :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: hey :) missed you! what did rosie want? :)
sophie :) says: siannnnn <3 missed you too! and she just wanted to find something she's lost, i wasn't really listening to her haha :P
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: lol rosie what a legend <3 soph i just wanna say i'm still sorry about being late today :(
sophie :) says: hey you! forget about it alright? it wasn't your fault :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: no, it was yours :$
sophie :) says: what? me?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: yeah! keeping me up all hours on webcam! ;)
sophie :) says: i did not! :o but don't tell me you didn't wanna cam?! now i feel awful!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh sophhh <3 don't be so silly, it was great :)
sophie :) says: it would have been great if i'd managed to look half decent... bet you were like errrrr hahaha :)
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Sian took a deep breath. "Here's your chance. I bet you blow it," she whispered to herself under her breath, "you can't do anything right." Sian had a choice - to either come clean to Sophie, and tell her how unreal she had looked on webcam, and how Sian felt like she might die if she went another day without seeing her again... or she could take the coward's path, the not-confusing, not-life-altering path, and just tell Sophie she was pretty, nothing more. She wanted to tell Sophie everything, but Sian wasn't even sure what there was to tell. 'If you're sitting there thinking you fancy your friend, your friend who's a girl, then I will seriously begin to think you've lost it.' Sian hated the mocking tone her thoughts had taken; what if that was it? What if she was falling for her friend, who just so happened to be a girl?
She refused to be swayed - this was simply residue feelings from when she'd been with Ryan. Trying desperately to convince herself she'd found him even slightly attractive, Sian squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated on the (poor) image she could conjur of him. 'He wasn't all that bad - slightly persistant, and annoying, and not brilliant to look at, nor particularly personable...' Sian's lungs violently expelled the air she was holding in them.
'Face it Sian, he's not Sophie.'
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Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: no way soph, you looked really good :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: amazing actually
sophie :) says: amazing? sian are you sure we're on about the same webcam?! :P
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: the webcam with the gorgeous brunette? with amazing blue eyes (just like mine, thank you!) and the cutest little nose? yeah i think we are :)
sophie :) says: sian!!!! what are you on about?!?! :$ you were obviously on webcam to some fit lad and you're accidently describing him to me!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh yeah, you're right, sorry, i totally got mixed up because this fit lad was also called SOPHIE - just believe me soph, i wouldn't lie to you. you're dead pretty <3
sophie :) says: you're an awful liar, you know that? you're the pretty one :) ridiculously pretty, actually. how are you single? you must be batting the boys away with a stick! :P
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh come off it soph, you know i'm not! and if i were, which i never will be, you'd be the first to know about it - you're my best friend, i can talk to you about anything <3
sophie :) says: i'm always here for you sian, you know that right? <3
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: yeah course, and i'm here for you! actually soph there is something i've been meaning to chat to you about! there was this lad on the bus earlier, when i was on my way home..
sophie :) says: omgggg sian's got a crush! tell me everything! :D
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: his name's ryan, and apparently he goes to my college but i've never noticed him before! he started chatting to me on the bus, and it turns out we get off at the same stop. he said he's been trying to get the courage to talk to me for ages, love him! i don't believe him, but whatever lol :P he was really forward though! asked for my number almost straight away!
sophie :) says: your number ? just like that!? i think that's dead rude ... :O
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: is that why you've never asked for mine? ;)
sophie :) says: no, i just never wanted to talk to you more than i need to! haha jk jkkk <3 i'd love your number sian, just never knew how to ask :$
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: what do you mean?
sophie :) says: i didn't want to sound weird... you know like, oh let's text each other... :S
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: what would be so weird about two mates texting each other? nothing right? :)
sophie :) says: no i know, don't know why i thought that... haha sorry :(
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: don't you apologise!! i'll email it to you now <3
sophie :) says: i'll text you so you get mine :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you can email it if you want, i have no credit...
sophie :) says: i'm on a contract, haha, so i can ring and text you as much as i want! :)
sophie :) says: i won't though
sophie :) says: no no i didn't mean that, i meant like i won't text you loads and loads, or ring you ever, if you don't want me to, or anything
sopihe :) says: sorry i'm flustered
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: why soph? you alright? <3
sophie :) says: aren't you nervous about talking for the first time on the phone?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: my stomach's in knots, i know i'll say something so stupid, you'll think i'm such an idiot!
sophie :) says: no way, never :) just got your email, i'll save it in my phone right now! but wait, i proper didn't ask you about ryan did i? i'm so rubbish :S is he buff then?! ;)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: no, not really
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: ok not at all actually, he was horrid lmao! but you never know who 'the one' is, right? i mean you always hear about these married couples who love each other loads but all they do is argue, so he could be it! :P
sophie :) says: i don't think so...
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: what makes you so sure, einstein?! :o ;)
sophie :) says: you know what people say about love... that feeling in your stomach, the butterflies, the dizzyness, the instant physical attraction... you had none of those with him did you? :o
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: nope, none. guess you're right. ms. webster, love expert - who'd have thought?! :P
sophie :) says: haha, i'm no expert, i've never been in love!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you've never had those feelings you said to me just before?
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Sophie looked down at her phone, Sian's number illuminated across the screen. Her eyes rose to re-read Sian's last question, her mind clouded with confusion. Had she ever been in love? She wasn't sure. Had she ever talked about this? Definitely not. Had she ever felt the feelings she'd just related to Sian?
Throwing caution to the wind, Sophie quickly typed a message to Sian, hit the 'Enter' key, clicked a couple of buttons on the screen, before swiftly returning to her phone. This would either end up being the best decision she'd ever made, or the biggest mistake she would always regret. As ever, there was only one way to find out. Sophie's finger pressed, maybe a little too hard, the small green button on her phone, and began the process of making a phonecall - to Sian.
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sophie :) says: once.
sophie :) has invited Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! to start viewing webcam. Click to Accept, or click to Deny.
sophie :) has invited Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! to start sending webcam. Click to Accept, or click to Deny.
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Sorry if it's a little hard to read with all the names and linebreaks, but I'm trying to go for authenticity... not too sure I'm happy with this one, but guess it'll have to do! :P Thanks to anyone who comments, you're all seriously too nice to me, I always think my writing sounds forced and horrible! You guys keep me writing, you're all amazing, hugs to each and every one of you! <3 xxx
Part: Four
Description: So not a typical Monday afternoon after college. In true teenage fashion, the girls manage to dodge the topic of 'last night' - but for how long? And will it even matter when the issue of mobile phones is raised...? The only ones they're kidding are themselves - and they're not even doing a good job of that. [Written almost entirely as a transcript of chat.]
Rating: Fine for all! :)
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Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: i am SO sorry soph :(
sophie :) says: i was just about to log off, i didn't think you were gonna show!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you mean i only just caught you?
sophie :) says: oh no, i was only about 10 milliseconds away from clicking sign out, you were alright ;)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you mean you're not mad?
sophie :) says: ... why would i be?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: i um dunno lol :) i need to explain why i'm late tho!
sophie :) says: yes, you do! i was worried about you :(
sophie :) says: you know, because you're never this late and all
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you were worried? sophhh <3 everything was fine! i got stuck in detention cos they caught me asleep in maths. we had a supply teacher and i didn't sleep very well last night, so i wasn't exactly concentrating.. i must have only dozed off for about 5 minutes but the supply just had to ask me a question, didn't he? typical!
sophie :) says: YOU FELL ASLEEP?! omg! i could never relax that much in class, hahahha! oh sian that's so adorable <3 how come you didn't sleep well last night?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh i didn't sleep because the weather was horrible outside, the wind kept banging my window and waking me up :(
sophie :) says: never! i didn't see anything like that on the news... it's so bad how wrong those weather reporters get it!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: looking out for blackpools weather is it soph? ;)
sophie :) says: oh haha no i just noticed it!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: lol :) did you sleep alright?
sophie :) says: yeah, went out like a light :D
sophie :) says: actually no i didn't, i was really cold to begin with and then my mind was all over the shop
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: we'll have to find you someone to cuddle with! :) what were you thinking about?
sophie :) says: brb a sec sian, rosie wants something! :( xxx
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'Now what?!' Sophie chewed on her bottom lip, trying to fathom why she hadn't come up with some excuse as to why she'd slept badly. She'd been right, though: Sian probably hadn't given their webcam chat a second thought as soon as she'd logged off. The weather had kept her up, nothing else - much unlike Sophie. Sian hadn't left her thoughts since she'd seen her long blonde hair, her captivating blue eyes, that unbelievable smile that seemed to take Sophie's heart right out from her chest and kiss it...
'Should I just come out with it? Risk sounding like a total div and tell her she's been on my mind all night and day?' As soon as Sophie had even realised what she'd been thinking, she bit down on her lip a little too hard, causing her to break her reverie. Pain shot through her, and she was forced to the alarming conclusion that Sian was driving her insane. 'All she is, Sophie Webster, is pretty. Really pretty. But pretty in a way your friends are, not pretty in the way that boys are. No, boys aren't pretty... handsome, then. Yeah, handsome. Sian's pretty in a way a friend is, not like how guys are handsome. Like...' Sophie's thoughts scrambled as she tried to picture a male she found attractive.
She sighed loudly as her mood descended into confusion. Why couldn't she answer a question any other girl on the planet could? Why did Sian's glowing face fill her mind whenever she pictured the word 'attractive'? 'Sian is most definitely not attractive. That word is reserved for people you fancy, and you certainly do not fancy Sian. She's a girl, and you're not like that. Stop acting weird.' Resigning herself to a night of misery, Sophie's expression turned sour. Since when was she the type to confuse friendly feelings with... those feelings? Her fingers sought the necklace lightly resting on her skin - a modest silver cross, upon which Sophie's saviour had died for her sins.
As her fingertips grazed over it, the most damaging thought Sophie had ever had flashed through her mind, and her eyes bulged, shocked that she'd even thought it. 'N-now I know something's up. W-woah... how could I?'
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sophie :) says: back! :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: hey :) missed you! what did rosie want? :)
sophie :) says: siannnnn <3 missed you too! and she just wanted to find something she's lost, i wasn't really listening to her haha :P
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: lol rosie what a legend <3 soph i just wanna say i'm still sorry about being late today :(
sophie :) says: hey you! forget about it alright? it wasn't your fault :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: no, it was yours :$
sophie :) says: what? me?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: yeah! keeping me up all hours on webcam! ;)
sophie :) says: i did not! :o but don't tell me you didn't wanna cam?! now i feel awful!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh sophhh <3 don't be so silly, it was great :)
sophie :) says: it would have been great if i'd managed to look half decent... bet you were like errrrr hahaha :)
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Sian took a deep breath. "Here's your chance. I bet you blow it," she whispered to herself under her breath, "you can't do anything right." Sian had a choice - to either come clean to Sophie, and tell her how unreal she had looked on webcam, and how Sian felt like she might die if she went another day without seeing her again... or she could take the coward's path, the not-confusing, not-life-altering path, and just tell Sophie she was pretty, nothing more. She wanted to tell Sophie everything, but Sian wasn't even sure what there was to tell. 'If you're sitting there thinking you fancy your friend, your friend who's a girl, then I will seriously begin to think you've lost it.' Sian hated the mocking tone her thoughts had taken; what if that was it? What if she was falling for her friend, who just so happened to be a girl?
She refused to be swayed - this was simply residue feelings from when she'd been with Ryan. Trying desperately to convince herself she'd found him even slightly attractive, Sian squeezed her eyes shut and concentrated on the (poor) image she could conjur of him. 'He wasn't all that bad - slightly persistant, and annoying, and not brilliant to look at, nor particularly personable...' Sian's lungs violently expelled the air she was holding in them.
'Face it Sian, he's not Sophie.'
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Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: no way soph, you looked really good :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: amazing actually
sophie :) says: amazing? sian are you sure we're on about the same webcam?! :P
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: the webcam with the gorgeous brunette? with amazing blue eyes (just like mine, thank you!) and the cutest little nose? yeah i think we are :)
sophie :) says: sian!!!! what are you on about?!?! :$ you were obviously on webcam to some fit lad and you're accidently describing him to me!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh yeah, you're right, sorry, i totally got mixed up because this fit lad was also called SOPHIE - just believe me soph, i wouldn't lie to you. you're dead pretty <3
sophie :) says: you're an awful liar, you know that? you're the pretty one :) ridiculously pretty, actually. how are you single? you must be batting the boys away with a stick! :P
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: oh come off it soph, you know i'm not! and if i were, which i never will be, you'd be the first to know about it - you're my best friend, i can talk to you about anything <3
sophie :) says: i'm always here for you sian, you know that right? <3
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: yeah course, and i'm here for you! actually soph there is something i've been meaning to chat to you about! there was this lad on the bus earlier, when i was on my way home..
sophie :) says: omgggg sian's got a crush! tell me everything! :D
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: his name's ryan, and apparently he goes to my college but i've never noticed him before! he started chatting to me on the bus, and it turns out we get off at the same stop. he said he's been trying to get the courage to talk to me for ages, love him! i don't believe him, but whatever lol :P he was really forward though! asked for my number almost straight away!
sophie :) says: your number ? just like that!? i think that's dead rude ... :O
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: is that why you've never asked for mine? ;)
sophie :) says: no, i just never wanted to talk to you more than i need to! haha jk jkkk <3 i'd love your number sian, just never knew how to ask :$
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: what do you mean?
sophie :) says: i didn't want to sound weird... you know like, oh let's text each other... :S
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: what would be so weird about two mates texting each other? nothing right? :)
sophie :) says: no i know, don't know why i thought that... haha sorry :(
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: don't you apologise!! i'll email it to you now <3
sophie :) says: i'll text you so you get mine :)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you can email it if you want, i have no credit...
sophie :) says: i'm on a contract, haha, so i can ring and text you as much as i want! :)
sophie :) says: i won't though
sophie :) says: no no i didn't mean that, i meant like i won't text you loads and loads, or ring you ever, if you don't want me to, or anything
sopihe :) says: sorry i'm flustered
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: why soph? you alright? <3
sophie :) says: aren't you nervous about talking for the first time on the phone?
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: my stomach's in knots, i know i'll say something so stupid, you'll think i'm such an idiot!
sophie :) says: no way, never :) just got your email, i'll save it in my phone right now! but wait, i proper didn't ask you about ryan did i? i'm so rubbish :S is he buff then?! ;)
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: no, not really
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: ok not at all actually, he was horrid lmao! but you never know who 'the one' is, right? i mean you always hear about these married couples who love each other loads but all they do is argue, so he could be it! :P
sophie :) says: i don't think so...
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: what makes you so sure, einstein?! :o ;)
sophie :) says: you know what people say about love... that feeling in your stomach, the butterflies, the dizzyness, the instant physical attraction... you had none of those with him did you? :o
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: nope, none. guess you're right. ms. webster, love expert - who'd have thought?! :P
sophie :) says: haha, i'm no expert, i've never been in love!
Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! says: you've never had those feelings you said to me just before?
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Sophie looked down at her phone, Sian's number illuminated across the screen. Her eyes rose to re-read Sian's last question, her mind clouded with confusion. Had she ever been in love? She wasn't sure. Had she ever talked about this? Definitely not. Had she ever felt the feelings she'd just related to Sian?
Throwing caution to the wind, Sophie quickly typed a message to Sian, hit the 'Enter' key, clicked a couple of buttons on the screen, before swiftly returning to her phone. This would either end up being the best decision she'd ever made, or the biggest mistake she would always regret. As ever, there was only one way to find out. Sophie's finger pressed, maybe a little too hard, the small green button on her phone, and began the process of making a phonecall - to Sian.
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sophie :) says: once.
sophie :) has invited Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! to start viewing webcam. Click to Accept, or click to Deny.
sophie :) has invited Sian -- waging wars to shape the poet and the beat! to start sending webcam. Click to Accept, or click to Deny.
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Sorry if it's a little hard to read with all the names and linebreaks, but I'm trying to go for authenticity... not too sure I'm happy with this one, but guess it'll have to do! :P Thanks to anyone who comments, you're all seriously too nice to me, I always think my writing sounds forced and horrible! You guys keep me writing, you're all amazing, hugs to each and every one of you! <3 xxx