send me on my way

[gastonthethird]

Is there anyone in this stupid city brave enough to agree that cream cheese is not the best bagel topping?

[oakleyoaken]

I AM! Butter and sugar bagel topping supremacy!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: Thanks! You're super important to me too! You've been a best friend for like ever it feels like!

Emery: It's okay! I don't want to get you in more trouble with her she's your girlfriend and you love her so you should do what she wants you to! I think Chucky's going to have us finish our musical night actually because I kinda ... ran out on him before. 😓

Oakley: I know, right? And this is still early! One day we're going to be old people best friends talking about everything and laughing about everything and still being freaking awesome!

Oakley: Pfft, it's fine. She's my girlfriend and I do what she wants me to do a lot of the time BUT I can do that and ALSO be the kind of friend I want to be, yanno? Want me to Dash the ice cream over to his, then? Just for you though, he'd have to pay for his own, sorry not sorry!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: I knowww. well i dont know if i do or not. people always say mom was bad but I couldn't really tell so maybe I wouldn't know. but i do know he's real sorry about what happened so he can't be a bad person. but I won't make myself forgive him if it doesn't happen. i just think it's easier because of our history because i know the kind of person he is.

Emery: well, that's a relief to hear. thank you 😊 oh no you don't have to that's okay!

Oakley: I don't know, I think bad people can still say they're sorry BUT that's just me and I know you have to do you. It's just hard not to want the best for you, you know that, right? You're like really important to me.

Oakley: You sure? Myrcella's already pissed at me for coming to your defense in the first place so it's not like I can get in any more trouble if I sent you some fun food to take your mind off of everything, like ice cream or something! I know a place on Doordash that actually delivers fast enough that it doesn't melt!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: I've known him my whole life I can't just stop talking to him even if bad things happen. He's been there for me for everything else. And I know you were saying other good things, I guess it just hurts extra when you're like.. disappointed in me. I know I do things weirdly or different than most people! But that doesn't mean it's wrong or that I don't think I deserve better. It's just more complicated than that. I'll be upset with him for a while but... I'll forgive him, I just know we shouldn't date even if there's feelings.

Emery: thank you, oaks. I'll try not to get mad at you again. hmm I don't know, I think I just want to be myself for a while.

Oakley: I get that, but bad things didn't just "happen", he DID bad things TO you. Sometimes people stop being good for you, and it doesn't take away from the awesomeness they did before, it means humans grow apart and you have to learn when to let go. And when a person betrays you like that is a prime example of when to think about it! Just don't MAKE yourself forgive him, okay? I know you're a nice person so you forgiving him EVENTUALLY makes sense, but know that you don't HAVE to. And I don't think you're weird or different at all, I never have. I'm just worried about you. I want to make sure you're not pushing yourself to just hurry up and get over the bad feelings too fast out of fear of losing a friend when what's really scarier than that is keeping bad friends in your life.

Oakley: Good, because I'm not mad or disappointed or whatever else you thought I was. And okay, well, good luck with that! When you decide you want company, you know where I live! Or I could order some Doordash to you lmao?

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: yes, i'm kind of like having a breakdown right now. my best friend cheated on me and i feel like i can't even be mad at him for it and maybe you're trying to be nice about it but instead of saying 'you're too good for him' 'you deserve better!' 'you're the best person in the world i'm sorry this happened' you just keep saying stuff like 'is your self esteem THAT low' like that's not a nice thing to say!!! it makes me feel even worse about everything that's happening because i'm telling you how i'm handling it and it just sounds like you're telling me it's wrong.

Emery: listen, i'm sorry you ended up in the middle of this and just had to find out like that. it must've sucked. it definitely sucks hearing about it. i'm sorry i got mad at you too but i'm mad at everything right now including myself. so if you don't want to deal with that, it's okay you don't have to

Oakley: I *AM* SAYING YOU'RE TOO GOOD FOR HIM AND THAT YOU DESERVE BETTER! I only said "is your self esteem THAT low" once and it was after you dropped the bomb that for some reason you still want him to be your friend even though he cheated on you, but literally everything else I'm saying and everything else I DID, like telling him off for you, MEANS that you deserve better and I'm furious that this happened to you! I'm not saying you're handling it wrong, I'm saying you shouldn't have to handle something like this at all because no one should've ever done this to you! I just also CAN'T believe that you'd forgive him. My complete and utter disbelief at that doesn't take away from the fact that I'm telling you that you're too good for him and that you deserved a million times better than this.

Oakley: I do want to deal with it, you're my friend. Just stop getting mad at me, because I'm NOT criticizing you, I'm just so fucking mad FOR you, that's what you're feeling from me. Deal? And okay, anything I can do to help the breakdown? Aside from not being mad, because I'm sorry but that's not going to happen. I'm your best friend, I'm going to be mad for you forever, that's the rule.

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: Yeah and I'm mad at him too and I'm talking to him about it!!!! You're making me feel bad because you keep saying that I'm making shitty choices all the time, like I can never do anything that'll make you proud of me or feel like I'm doing a good job! I'm just never enough for you, Oakley and it sucks. It sucks I can't ever be enough for you and I wasn't enough for Colt. I'm never enough for anyone!

Oakley: Are you having like a breakdown or something? The WHOLE POINT of what I'm saying is that you're TOO good for him and for how he treated you, not that you're not enough for him or me or anyone or whatever the hell you're on about now out of motherfucking nowhere?

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: I DO see the value in myself! That's why we're not dating anymore. Just because I don't hate him doesn't mean I don't have any self esteem. And I'm not letting him treat me like anything. I made it clear what he did wrong and he feels terrible enough. I feel terrible enough. And I would feel a lot less terrible if you'd stop making me feel bad every single time I do something!

Oakley: I'M making you feel bad? He's the one who cheated! Don't shoot the messenger. Do you think it was easy for me to see someone so openly hurting someone I care so much about? Do you think it was easy to break the news to you when I knew how happy you were? It wasn't! And now I'm "making you feel bad" because, what, I think you deserve better? That's some bullshit. I'm literally just trying to help.

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: We're already broken up, oakley. What else do you want me to do? Lose ANOTHER friend AGAIN??

Oakley: I want you to see value in yourself, what the fuck? You can't have THAT little self esteem that you'd let someone treat you like that, Emery, it's too sad!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: He's not stupid he just doesn't understand relationships and takes things super literally. And he's not an ass either! Thank you for looking out for me though. It's not fun. And it feels worse because I'm never going to hate him. I think I'm just going to stuff my face with ice cream tonight.

Oakley: Seriously? The dude was fucking someone else and you're just going to forgive him?

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

Emery: i don't think he did it on purpose, just didn't know what being exclusive meant but it super sucks 😥 We're breaking up.

Oakley: No one's too stupid to not understand what being exclusive means, especially if you've explained it to him already! AND GOOD! An asshole like that doesn't deserve second chances! It must suck to find out that your friend isn't a good person though. I wish there was a gentler way for you to have found out but he did it to himself.

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: NO, OAKLEY. I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT. OF COURSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE IT. I BELIEVE YOU, I JUST WASN'T EXPECTING IT.

Emery: THANK YOU.

Oakley: OKAY GOOD BECAUSE I WOULD'VE RECORDED THEM COMING OUT OF A BEDROOM ALL GIGGLY AND MESSED UP HAIR AND YOU WOULD'VE SEEN A REALLY EMBARRASSING VIDEO OF ME TELLING HIM OFF FOR YOU.

Oakley: YOU'RE WELCOME.

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: IM SORRY I JUST DONT GET IT. HE WOULD NEVER DO THAT. I KNOW SOMETIMES RELATIONSHIP STUFF CONFUSES HIM BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

Emery: NO ONE DESERVES TO GET HURT EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THE WRONG. JUST PLEASE PROMISE YOU WON'T TRY TO PUNCH HIM.

Oakley: YOU "JUST DON'T GET IT"?! DO YOU NEED ME TO GO INTO EVEN *MORE* GROSS DETAIL? DO YOU WANT ME TO RECORD SOME OF IT AND SEND IT TO YOU? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT STOPPING! THEY JUST KEEP BEING NASTY AND BASICALLY HUMPING IN PUBLIC!

Oakley: FINE. ONLY BECAUSE YOU AND MYRCELLA BOTH ASKED. BUT I STILL REALLY, REALLY WANT TO. HE CAN'T BE ALLOWED TO TREAT YOU LIKE THIS!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. HE WOULDN'T DO THAT. ARE YOU SURE???

Emery: I JUST DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT!!

Oakley: WHAT DO YOU MEAN "AM YOU SURE"? OF COURSE I'M SURE! I WOULDN'T TELL YOU SOMETHING SHITTY LIKE THIS UNLESS I KNEW FOR SURE BUT THERE'S NO CONFUSING IT! I KNOW WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE, I KNOW WHAT FEELING UP EACH OTHER AND KISSING AND SHIT LOOKS LIKE, AND IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE HIDING IT! IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! IT'S IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!

Oakley: BUT HE DESERVES TO GET HURT! HE'S HURTING YOU!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Emery: WHAT??? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??

Emery: NO DONT FIGHT HIM PLEASE.

Oakley: I'M AT A PARTY AND HE'S ALSO AT THE PARTY WITH ANOTHER GIRL. LIKE, *WITH* ANOTHER GIRL. THEY'RE ALL GROSS AND COUPLEY AND ALL OVER EACH OTHER. LIKE, GROPEY GIGGLY KISSY SMOOCHY SITTING ON LAPS TONGUES DOWN EACH OTHER'S THROATS! IT'S DISGUSTING.

Oakley: WHY NOT?! HE'S ALL OVER ANOTHER GIRL LIKE YOU'RE NOTHING TO HIM! *SOMEONE* SHOULD PUNCH HIM OUT!

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TEXT 😱 OAKLERY

Oakley: YOUR BOYFRIEND IS A CHEATER AND A LIAR!

Oakley: A CHEAAAAAAAAAAAATER!

Oakley: DO YOU WANT ME TO KICK HIS ASS?!

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text 💬 oaklery

Emery: FAIR ENOUGH UMMM YOU HAVE A SUPER KISSABLE FACE! of course I would! that's what extra friends are for right? you should definitely get something! and it'll be super fun! and if it makes you nervous you can always ask your girlfriend person or me or anyone else to help you through it! like I'll have chucky or you or colt to get me through the semi-scary but also super fun things like rollercoasters or ziplineing!! well hopefully you can be around a lot! or at least for my plays and stuff. but i guess if you get swept into real life then I can't do anything about it. (that's super true!! but it is always go to hear it too!! 🥰 thank you!!) NOPE I WON'T STOP AT ALL. YOU'RE SUCH A DELICIOUS SNACK, ACTUALLY YOU'RE MORE LIKE A WHOLE MEAL! Definitely Cody! She's so amazing at acting and her and Dawson are like this power acting duo!!

Oakley: I REALLY DO, THANK YOU FOR NOTICING. OKAY, YOUR KINDNESS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AGAIN, HUZZAH! Yeah, of course, I'd do it for you too! You're just way easier to help find jobs for since at least you know what you want to do, I'm a MESS so it's just nice that anyone is willing to deal with it lol. You bet your ass I'll be asking you guys for help, there's no way I can do this shit on my own. WOAH WAIT ARE WE GOING ON ROLLER COASTERS AND ZIPLINING?! SINCE WHEN?! Psssshhh stop, you know I'll be there! (Then I'll tell you over and over and over! You're welcome!) THAT'S THE GOOD SHIT, AWWW, FUCK YEAH. THANKS, EMS, YOU ALWAYS KNOW HOW TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD ❤️ Oooooh true, she got the lead last year, right? But eh, she's got nothing on you! Maybe you and Dawson will be the leads for whatever comes next!

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Text ☎ Oakcella

Myrcella: 🥰🥰🥰

Myrcella: You were! What were you thinking about me? I’m not up to anything really? Just some back to school online shopping, same old same old!

Oakley: I was thinking about how beautiful you are! And also what would be a cool job to have once I'm a "grown up" so I have enough money to keep buying you all the pretty things! Oooooooooooh whatcha looking at shopping-wise?