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Today 7:11 A.M.
Poppy: SMIDGE!! I need to borrow your homework please for Ms Dawn!!!
Branch: what the hell?
Poppy: PLEASE! IT'S DUE IN AN HOUR! Remember when I let you cheat off of my math test >:(
Branch: I think you have the wrong number
Branch: but you shouldn't let someone cheat off of you
Poppy: ur not Smidge?
Poppy: is this a prank from the twins?
Poppy: or is this Cooper with Smidge's phone?
Poppy: I SWEAR IF THIS IS YOU COOPER!!
Branch: I'm not lying
Branch: I have literally no idea who you are talking about or who you are...
Branch: but your english teacher wouldn't like it if they found out you were copying someone else's assignment...
Poppy: Oh.
Branch: yeah
Read 7:17 A.M.
Today 8:49 P.M.
Poppy: soooo.... can I ask who this is?
Sent 9:18 P.M.
Today 9:20 P.M.
Poppy: i just want to let you know that i DID finish my assignment in time :)
Sent 9:30 P.M.
Poppy: WITHOUT COPYING
Sent 9:31 P.M.
Poppy: AND I found out that Smidge actually has a new phone number so you must have her old one!
Sent 9:55 P.M.
Poppy: i know youre reading all of this ;D
Sent 9:57 P.M.
Branch: What do you even want?
Branch: Stop spamming me
Poppy: YAY they talk >:D
Poppy: i want to know who my new friend is!!
Branch: ??
Branch: You shouldn't be talking to strangers
Poppy: well i know you go to my school
Branch: How?
Poppy: i never mentioned that ms dawn was my english teacher :DD
Branch: I could've looked it up
Poppy: shes a new teacher so she's not anywhere online. i checked!
Branch: Wow so smart
Poppy: Thank you! :D
Branch: ...
Branch: Anyways, why are you texting me again?
Branch: I thought it was pretty clear we don't know each other.
Poppy: so?
Poppy: there's nothing wrong with making a new friend!
Poppy: whats your name?
Poppy: what classes do you have?
Poppy: OOH ooh! Do you have mr crescendo's music period?
Branch: Just because you have no self preservation of your own
Branch: means I will give up ANY information about me
Poppy: oh come on!
Poppy: u already know my friends names and know that I have ms dawn's class in the morning
Poppy: how about this? we just go by like nicknames or initials
Poppy: u can just call me P!
Branch: You could just leave me alone
Poppy: i could
Poppy: but i have nothing else to do and you're here talking to me!
Branch: ...
Branch: God why
Branch: I have to study
Poppy: aww
Poppy: nooooo
Poppy: dont leave me!!!!!
Sent 10:12 P.M.
Today 11:21 P.M.
Poppy: :((
Sent 11:22 P.M.
Poppy: are you still awake?
Sent 11:23 P.M.
Poppy: i dont want to be too pushy...
Sent 11:25 P.M.
Poppy: but u seem nice and no one else is awake..
Sent 11:30 P.M.
Poppy: i know ur reading all of this btw
Branch: I am not nice
Poppy: !!
Poppy: ur back!
Branch: Why are you so insistent?
Poppy: whats wrong with making a new friend?
Branch: I dont 'need' new friends
Poppy: whaaa everyone needs more friends! to hang out, to chat
Poppy: its fun! what do you do for fun?
Branch: I play games
Poppy: pff. like with ppl online?
Branch: Of course not
Poppy: wouldnt u get lonely with no one to talk to?
Branch: No
Poppy: aww, ok how about this? we can play something together!
Branch: ???
Branch: No offense but you do not seem the type to play....
Branch: games
Poppy: no, but id like to try!!
Poppy: ok what games are you playing now?
Branch: Um....
Branch: Listen
Branch: I admire your...
Branch: attempts. but really, it's fine
Poppy: come on
Branch: Why do you care?
Poppy: cause we're friends!
Branch: We are NOT friends
Poppy: We CAN be, that's the whole point :D
Branch: God I'm going to block you
Poppy: noooo don't do that
Branch: -_-
Poppy: :D
Branch: Okay, I won't but
Branch: I'm going to sleep
Poppy: TTYL, sleep well :DD