FOR LONDON [1: TOM HOLLAND]

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

iris
WHY is that boy back
again
he's like a fucking disease 😪

jake
hey now
he's a GOOD EGG

iris
eggs are never good
scrambled? trash
fried? trash
omelette? trash
poached? trash

maria
YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO EGGS

iris
what a shame
I must be allergic to tom too then ://
u can't date him sorry

maria
huh??

iris
iTS ME OR HIM !!1!

maria
you're SO DIFFICULT
I haTE you

iris
good
that's always been my aim

jake
to be difficult
or hated ??

iris
yes, both
I'm a high achiever
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

jake
wait a minute —
how did you know tom was back ??
is it perhaps bc you CARE !!!!

iris
idk, jake
it sounds AWFULLY like you knew, too

maria
no no no
tell me you two didn't do something
TELL ME

iris
you're RIGHT
the two of us as a collective didn't do anything
jake, however . . .

maria
what —
what is that supposed to mean

jake
uh
idk?

maria
I KNEW YOU'D MEDDLE
you -
you ,,
YOU MEDDLER!!

jake
IN MY DEFENCE

maria
YES?

iris
???

jake
nah
I've got nothing
I just wanted one of the boys to succeed

maria
"one of the boys"

jake
yEs
and seeing as your standards are lower than me
but high enough for it to work with tom
I thought I'd be the fairy godmother you didn't know you needed
and work my magic

iris
you know what?

jake
what ??

iris
I never want to be in the same room as you again

jake
you say the SWEETEST things !!

maria
gAH
I just —
what did you even say to him??
to convince him to stay

jake
he told me yesterday that the audition he was flying back to got cancelled
so I just suggested that he might wanna stay an extra day or two
seeing as he had the time to spare

maria
and that was it??

jake
eh
more or less

maria
you know what
I don't even wanna question it any further

jake
yes !!
you should be thanking me instead
I agree

maria
for prolonging my emotional turmoil ??
I don't think so!

iris
no
for him giving these two headasses we know another chance to get their shit together for ONCE

jake
see!
iris ships it

iris
iris just doesn't want anymore noise complaints against her and maria due to maria's 3am wailing sessions

maria
that was ONE TIME

iris
uh yeah
one time too many for my liking

jake
so like
not that I'm invested in this
but are you mayhaps gonna like
idk
,,,
fess up to ur big fat dumb crush on tom

maria
magic eight ball says try again later!

iris
to be fair you do already cry a lot about him
so even if it does go horribly wrong
it's not like things could get much worse on that front

maria
that was —
strangely kind ??
I LOVE YOU

iris
disgusting
maybe this time you'll shed so many tears you'll dehydrate and pass out
the dream

maria
🤧💞💗💗💞💖💝💝💘💘💕💕💓💓💞💞💖
you're so good to me

iris
sure whatever

jake
I've got a good feeling about this !!!
maybe this is the year mar FINALLY releases an album that can't be described w the word melancholy

maria
ig we'll find out soon enough
he just texted me
wants to take me to dinner tonight

iris
it's about fucking time he asked you out

maria
he didn't ask me out
it's just two good friends having dinner
like you and karis do

iris
oh
sure

jake
maria franco you really are a dumbass huh

AUTHOR'S NOTE: just so you know this probs has eight chapters left ish