Before My Time Shorts: The Outsiders

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You named the conversation "The Gang"
Mon, July 31, 7:31 PM

Me: How're you guys holding up?
Darry Curtis: Who's this?
Me: It's Bri...?
Darry Curtis: Oh hahahahaha
Darry Curtis: hahahah
Darry Curtis: hahaha
Steve Randle: you ok dar?
Two-Bit: hahahhahaha
Me: Is my number not in your phone?
Darry Curtis: how do I do that?
Me: I put my number in your contacts list
Darry Curtis: I thought I'd be able to remember so I deleted it
Sodapop Curtis: Darry...
Ponyboy Curtis: even I know not to do that
Ponyboy Curtis: "use your head"
Sodapop Curtis: 😂😂😂
Sodapop Curtis: I like using the little head pictures
Me: They're called "emojis"
Johnny Cade: yeah haha Soda they're funny
Dally Winston: god quit blowing up my rectangle
Me: Please call it a phone
Dally Winston: it's not a phone if there is no wire
Ponyboy Curtis: how is there more than one person in a conversation on the screen?
Me: It's called a group chat. You can add as many people as you want
Ponyboy Curtis: why won't it let me add people?
Me: Because you had to have been the one to create it. And who would you add anyways?
Ponyboy Curtis: there's a kid I met. Thought I'd add her
Sodapop Curtis: HER?!
Ponyboy Curtis: oh boy...
Darry Curtis: what's her name?
Ponyboy Curtis: it's Jenni.
Me: My sister??
Ponyboy Curtis: It's not a big deal
Me: you can add her to your own group chat but this one is just for us
Steve Randle: yeah jenni don't need to know our business
Ponyboy Curtis: Fine.
Darry Curtis: i've got work in the morning so I'm going to bed good night

Darry Curtis has left the conversation

Me: Why did Darry leave?
Sodapop Curtis: I think he thought he had to haha I will get him back
Two-Bit Mathews: should we add Lillian to this group chat?
Ponyboy Curtis: if Jenni can't be here, neither should Lillian
Me: I can make another one of all of us plus Lillian and Jenni but it might get confusing

You added Darry Curtis to the conversation