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1:12pm, 16/5/2019 - The First Four
colin: hi 🤪
colin: SO
Benedict: I can’t pick you up from the airport
colin: omg
colin: can i finish ASKING first
Benedict: Sure go ahead
colin: can someone pick me up from heathrow? i just landed
Benedict: I'm busy. Sorry man
[colin renamed the chat: “one, three, and four only. i don't know a two.”]
colin: daff? 😇
Daphne: Don’t be mad… but I can’t pick you up either
colin: 😦
[colin renamed the chat: “one and three only, actually!!”]
Daphne: I’m sorry!
Daphne: I’m on my way to break up with Nigel right now
Benedict: I thought you already broke up with him last week?
Daphne: I did, but I'm starting to think he'd misunderstood what I said
Benedict: What do you mean?
Daphne: Well, he texted me this morning to say, “Good morning, my beautiful girlfriend. The sun and the stars are yours. Hope you have a great day!” and then six heart emojis
colin: oh no 🥴
Daphne: Yeah 🙃
Daphne: This sucks honestly
Benedict: If it makes you feel any better… we didn’t like him all that much
Daphne: No it’s not that
Daphne: I just really wanted things to work out
colin: with nigel?
Daphne: Yes
colin: berbrooke??
Daphne: Yes!
colin: ….......may i ask why?
Daphne: 😒
Daphne: It’s just that now I'm going to have to go date-less to all my friends' weddings this summer
Benedict: I don't see what's so wrong with that?
colin: yeah dude
colin: it’s hot girl summer 🤠
Daphne: You guys don’t get it
Daphne: Everyone I know is getting married this year
Daphne: Including Lindsey Trowbridge!
colin: so?
Daphne: She was always terrible to me in grade school
Daphne: It's going to be especially embarrassing to call her and tell her I'm not bringing a plus one anymore
Benedict: I’m sure you’ll find someone to take?
Benedict: But if not, I’m happy to go with you to a wedding or two
colin: same here
Daphne: That might be... slightly less embarrassing than going alone
Daphne: I might take you up on that 🙂
[Benedict liked a message: I might take you up on that 🙂]
colin: see? things are looking up
colin: anyway where's one at?
Anthony: Here.
Anthony: Sorry. Was getting in the car.
colin: to go to the airport? 😁
Anthony: No.
colin: 
[colin renamed the chat: “i guess one, two, and four hate three”]
Benedict: You're so dramatic
Anthony: I'm sorry, but I don't have time to pick you up either.
Daphne: What are you up to, Ant?
Anthony: I’m meeting up with a friend for drinks.
colin: oh… that’s cool
colin: which friend?
Anthony: You don’t know him.
colin: damn ok
Daphne: He was just asking a polite question
Anthony: Sorry.
Anthony: My friend Simon.
Benedict: Oh I remember Simon!
Daphne: Who's he again?
Anthony: He was my roommate at Oxford. I don’t think you’ve met him.
Benedict: You guys probably know who he is though
Benedict: He's currently a midfielder for Arsenal
Daphne: Hold on
Daphne: You’re not talking about Simon Basset?
Anthony: That’s him.
colin: oh woah!! i didn’t realize you knew him!
colin: that's pretty cool
colin: i feel like i see him trending on twitter every other week
colin: last time was bc he was getting BUSY with some girl on a yacht
colin: if ykw i mean 🌝
Anthony: Ha. Yeah.
Anthony: He's a really nice guy though. He was like a brother to me when we were in school together.
Anthony: He actually may swing by the gala tonight, if you wanted to say hi or meet him in person.
colin: what gala
Daphne: Mrs. Danbury's throwing something tonight
colin: y'all 😭😭 i just got back from another country
colin: i don't want to go anywhere fancy tonight
Benedict: You're probably going to get guilted into going like the rest of us dude
colin: well by the time the gala starts i might still be stranded at this bloody airport, so 😪
Daphne: Why don't you just call a cab?
colin: i would but i cannot stress to you how little money i have right now
Benedict: Then I'm afraid you're gonna have to call Mum
Benedict: Sorry Three!
Benedict: Good luck breaking up with Nigel, Four
Daphne: 🙃
Daphne: Thanks
Daphne: Have fun with your friend, One!
Anthony: LOL. Thanks, I will.
[colin renamed the chat: “three is gonna day drink rosé at the airport bar til mum gets here 😞 he hopes one, two, and four are happy with themselves.”]
5:21pm, 16/5/2019 - from: Simon, to: Agatha
Simon: Remind me, does this thing start at 9 or 9:30?
Agatha: It begins at 8 o'clock sharp 🤨
Agatha: Are you planning on coming? You never RSVP'd 🧐
Simon: Yes. I'll try to swing by for a few minutes
Simon: Want to say hi to you, at least. Haven't seen you in ages
Agatha: Hmph 😤
Agatha: Just don't be too late
Simon: And miss all the schmoozing?
Simon: I would never
9:17pm, 16/5/2019 - ︽ ✵ ︽ higher further faster baby ︽ ✵ ︽
eloise: pen!
eloise: how’s the party
Penelope: Boring
Penelope: But you didn’t tell me your brother was gonna be here?
eloise: which brother
Penelope: The one who I thought you said was in Spain?
eloise: oh lol
eloise: yeah colin just got back
eloise: and mama said he had to go, so
eloise: why what’s the matter
Penelope: Nothing!
Penelope: I was just surprised
Penelope: How’s the sleepover?
eloise:
Penelope: It can't be that bad?
eloise: lmao ok it's not
eloise: but for the past hr I've just been watching felicity and hy make a powerpoint to help convince mama that hy should have a cellphone
Felicity: Wish you could be here Pen!
Felicity: Hyacinth says hi too
Penelope: Tell her hi back!
Felicity: Ok! :-)
eloise: .......so you can imagine how bored I am
Penelope: Sorry but your night still sounds more fun than mine
Penelope: There's no one my age here, and Mama is busy trying to introduce Prudence to any man who so much as breathes
eloise: oh no 😭
eloise: well if you're hanging out by yourself, then you should go see what daphne's up to
eloise: she told me she'd be spending the entire evening trying to avoid nigel, so i'm sure she'd genuinely appreciate your company
Penelope: Hmmm
Penelope: I haven't seen her in a while?
eloise: huh
eloise: weird
eloise: maybe she's in the bathroom
9:38pm, 16/5/2019 - sad
colin: have you guys seen daphne
colin: i wanted to ask her if she'd put some hors d'oeuvres in her purse
Benedict: Haven't seen her in a minute
Anthony: We’re not taking hors d’oeuvres home.
colin: 
Benedict: Don't tell Mrs. D, but I thought the hors d'oeuvres were just okay
Anthony: Same.
Anthony: I thought Daff was with Mum.
Violet: No.
Violet: Did someone retitle this chat?
Benedict: Colin, probably
Benedict: I can never keep track of which one's which because he keeps changing them
colin: sorry but it’s meant to represent my emotional state of being for having been dragged to this party
Benedict: Dramatic
Benedict: Why don't you go hang out with Penelope if you're bored
colin: maybe i WILL 😤
colin: she’s a sweet young lady
colin: and very nice company, unlike the lot of ye
Violet: Oh there she is!
colin: pen?
Violet: No
Violet: You said you were looking for Daphne?
Violet: She's dancing.
Violet: Over there, with Anthony's friend.
Anthony: My friend?
Violet: Your Oxford friend.
Violet: The footballer.
Violet: I think his name is Simon?
colin: look at you pretending not to know his name lol
[Benedict renamed the chat: "Colin being annoying"]
colin: oh look who’s renaming the chats now
Anthony: Very funny, Mum.
[colin renamed the chat: "ant and ben are anti-hors d'oeuvres, and therefore not trustworthy"]
Violet: I wasn't being funny?
[Benedict renamed the chat: "Colin could have eaten before we got here"]
Violet: Stop doing that.
Violet: They’re in the middle of the dance floor.
Anthony: Oh my god.
Anthony: Someone go put a stop to this.
Benedict: What
Benedict: Why
Anthony: I don't think it's a good idea for Daphne to get caught up with that guy.
colin: “that guy"?
colin: didn’t you call him your brother like six hours ago
Anthony: I said he was LIKE a brother, and this is a very different context.
Anthony: Benedict, back me up here.
Benedict: I guess Anthony has a point
Anthony: Thank you.
Benedict: But they’re also literally just dancing
Benedict: So...
[Anthony renamed the chat: “Et Tu, Benedict?”]
[colin renamed the chat: “everyone boo benedict”]
Violet: Enough.
Violet: No one’s doing anything to embarrass your sister, and if they do, I’m not afraid to drag them out of here by the ear.
colin: ….....well now i’m torn
colin: bc i don’t want to embarrass daff
colin: but i’d also love to leave 😗
Violet: Might I add, we're at a very nice party. Everyone needs to put their phones away.
Benedict: You're on your phone?
Violet: Benedict.
Benedict: Sorry
Anthony: Putting mine away, but we'll talk about this later.
Violet: We'll not be talking about anything later, because it's none of our business.
11:41pm, 16/5/2019 - Featherington Family Group Chat
Portia: I hope you all saw the way the Bridgerton girl went ahead and got herself acquainted with a professional athlete tonight.
Prudence: So?
Portia: So? That could've been one of you!
Phillipa: 
Phillipa: Mama... I already have a boyfriend
Prudence: Yeah, and I don't want to be a WAG
Penelope: Ugh, don't say WAG
Prudence: Well? That's what it's called, isn't it?
Penelope: Still
Felicity: What's a WAG?
Penelope: Why are you still awake?
Felicity: Hy and I are finishing up our PowerPoint!
Penelope: Well, go to bed soon!
Felicity: We will, don't worry :-)
Phillipa: K sorry, just Googled what a WAG is
Phillipa: That's a bit dramatic, don't you think?
Phillipa: All they did was dance?
3:32pm, 18/5/2019 - raid on area 51
Francesca: Have you guys seen this?
[Francesca sent a link]
eloise: oh my god YES
eloise: like three different friends sent this to me today
Benedict: You have more than one friend?
eloise: shut up
gregory: wait a minute
gregory: daphne knows simon basset?
gregory: like, ARSENAL midfielder, simon basset?
gregory: i didn't know any of you were that cool! 🤯
colin: ok hurtful
Benedict: Does anyone know who wrote this?
eloise: idk
eloise: the byline just says "whistledown"
Francesca: Yeah I guess that's their pseudonym?
colin: oh my god
Benedict: What?
colin: there's a hit count at the bottom
colin: this has nearly 70k views!!
Francesca: Is that a lot?
colin: for some new blog?
colin: that's a TON
eloise: ugh and all because she was seen with some guy
Benedict: That "some guy" is quite famous, mind you
eloise: still 🙄
eloise: what about the fact that daphne graduated with honors from cambridge? what about the fact that she’s currently getting her master's degree in social work? there's no mention of that!
Francesca: Eloise, respectfully... who wants to read that?
12:55pm, 25/5/2019 - Bridgerton Family GC
gregory: why are there all these flowers in our living room?
Violet: Someone brought your sister flowers today.
Daphne: They're not all for me!
Daphne: One of the bouquets he brought was for Mum
Benedict: omg
Benedict: 👀🥰😝😻💓💐
Benedict: who's "he" daff???
colin: lotta of emojis there, ben
Benedict: Sorry
Benedict: That was Hyacinth
Benedict: She took my phone
Benedict: But I guess I would've asked the same question anyways
Daphne: Oh it's no one
Daphne: Just someone I met at Mrs. Danbury’s last week
Anthony: Oh my god.
Anthony: Don’t tell me.
eloise: was it that guy? 👀
eloise: the one who plays for arsenal?
1:03pm, 25/5/2019 - from: Anthony, to: Violet
Anthony: Do you see? Do you see what’s happening here?
Violet: Do I see what?
Violet: All I see are very nice flowers in my living room.
1:04pm, 25/5/2019 - Bridgerton Family GC
Daphne: Yes, it was Simon
Francesca: Awww. Well, they're really nice flowers, Daff 💞
Violet: They are very lovely, yes.
eloise: ok wow so then that blog post wasn't lying
eloise: you guys must've really hit it off
Violet: Oh they did.
1:06pm, 25/5/2019 - from: Anthony, to: Violet
Anthony: Don't tell me he's won you over too.
Anthony: I thought you said this was none of our business.
Violet: It’s not.
Anthony: Then what’s “They're lovely”?
Violet: I’m just stating a fact.
Anthony: What’s “They hit it off”?
Violet: Well they did!
Anthony: Mum.
Violet: Anthony.
1:07pm, 25/5/2019 - Bridgerton Family GC
Violet: Also, I would like for everyone to clean their rooms!
Violet: We’ve invited Simon over for dinner tonight.
1:08pm, 25/5/2019 - from: Anthony, to: Violet
Anthony: What?
Anthony: Why?
Anthony: Mum!
Anthony: You’re ignoring me now, I see.
1:10pm, 25/5/2019 - Bridgerton Family GC
gregory: wait we're meeting him like tonight tonight?
Daphne: Yeah but it's not a big deal or anything
eloise: it kind of seems like a big deal
Daphne: Well it's not
eloise: if you say so
eloise: and why exactly do we have to clean our rooms?
Violet: Because I would like for our home to look nice for our guest.
eloise: oh is he eating dinner in our rooms?
Violet: Eloise.
eloise: 😪
eloise: k fine.
Violet: Thank you.
Violet: Best behavior, please.
Francesca: @ Greg
gregory: what did i ever do to you
Francesca: Are you kidding?
Francesca: You put mashed potatoes on my chair last week, you ghoul!
colin: "ghoul" 💀
gregory: i had nothing to do with that
gregory: those potatoes were already there
gregory: not my fault you sat on them
Violet: I was talking to everyone, not just Gregory.
Francesca: Fine
colin: ✌️
Benedict: u got it -hy
Violet: Good.
7:22pm, 25/5/2019 - from: eloise, to: Francesca
eloise: ok
eloise: so he doesn't talk a lot
eloise: and he's a lot older and all
eloise: but honestly....... he seems nice?
Francesca: He does!
Francesca: They're really cute together too
eloise: yeah
eloise: i guess some straights do deserve rights
[Francesca laughed at a message: i guess some straights do deserve rights]
Francesca: Anthony doesn't seem to like him though
eloise: mslkfnelnknwlfnw i KNOW
eloise: if looks could kill
7:35pm, 25/5/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
Benedict: Did I tell you Felicity Featherington asked me what a WAG was
colin: lmaoooooo
colin: what did you say
Benedict: I said it was a kind of demeaning word for women whose partners are athletes
colin: wow
colin: eloise would be so proud of you 👏😭
colin: btw.... i didn't know daff "hit it off" with simon last week. did you?
Benedict: No!
Benedict: I thought he danced with her just to be polite
7:58pm, 25/5/2019 - from: gregory, to: Anthony
gregory: Anthony!!
gregory: Daphne told me you and Simon were at oxford together
gregory: that's so cool i didn't know you knew anyone famous
gregory: why are you mad?
Anthony: I'm not mad.
gregory: you look mad
Anthony: Why do you have your phone at the dinner table?
gregory: 
gregory: why do YOU have your phone at the dinner table
Anthony: I've finished eating. I can see there are peas still on your plate.
gregory: i'm eating i'm eating!
8:14pm, 25/5/2019 - from: Daphne, to: Simon
Simon: Ok I think we're going to have to come clean to Anthony
Simon: Before he literally tears my head off
Daphne: Told you
Daphne: He's been like this all day
Daphne: I've already heard like 10 different stories from your uni days
Simon: All bad, I hope 😇
Daphne: Terrible
9:21pm, 25/5/2019 – The Plan
[Daphne added Simon and Anthony to "The Plan"]
Anthony: I still don't like this.
Daphne: Yes, you've said as much
Daphne: Listen, the most important thing here is to not tell anyone
Daphne: Especially Mum
Daphne: You know she couldn't keep a secret like this
Anthony: Trust me, I will not be telling Mum anything. I can already tell she'd be crushed if she knew the truth.
Anthony: She’s already invited him to Greenwich next weekend.
Anthony: Speaking of, you’re not actually coming, are you?
Simon: …
Simon: I may have already told your mum yes?
Simon: So… yes?
Anthony: Oh, fantastic.
Daphne: Anthony, I think you need to relax
Daphne: It's just pretend, and it'll all be over by the end of the summer
Simon: Exactly
9:32pm, 25/5/2019 - raid on area 51
colin: soooooo
colin: what do we think 👀
eloise: fran said he was cute
Benedict: What? 😦
Francesca: No I didn’t!
Benedict: Fran, he’s almost 30
Francesca: I didn’t say that!
Francesca: I said they look cute together. That’s ALL!
gregory: i liked him
gregory: he was really nice
Francesca: Hyacinth is telling me to write –
Francesca: "I liked him too"
Francesca: "He laughed at all her jokes"
Francesca: "Even the bad ones"
Francesca: "Awww emoji"
Francesca: Oh wait
Francesca: Sorry
Francesca: "🥺"
eloise: ok yeah...... that was kind of sweet
6:34pm, 29/5/2019 - Team Basset
Will: Hey man! I was thinking we could get a training session in on Saturday?
Simon: Can’t do Saturday! I’ve got plans
Simon: Daphne and I have a wedding to go to
Alice: Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that?
Alice: When were you going to tell me - your bloody publicist - that you were in a relationship?
Simon: I was getting around to it
Alice: You give me a headache 😪
Simon: Yeah but you love me anyway
Simon: But just to fill you in, she and I aren't actually in a relationship
Simon: She's just my mate's sister, and she's agreed to pretend to be my girlfriend for a few months, so long as I go as her date for a few weddings this summer
Simon: But it's nothing more than that
Will: …......
Simon: You’re gonna say it’s a bad idea
Will: I'm just your trainer, so I'm keeping my mouth shut
Simon: Writing "........" isn't exactly keeping your mouth shut, is it?
Alice: Well I actually think it's a good idea
Simon: You do?
Alice: Yes. I mean, I wish you’d told me first, but, this could really help you
Alice: She comes from a pretty well-connected London family, she's very pretty, etc. etc.
Alice: This might be great for your image, so long as you don't get caught with other people
Simon: Daphne's not seeing anyone else right now
Alice: I was talking about you, you slut
Simon: Ok wowww
Will: Is she wrong though
Simon: Look, I gave Daphne my word. I'm just focused on this thing with her for now
Alice: Well that's good then
Alice: It'll be nice to see you spend time with a woman without actively trying to sleep with her
Will: Well first we have to see if he actually manages it 👀
Alice: True 😂
Simon: You both think you're so funny 😒
Alice: I mean, we are
Will: Yeah before you fire both of us...... let's set a time for training?
Simon: Let's do Sunday.
Simon: I’m going to lunch with Daphne’s family at noon, so let’s aim for 9?
Will: Sounds good man
1:21pm, 2/6/2019 – ︽ ✵ ︽ higher further faster baby ︽ ✵ ︽
eloise: PEN
eloise: FELICITY
eloise: OH MY GOD
Penelope: What? Are you okay?
eloise: I'M FANTASTIC
eloise: I JUST WISH YOU WERE HERE RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHAT WE ALL JUST BEHELD
Felicity: What happened?
eloise: OK
eloise: SO
eloise: WE'RE GRABBING LUNCH IN GREENWICH
eloise: AND GREGORY'S MESSING AROUND RIGHT?
Felicity: Sure
Penelope: To be expected
eloise: SMDKLFKSLDMFSLKDMFMLKML AND THEN GREG DROPS HIS PHONE IN THE THAMES
Penelope: Oh no
eloise: AND HE TRIES TO GRAB IT
Felicity: Oh no
eloise: SIMON GOES TO STOP HIM
Felicity: Wait
eloise: AND ANTHONY GOES TO STOP HIM
Felicity: Who's Simon?
eloise: THEN GREG SOMEHOW KNOCKS THEM OVER
eloise: AND THEY BOTH FALL INTO THE WATER LNFKOWAEFNAKLSNFELEWNFAWLENFLSKDMFLSNFKLSNFSKLMFLKSNFKLSNFSFKLSMFLKESFNOWENFAKLWEFNAWLEFNAWEKFNAWOENFWIAOELSN
Penelope: Oh my god!!!!
eloise: SIMON IS DAFF'S BF
Penelope: Were they okay?
Felicity: Daphne has a new boyfriend? :-O
Felicity: Is he that football player? From Arsenal?
eloise: EVERYONE'S FINE
Felicity: I saw him pop up again on that blog everyone's talking about.
eloise: JFOIEWJFOIWE I MEAN ANTHONY AND SIMON ARE SOPPING WET
eloise: WHILE GREGORY'S BONE DRY
Felicity: Is it him?
eloise: BUT NO ONE GOT HURT
Felicity: :-/
Felicity: No one ever tells me anything!
Penelope: Yes, it's the same person
Penelope: Now hush
Felicity: :-(
Penelope: I'm glad everyone's okay!
eloise: YEAH YEAH SURE SAME
eloise: HYACINTH WAS USING COLIN'S PHONE WHEN IT HAPPENED AND SHE MANAGED TO GET THE WHOLE THING ON VIDEO
eloise: AS SOON AS I GET HIM TO AIRDROP IT TO ME I'LL SEND IT TO YOU
eloise: 😭😭😭😭😭😭
eloise: THIS HAS BEEN THE GREATEST DAY OF SUMMER SO FAR
1:38pm, 2/6/2019 - from: Daphne, to: Simon
Daphne: hi Simon
Daphne: this is Gregory Bridgerton
Daphne: my sister, Daphne Bridgerton, is letting me borrow her phone to text you
Simon: Hey Greg!
Simon: What’s up little man?
Daphne: I just wanted to say I’m very sorry again for knocking you into the river 😢
Simon: Hey, no need to apologize! You didn’t do it on purpose.
Daphne: i know but still.
Daphne: Daphne and Anthony told me i needed to tell you again.
Simon: Don’t give it another thought. Everyone was okay at the end of the day, right?
Daphne: yeah i guess
Daphne: can i just say
Daphne: i’m glad you’re going out with my sister
Daphne: you’re maybe the nicest person she’s ever dated
Simon: Oh
Simon: Ha
Simon: Well
Simon: Thanks bud
Daphne: This is Daphne!
Daphne: Sorry about that! Didn’t realize what he was writing
Daphne: But the point is, he’s sorry
Simon: Hey, for real, tell him not to worry about it
Simon: It was lowkey very funny in retrospect
[Daphne laughed at a message: It was lowkey very funny in retrospect]
Daphne: By the way... did your phone not have any water damage?
Simon: Oh I'm texting from a new one
Daphne: How? It's only been an hour
Simon: Alice hooked me up
Daphne: Oh, to have a team at your beck and call...
Simon: Yeah yeah 😂
Simon: We still on for next Saturday?
Daphne: Yes! I will see you then 😊
Simon: I look forward to it
11:44am, 4/6/2019 – ABCDEFG
[Benedict added Anthony to "ABCDEFG"]
Anthony: Hi everyone.
[Benedict added gregory to "ABCDEFG"]
gregory: new phone who dis 😎
eloise: can i just say
eloise: it’s not fair that gregory drops his phone into the river
eloise: and two people fall in trying to stop him from losing it
eloise: and yet he STILL gets a new phone
eloise: meanwhile mama barely even LOOKED at my powerpoint
eloise: she said i still have to wait two more years to get one 🥺
eloise: this is hyacinth by the way
Francesca: Yeah we got that
Benedict: I didn’t get a phone til I was 16.
colin: me neither
eloise: this is el. i’ve commandeered my phone back
Daphne: Yeah it’s kind of unfair that the rule is 12 now?
Benedict: The bar kept getting lowered
Francesca: Yeah, El and I got phones at 14
eloise: i mean... i got a phone at 14
eloise: fran bribed colin to help her get a phone way before that
eloise: so she could text john and all
Anthony: She what?
11:52am, 4/6/2019 - two tots and a thot
colin: are you serious
Francesca: Eloise!!!!
eloise: omg i'm sorry i thought everyone knew
11:53am, 4/6/2019 – ABCDEFG
Francesca: She’s joking
colin: yeah
Francesca: I got mine at 14 too
Benedict: Yeah but who’s John?
Francesca: My French tutor
Daphne: I didn’t know you took French?
Francesca: Anyways I'm in favor of getting Hy a phone because she keeps asking to borrow mine
Francesca: Or just borrows without asking
Benedict: Okay yeah, same
colin: same 😪
eloise: SAME
eloise: constantly having to send a message to felicity
eloise: as if they don't see each other almost every day
Benedict: I'm sure you text Penelope every day?
eloise: whose side are you on
Francesca: So? Anthony?
Francesca: What's the verdict?
Anthony: The verdict?
Francesca: Is Hyacinth getting a phone?
Anthony: We'll see, but it’s not my decision to make.
colin: ok so that's virtually a no
eloise: 😫😫😫
Anthony: Sorry. I think you lot just need to learn to lock your phones.
9:21am, 17/6/2019 - from: Simon, to: Daphne
Simon: How does shaved ice sound to you?
Daphne: It sounds good...?
Daphne: Is this a photo op thing?
Simon: Nah lol
Simon: There's just a new place that opened up right around the block I wanted to try
Simon: It's been so hot out lately 🥵
Daphne: Right?! What happened to the rain?
Simon: Honestly 😂😂
Simon: So you in? Dw if not
Daphne: No I'm down! I get out of class in forty-five minutes - meet you then?
Simon: For sure. See you in a bit 😉
11:41am, 17/6/2019 - three is gonna day drink rosé at the airport bar til mum gets here 😞 he hopes one, two, and four are happy with themselves.
Daphne: Oh my GOD
Daphne: UPDATE!!!
Daphne: He did this thing with a spoon and I nearly lost my mind 😫 I was ready to risk it all 👅👅👅
Benedict: Sorry what
colin: 
Anthony: Wrong chat. I hope.
Daphne: Oh my god
Daphne: Yeah that was meant for my friend Rose
Benedict: That's okay... I've been meaning to rinse my eyes with bleach anyhow
Daphne: Like you haven't written worse before
colin: lmao daff i think you must've typed in "rose" and this chat popped up
Daphne: I'm just realizing that yes
Anthony: Ok, Colin - that's on you.
colin: 😦
Anthony: Please quit messing with the group chat names.
Anthony: Daphne - please make sure you double-check the recipient before you send a text.
[Anthony renamed the chat, "The First Four"]
Daphne: Sorry sorry sorry
Daphne: I really didn't mean for any of you to read that
colin: ok but wait now i kinda wanna know
colin: what'd he do with the spoon
7:22pm, 23/6/2019 - from: Agatha, to: Simon
Agatha: What are you doing with the Bridgerton girl?
Simon: Hello to you too
Agatha: I saw you at the Ramsey wedding together 🤔
Simon: Probably because she took me as her date?
Agatha: Hmph 😑
Agatha: She's a very nice girl
Simon: I'm aware
Agatha: Her mother is a very good friend of mine
Simon: I'm also aware of that
Agatha: And right before your father passed, you had told me you were not looking for anything serious any time soon 🤨
Simon: Is there a question here?
Agatha: I will not see you trample over that girl's feelings
Simon: I think you might be underestimating her a little here
Simon: She's an adult
Agatha: All I'm saying is you better not be messing around
Agatha: You're better than that
Agatha: That's all
Simon: I can assure you, I have no intention of that
Simon: In fact she and I might actually have a good thing going
Agatha: Really? 🤨
Simon: I'm as surprised as you are
Agatha: Hmph
Agatha: Good then
Agatha: Now I hope you're also taking care and looking after yourself 🧐
Simon: Don't worry about me
Agatha: I always worry about you
Agatha: You do very little to put me at ease
[Simon laughed at a message: You do very little to put me at ease]
Simon: I'm doing alright. Thanks for asking ♥️
10:12am, 1/7/2019 - from: Charlotte, to: Violet
Charlotte: Violet!
Charlotte: Listen, our nephew is visiting for the summer, and he's been looking at grad school programs in social work - including the one your daughter is in at Cambridge
Charlotte: Wondering if she'd be willing to meet with him? Answer any questions he has?
Violet: Oh, of course!
Violet: Daphne would be happy to talk to him
Violet: Here's her number, if you want to pass it along
[Violet shared a contact]
Charlotte: Excellent! I'll tell Friedrich to text her. Thank you so much!
12:09am - 3/7/2019 - from: Daphne, to: Anthony
Daphne: Are you still here or have you gone home?
Anthony: Still here. In my office.
Anthony: What's up?
Daphne: I wanted to talk to you about something
Anthony: Is it about spoons?
Daphne: 😒
Anthony: Sorry. Couldn't pass that up.
Anthony: Before you say anything, actually, there's something I wanted tell you.
Anthony: I'm sorry if I overreacted a few weeks ago about the whole thing you have going on with Simon.
Daphne: IF you overreacted?
Anthony: May I finish?
Daphne: Sorry. Go ahead
Anthony: He's my friend, and I do think highly of him, but I've also known him for a very long time.
Anthony: He's always been this way about relationships.
Anthony: I was just looking out for you.
Daphne: I know
Daphne: Thanks for saying that
Anthony: Yeah.
Anthony: Now what did you want to talk about?
Daphne: So... kind of related, but
Daphne: I actually wanted to ask you about Simon's dad?
Anthony: I see.
Daphne: I know they didn't get along and all
Daphne: But I feel like it's so silly for him to let his feelings about him dictate what he does with his life
Daphne: Don't you think?
Anthony: I think it might be easier to have this conversation in-person.
Daphne: Sure
Daphne: I'm in the kitchen
Daphne: Making some hot chocolate, if you want some?
Anthony: Okay. Just let me finish up this one thing, and then I'll be there.
Daphne: 💗
8:10am, 3/7/2019 - ABCDEFG
eloise: if i ever find out who left the bloody milk carton out
eloise: just left it next to the stove like a heathen 😫 how am i supposed to make my coffee now
2:28pm, 15/7/2019 - powerpuff girls
eloise: daphne
eloise: when you're done betraying simon
eloise: can u bring me back a hot choveowifbhaeoiwhfoiweahfa;oefbawieb;fw
eloise: sorry!
eloise: that was hyacinth
Francesca: What's with the keyboard smash?
eloise: I had to tackle her to get my phone away from her
Francesca: Ah
Francesca: Understandable
Daphne: Ugh
Daphne: Eloise, please tell Hyacinth that Friedrich and I are not going on a date
eloise: I DID tell her
eloise: she's just not convinced
Francesca: Why would she think you're going on a date?
Daphne: I don't know. I said I was meeting him for coffee and she got all huffy with me
Daphne: But he said he was interested in the same grad program I'm in, and wanted to ask me more about it. That's all
Daphne: It's not a DATE date or anything
2:46pm, 15/7/2019 - from: Anthony, to: Simon
Anthony: hi simon
Anthony: i wanted to give u some advice
Simon: Okay?
Anthony: u need to fight for ur girl!!!!
Simon: My girl?
Anthony: daphne, obviously!!!
Simon: What are you talking about?
Anthony: someone else is taking her out on a date as we speak!!!!!!
Simon: Daphne's on a date?
Anthony: yes
Anthony: with our family friend's nephew
Anthony: u have to do something abt it!!!
Simon: Are you good, man?
Anthony: yes of course i am
Anthony: why wouldn't i be
Simon: Because you're in on the plan?
Anthony: what plan
Anthony: what are u talking abt
Anthony: Oh my god.
Anthony: Sorry.
Anthony: That was Hyacinth. Not me.
Anthony: She took my phone.
Simon: Ohhhhhh
Simon: Ok that makes so much more sense now
Anthony: Please disregard.
Simon: Yup 👍🏽
Simon: Hey but just to ask
Simon: Is Daphne actually going on a date with someone?
Simon: Anthony?
2:51pm, 15/7/2019 - ABCDEFG
Anthony: I will talk to Mum about getting Hyacinth a phone.
4:13pm, 15/7/2019 - powerpuff girls
Daphne: Okay never mind 😬
Daphne: He thought it was a date
Francesca: Who? The Friedrich guy?
Daphne: Yes
eloise: 
Francesca: What did you say?
Daphne: I mean, he was really sweet and all
Daphne: But I told him I was seeing someone else
eloise: hyacinth will be pleased 😭
Daphne: ...should I be feeling guilty?
eloise: why would you feel guilty
Daphne: Because of Simon?
Francesca: You shouldn't! It's not like YOU knew that it was a date
Daphne: Okay... yeah. I guess you're right.
Daphne: I shouldn't worry about it
10:24am, 16/7/2019 - from: Daphne, to: Simon
Daphne: Hey!
Daphne: Heard it's going to be insanely hot again today
Daphne: Wondering if you wanted to grab shaved ice?
Simon: Yeah that'd be great
Simon: Perfect timing
Simon: I actually wanted to talk to you about something
Daphne: Cool 😊
Daphne: See you in a bit!
Simon: Yup
12:32pm, 16/7/2019 - raid on area 51
gregory: does anyone know what's wrong with daphne?
eloise: where do i begin
gregory: it was a serious question
Francesca: No?
colin: why what happened
gregory: i don't know!
gregory: she just got home and ran upstairs to her room
Francesca: Give me one minute
Francesca: I'll go knock on her door
eloise: that's so weird
colin: yeah that's not like her
eloise: normally she LOVES to blab abt her problems 😭
Francesca: Okay never mind
Francesca: She told me and Hy to leave her alone
Benedict: I hope she's alright?
eloise: maybe she's just sick or something
colin: yeah
colin: just let her be for now
8:36am, 17/7/2019 - powerpuff girls
Francesca: Daphne, we missed you at breakfast
eloise: yea it's fine if you want to stay shut in
eloise: you don't even have to respond
eloise: just give this message a like so we know you're good
[Daphne liked a message: just give this message a like so we know you're good]
Francesca: Hyacinth said she's leaving some hot chocolate outside your room, if you want
Daphne: 💖
11:10am, 22/7/2019 - from: Daphne, to: Friedrich
Daphne: Hey!
Daphne: Are you still in town?
Friedrich: I am, yeah!
Daphne: Good.
Daphne: Do you like football, by any chance?
Friedrich: Love football 😄
Daphne: Great. I have tickets to an Arsenal match on Saturday.
Daphne: You're coming with me.
9:34am, 25/7/2019 - powerpuff girls
eloise: can i ask you why you're basically straddling some guy in the middle of a football match
Daphne: How do you know that? Are you here?
eloise: no but colin's switched the tv on and they cut to you in the vip box
Daphne: You saw that??
Daphne: Like everyone saw that?
Francesca: No it's just Eloise, Colin, and I watching
Daphne: Oh thank god
eloise: yes but again–
eloise: why 🥴
Daphne: What do you mean why? I'm on my date
eloise: ....alright
Daphne: I'm only trying to have fun
Daphne: I don't get what this slut-shaming is for
eloise: LMFAO
eloise: i'm NOT slut shaming you
eloise: sit on whoever's lap you want
Francesca: We were just briefly taken aback by the PDA
Francesca: But again don't worry
Francesca: It was just us and Colin watching
eloise: well us and everyone who's actually at the match
Francesca: Shush
Francesca: Have fun on the rest of your date! 💖
7:43am, 24/8/2019 - trowbridge wedding partay
[colin added Daphne and Anthony to “trowbridge wedding partay”]
Daphne: That’s nice of you guys, but neither of you have to come with me to this wedding
Daphne: Friedrich said he'd be able to go with me 🙂
Anthony: I was invited to the wedding.
Daphne: Oh
Anthony: I'm friends with the groom.
colin: makes sense bc you're both ancient 😃
Anthony: Very funny.
colin: 😪
colin: it was funnier when penelope said it tbh
Daphne: Colin, you're going too?
colin: i’m coming as ant's plus one
colin: (he was gonna take siena but they're on a break)
Anthony: Oi.
colin: sorry
colin: didn't know that was a secret
Anthony: Whatever.
colin: 😬
colin: listen
colin: i know both of you are in a mood
Daphne: I'm not in a mood!
colin: you kind of are
Daphne: I'm not!
colin: fine
colin: but let's just all agree to go and have a fun time tonight, yeah?
Anthony: Sure.
Daphne: Yeah alright fine
colin: good
colin: 😌🥳💃
colin: also if we're driving together i call shotgun
6:56pm, 24/8/2019 - trowbridge wedding partay
Daphne: Why the hell is Simon here?
Anthony: I think he came as Mrs. Danbury's date.
Daphne: God
Anthony: Everything okay?
Daphne: I'm perfectly fine
Daphne: I just think it’s funny because he said he wasn't planning on coming
Daphne: And now he’s here 🙄
7:26pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Daphne, to: colin
Daphne: Can I give you my phone?
Daphne: If I hold onto it, I'm afraid I'm going to send a text I'll regret
colin: 👀
colin: yeah sure
colin: you good?
Daphne: Yeah
Daphne: I think I just need some fresh air
7:32pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Agatha, to: Simon
Agatha: You look like you're having fun 🧐
Simon: I'm having the time of my life
Simon: You can't tell?
Agatha: 🤨
Agatha: I think you could use some fresh air
Simon: Yeah
Simon: I think you're right
Simon: I'll go take a walk or something
7:51pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Anthony, to: colin
Anthony: Great. Siena is here.
colin: 👀
colin: how?
Anthony: I don't know. She's with some other guy.
colin: oh no 🙁
colin: sorry dude
colin: i'm at the bar rn. want me to grab you a drink?
Anthony: No. I think I'm going to grab some fresh air.
8:15pm, 24/8/2019 - trowbridge wedding partay
colin: anthony
colin: hey
colin: get your ass back in here
colin: i heard someone with great taste just requested some ARIANA 😙
colin: if you see daphne outside let her know too
8:39pm, 24/8/2019 - trowbridge wedding partay
colin: anthony?
8:57pm, 24/8/2019 - trowbridge wedding partay
colin: guys?
9:09pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
Benedict: What happened at the wedding??
colin: idk but i'm starting to think everyone's left me 😅
colin: why?
Benedict: Ant and Daff got home like twenty minutes ago
colin: oh so they DID leave me 😭
colin: will you just remind daff that i still have her phone then
Benedict: I would, but Anthony's just dragged me out to a bar
Benedict: He said he just needed a drink
colin: did he say why
Benedict: No!
Benedict: We're just sitting here in silence
colin: yikes
9:20pm, 24/8/2019 - Team Basset
Will: Hey man
Will: Reminder you’ve got training tomorrow morning at 5
Simon: I’m grabbing a drink
Will: Did you not see my last text?
Simon: I saw it
Alice: What’s up? Everything okay?
Simon: It will be
Simon: Once I have a drink in hand
Alice: He said you have TRAINING tomorrow at FIVE.
Simon: That's already been communicated, yes
Will: …so I don’t know what’s going on, but, I want to know you're good
Will: Drop a pin, I’ll come find you wherever you are.
Simon: I'm not really looking for company right now, man
Alice: Share your damn location
[Simon shared a location]
Alice: Thank you
9:47pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
Benedict: Okay, big problem
Benedict: Simon's just showed up here
colin: why's that a problem
Benedict: Because he and Ant are arguing
colin: jfc
colin: about what
[Benedict sent a video]
colin: ..........................
colin: i'm gonna go home and get daphne
Benedict: Yeah good idea
9:49pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
colin: wait
Benedict: What?
colin: it's surge pricing rn 😭😭😭😭
Benedict: I will pay for your Uber later just hurry up and get Daphne here please
[Benedict shared a location]
10:05pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
Benedict: We just got kicked out of the bar
Benedict: Where are you??
10:08pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
Benedict: They're literally about to fight in this parking lot dude
Benedict: Anthony is stretching as we speak
colin: hang tight we're almost there
10:10pm, 24/8/2019 - from: Benedict, to: colin
Benedict: COLIN HURRY THE FUCK UP
10:58pm, 24/8/2019 - The First Four
colin: 
colin: i guess if there's one positive from this night
colin: it's that the four of us haven't gotten to spend time together like this in a long time
Anthony: Shut up.
colin: sorry
colin: just trying to lighten the mood
Benedict: Can you read the room for once
colin: oi all i've done tonight is try to help!!
Daphne: Right
Daphne: Well that was the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me
colin: daff 😟
Daphne: No I don't need you to say anything
Daphne: Now that I've had the pleasure of being rejected twice in one night, I think I'm just going to go to bed
Daphne: Please no one bother me for the next 72 hours 🙃
11:37pm, 24/8/2019 - to: Will, from: Benedict
Benedict: I just wanted to say I’m really really sorry about Anthony
Will: No sweat
Will: I apologize for Simon too
Will: That was a mess
Will: Glad your sister got there before either one of them got a real hit in at least
Will: I knew this whole thing was such a bad idea
Benedict: What thing?
Will: Their pretending to date
Benedict: Wait sorry... I'm a little lost
Benedict: Who was pretending to date who?
11:54pm, 24/8/2019 - Jonas Brothers WHO? 😜
Benedict: Did you guys know?
Anthony: Know what?
Benedict: That they weren't actually dating
colin: who are you talking about
Anthony: Oh that.
Anthony: I did.
Benedict: And you didn't think to tell us?
Anthony: I was asked not to say anything.
colin: i still don't know what we're talking about??
Benedict: Simon and Daff were only pretending to see each other, so that Simon could have some good press, and that Daphne could have a wedding date
colin: 
colin: ok i'm still a little drunk let me just..... process that
Anthony: I thought it was a dumb idea, and clearly I was right.
Benedict: Okay, yeah it was kinda dumb and it obviously blew up on them
Benedict: But I kinda see how it came about? Daphne was stressing so hard at the beginning of the summer
Benedict: Imagine if an ARSENAL starter agreed to be your plus one
Benedict: Obviously you'd say yes
colin: ok so hold on wait wait
colin: keep in mind i only learned this thirty seconds ago, so i might be missing smth
colin: but i don't get why simon would agree to this?
colin: why tf would he care so much about his image
colin: and even if he did, he's got a publicist and everything
colin: anyone could have been his pr girlfriend
Anthony: What are you trying to say?
colin: tell me this
colin: have either of *you* met anyone you'd go to such great lengths for
Benedict: I guess not
Anthony: No.
colin: .........then i think you know what i'm trying to say
Benedict: Okay
Benedict: But what do we do with that?
colin: 😙
colin: someone go tell daphne to wake up
colin: i have an idea
3:23am, 25/8/2019 - The First Four
Daphne: I don't know about this
colin: go knock on his door!!!
Daphne: No... this feels weird
Daphne: PLUS it's raining!
Daphne: I'm coming back to the car
Benedict: Locking the car doors. You're stuck out there now
Daphne: 😒
Daphne: Guys the rain is really starting to come down
colin: then you better hurry up, huh
Daphne: What do I even say? He already said he didn't want to be with me
Anthony: I think you know why he said that, and it has nothing to do with you.
Daphne: Yeah but I still don't know that I really want to do this
colin: i think the fact that you were about to throw down with him in a marriott courtyard tonight implies otherwise
Anthony: Colin.
colin: what
colin: is that not what happened
Benedict: But why bring it up again
Anthony: Daphne, I'm not in a mood to be that nice to him at the moment either, but do you remember what you and I talked about a month ago?
Daphne: No? We talk about a lot of things
Anthony: About his dad.
Daphne: Oh
Daphne: Yes? What about it?
Anthony: Just tell him what you told me.
Anthony: I really think it's what he needs to hear.
Daphne: Alright... know that I'm mostly agreeing to this because Benedict locked the car and I don't want to catch a cold
Daphne: Here goes nothing
6:45am, 25/8/2019 - everyone boo benedict
Violet: Where on earth are the three of you?
Violet: Please tell me you're all safe.
Benedict: Car
Violet: What?
Anthony: We're all fine.
Anthony: We just fell asleep in a car.
Violet: Do I want to know where?
colin: we.......... are parked in front of simon's flat
Violet: Colin Bridgerton, I really hope you're pulling my leg right now.
colin: .........
Violet: I thought I told you all to mind your own business.
colin: no you don't understand
colin: we were here for good reason!!!!
Violet: You parked overnight outside your sister's ex's flat for good reason?
Benedict: Yeah I get how it sounds a little nefarious
Benedict: But we were really trying to do a nice thing for Daphne
colin: and it worked
colin: daphne never came back out 🤪
Violet: I don't know what exactly that means, but I think you all ought to leave.
Anthony: You don't want to know what it means either.
Anthony: But you're right. We'll get out of here.
12:17pm, 31/8/2019 - Bridgerton Family GC
Daphne: So...
Daphne: I've been asked to give someone a grand, grand entrance.
Daphne: If you will, drumroll, please...
[Daphne added hyacinth to “Bridgerton Family GC”]
hyacinth: hiiiiiiiiiiiii
hyacinth: 🥰💫💐💖✨🌸💜💛🥺🌺😝☀️💞🦄
gregory: k cool
colin: 👍
hyacinth: that's it?
hyacinth: that's all i get? 🥺
eloise: i mean..... this isn't that new
Francesca: You've been on this text thread forever, just through other people's phones
hyacinth: i feel like i still deserve a little more than "k cool" and a thumbs up
Anthony: Sorry, was getting in the car.
Anthony: Welcome, Hyacinth.
Benedict: We're happy you're in here, Hy
Daphne: Yeah it's exciting to have all nine of us here now 🥰
Violet: It is.
Violet: On that note, I'm hoping everyone will be around this evening for dinner?
gregory: why
colin: “why” lol
colin: got big plans tonight, greg?
gregory: i might 😠
Francesca: I'm free
Benedict: Same here
Violet: Good. Simon will be coming over for dinner tonight.
eloise: ok putting it out there now i am NOT cleaning my room
hyacinth: and i am not sitting next to greg at dinner 😤
gregory: what
gregory: how come
Francesca: Probably because you snuck a frog under the table last week
gregory: no i didn't
Benedict: You did
Benedict: It hopped into my lap and everything
colin: yeah don't you remember benedict screaming for his life 😭😭
gregory: it wasn't me though
gregory: i'd never seen that frog in my life
gregory: i have no idea how he got there
hyacinth: i SAW you bring the frog in
gregory: you must've seen wrong
Anthony: I will sit next to Gregory at dinner.
gregory: deal 😌
Anthony: But no frogs.
gregory: okie i cannot promise you that 🥺👉👈
eloise: ykw i'm starting to see why fran's never let any of us meet john
Violet: John?
Violet: Who's John?
12:25pm, 31/8/2019 - two tots and a thot
Francesca: I’m going to fucking kill you
eloise: fjowiefjwoifjwoeifjoewijf I’M SO SORRY DUDE
Francesca: 😪
Francesca: I don’t know how Penelope trusts you with anything
eloise: pen’s not really one to keep secrets lol
12:27pm, 31/8/2019 - Bridgerton Family GC
Francesca: John is my Latin tutor
Benedict: I thought you said it was French?
Francesca: Anyways, I'm happy Simon's coming!
Francesca: Been a while since we've seen him
hyacinth: yeah
hyacinth: we missed him 🥺
gregory: i feel like he would've laughed at the frog
Benedict: So you admit it was you!
9:44pm, 24/4/2021 - from: Simon, to: Daphne
Simon: Ok, so they don't have pistachio
Simon: But there's macadamia and mint chocolate chip
Daphne: Either's fine!
Simon: I'll get both
[Daphne loved a message: I'll get both]
Daphne: BTW, I have something to tell you when you get back
Daphne: I think you'll enjoy it
Simon: If it's that you're pregnant, I think we're well past that babe
Daphne: ...
Daphne: I'm waiting for you to get sick of that joke
Simon: I don't think I ever will
Daphne: God they don't tell you how early the dad jokes start 😪
[Simon laughed at a message: God they don't tell you how early the dad jokes start 😪]
Simon: What'd you really want to tell me?
Daphne: It's about this girl Anthony met
Simon: Oh yeah
Simon: I think you might've already mentioned her
Simon: The grad student?
Daphne: No no, not her
Daphne: Her older sister
Daphne: Colin introduced them last night and it was a whole thing
Simon: A whole thing?
Daphne: Yes 👀 I'll tell you the rest when you get back
Simon: Alright 😂 Headed back now
Daphne: Ok. Love you ❤️
Simon: I love you too
Simon: Be home soon