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Today at 14:39
Unknown Number: Hey it's Ryan
Would you like to add this number to your contacts?
Y/N: Ryan?
Ryan: Oh shit did I get given a fake number?
Y/N: No dude I'm messing with you
Ryan: Ha. Ha.
Y/N: Whatever it was funny to me Why'd you message?
Ryan: So you'd have my number Remember that gig I told you about? It's next Monday, can you make it?
Y/N: I can see if I'm available...
Ryan: Don't act all hard to get, I need to know if I have to save you a spot ahead of time
Y/N: When do you need to know by?
Ryan: Now.
Y/N: Make that a yes then, I'll free up my Monday evening
Ryan: Pfft as if you had plans for Monday evening
Y/N: I did actually, don't make me change my mind
Ryan: If you did it'd be your loss...
Y/N: I suppose I'll see
Ryan: I suppose you will
21:56
Ryan: Hey I'm gonna need a name to put down for your pass
Y/N: Forgot my name already?
Ryan: Nah Y/N, I need your last name They need both for the ticket and you never told me yours
Y/N: I don't see why my last name is needed
Ryan: Cause they'll ID you
Y/N: For a concert ticket? Sounds overkill
Ryan: Guessing you've never gone backstage before
Y/N: Yup, I don't see the relevance
Ryan: Connect the dots I'm getting you a backstage pass They're going to need to ID you, for my safety
Y/N: What about my safety?
Ryan: I'll be ID'd too if that makes you feel better Plus my last name is all over the posters so you already know mine Seems only fair then I'd get to know yours...
Y/N: Y/L/N That's it. Happy?
Ryan: Oh very But mostly just relieved to have your ticket sorted
Y/N: Is there a different entrance I'm supposed to take?
Ryan: Nah go to the front Once they ask your name they'll know where to take you Some security guard will pick you up
Y/N: This all sounds sketchy I looked you up you know?
Ryan: Yeah?
Y/N: Yeah, there's nothing about you sleeping around You must keep scandals pretty on the down low And yet, you're being so lackluster with me
Ryan: Wdym?
Y/N: The backstage pass, a former hit star now in a lesser known band? This is a hookup isn't it?
Ryan: Idk, I hadn't had that in mind I was thinking it could be more like a date
Y/N: I don't get it
Ryan: So is that a no?
Y/N: No It's an "I can't gauge your angle"
Ryan: My angle is that we had a nice conversation on the flight, you seem like a nice person and I'd like to take you out on a date You might be reading too much into this
Y/N: How often do you do this?
Ryan: Ask someone out?
Y/N: Yeah
Ryan: You wanna know the truth?
Y/N: Yeah
Ryan: I haven't been on a date since before I played for Panic! This would be my first in years, and fourth overall
Y/N: Oh
Ryan: Your turn How many dates have you been on?
Y/N: Do I have to say?
Ryan: I did
Y/N: This would be my fourth too... of this year. I've kind of been setup on blind dates recently by my friends, I'm the only single one and they're all just waiting for me to find my match
Ryan: Maybe your skepticism scared the others away
Y/N: Maybe you're right
Ryan: So you can trust me then?
Y/N: Well seeing as the tabloids don't seem to have anything bad to say about you, you can't be all bad Those journalists will dig up any dirt they can find, so you must be pretty clean to come out unscathed
Ryan: Thankyou Though in future don't use tabloids to determine whether someone's good or not I know plenty of people that have found ways of getting around being caught out publicly
Y/N: Care to share?
Ryan: Not somewhere I'd be documented, I'm not an idiot
Y/N: Fair enough
Ryan: So regarding my question...
Y/N: What about it?
Ryan: Well, what's your answer?
Y/N: What's the question?
Ryan: Will you go out with me?
Y/N: Yes
Ryan: You really had to force that huh?
Y/N: I wanted to know exactly what I was agreeing to But maybe, it did feel nice to see it in writing
Ryan: Well now you have it
Y/N: I'll see you then
Ryan: Ttyl Y/N