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University life certainly isn't the most interesting of times, but when Phil Lester receives a text from a rather interesting stranger, that might begin to change.

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October 19th, 2015

10:46am

͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

10:46am

I’m sorry?

 

10:47am

͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

10:47am

Who is this?

 

10:47am

͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

10:47am

….

͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

10:48am

aha! i got you to do it

anyway charlie just got here so hurry up

 

10:48am

Sorry, I think you’ve got the wrong number! ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

 

10:51am

this isnt pj?

 

10:51am

No?

 

10:51am

oh

lol shit ignore those messages

sorry for bothering you

 

10:51am

Aha, it’s okay!

 

10:56am

͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

October 19th, 2015

9:23pm

Did PJ eventually get your texts? (╯°‿°)╯︵ ┻━┻

 

9:23pm

no he died on the way to the café

 

9:24pm

….┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)

 

9:24pm

just kidding he got em

 

9:24pm

thanks for having inconveniently similar phone numbers

 

9:25pm

I personally picked this phone number so that it would be extremely similar to your friend specifically.

 

9:25pm

shit

what a true lad

 

9:25pm

‘Lad?’ XD

 

9:25pm

oh i said it ironically please don’t think im like that

 

9:26pm

Aha, with the ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) face I kind of thought you were a huge internet nerd!

 

9:26pm

wow ok rude stranger

maybe i really am

skoin m8 ytb

 

9:26pm

ಠ_ಠ Don’t ever talk like that again.

 

9:27pm

lmao yeah you’re right sorry

jesus i started talking to you 12 hours ago and you’re already bossing me around

 

9:27pm

Oh, I meant that as a joke, you can talk like that if you want to!

 

9:27pm

your name in my contacts is now ‘daddy’

 

9:28pm

ಠ_ಠ  ಠ_ಠ  ಠ_ಠ  ಠ_ಠ

 

9:28pm

that was a joke

 

9:28pm

I gathered!

 

9:30pm

well great ive made this sufficiently awkward

nice talking to you stranger

 

9:30pm

It was okay, you don’t have to leave!

Hello?

 

 

October 21st, 2015.

11:12pm

What’s your name?

 

11:15pm

why

 

11:15pm

Well you’re pretty funny, so I thought we could be friends!

 

11:15pm

really?

wouldnt it be more mysterious if we didn’t know each others names

 

11:15pm

I guess, but I’d really like to know what it is!

 

11:18pm

its adele

 

11:18pm

ʘ‿ʘ

I’ve been talking to the Adele?

 

11:18pm

you betcha

 

11:18pm

Well, hello Adele! My name is Phil!

 

11:19pm

hi phil

im gonna sing a song for you today

 

11:19pm

(°ロ°)

 

11:19pm

my happy little phil

take me away

thank you thank you

 

11:20pm

Amazing! I can’t wait to see you in concert!

 

11:20pm

aha is your name really phil or was that a meme

 

11:20pm

My name is really Phil :P

 

11:21pm

are you dr. phil?

 

11:21pm

Yup. Dr. Phil and Adele.

But I told you my name, so you have to tell me yours!

 

11:21pm

dan

 

11:21pm

Dan?

 

11:22pm

yeah what

 

11:22pm

Nothing! I was just expecting something more...

 

11:22pm

what

 

11:22pm

Extravagant!

 

11:23pm

extravagant?

 

11:23pm

Yeah like, Alexander the Fourth, or Professor Xavier.

 

11:23pm

i mean its short for daniel if thats more exciting

 

11:23pm

I like Dan, it’s a pretty good name!

 

11:24pm

well phil is pretty good name too I guess

ill change it to phil in my contacts rather than daddy

 

11:24pm

Aha, yeah that would be a good idea!

There, you’re now in my contacts too. We’re officially friends!

 

11:25pm

awesome

what to text-friends do to maintain their friendship

 

11:25pm

21 questions?

 

11:25pm

unfortunately im not a 12 year old girl phil

 

11:25pm

It’ll be fun!

 

11:26pm

ok fine

you go first

 

11:26pm

How do you even play?

 

11:26pm

did you suggest a game that you don’t know how to play

 

11:26pm

It sounded fun in my head!

 

11:27pm

literally all you have to do is ask each other questions

 

11:27pm

21 times?

 

11:27pm

21 times

 

11:27pm

Okay, great! You start!

 

11:27pm

uh ok

are you a girl or a guy

 

11:28pm

Wouldn’t you guess that by my name?

 

11:28pm

idk there are some female phils

 

11:28pm

Name one female phil!

 

11:28pm

look ok im here to play this game not to be judged for my incapability of telling genders

 

11:28pm

Aha, alright! And I am a guy, by the way. I’m presuming you are too?

 

11:29pm

you betcha

 

11:29pm

Alright, how old are you?

 

11:29pm

21

 

11:29pm

24? And you use ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)?

 

11:29pm

how old are you?

 

11:29pm

22

 

11:29pm

youre worse than me

 

11:30pm

Shhh! It’s your turn anyway.

 

11:30pm

i asked already

 

11:30pm

Oh, you did.

Uh….

What’s your favourite color?

 

11:30pm

black

 

11:31pm

What?

 

11:31pm

what

 

11:31pm

Black isn’t a colour!

 

11:31pm

yeah it is

 

11:31pm

It is not!

 

11:31pm

fine grey

 

11:31pm

That’s not better!

 

11:32pm

it totally is

 

11:32pm

Ugh, fiiiiine. ಠ╭╮ಠ

Your turn. 

 

11:32pm

what’s your favourite tv show?

 

11:32pm

Buffy the Vampire Slayer!!

 

11:33pm

wow ok calm down

 

11:33pm

I love that show! Sarah Michelle Gellar is just 

Ugh. ༼ つ ಥ_ಥ ༽つ

 

11:33pm

its so old though

 

11:33pm

Yeah, but it's great! Don't judge me (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

 

11:33pm

dont worry im not judging

its your turn anyway

 

11:34pm

Oh! What's your favourite video game?

 

11:34pm

guild wars 2

kinda lame but lets be real im a pretty huge nerd

 

11:34pm

Aha, I am too, don't worry!

I've heard of it Guild Wars, never played it before.

 

....

 

Hello?

Dan, where'd you go?

 

11:49pm

sorry

boyfriend just got home

 

11:51pm

No big deal! It's getting kind of late anyway, I should probably get going.

 

11:51pm

oh alright

nice meeting you dr.phil

 

11:51pm

And nice meeting you too, Adele! 

Talk to you tomorrow?

 

11:52pm

ofc

 

11:52pm

Aha, night!

 

11:52pm

night (☞゚∀゚)☞

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