Chapter 16

16

Zach

Jason sent me a video of your "Thriller" performance from last night. You killed it!

Drea

OMG! TYSM!

How long did it take you guys to learn that?

We've been working on it for a couple of weeks

Some of the girls were bummed we had a game on Halloween and wouldn't be able to go to any parties, but this was way more fun, I think

Did you do anything for Halloween?

Me and some of the guys from the team dressed up as the Seven Dwarfs

Fun!

Which one were you?

I don't want to say

OMG! You were Dopey, weren't you?

Please tell me you were Dopey

I hate you

Best. Halloween. Ever.

Zach

I hate how hard it is to see the stars here

Jason

Why are you up at 2:30 in the morning?

It's 12:30 here and I could ask you the same question

lol. Your text woke me up

Don't you have your phone on Do Not Disturb at night?

What if there's an emergency?

There are settings that will override DND for certain people in your contacts

oh

lol. Just go back to bed. Sorry I woke you

no. I'm up now. What's going on?

I suppose I'm feeling a little homesick

I think that's to be expected. Is it bad?

Not bad. I don't know. It's weird

I miss random things

Like what?

Sherry's Soft-Serv

It's closed for winter anyway

Oh yeah

Sunsets on the lake

I can go take a pic tomorrow?

Not the same

probs not

I don't know. I only lived in Astaire for a year. Seems weird I should miss it so much

I don't think it's weird. I love it here

I miss my sister

And you

Is that weird to say? I know we're friends and shit, but I don't know… I miss our runs. And hanging at the lookout. And bonfires

I miss those things too. And you

I should let you go. I have an early class

ok

You know I'm always here, right?

Yeah. Thanks

Goodnight

Goodnight

Jason

When will you be home for Thanksgiving?

Zach

I'm actually not coming home. We only have the Thursday and Friday off

Dad and Drea are coming out to visit. And since we made the D1 tournament, hopefully, we'll be in it long enough to play games the weekend before and the weekend after the holiday

Congrats! That's great news!

It is but I'm nervous

About the tournament?

About spending several days with my dad

But you also get to see Drea

Definitely excited about that part