Page 14 of Text Me Baby One More Time

Denver:Allie is now wearing a rubber band around her ring finger…“to practice”.

Shepard:These two disgust me.

Shepard:Don’t they know love comes and goes?

Denver:You a cynic, Shepard?

Shepard:I’m a realist, Denver. I’ll never settle down. There’s too much out there for us to experience for that to happen.

Shepard:Besides, do you REALLY want to be with the same person forever?

Denver:You are asking the wrong person, buddy.

Shepard:Oh god. Please tell me you’re not one of those weirdos who believes in soul mates and fate and all that true love bullshit.

Shepard:Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday. Santa Claus isn’t real. And you can’t die from mixing Coke and Pop Rocks.

Shepard:Just wanted to point all that out in case you believe in that bullshit too.

Denver:Cynic.

Shepard:Realist.

Denver:I believe everything happens for a reason, even if we don’t know what it is at the time. I believe things are mapped out for us. It may seem like we’re making all the decisions, but it’s what has been intended all along. I DO think you can settle down with one person forever.

Shepard:Yet you’re against AJ and Allie getting hitched?

Denver:I never said that. I said I was against them doing it in high school. I never said I didn’t think they’d last forever.

Shepard:I give it until spring when they’re deciding on which colleges to go to.

Shepard:College ALWAYS breaks people up.

Denver:They could stand the test of time, Shepard. You never know.

Shepard:Shep. Just call me Shep.

Denver:Can I call you Slug?

Shepard:FUCK NO! I HATE that nickname.

Denver:Why?

Denver:It’s kind of cute.

Shepard:You think slugs are cute?

Denver:Hmm…good point. No.

Denver:Why do you hate it?

Shepard:Because it symbolizes a whole bunch of bullshit.

Denver:You’re talented when it comes to explaining things. Has anyone ever told you that?

Shepard:That was sarcasm, right?

Denver:DUH

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