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the mitochondriHOES

October 4th 8:13 am

peter: anyone at school yet?

ruth: yes

grace: Obviously 

richie: almost

peter: where are you girls?

ruth: theater room, the tech crew is having an unofficial meeting to check in on progress for the show so far

grace: Come keep me company Pete, they’re talking about samples and q lab and star bits and gobos and sikes I don’t know what it means helppppp

peter: oh dear i’m on my way

ruth: have i taught you guys nothing??

AND it’s a cyc not a sike 

richie: i know what Grace is saying but that’s just cause i took a year of tech theater with Ruth

i love gobos☺️

i just parked i’ll see you in a few

peter: i mean i remember some of the things you tell us but not all of them, i’m smart but i’m not that smart

like

i know what spike tape is? does that give me extra points??

ruth: oh that’s a good one

yes you do get points for knowing spike tape

grace: Well shucks I don’t get any bonus points

Maybe I’ll start listening to the techie rants

11:34 am

grace: Jägerman wore The Shirt™️ again

That was a personal attack

richie: wow i can’t believe he would do that, that’s cruel (sarcasm)

peter: wait, which one’s The Shirt™️?

grace: THE GREEN ONE

richie: THE GREEN ONE

ruth: omg the green shirt now i have something to look forward to in french class

grace: NO RUTH HES MINE

ruth: I KNOW IM JUST ADMIRING

peter: damn all i have to look forward to is my bio quiz

grace: Wow nerd alert

peter: I LOVE THIS UNIT IM SORRY

I LOVE CELL STRUCTURES

richie: this is exactly why we’re the mitochondrihoes 

you’ve gotta tell me all about it at lunch, i was working on a paper mache horse for lit last night and didn’t have that much time to study

WE’RE NOT THAT FAR INTO SCHOOL WHY DO I ALREADY HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS

WE’VE GOT OUR PHYSICS ONE WE HAVE TO DO TOO AHHHHHHH

peter: will do my brother, i felt that one

we’ll be fine, we’ll help you through it, and the physics project shouldn’t be too hard, we’re all still good to work on it after school right?

ruth: YES

richie: yup yup

grace: Yes

peter: cool cool then i guess we can all look forward to that too!

and will be keeping an eye out during passing period for Max in said green shirt

can’t get too close or he’ll try to draft me to the basketball team

ruth: idk Pete i think you could be using your tall genes more effectively 

peter: that’s what Ted always tells me lol

we play pickup sometimes but i don’t have any desire to play more than that

grace: Wait we moved on from the paper mache horse too fast

I need more information 

Please🙏 

richie: HAHA

i’ll tell you about Timmy at lunch, we’re in class we should probably put our phones away

peter: dang it i can’t wait to hear about Timmy

11:53 am

peter: nice looking shirt

grace: I KNOW RIGHT??

IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL WITH HIS HAIR

peter: i am off to the bio quiz, wish me luck🫡

ruth: don’t act like you’re nervous about it Pete

you’re gonna do great

richie: good luck with the cell structures

grace: It’ll be good bruv 

ruth: bruv???

peter: yeah wtf

ruth: we’re from Hatchetfield, not London huh??

grace: I don’t know, I was trying something

richie: LMAOOOOOOO

12:55 pm

pete: well shit

richie: …where are you Pete, what does that mean

grace: Yes where are you we’re waiting for you to learn about Timmy

pete: i um…

got detention

ruth: WHAT

THE 

HUH

richie: OH NOOOOO

WHAT HAPPENED

peter: so uh during the bio quiz

Stephanie Lauter sits next to me right, and she silently asks for my help on one of the questions

and Mulberry saw us looking back and forth on each others papers and told us to talk to her after class

so that’s why i’m late🤪

richie: dang it that sucks dude i’m sorry

grace: Noooooo you were just trying to be nice

peter: I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE NICE

i’ve sat next to her the whole year and we’ve talked a few times, she’s laughed at a few random jokes i made and has noticeably struggled on some of the work

i felt bad

ruth: wow she laughed at your jokes? that’s rare to find outside of our group

okay sorry for that but also sorry for detention 

peter: yeah i know haha, she seems cool

richie: well yeah obviously she’s cool Peter

grace: She plays the guitar

She’s automatically cool

peter: anyway, i’ll see you in a sec, i have to grab my lunch from my locker

i fear we must push the physics project back an hour

ruth: oh shit yeah we do

shouldn’t be too big of an issue but we’ll talk it out when you get here

peter: yeah it’ll be fine

unless you just want to break into my house and scare Ted while you wait

richie: HAHA

that would be funny 

but we can just stop for snacks or something 

peter: sounds good haha

and also

she gave me her phone number as we were leaving the classroom??? 

richie: SHE DID WHAT NOW?

grace: Oh my goodness Pete get here right now Ruth is literally choking cause of that 

peter: IM RUNNING

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stephanie lauter and peter spankoffski

October 4th 2:27 pm

peter: hey stephanie, it’s peter spankoffski

stephanie: hi peter, you can just call me steph, it’s what most of my friends call me

peter: oh okay cool 

peter has changed stephanie’s name to steph 

steph: sick haha

are you excited for detention later?

peter: no?? 

steph: this is your first detention isn’t it?

peter: yup

i’m not thrilled but i guess what’s done is done

steph: i’m sorry i dragged you into it, you seem like a good guy

It’s not your fault, don’t be worried, it’s not that big of a deal

peter: yeah i guess not, it’s just one day

but i am nerd

my job is nerd

detention is not a normal nerd activity 

i half expected the school to break into the stick to the status quo song from high school musical during lunch

steph: i didn’t know you were funny

peter: neither did i

steph: i guess i did actually cause of how many times you’ve made me laugh during class

peter: oh yeah you laughing at my obviously very clever one liners are what most of our interactions before have been

steph: that had an air of sarcasm but i would say the jokes ARE very clever

honestly they’ve helped me understand quite a bit of the material

pete: oh you flatter me don’t you

steph: i guess i do😁

the mitochondriHOES

October 4th 2:40 pm

peter: DID I JUST FLIRT WITH STEPHANIE LAUTER?

FUCK I DIDNT DO IT ON PURPOSE

richie: AHHHHHHHHHHH

I CANT BELIEVE IT

YOUR FIRST FLIRTING

peter: I KNOW WHAT UNIVERSE ARE WE IN

richie: SEND THE RECEIPTS

LIKE NOW

peter: screenshot.jpg

richie: AHHHHHHHHHH

NICE JOB MAN

peter: WDYM HOW DID I JUST DO THAT I DIDNT MEAN TO

I WAS USING MY TALENTS OF SARCASM TRYING TO SELF DEPRECATE WHY WAS SHE COMPLIMENTARY 

richie: oh you just accidentally represented romantic interests in one of the coolest, prettiest girls in the school and you’re worried??

especially since she reciprocated the flirting??

peter: I MEAN I DONT LIKE HER

I BARELY KNOW HER

BUT SHE SEEMS TO LIKE ME AS A PERSON SO FAR AND I LIKE HER AS A PERSON SO FAR

richie: ah the sounds of true love

peter: oh my god shut up

ruth: i’m late but Alexa play That Should Be Me by Justin Bieber

peter: RUTH WHAT THE FUCK

richie: YEAH RUTH WHAT IS IT TODAY WITH YOU AND STEALING EVERYONE’S LOVE INTERESTS??

ruth: LOL SORRY SHE’S A GORGEOUS GIRL

peter: AND SHES NOT MY LOVE INTEREST

richie: K

peter: WOWWWWWW

richie lipschitz has added grace chasity and ruth fleming to the chat 

October 4th 2:51 pm

richie: she’s totally gonna be his love interest

grace: 100%

ruth has named the chat ‘meddlers’

richie: hell yeah

ruth: there’s not much meddling to do so far, and i would like for Pete to do this on his own but i thought we could still don the title 

grace: Oh let’s gooooooo

I can’t believe Pete is becoming friends with Stephanie Lauter

Well unless they become more than friends😏

richie: LMAOOOOO

so 

What We Know So Far:

-have gone to school together forever

-she’s cool, plays guitar, and is in the film production program

-friends with mostly athletes

-they’ve sat next to each other in bio since school started aka 7 weeks ago (6 weeks and 4.5 days to be exact)

-she has been struggling noticeably in the class but has laughed at his jokes

-asked him for help on the quiz

-got detention together 

-asked for his number

-and is perchance flirting with him??

grace: Sounds right to me

Interesting that flirting was one of the first methods of communication she went to

ruth: well i would honestly say that Pete started it, even if it was by accident 

richie: that’s true

do we know if she’s dating anyone/has dated anyone recently?

ruth: i don’t think she is/has?

she mostly hangs out with sports people and i honestly think they’re all dating each other

richie: well yeah

i’ve definitely seen Kyle and Jason walking together with Kyle’s hand in Jason’s back pocket??

and Brenda and Stacy are always holding hands??

but i think i also saw Brenda jump into Kyle’s arms and do a dramatic spin around moment after the game a few weeks ago??

Max isn’t really involved though?

grace: Max usually isn’t as touchy as those 4

He and Steph both aren’t now that I think about it

ruth: and there is absolutely no way something is going on with Max and Steph

i know people have told me about how they’ve known each other their whole lives and have sworn that nothing romantic could ever happen between them cause it would just be weird

richie: yeah and, not to give you too much hope, but Max does kind of seem to like Grace 

and maybe now Steph likes Pete?

grace: HECK YEAHHHH

Grace x Max 4everrrrr

ruth: omg the two ships

Steph at least tolerates his presence, and finds him and lame jokes funny 

but yeah, back to the original question, i don’t think she’s ever dated anyone

grace: I don’t think so either, she seems like the chronically single friend out of that group

richie: the four of them might be a quadple i still have no idea

so we don’t really have to worry about someone getting between them as far as we know cool cool there might actually be potential here

ruth: damn i can’t believe we called someone chronically single when none of us have even kissed anyone

richie: yeah that might have been a little bold of us

grace: We’re just tragic little nerdy prudes

richie: oh yeah what do you guys want to do while we’re waiting for Pete at detention?

ruth: we could just do Beanie’s?

richie: yayyy you want to visit Aunt Emma!!

grace: she’s the coolest ever it’s so funny watching her be mean to everyone and then turns to us and is the nicest ever and just tells us all the stupid stuff she deals with

ruth: i strive to be just like Emma when i grow up

richie: she probably would not recommend trying to be like her

but cool sounds like a plan, i can drive?

grace: Well duh neither of us have cars

You are our dad 

richie: dang it without Pete, i’m a single father to my two problem children

ruth: poor guy

spankoffski bros 

October 4th 2:55 pm

peter: so we’ll be home about an hour later than usual today

i may or may not have gotten detention and have to stay after school

ted: HAHAHA OFFICERS ITS THIS ONE RIGHT HERE HE BROKE THE RULES MAYDAY MAYDAY🚨🚨🚨

Ohhh sorry Peter, had to get that one out of my system. It’s all cool, don’t worry too much about it, what are you in for?

peter: the girl who sits next to me in bio asked to see one of my answers on the quiz and we got caught

ted: Ah the classic

Is this the girl you’ve told me about? The struggling one?

peter: yeah it really only happened cause I wanted to be nice and help her out

ted: That makes sense. Take it from me, it’s nice to break the rules once in a while

peter: that’s what you always say

ted: It’s just a little better when you don’t get caught, not to rub it in your face too much

Be careful out there though, it’s just one day and you’re a good kid, don’t beat yourself up too much

peter: thanks ted

ted: Ack don’t mention it

Do you know the girl much else other than that she was struggling in the class?

peter: only a little, she’s been around forever but we haven’t talked much otherwise

her name’s Stephanie Lauter, she’s the mayor’s daughter

ted: Oh real piece of work for her poor ole dad then

peter: yeah it’s kinda sad

she probably has a lot of pressure on her

ted: Politics gets real messy so I bet she does

Talk to you tonight kid, I’m heading out of the office in a few minutes 

peter: alrighty see you later

the mitochondriHOES 

October 4th 3:30 pm

peter: off to detention, wish me luck

grace: Good luck!

ruth: GOOD LUCK

richie: good luck🫡

peter: thanks lol

i’ll let you know when i’m on my way to my house

richie: cool

peter: i was gonna say bye but then it occured to me that i have no idea if we’re allowed to keep our phones or not so i might be back

grace: Haha see you or not see you later!

meddlers

3:34 pm

richie: ruthie and i made it to my car grace 

it’s parked where it usually is

grace: i am on my way

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dr. teeth and the electric mayhem

October 4th 3:20 pm

steph: oh yeah hey guys forgot to mention i’m in detention after school so i’ll just meet you later

stacy: aw ok, we’ll miss you but i’m glad we’ll still get to see you

steph: yeah it’s just an hour today so i might even be able to catch you before you leave miss retro’s, i only wish that you save a milkshake for me

kyle: YES OF COURSE

WHAT KIND

steph: shit i didn’t think about that yet

uhhhhhhh

oreo. for sure.

kyle: got it!

max: well well well she’s in detention again

that blows

steph: yeah well, i’m the one who read an entire reddit thread and twitter fights last night rather than studying

and then failed at cheating off of a nerd

brenda: noooo :(

which nerd?

steph: Peter 

max: oh yeah, Spankoffski, he’s friends with Grace

jason: HAHA

of course you know that

stacy: aw he knowsssssss

kyle: HE KNOWWWSSSSSS

max: am i being abused for having a crush again?

steph: yup 

yeah he’s the one y’all want to draft to sports all the time 

jason: yeah the super tall guy

he’d be helpful but it doesn’t seem like it’s his thing

steph: yeah definitely not

what time does the movie start again?

brenda: 6:30

steph: ok cool

i probably can’t go out with you guys after the movie, my dad is gonna need to talk to me about getting detention again

brenda: aw yeah that makes sense

we 🫶 you stephy

kyle: 🫶

max: 🫶

stacy: 🫶

jason: 🫶

steph: 🫶, y’all are so cute

heading to the room now talk to you in a bit

the mitochondriHOES 

October 4th 3:40 pm

peter: guess what

i get to keep my phone wooooo

ruth: oh cool

if you need entertainment keep texting us lol

peter: will do, it’s only an hour so i may be able to scroll on the socials long enough to pass the time

ruth: true but we would love to hear what a boring time you guys are having 

peter: oh such an exciting time so far

i signed in on a sheet

took a seat in the middle of the room

listened to Mulberry’s rules and stuff

that’s it

ruth: thrilling

is anyone else there?

other than Steph? 

peter: yeah Deb and Danny 

ruth: smoke club got caught again it seems

peter: so it seems

stephanie lauter and peter spankoffski

October 4th 3:43 pm

steph: heyyyyyyyyyy

welcome to detention

isn’t it just so fun?

peter: yes i’m having the time of my life

this is the day i will look back on when i’m older as the greatest day of my life

steph: yay i’m so glad to be here to witness the greatest day of your life 

peter: well it is all because of you

steph: good point

peter: sorry that was a little aggressive i was a willing participant in the answer sharing earlier 

steph: you’re fine lol

seriously though, we’re lucky this happened on a friday 

the teachers don’t even want to stay late so it’s only an hour, other days it’s 2, sometimes 3

peter: goodness, 3??

that seems excessive 

steph: oh it is, it sucked so bad the one time it happened to me

peter: i can only imagine

you deserve soldier status or something for surviving that 

steph: hahahaha I’m so honored

peter: what did you do to get that one?

steph: dress code violation if you can believe it

so glad they got rid of that shit

it was freshman year

peter: dress code was a load of bullshit i’m also glad they got rid of it

steph: I WAS WEARING A SPAGHETTI STRAP TOP CAUSE IT WAS 88 DAMN DEGREES OUTSIDE

i just wore it on the wrong day, the day detention is 3 FUCKING HOURS

peter: you made it, that’s what matters

the mitochondriHOES

3:50 pm

peter: Steph is texting me

guess that’s how she’s deciding to pass the time

ruth: YAAAAAAAAAAAA

what is she saying

Peter what the fuck is she saying

peter: so far we just talked about detention and how one time she had to stay for three hours 

grace: Is she being flirty again?

meddlers

3:51 pm

ruth: subtle Grace

grace: 😋

the mitochondriHOES

3:51 pm

peter: i mean nothing overt like she did earlier but we haven’t been talking that long though

ruth: you should ask her about herself, see what happens

peter: maybe in a little bit

stephanie lauter and peter spankoffski

3:53 pm 

steph: anyway

tell me about being a nerd

what do you do with all that time when you aren’t sitting in detention like me?

peter: okay are you seriously in detention that much??

steph: no not really sorry 

i lean into it for jokes cause you’ve just gotta laugh through the pain sometimes

this is my first time this school year and i’ve gone less than 10 times throughout high school, this is 7th or 8th

peter: okay so not excessive, i’m sure there’s people in a lot more than you 

just had to check in, i hoped you were okay

but to answer your question, being a nerd has got to be one of the most underrated parts to play in the school ecosystem

it’s not as much studying as you think and you get to come up with funny science puns to tell to your friends, which you have had the honor of hearing lol

we’ve been doing it for so long they come so naturally at this point

steph: aww that’s cute

peter: most people who aren’t in our nerd circle don’t usually think the jokes are funny so it was interesting when you started laughing at them in class

steph: wait really

maybe i was destined to be a nerd and my upbringing led me astray

what are your friends like? i only really know of you and Grace, but that’s just through Max

peter: yes lol

oh does Max talk about her?

steph: he talks about her quite often

peter: interesting 😏

steph: very interesting 😏

peter: yeah Grace is fun, she’s a little wacko (our word for her vivaciousness) but we love her for it, she’s into volunteering and Beethoven and Mozart and the composer guys idk their names and would die for Sheldon Cooper

steph: out of all characters on the Big Bang Theory

peter: yup

she thinks he’s an underrated character

steph: arguably the most recognizable character from that show but to each their own haha

peter: yes of course

then Richie, he’s the one with the blue streaks in his hair, a hype man, but also so tired and will love you forever if you bring him a Celsius, he’s into obscure anime and books that no one has ever heard of and lives for his letterboxd account

steph: YOOO CELSIUS SQUAD

he seems fun, i think we were in band together in middle school now that you’re talking about him 

peter: YOU WERE IN BAND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL??

steph: YES ONLY IN 6TH GRADE THOUGH

ARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME???

peter: NO BAND IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF I'M JUST SHOCKED

WHAT DID YOU PLAY??

steph: keys

he played trumpet, right?

peter: NICEEEEEE

yes Richie did play the trumpet, he stopped after middle school was over, just didn’t have time for it in high school

what about you, why’d you leave the band?

steph: i still play a little of the piano now, but it was after that i started focusing on guitar more and there wasn’t much of a place for me there

i wasn’t super attached to that as a group too though so it was all ok

peter: ohh that makes sense

do you have a favorite song to play on the guitar?

steph: yes but follow up questions come after you finish telling me about your friends, there’s one more of you right?

peter: sorry yes, there is 

the one and only Ruth, she’s a wishful thinker and the lighting designer for the theater department and thus knows lots of Broadway trivia and dragged us all through watching Glee a few years ago, one of the biggest fever dreams of my life, and has the second largest comic book collection in the friend group

steph: oh my god not Glee🫢

peter: yes Glee

it really gave me lasting trauma

steph: i watched it in middle school and oh my god

it is the most terrifying car wreck you can’t pull your eyes from

peter: exactly

steph: and let me guess

the largest comic book collection in the friend group is yours?

peter: …yes

steph: OMG I WANT TO SEE IT

HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE??

peter: DANGIT I DONT THINK I HAVE A PICTURE

I THINK OVER 300 AT THIS POINT BUT I DONT KNOW

steph: damn

you’ll have to show me sometime

peter: i will look forward to giving you the tour

anyway

that’s all of my friends so back to my question

steph: RIGHT

ugh i don’t know if i can pick just one

peter: okay top 3 then

steph: ok that’s better

in no particular order, Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, Fast Car by Tracy Chapman, and The A Team by Ed Sheeran

peter: oh those are some BANGERS

well maybe not banger is the wrong word

some great great choices though, no one talks about The A Team anymore and it was such a big song when we were kids

steph: Ed Sheeran forever has my heart

idc if people think he’s overrated

peter: no literally he’s a genius

and you’re coming for my heart with Tracy AND Stevie?? two of the most talented ladies ever

steph: ugh your love for them is such a green flag i hope you know that

peter: i don’t think i’ve heard that yet, thank you thank you

steph: yes yes of course

just so we can get it out of the way early

i’ve gotta know

what’s the deal with the way you dress?

the mitochondriHOES 

4:13 pm

ruth: Petey Boy, we’re at Beanie’s, what do you want?

peter: omgggg Beanie’sssss

let me check the menu rq

ruth: no rush

stephanie lauter and peter spankoffski

4:14 pm

steph: Peter?

PETERRRRR

YOURE ON YOUR PHONE I CAN SEE YOU WHERED YOU GO

the mitochondriHOES 

4:15 pm

peter: okay i’m back

grace: You want a hot chocolate don’t you

peter: ahh you know me so well Grace 

if i could also get caramel drizzle i would love you forever

ruth: you already will love us forever what are you saying right now

peter: thank you guys

say hi to Emma for me

richie: will do

are you scrolling or talking to Steph still?

stephanie lauter and peter spankoffski

4:16 pm

steph: PETE

DID I OFFEND YOU

COME BACKKKKK

IM SORRYYYYYYYYYYY

the mitochondriHOES 

4:16 pm

peter: talking to Steph

she might be flirting with me again

she wants to see my comic book collection and i told her i would show her it sometime

grace: OMG NERDS IN LOVE

peter: and she told me i’m a green flag for liking Stevie Nicks and Tracy Chapman

YOU CANT USE THE L WORD YET THE FUCK

richie: WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING TEXTING US GO TEXT HER MORE THE FUCK??

peter: damn if yall want to get rid of me that badly

grace: Good luck Peter go get us a group significant other😚

stephanie lauter and peter spankoffski

4:18 pm

peter: OH MY GOD SORRY LOL

MY FRIENDS TEXTED ASKING WHAT I WANTED FROM BEANIES 

I HAD TO CHECK THE MENU AND TELL THEM WHAT I WANTED

DONT WORRY IM NOT MAD AT YOU

steph: i can’t believe you would abandon me for them

(i’m kidding)

BUT THANK GOD YOU SCARED ME

peter: i personally think the way i dress is very high class

sweater vests aren’t for everyone I get that

steph: don’t forget the suspenders and bowties 

those are special 

peter: i wore those a lot last year

maybe i should bring them back I haven’t worn one yet this year

steph: oh GOD

peter: YOU ARE JUDGING ME

IM RECEIVING HATE

steph: NOOOOO

i just think you could branch out a little more and not look so much like a kids variety show host

peter: believe it or not, my brother has used that exact same insult 

steph: NO WAY REALLY

peter: yes way

okay fine i might need a wardrobe update

i will let you style me

i’m fine with adding some new stuff but i’m not getting rid of the stuff i love now

i will be staying true to myself here

steph: OH IM SO EXCITED 

I WILL FIND YOU SOME NEW NERD OUTFITS 

THIS WILL BE SUCH A GREAT DAY

omg i need to make a Pinterest board 

peter: i never thought i’d see the day i had a personal stylist

steph: IM SO EXCITED 

peter: is this one of your things?

like are you into fashion and styling, i mean?

steph: yes it is!

i didn’t realize it for a long time but that and interior design are two things i would actually consider going into for careers

peter: that’s super cool, i don’t know if i’ve met anyone interested in those yet

what’s your favorite house decor style?

steph: all of them.

peter: impressive

steph: dang it’s hard to pick uhhhhhhhhhh

i do love farmhouse and country natural styles cause they are just SO CLASSIC

but my dream would be to do a retro futurism house, even though i doubt it would ever happen

peter: what is retro futurism?

steph: oh my god i love retro futurism 

how do i even explain it?

so like

you know how in the 50-80s there was a lot of sci fi movies and media and stuff out?

peter: yes it was a trending topic for sure

i watched ET an unhealthy amount of times when i was a kid

steph: ET freaked me out honestly, i’m more of a star wars girl

peter: don’t threaten me with a good time omg

if you keep saying stuff like that i might have to cancel my plans tonight

steph: hehehehehehe🥰

anywayyyyyyy

it’s pretty much all that sci fi technology mixed with very retro styles

like if the aliens had shown up in the 60s

kinda like the jetsons, if you know that show

peter: ohhhhhhh

that makes sense i think i know what you mean

that would be so cool

steph: i know right? 

and finding and making all the retro appliances would be so fun 

peter: yesssss

how about fashion, do you have a favorite location of the fashion month locations? or are you not even into designer stuff?

steph: oh my gosh what a question

i’m not super artsy fashion oriented, i am a fan of more streetwear/everyday stuff (why i’d be interested in styling you lol) way more than designer 

but fashion month location, i think i have to say Paris, but that’s mostly because Paris, or New York just because New York

it’s the same people at all of them for the most part

peter: oh yeah that’s true

steph: being completely honest i don’t know much about designer fashion and don’t care to learn much more

the pieces are either really boring or really over the top

peter: so real, my friends and i make a tier list of the met gala outfits every year and i look forward to tearing the ugly ones to shreds

steph: stop that sounds so fun

i guess i do the same thing just in my head lol

peter: one of my favorite events of the year for that

so, what about your friends?

i did a friend breakdown for you, you should do one for me

steph: heyyyy you asked me two questions in a row it shouldn’t work that way

peter: i guess i beat you to it

and we’re running low on time here so there’s no room for arguing

steph: ok fineeeee

where to begin?

Brenda and Stacy! they’re both cheerleaders, they’re my besties since elementary school, iconic trio Halloween costumes every year we can, just icons. Brenda is probably the most book smart out of all of us, she always wants to peer review our essays LOL, she has a dry sense of humor, and is a freaking amazing cook. Stacy is so sweet and happy so much of the time, she talks so fast too. on the other hand of Brenda, she’s actually really into baking and always makes us stuff for our birthdays. she’s super crafty as well, a DIY Queen some may say.

peter: ooh okay so becoming friends with you is gonna just end up a gateway into really good food and sweets? i’ll stick around

steph: what i wasn’t enough for you?

peter: i mean i didn’t say that, i’m just looking into the perks

steph: oh don’t get too excited there’s not that many other ones

Max! we talked about him briefly already, football quarterback, definitely thinks he’s really cool because of that but it’s our job to make sure he doesn’t get too cocky, i’ve known him basically my whole life, our parents were each other's best friends in college so we’re always together at random events and hangouts and stuff

honestly what you said about Grace is kinda true about him too, he’s our little wacko and gets the zoomies in grocery store aisles and we all pretend we don’t know him lol

peter: OMG GRACE GETS THE ZOOMIES TOO

part of the wacko lifestyle i think

steph: it must be a key rule in the handbook of being the wacko friend

Jason! also plays football (i don’t know his position sorry Jason), basketball, and track i think too. he’s wonderful and hates conflict and literally just wants people to get along, like people bicker and he starts singing Where Is The Love? i’m not joking, it’s so funny for no reason. he plays guitar too so we jam sometimes and he makes all of us feel lame for our popular music artists that we listen to. 

peter: omg I need to start singing Where Is The Love when people fight

steph: it works every time, either because it actually works or the people forget why they’re mad at each other cause they start being mad at him

peter: the power Jason holds

steph: it’s crazy

And finally my boy Kyle!!

King Kyle as his instagram name says haha, he’s so sweet and just a lil sunflower. he always wants to go on hikes and be in nature and sadly it’s hard to convince all of us to go outside at once, at least for a hike, beach days are pretty easy. he also also plays football in some position and is on the swim team, pretty sure he was one of the captains last year and had a great time with that.

peter: yes he’s definitely tried to get me to join the swim team but i haven’t swam competitively since i was 7

he seems like the nicest guy from every time i’ve talked to him

steph: he really is

i can’t believe baby Peter was on the swim team

peter: they really fumbled losing me as a member of the team

my 6th place backstroke ribbon could’ve landed them so much glory

steph: oh i know it would have

and i would love to unpack what would’ve happened in the alternate universe where you became an olympic swimmer BUT we are nearing the end of detention and you just got two questions in a row and i need to make up some ground here

peter: that you do, fire away

steph: hmmmmmm

you mentioned your brother and i have similar insult tendencies, what’s he like?

peter: damn this is the deep stuff okay

so he’s not just my brother, he’s kinda my primary caregiver. our parents split up about 8 years ago and have moved on with other people and expressed interest in moving away, since we had a big age gap, i’ve just lived with him since he finished college

steph: woah that’s weird with your parents

peter: yeah i usually don’t tell people this so early since it’s a little complicated, i talk about my “parents” sometimes just to pretend they’re still around and keep up appearances of normalcy in my life

and i gave you the very abridged version of the story

steph: geez that’s kinda sad

that you feel you have to put up an act i mean

peter: eh it’s not too bad

and my relationship with Ted is pretty good, he makes fun of me like any older brother, but he’s pretty wise when he wants to be

he went through a lot of shit with his college girlfriend and beyond so he’s got good advice and wants the best for me and all that

we play basketball together sometimes and take turns cooking, i do it as much as i can but sometimes it’s hard with school haha, and we adopted a cat a couple months ago

steph: ok then that’s good, he sounds fun

CAT

I WANT TO SEE THE CAT

I LOVE CATSSSSSS

peter: OMG PICTURES INCOMING

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his name is Dori

steph: AWW I LOVE HIM

HES PERFECT

peter: that is an accurate statement yes he is

steph: wow i wish i had a cat

i will in adulthood you better believe, i don’t care if my dad’s allergic

AH I NEED TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION 

peter: 😂

we only have a few minutes left go go go

steph: how are you getting home today?

peter: i don’t think i would’ve guessed that was what i would be answering

i will be driving myself home with my incredibly high class 2006 Toyota Tundra

steph: (i don’t know anything about cars please hold while i look it up)

YOU DRIVE A TRUCK??

YOU DONT PEG ME AS A TRUCK DRIVER??

peter: i’m full of surprises Steph 

there’s a lot more to me than tall nerd in your AP Bio class (and we got it for cheap lol)

steph: damn you’re like an onion, so many layers

peter: are you good with walking to the parking lot together?

we’ll be free of Mulberry’s limited talking rule in a few minutes and we could talk using our faces and not our fingers

i didn’t mean for that to sound as creepy as it did

we could talk face to face and not through a screen, see that was less creepy

steph: that sounds good to me wooooo

peter: yayyyyyyyyy

now that we have arranged that and evened the score on the questions i don’t know what to say

how bout i start quoting Shakespeare??

steph: GOD NO

peter: WHAT, YOU EGG??

MINE EYES SMELL ONIONS

THERES NO MORE FAITH IN THEE THAN A STEWED PRUNE

steph: WHAT DOES IT MEAN

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS

peter: VILLAIN I HAVE DONE THY MOTHER

(aka Shakespeare inventing the your mom joke)

steph: HES ICONIC FOR THAT ONE

peter: YES HE IS

okay I’m done

that was short lived 

i was gonna start packing up my bag but then i realized the only thing i took out was my phone

steph: yeah i kind of got the urge too

peter: ANDDDDDDDDDDD

that’s a hour ladies and gents see you on the other side 

steph: congratulations rookie, you have made it through🫡

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the mitochondriHOES 

October 4th 4:47 pm

peter: yo detention just ended, i will be on my way in a moment

richie: okay cool, we’ll see you in a few

Emma’s gotta make your hot chocolate before we leave though

we ordered it earlier but since she knew it was for you she said she’d wait til we were leaving to make it so it’ll stay warm

peter: stop, i miss her, tell her thank you!

richie: i will haha

how’d the rest of the session go?

peter: it was fine

i know you’re wondering if i kept texting Steph and the answer is yes

and we walked to the parking lot together

ruth: I CALL DIBS ON READING THEIR MESSAGES FIRST

richie: DAMMIT

peter: oh my fucking god

i gotta drive now see you in a few

grace: Hot chocolate acquired!

See you in a lil bit

dr. teeth and the electric mayhem

October 4th 4:50 pm

steph: alrighty we out

be there in like 10

jason: ok see you soon

brenda: WOOOOOOOOOOO

the mitochondriHOES 

5:14 pm

peter: the door’s unlocked when you get here

grace: I’m not sure why richie is failing so hard at parallel parking right now

ruth: you actually might want to come outside and look at this peter

peter: oh i can see him from the window

oh no

he’s usually so good at this

grace: Yeah that’s what I thought too

peter: SUCCESS MY BROTHER

richie: I DID IT YAY

dr. teeth and the electric mayhem

6:08 pm

stacy: the girls’ car has arrived at the theater, where the heck are you boys??

max: jason drives like a grandfather

he also took a “shortcut”

kyle: i think we’ll be there in the next minute or two

we made it out of whatever that fake shortcut was

stacy: kk

spankoffski bros

6:27 pm

peter: yo i know you’re hiding from us in your room but did you have any plans for dinner? 

we were going to go pick something up when we finish up the work and come back here and watch a movie or whatever

ted: That sounds good to me, let me know when you’re heading out and I’ll give you money as long as you also get food for me

peter: good deal, i’ll come talk to you when we’re heading out

meddlers

7:35 pm

grace: Ruth I know you’re not driving so you can read this right now I’m writing it in here so Richie can also see it lol but UPDATE FROM THE BACKSEAT—Pete is definitely rereading his texts with Steph right now

ruth: OMG REALLY

grace: I’m trying to not look snoopy as I look for the contact name but I think I saw it and who else’s texts would he be reading right now

HEHEHEHE

ruth: HEHEHEHEHEHE

we should grill him about it more when we get back

i mean we could do it now but that’s a little suspicious 

grace: I must agree with you

We can have a little love life conversation

ruth: YESSSSSSS

grace: This is a great plan

I am also so glad Richie’s phone is on silent

ruth: yes i didn’t even think about that, either way maybe we should engage in conversation out loud again

grace: good idea

the lauters 

October 4th 8:30 pm

steph: hey dad, i’ll be headed home in a few minutes, but i have to drop Stacy off on the way, we can talk about today when i get there?

the mayor: Okay Stephanie, it can’t be good that this happened again so we’re gonna need to talk about what’s going to change moving forward. 

Did you have a good day otherwise? What did you do this evening? 

steph: yeah it was a decent day overall, Fridays are always good in some way obviously, since the football team has a by week all the boys were out of practice, so we went to miss retros and there was a new movie Stacy and Jason really wanted to see so we saw that too. i think Brenda and the boys are going to go get food but Stacy has to be up early tomorrow so we’re heading off

the mayor: Sounds nice, get Stacy home safe and I’ll see you soon. 

steph: see you soon dad

the mitochondriHOES 

October 4th 11:29 pm

grace: Richie has successfully dropped me at my house 

peter: WOO SAFETY

ruth: me as well i have made it into my home

peter: YAY

richie: and i myself made it home as well

peter: HOORAY

i’m glad there’s not more of you i ran out of celebration words

grace: Lol anyway love you guys so much I’m going to bed, goodnight!!

ruth: goodnight❤️❤️

richie: goodnight weirdos love you

peter: night besties sleep tight don’t let the bedbugs bite 😘😘

peter spankoffski and stephanie lauter 

October 4th 11:51 pm

steph: hey pete, are you still awake? or are you sleeping and dreaming away about calculus equations and xylem tissue?

peter: not yet dreaming no, what a lovely dream that sounds like though

steph: yayyyy he lives! 

whatcha doing, how’d the rest of your night go project doing and such?

peter: i’m currently in bed cause my friends left like a half hour ago, they came to my house after detention was over, we banged out the rest of the project, then went and picked up food, came back and watched pitch perfect and they left a little after

steph: pitch perfect is a classic

peter: it really is

how was yours?

steph: good! we were only at the restaurant for a little while after i got there, then we went to the movies, i drove Stacy home and i was back here by 9:00

peter: dang why such an early night?

steph: well stacy has to be up early for a family thing tomorrow and i was her ride home and i didn’t want to be out too late either

actually kind of leads me into why i texted you

peter: oh?

steph: i didn’t want to push off talking to my dad about getting detention again

if i’m out too late he’s usually asleep by the time i get home and i knew he was going to want to talk about it

peter: and?

is everything okay?

steph: yes everything is fine 

but what we came to as an agreement for moving forward is that i should get a tutor 

for bio at least, cause that’s what i’m struggling most in

peter: tutor is never a bad idea

steph: and i figured it would be better to ask someone i already knew so, would you be willing to tutor me?

no one else i know that well is taking the class

peter: oh!

don’t know why i didn’t see that coming lol

yeah of course i will, i don’t have any experience really but i would love to try

steph: oh my goodness thank you this was so much easier than finding someone that i’d never met

peter: there’s only so many nerds you can handle associating with 

steph: ah yes cause it’s obviously the end of the world if i interact with more than two per week

but genuinely i’m so grateful thank you so much

peter: no worries, i’m excited to spread my love of bio to you

you’ll be understanding my science jokes in no time

steph: yayyyy and maybe also get my gpa to a respectable level while we’re at it

peter: of course

steph: soooo are you free on Sunday night for a first session maybe?

peter: yes i think so, i’ve got plans tomorrow but nothing on Sunday i don’t think

steph: awesome, can you meet me around 6 at Pasqualli’s?

peter: the restaurant?

steph: yeah, it’s always quiet there, and it’s where i study after school most days anyway

peter: whatever makes you comfortable, sounds like a plan

steph: great thank you again, i think i will be heading off to sleep now

peter: me as well night night

steph: goodnight peter, i’m glad i ruined your day today

peter: so am i

the mitochondriHOES

October 5th 12:22 am

peter: chat, pasqualli’s is that restaurant that is known for being every Hatchetfield couple’s first date location, right?

9:10 am

richie: WHY ARE YOU ASKING THIS

WHAT HAPPENED

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the mitochondriHOES 

October 5th 11:03 am

grace: Yes great question Richie, I’ve been at youth group all morning and Peter hasn’t answered yet

ruth: good morning omg you willed me awake

and yes Peter why don’t you respond to us

grace: Ugh he’s not responding cause he hates us

He doesn’t want to be friends anymore

ruth: dang after all the years i’ve given him

richie: he really is ghosting us here

ruth: rip friendship

grace: I’ll start making an application sheet for a new tall nerd friend

We can put it up at school on Monday

peter: OH MY GOSH I WAS IN THE SHOWER CALM DOWN

grace: HE DOESN’T HATE US YAYYYY

peter: and for the record, you want me to answer your question

but no one answered mine

richie: yes peter, the answer is yes

happy?

now we want to know why you asked

ruth: what you need to understand here is that we are all so lonely and tragic that we cling onto whatever scraps of potential romance there are in our community for dear life 

peter: you guys are insane

ruth: noooooo don’t do that

peter: okay okay i’m being dramatic

you guys are great i’m glad you want to know how my life is going

i may have been sent into a spiral last night

richie: oh no not a spiral

peter: so Steph and her dad decided she needed a tutor for bio and she asked if i would be willing to do it since she didn’t know anyone else who’s in the class super well

and we have our first session tomorrow at Pasqualli’s

which is apparently her favorite study spot??

grace: That’s different like I hear about studying in coffee shops but in a restaurant is kinda weird

peter: and like

i believe her that she wants me to be her tutor (no offense to her but she could definitely use one) but why did she ask me to go to Pasqualli’s? 

here’s how she sent it

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ruth: hmm interesting 

yeah Pasqualli’s is romantic, i don’t think I’ve ever seen a platonic two people at a table in there

peter: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

richie: fellas i know what we’re doing today

peter: oh no

richie: i think we are going to have to take ole petey on a practice date

ruth: OH HECK YES

peter: STOP ITS NOT A DATE I CANT LET MYSELF THINK ITS A DATE

richie: when’s everyone free for the date and shenanigans today?

grace: I’m at the store currently with my mom but I’m free the rest of the day after that

ruth: me as well

peter: *sigh*

i guess i’ll start considering outfit options

grace: Oh let’s freaking go

peter: we just need to be done with around 5, Ted and i have a neighborhood party and i think he’d lose his mind if he had to go by himself

richie: lmaooo real

i’ll probably start picking you guys up around 12:30 then??

we can assess the situation again, look through Pete’s wardrobe, prepare him in case it is a date

peter: what if it’s not though? 

richie: then you still dressed nice when you went to the fancy restaurant with the pretty girl

and you won’t have to try so hard the next time

peter: okay true

ruth: love all of this sounds good to me

grace: Yes same 

richie: cool cool

peter: can i also practice teaching her bio?

richie: yes lol we need to prepare for all scenarios 

meddlers

October 5th 11:33 am

ruth: Peter saying he can’t let himself think it’s a date is lowkey breaking my heart

grace: That line so means that he likes her

ruth: i know he was saying last night that he might a little bit but he doesn’t want to get his hopes up

grace: Poor guy😫

richie: dang at least we know they’re gonna be spending more time together so getting them together just got a whole lot easier

ruth: oh yes we might not even need to meddle that much

which is great for them but what are we supposed to do??

sit and wait patiently??

the mitochondriHOES 

12:27 pm

richie: leaving my house in a second, coming to pick up Ruth first, then Grace, then Pete’s

peter: i’m definitely overthinking the outfit situation

like i had no idea i had this many clothes

it looks like my closet threw up

richie: oh gosh well good we’re coming to rescue you

dr. teeth and the electric mayhem

October 5th 2:43 pm

max: sup gang, are we doing anything tonight?

stacy: i’m free!

kyle: so am i

movie night or something?

steph: so uh yeah

i ended up grounded for getting detention again 

so i can’t leave

stacy: NOOOOOO

steph: yeah it kinda sucks but i can’t say i didn’t see it coming

y’all are free to hang out without me though

max: dang it sorry steph

NO WE CANT HANG OUT WITHOUT YOU WHEN ALL YOU’LL BE DOING IS SITTING AT HOME

uhhhhhh

sounds like a Minecraft night instead?

kyle: YES

jason: LETS GOOOOOOOO

steph: lmaooooo yes that sounds great

stacy: i need to check on my chickens

brenda: you and your dang chickens

stacy: well yeah sometimes the leopard thingys get in there and kill them all

or a panda is just chilling and i need to get it out

max: yeah Brenda, why are you hating on the chickens?

also its an ocelot

stacy: that’s it, ocelot

brenda: ok ok let’s not fight the chickens are great

jason: 7 work for everyone?

kyle: i might be finishing dinner but we’ll see

steph: yeah same

max: we can see when we get closer though

meddlers

October 5th 6:06 pm

ruth: fabulous day of meddling, friends, i think he’s gonna do just fine tomorrow

grace: For sure, I can’t wait to hear about it

ruth: he knows his biology, he seems like he’s gonna be alright

richie: yeah he seems surprisingly chill

like it’s second nature to him or something

except for a few of his jokes

she’s not gonna understand them

grace: Was Peter always this good at flirting and none of us ever noticed?

Yeah some of his jokes don’t appeal to larger demographics, like mayor's daughters

richie: i genuinely have no idea

dr. teeth and the electric mayhem

October 5th 6:55 pm

jason: im hopping on in a few minutes 

stacy: ok i will too!

max: be there in a few

steph: i’m on

brenda: coming!

kyle: same

7:12 pm

max: tell me when it’s day again

kyle: daytime

max: wait why aren’t we all on a call

that would make so much more sense

jason: oh shoot yeah we didn’t ever start a call

Join FaceTime Call

the mitochondriHOES 

October 5th 11:29 pm

ruth: LISTEN BABY

AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH

AINT NO VALLEY LOW

AINT NO RIVER WIDE ENOUGH BABY

IF YOU NEED ME CALL ME NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE

NO MATTER HOW FAR

DONT WORRY BABY 

JUST CALL MY NAME

ILL BE THERE IN A HURRY

YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY

CAUSE BABY THERES

AINT NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH 

AINT NO VALLEY LOW ENOUGH

AINT NO RIVER WIDE ENOUGH 

TO KEEP ME FROM GETTING TO YOU BABY

anyways thank you just needed to scream into the void real quick

richie: i quite liked that thank you

ruth: you’re welcome, i was in my bathroom singing both parts by myself and i thought i should share the love 

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peter spankoffski and stephanie lauter 

October 6th 11:41 am

steph: hey! we’re still on for tonight right?

peter: yes, anything special you want to go over that i can prepare for?

steph: uhhh kind of everything🫣

ok but probably my quizzes specifically just to begin?

peter: hey whatever you need is what you need

but yes sounds good

we probably won’t be able to get through everything in our first meeting, but we can probably get through your quizzes and a decent amount of unit 1, we can look closer at the quizzes from that unit too

and i figure we’ll be caught up pretty soon and just go over what we’re currently learning, so you’ll be ready on Friday

steph: ok yayyy

i’m excited to learn and for breadsticks

peter: BREADSTICKS??

steph: YES THE BREADSTICKS ARE AMAZING

peter: OH LETS GOOOOOOOO

alright see you at 6😂

steph: see ya!

meddlers 

October 6th 1:14 pm

richie: DATE DAYYYYY

grace: DATE DAYYYYYYYYYY

richie: you think our boy’s ready?

grace: I sure hope so

Cause I don’t know if I’m prepared to help him if it goes awfully

richie: dang way to look on the bright side grace

grace: SORRY

Ugh I actually do think he’s gonna be fine

I’m just trying not to end up disappointed, so I’m keeping expectations low

richie: lol that kind of makes sense

ruth: i think he’s gonna be okay

omg what if we have one of those movie moments where like they’re on the date and one of them like goes to the bathroom or whatever and has a motivational conversation with their friends?? that could be us 

richie: that would be fun

grace: To be clear, we’re still teasing him about everything tonight?

ruth: oh of course

grace: Yippee!!

the mitochondriHOES 

October 6th 2:56 pm

peter: we decided that my dark green sweater was the move for tonight, right?

ruth: yes

peter: cool

richie: how ya feeling?

peter: good right now, may be subject to change

richie: yes knowing you, that could change

are you picking her up?

peter: no richie it’s not a real date

richie: GASP

I THOUGHT I RAISED A GENTLEMAN??

ruth: what the hell peter??

peter: OH MY GOD IT'S NOT A REAL DATE

if it was i absolutely would pick her up

but it’s not, so i’m not

ruth: booooo

richie: okay we know we’re just teasing

grace: Awww he might get nervous later what a guy

We’re gonna get a full debrief of the evening afterwards right?

peter: …

yes

not that i expect there to be much to report

but of course i will

ruth: yayayayayayayay

also complete side note

there’s nothing else we have to do for the physics project right? just cause it’s due tomorrow I’m wondering 

richie: i’m pretty sure we got everything

i can double check the rubric though i’ll let you know if we’re missing anything

ruth: 👍👍

PPG🩷💚🩵

October 6th 4:10 pm

stace: i miss you guysssssssss

buzz: we’ll see each other tomorrow😂

stace: i know but i want to hang out

i miss your presences 

stephie: ahhh i know so do i

i’m sorry i’m grounded again

buzz: how long for again?

stephie: just til there’s some sort of uptick in my grade, which i hope and pray will be after this upcoming weekend

stace: oh yeah cause you’re gonna do so good on your quiz this week rahhhhhh!!

buzz: yes you are!! 

steph’s entering her academic weapon era!!

stephie: i sure hope so

yeah i’m only allowed to see peter til my grade comes up

stace: dang that’s tough

you like him though, so it can’t be too bad

buzz: yeah if it was middle school peter, i’d feel kinda bad for you, but he seems cooler now from the way you’ve talked about him the last few days

stephie: yeah he’s cool i do like him

there are worse people to have to sit and listen to speak for two-ish hours

buzz: lol you’re right

stephie: i’m heading over to pasqualli’s in like an hour and a half for it

stace: oh yeah

are we gonna talk about the fact that you asked him to go to pasqualli’s??

i know it’s one of your top study spots but are we sure of the message we’re sending?

stephie: YES HAHA

i was thinking about that so i clarified why it’s one of my favorite study places and he seemed to understand 

he’s the nicest guy so i don’t even know how much he actually questioned it

buzz: WOOOOOO

let’s go so Steph is going to do her lil tutor session tonight, she was saying a few more this week, slay her quiz on Friday, wait for the results over the weekend, and then she’s gonna have a better grade, be free while still tutoring, keep slaying the week after, and then it’ll be homecoming and everything will be amazing forever!!

stace: wow that’s such a good plan that should be exactly how it happens!!

stephie: sounds good babes

buzz: let us know how tonight goes!

wishing you all the brain power

stace: yes i’m sending all the brain function to you

stephie: thank youuuuu

the mitochondriHOES 

October 6th 5:35 pm

peter: alrighty fellas

ruth: the time has come

peter: indeed

i am heading out to meet Steph

ruth: looking fly?

peter: if that’s the term you want to use then sure

i look how i did last night when you picked out my outfit

ruth: sounds fly to me

richie: ruth did you listen to a bunch of 90s music today or something 

ruth: maybe

peter: see that’s why

grace: Good luck Pete! Break a leg as they say in the theatre haha 

ruth: you beat me to it dammit

richie: what she said

peter: thanks guys

the lauters

October 6th 5:49 pm

steph: reminder dad that i am at my first tutor meeting so if you get home before i do, that’s where i am, we’ll be at pasqualli’s

the mayor: Thanks for the reminder honey, study hard, I’ll see you.

Woooo Biology!

steph: yayyyyyyy

spankoffski bros

October 6th 7:26 pm

ted: If you want any of the leftovers from dinner when you get home, I’m gonna throw them in the fridge

peter: okay thanks

the mitochondriHOES

October 6th 8:17 pm

ruth: aaaaaaaaand Peter’s location is officially at his house

grace: Yay he survived!

peter: wow i made it yippeeee

survived my first “date”

grace: Omg that’s the closest he’s come to actually calling it a date woah

peter: yeah it WAS NOT a date

but it did go well, we went over a lot of material

richie: the man did it!

ruth: was the flirting happening?

peter: to be honest, i have no idea

i was really focusing on making sure i was explaining everything in a way that made sense that I’m not sure how much/if ever there was any flirting

richie: dammit

peter: yeah sorry

at the end though she seemed really happy and thanked me and kinda had the body language that she wanted to hug me?

grace: Hugs? Those are serious

richie: yeah a hug would be crazy

but it sounds like she had a good time

as i’ve said before, i can’t believe she gets you

ruth: okay you’re making it sound like they’re star crossed lovers

peter: what did i say about the L word?

richie: okay fine i’ll calm down

peter: she did a great job with listening and comprehension and all that. she’s definitely smart, she just needs to unlock her full nerd

grace: It’s good you feel successful and everything too, new career unlocked!

peter: wooooooooooooo

PPG🩷💚🩵

October 6th 8:22 pm

stephie: thank you for my brain power girls i think it helped haha

stace: yay so tutoring went well?

stephie: yes i’m already feeling a lot better

still a lot more to work through though

stace: oh don’t worry, everything will be alright

buzz: yes you care enough to put in the work, that’s how you know

stephie: yeah thank youuuuu

and Peter’s so great, i’m really glad to have him

stace: aww

stephie: part of me wants to be intimidated by him and his giant brain but he’s so gentle i couldn’t possibly

stace: awwwwwwwwwwwww

stephie: ok i assume you’re kidding but

buzz: but what?

stace: what?

i wasn’t kidding, he seems so sweet

stephie: but what if i maybe had a VERY strong urge to hug him when we said bye?

and i was hyper aware of the way he smells the whole time?

stace: wait, for realskies?

buzz: STEPHANIE ROSE LAUTER

AM I WITNESSING DOWN BAD BEHAVIOR

OH GOD NO I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THIS IM NOT READY TO DO THIS

stace: wait really i kind of had an inkling this would happen 

just not this fast, especially since we just had the conversation about it not being romantic that you took him to pasqualli’s

stephie: DANG IT YOU ALWAYS SEE RIGHT THROUGH ME STACY

i mean i’m not happy about it

i’m supposed to be spending time with him so i can get my grades up

if i catch feelings for him, am i just gonna be distracted all the time??

buzz: oh yeah that is an issue

stephie: or maybe it’ll work in my favor

i want to impress him so bad i actually start applying the material

ugh i hate that i just said that

MEN ARE DUMB WHAAAAAAA

stace: nooooo don’t do that

he makes you happy there’s nothing wrong with that

unless it is going to put a hindrance on being able to have him as a tutor, then it is an issue

stephie: stephanie with a crush is such a pathetic person though

she’s such a, and i hate to bring this word back but i can’t think of another one, simp

buzz: she is

but maybe this is good, you haven’t liked anyone since middle school really, you’re opening up that heart of yours

stephie: ugh yeah i guess

at least i know i can like someone

AH WHAT AM I SAYING

I DONT EVEN THINK I LIKE HIM ALL THE WAY YET

HES JUST FUNNY AND SWEET AND SMART AND SMELLS NICE

FUCK I SUCK 

SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL ME HOW I FEEL

stace: steph?

i’m getting the vibe you do full like him

it sounds like the hug thing pushed you over the cliff of no return

and you spoke so highly of him already

buzz: yeah there’s no coming back from a sexual tension filled hug

stephie: ok but the hug didn’t even happen

stace: yeah but it didn’t need to

you wanted it to, that’s all that we need to know right now

stephie: ughasidjvisndcasndf

i miss him guys

buzz: oh my god it’s too early for this kind of behavior

stephie: ugh yes it is i need to calm down

ok i need to text him about scheduling the rest of this week this isn’t going to be awkward for me at all

buzz: hahaha he will have no idea the most recent text conversation you had was about how wonderful you think he is

stephie: shhh he’s gonna hear you

buzz: girl what

peter spankoffski and stephanie lauter 

October 6th 8:58 pm

steph: hey thanks again for tonight

i know i said see you later this week but is there any chance you’re available like, every day?

at least for this week, i want to try to gear up as much as possible

peter: yeah i don’t see why i couldn’t this week, i don’t think i have anything going on

steph: ok yay cool thank you

same time and place tomorrow then?

peter: yes sounds like a plan stan

good job again today!

steph: thank youuuu

PPG🩷💚🩵

October 6th 9:22 pm

stephie: okay we are back and scheduled 

he’s a cutie

buzz: wow steph’s type was nerds this whole time it all makes sense

stace: yeah i guess that why it never worked out with anyone who’s tried to ask her out

stephie: apparently the way to my heart is through stupid science jokes, never would’ve guessed that myself

(and just being cute and cool)

buzz: all the spencer reid stuff has real life evidence to back it up now

stephie: okkkkk

buzz: and the ben wyatt 

and the abed nadir

stace: wow this is an incredible moment to be alive

omg AND the joey rooney appearance on our hear me out cake

buzz: AHHHHHHHHH YOURE SO RIGHT

stephie: OKKKKKKKK

stace: alright we’ll stop

stephie: lol you guys know me so well