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"This is Iris. I'm so sorry I missed your call. As soon as I'm able, I promise to get back to you."

[She can actually understand that much.]

But then you'd have to live with not knowing. I did. For so long. And, looking back, I wish I had asked sooner.

Better than more heartaches, right?

[ this is clearly a foolproof plan. ]

Did Mr. Wright say anything to you? :O

[Don't you go changing the subject on her, Athena. It works.]

He's said a lot of things to me recently.

[ oh my god!! not that iris can see, but she practically drops her cerevice and has to turn it back on, so it takes her a while to reply. ]

WHAT DID HE SAY

[Athena, please]

Weren't we supposed to be talking about you and your Merlin?

I don't know what you're talking about.

[If Iris were the type of person to do such a thing, she might have puffed out her cheeks ever so slightly at that response. You know, if. Because she definitely wasn't. Much.]

Yes you do. You sent me the message in the first place. I can still access it if I go back into my inbox.

I'm not actually sure what to talk about. I just wanted to tell somebody that I like him.

Trying to hold it in has been so difficult!

Have you told anybody else yet?

You're the first!

In that case, I'm both flattered and honored. Are you going to tell anybody else?

Maybe Ai, eventually... she's my flatmate.

That's good. Although, I suspect she might say the same thing I did. About telling MERLIN. Don't you think he deserves to know?

No way! He already thinks I'm a freak.

[!!!]

He said that?!?

Okay, maybe not THAT, but he says I'm weird all the time.

[But you are. Not that IRIS would say as much over text.]

ALL the time? Maybe he was just teasing you?

[ iris?!???!?! ]

Maybe that was an exaggeration. Sometimes.

And I get he's just teasing, but you know how jokes are! They're half meant.

[What?]

...a little? Truthfully, half the time, I can't tell when somebody's joking with me either.

Yeah, it's tough, isn't it?

Especially when they keep a straight face.

At least Sister Bikini always used to laugh whenever she joked. That's how I knew I was supposed to laugh along with her.

That's a very strange name. Bikini...

She used to say she took it on because it reminded her of warmer climates.

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