2025-02-20 - "She wanted to hit something and you gave her darts?"

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: You didn't say you had a hot friend. excuse me

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: hot FRENCH friend.

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: ...

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: Met Diana?

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I was planning on introducing you.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: were you really? damn

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: I mean, I'm drunk and I just got home but i mean... DAMN Avery

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: Don't ruin this for me, Duncan. I like her!

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: You should. She's your friend

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: And so you're aware

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: She'd me best friend.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: I walked her home. and did NOT try to get her to ask me in. she very clearly didnt want to and wasnt in that state

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: i take that back

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: she mightve wanted to

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: the rest is accurate 😃

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: You're 6' ft and her type. Of course she did.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: Look. she's hot, she's clever, she's mysterious... and she's clearly on the rebound

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: ... she's confused but not on the rebound.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: she said there was some guy. i called him an idiot. which he obviously is

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I knew you'd like one another.

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I was going to bring her to Lucky's with us... but clearly I'm not working fast enough.

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I swear, Duncan, if you hurt her, I'll disown you first...

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: you still can. i dont think you have anything to worry about. hell, youre the one who told me to try luckys

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: i was just hanging out and this girl storms in

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: looked like she wanted to hit something. i gave her my darts

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: She wanted to hit something and you gave her darts? Wtf...

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: Thats not hitting something

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: it seemed like a healthy outlet

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: When a girl says she needs to hit something. She needs to hit something. Not throw a dart.

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: Its ok. I have Galentines with her. I'll bring her things to hit and break.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: she couldve hit me, i could take it. mightve been fun. but she threw the darts. we talked. she's good people, avery

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: maybe a little prickly though

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: You think that MIGHT have to do with what she's going through?

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: I try not to get involved. It's part of my charm

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: That sounded worse than I meant it

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: I'm sorry she's going through shit, honest. But I'm not an answer to that OR someone who's going to make it worse

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I meant might know what she's going through?

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I'm a little high. Bam's got some good shit.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: Oh cool, I'd be jealous but I'm at home drunk and trying not to think too hard about your friend

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: All I'm gonna say is...Treat her right, don't do anything you don't mean, and don't fuck up my best friend.

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: Otherwise? Have at her.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: I think she's just as like to fuck with my head than I could with hers

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: So I dont think you have anything to worry about Sis

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: that means I have all the things to worry about

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: what? why?

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: Because I do.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: okay. well don't worry about me. if she fucks me up, well that's just the latest and i'm used to that, but she's still your friend.

Time passes. Duncan passes out, falling asleep in his own clothes. Sometimes, not having a roommate yet has its advantages. At some point in the predawn hours, he wakes, stone cold sober, and glances at his phone.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: Avery. I assume your phones on silent and if not it should be so I won’t apologise if this wakes you up 🤣 I’m your brother so I need to be clear I didn’t sleep with your friend. We’re texting back and forth like we can decide this shit ahead of time and I don’t know about you but that’s definitely one thing I still can’t do myself, magic island or no magic island. Do I want to? …I mean I’d be a fucking robot not to. And not just because she’s hot, ok. But we both know I’ve never exactly excelled at anything after the “sleeping with” part and I don’t see that changing so I don’t think you have anything to worry about. I do hope I see her again and I’d love it if that’s with you but let’s not expect anything ok? Good or bad. Expectations suck. Que sera, sera no? Big brother out

Okay, maybe not that sober. The weight of a huge, not as clear as he wanted it to be text off his mind, the firefighter from Montreal lays back down and is out again in five minutes.

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I don't care who you sleep with Duncan. Diana or not. Just make sure you're both on the same page as to what it means before you do it.

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: Oh wow hey thanks Dear Prudence

[TXT to Avery] Duncan: Even if I asked for that

[TXT to Duncan] Avery: I have no idea who Prudence is, but you are welcome!