SATELLITE CALL.

NATALIE: Don't worry about it, Em, okay? It's fine.

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It’s stupid.

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Natalie, please.

We can watch it together, if you’d like? I have a special edition that has a ‘Sing Along’ option…

They were a mess from start to finish, be glad you didn’t. And honestly, I still made out better than the poor guy behind me in line who wanted to try the Taco on a Stick.

Oh. That would be fun. I’d like that. Are you sure?

Whatever you want to do.  You tell me.

I’m in New York with my sister for a few days, but I’m all yours after that.  Cool?

I’ll think about it.

Hunt: Your music is wonderful, but even if you took that away completely, you'd still be a worthy person.

Hunt: Thank you. Honestly, she'll probably spend the night. Is that alright?

Hunt: Clearly she still does. She practically admitted to smoking marijuana the other day. Publicly.

Emmett: maybe.

Emmett: sure. i'll stay at stacie's!

We can definitely do that then, or we could technically do it any time, though it does feel better as a Fourth of July thing.

Of course! Do you want me to come over or do you want to come over to my place?

Good.  Since I’m back and not really planning on stepping out again any time soon… maybe we could catch up some time?  Whenever you’re free.

Sure. That’d be nice. What do you want to do?

Oh, wow…That’s a tough choice…Probably ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’, but that’s probably because it’s the first one that I saw.

True, the corn dogs were perfect. The chips and salsa on a stick didn’t work out quite as well.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen that one. I’ll have to watch it soon so we can talk about it.

Hunt: It's not okay that you don't have confidence in yourself, Emmett.

Hunt: Peyton Berry. She's a local so she's going to show me around her favorite spots in town. We may come back to the apartment later, as long as that's alright with you, but there's no reason for you to leave.

Hunt: Did you know Natalie is into drugs?

Emmett: i have confidence in some things. like music. just not anything else.

Emmett: oh, okay. i hope you have a nice time :)

Emmett: you can bring her back here, that's okay. i'll be unobtrusive.

Hunt: I'm sure there's a book or two I could buy. Something how-to related. I'll start browsing Amazon.

Hunt: Yes. Mathieu's a very nice person. I also have a date for tonight so I'll be gone, but there's a lasagna I made earlier during my break in the freezer for you. Just heat it in the oven, 350 for one hour.

Hunt: Why what?

Hunt: You didn't say how your weekend went. Did you get enough sleep?

Emmett: it's really okay...

Emmett: oh, a date? can i ask with who? do you want me to leave the apartment so you can have... alone time...?

Emmett: wait, you didn't have to do that. i could have ordered in or something. or gone out.

We’ll have to hang out and watch some. I have a fairly large musical collection, so we’d have a ton of selection. It’d beat waiting for a marathon to come on tv.

I did go. It was very fun, plus I got to meet some new people. I”m still confused by the fact that a ‘Food on a Stick’ booth is a viable business option, though.

Oh, that does sound like fun. Can I ask what your all time favorite musical is?

It’s so fun. But sometimes I just skip through the songs instead of watching the whole thing. Oops.

Yes!!! Emmett, you like don’t even have to ask me that, ever. I’m always in the mood for that! I think you’re selling yourself short on your voice, babe, but I’ll gladly be there to try it out. 

That sounds like fun. I’d like to watch it that way, sometime. Maybe we can on the next Fourth of July?

NATALIE: You're fine, Em. I'm glad I was somehow smart enough to stay away.

I do, thank you. You’re the sweetest.

Don’t, I don’t want you to be worried about me. I’m fine, alright? I just had a dream that fucked me up, no biggie.

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What kind of dream? What happened?