a drop in the ocean.

I won’t complain if you do Rosey-Posey.

……Why would you want to do that?

You’re ridiculous.

If it makes you feel any better, people call me a slut all the time and I’ve survived.

You should know by now that I do.

How brave of you. Is this the part where I thank you for putting that on me too?

What I always wanted was not this, you just had to change a perfectly written script because of some drunken dancing. 

And what did you want?

So, I’m a slut and I’m the only one responsible for this?

Score! Have you had any shifts already? I imagine you must be living your romcom dreams. Being sticky from ice cream all day is definitely not the most ideal. 

Not yet, just mostly doing all the paperwork stuff saying that I won’t light candles in the store. Ice cream shops is just as romcom as book stores, you never know if Ryder will surprise you by buying a scoop or two for you during a long day. I’m just going to try not to think of that ‘You’ show all day.

What do you think? Do you think I wanted this to happen?

Unless you accidentally used a spray can with weirdly perfect accuracy, yeah -- I do think you wanted this. You’ve always wanted this.

finn: stop it. i'll turn red. and i can't pull off red i'll be real with you.

finn: well if you need someone to talk to about that, you know i'm here for you.

finn: and congrats on the job! now that we're both working we're gonna have to find time to still hang out. my summer would suck without you.

marley: that must make football games pretty hard huh

marley: i know that, thank you. you're like the only person i've talked to about all of this

Ooh, lucky! That sounds like a legit great job, I have a bunch of books I wanna buy so I’ll totally stop by! 

I’m taking over from my brother, he usually walks dogs and pet sits every summer but he’s spending summer with his fiance in Nagoya so I’m taking the reins. I’m not complaining about getting to spend time with adorable animals but I am a lil nervous that my actual pets are gonna get jealous.

If you stop by, I’ll be more than happy to give you a break from any animals you’re watching. For 100% customer service reasons, not because I’m at all jealous of you hanging out with animals all day.

There’s enough pet love to go around! That sounds like loads of fun, and I know lots of people will give you a lot of money for taking care of their animals -- so you’re going to have lots to save over the summer. I’ll send you rescue lint rollers if you ever need any!

Fine say nothing, just know I told you there’d be consequences.

And you sure do live up to your promises. So, congrats. You won. Do you feel any better?

I like the way you think, Marls. The fake shark definitely could do it. Or maybe faking sick. I doubt that’d work though. My mom will just glare at me until I give up. I never got away with faking sick when I was younger.

Me either, I feel like most moms have a sixth sense for that kind of stuff. I think she means well though, your whole family probably does. As much as it might suck, I hope you can find a little fun spending memorial day by a lake? If the fake shark plan doesn’t play out -- that is.

Skrrt. Hold up. Discount? You guys got porno mags?

Ew. Definitely not, you may want to try your luck at gas stations or something.

Guess I’ll be seeing you there soon when I pick up my application. What is that a genre for home improvement or something? Sounds pretty whack. 

They expect you to know about books before they hire you.

finn: hey it wasn't a waste at all. i know the end sucked but i'm here for whatever state we gotta go to next.

finn: i had a lot of fun. kinda wanna do it again. you're pretty cool marley rose.

marley: you're amazing finn hudson, literally my hero through this whole thing

Where at? Cyberbullying is cool and all but it’d be more fun to harass you at your place of employment. Plus, my summer coaching gig doesn’t start until early July. It’d be nice to make some cash somewhere if someone’s hiring. 

As the Page Turns. We have an awesome “Personal Development” section that you might find a lot of interesting material in.

And I think I’d respect your opinion more if you were less of one. 

I can’t imagine you would know the first thing about getting invited to parties. You look and act like a child librarian. 

Sticks and stones.