#I Only Love My Bed & My Momma

Welcome back to the city, Stevie! Or at least this one, I suppose You were missed, and it sounded like it was pretty great for your career. 

You haven’t missed much with me, I don’t think. Now that I’m single, I’ve quite a lot of time on my hands, which I’ve been using for more work. And lots of movies and TV shows and a lot of walking in any and all parks. I’d go to a Halloween party as long as I don’t have to plan it. 

Appreciate it. Mhm, it was definitely good for that. And it was nice spending time with my best guy.

Ya girl back on the scene. Ladies get at me!

Also, feed me…

Mhm, good luck with that, Puckerman. If you want food, though, I’m pretty sure I’ve got leftover zucchini pasta chilling in the fridge. God knows Mae won’t eat it.

Oh REALLY? Explain THIS, then!!!

I’ll wait!!! Some people really fucks with Christmas, babe, don’t knock ‘em down for that. Like, I’d 10/10 get a candy cane tattoo. I’ll withhold the placement of it tho lol

Too much nog, next question. ...You do realize getting any kind of tattoo, candy cane or not, means you need to get stabbed with a tiny needle for hours on end? My half sleeve took six and a half hours, not including breaks. You should stick a temporary, peel-off one.

Either way, it's good to be back in NYC. How are other folks doing? Excited for Halloween party season?

MAE: we love a comeback!

MAE: omg nooooo dont give me one of those im not gonna know how to act!!! actually babe let's just never have me play any sports EVER. ill just watch you do it. especially when you exercise hello 😜

MAE: ok tru but id be willing to do that for u !!! lets acknowledge that!! get you someone willing to forget math for you wow

MAE: oNE DAY ill get it right !

STEVIE: when have u seen me exercise? p sure ive never seen u step foot in a gym. unless u were stalking me back when i played on the Showers team

STACEY: Good. Thank you.

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STACEY: Yeah like... I don't know.

STACEY: Writer's block?

STEVIE: that can happen for journalists? huh.

Stevie stuck her hands in the back of her jeans as she waited for her sister in front of her apartment complex. They were going to get food anyway, so it didn't make much sense to make Stacey come up to her place just so that they would come down. She couldn't care less about the weird nerdy movie that she was going to see. No, what she cared about was making sure that her sister was doing okay. She'd never really seen Stacey this down about... anything before and, as the middle sisters, she had an obligation to check in on her.

Glancing up the street, Stevie spotted her sister and waved, "Hey. Figured I'd meet you out here instead. Still down for that Chinese place with the dragons and stuff?" She teased, though her smile was slightly tense.

MAE: ah there's that lil dude. back from the dead!! and thank uuuu ily 💘

MAE: im js in case we ever gotta practice my baseball skills, we should use smth light. like the sunflowers. bc if i use a legit bat i might hurt myself or others!!

MAE: im going to force my brain to remember this and not let it slip out EVER. im just gonna tell my brain to forget basic math. we have calculators now lol

MAE: and im proud of u for that!! in this house we dont waste drinks !!!

MAE: u mean this one??

MAE: [insert selfie of Mae trying to imitate Stevie's grumpy face. It's not accurate]

STEVIE: lol he wasnt dead. just gone for a bit. uh huh, yup

STEVIE: sunflowers r expensive and u shouldnt waste them on baseball practice. ill just get u a nerf bat or something, one of those big foam things

STEVIE: u cant just chuck all ur basic math knowledge out the window, just write this down or smth

MAE: stevie i refuse to let go of my title as the funny one between the both of us im telling u this rn

MAE: but i promise never to hit you with them ever again!!! unless we ever find ourselves playing baseball and i gotta do a practice swing on ya first. that's the soft version

MAE: YES ive seen them but im not reagan !!! i can only recognize like three or four flowers

MAE: dont make me think too hard :( ive had three year olds screaming into my ear all day

MAE: i know it doesnt change what she's done now and im not happy about it either. i had to comfort a drunk stacey during miami week one night and it wasnt pretty. i know she's really torn up about it, but rowan's still on my team and so try being a lil nice.

MAE: or civil

MAE: or even when you acknowledge her existence try not to do the grumpy face!!

STEVIE: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ eh, im cool with u having the title

STEVIE: uh pls dont hit me with a baseball bat??

STEVIE: alright fair enough

STEVIE: wildflowers. my fave flowers are wildflowers. daisies, baby blue eyes, and dog violets specifically. the tattoo on my calf is a bouquet of those i drew up when i was 18

STEVIE: i was civil! i didnt throw my drink at her like i wanted to.

MAE: wow you never thought my 'mae' jokes were funny and now i gotta laugh at ur funny bi joke?? :\ maeby you should reconsider that

MAE: good! bc theyre still my fave flowers

MAE: so now that ur my gf can i FINALLY know ur favorite flower???

MAE: i get why ur not too fond of her atm but i think it's a good time to also remember the times she was nice to u despite the mess she was tangled in back then

MAE: i'm js

STEVIE: im not looking for u to laugh at it too, i kno im funny. mmmm nah, not gonna reconsider

STEVIE: lol i kno

STEVIE: ...mae. u have seen all of my tattoos. many, many, times. and u still dont kno?

STEVIE: i guess