In a moment he was up, taking her tired face gently into his hands, fingers warm against her cheeks as his focus traced every inch of her for sign of injury or illness- lest she pass out in front of him again.
Ale: I thought- my glasses. They fell off while I was unloading the car- and then you-
Poppy: Yes. And then you.
Ale: I carried you upstairs, I didn't know what else to do. ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ข-
Poppy: ๐'๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ! Just got a little dehydrated.
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด! Desert. My bad. Sorry! Thanks for the help.
Ale: I don't understand.
Poppy: Didn't drink enough water, got a headache-
Ale: Poppy I know what dehydration is- what I do not understand is why you're here.
Poppy: It'sโฆ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Ale: ๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฐ.
Poppy: And what are ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ doing here?
Ale: ๐๐'๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Poppy: Awesome.
Ale: De acuerdo.
Poppy: So if we're all done here - I should probably head-
Ale: You texted me.
Poppy: No, I'm not sure if that rings a bell.
Ale: Last night.
Poppy: Look- ๐๐๐๐, but it was a moment of weakness!
I was spiraling, you were taking a selfie with some dirt. And it's just- you never took down the post from our first date and I thought ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ- crazy thought, maybe he doesn't completely hate m-
Ale: ๐ฆ๐ถ๐
. ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต๐.
Ale: ๐๐ช๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ด! Six months of radio silence, and then out of nowhere you drunk text me! ยฟ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ค?
Poppy: I wasn't drunk! I was perfectly sober - and there was more than that!! It was squishy! Heartfelt!
Ale: And then nothing! ยก๐๐ข๐บ๐ข!
Poppy: My phone died!
Ale: ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ.
Poppy: ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. Okay - so things this week have been sorta blurry-
Ale: Poppy if you are not interested it would be easier if you could just tell me the truth.
Poppy: ๐๐ญ๐ฆ -
Ale: Six Months. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐.