RubyMars: You there?
AHall80: Yeah
AHall80: I’m taking pictures while I’m here. I’ll send them to you when I can.
RubyMars: Deal.
AHall80: Gonna hit the sack., We’re getting picked up at 8.
AHall80: Night, Ru.
RubyMars: Goodnight, have fun.
June 21st
2:57 p.m.
AHall80: Hey
RubyMars: Hey.
RubyMars: How was your day?
AHall80: All right. Saw some castle ruins and checked out a bay and a village.
RubyMars: Was it pretty?
AHall80: Yeah
AHall80: Just got back from dinner.
RubyMars: Was it good?
AHall80: Yeah, Des and Ian stayed at a pub by the hotel. I wasn’t in the mood to drink.
AHall80: I’d rather be in my room
RubyMars: Are you okay?
AHall80: Just got a lot on my mind lately.
RubyMars: You know you can always talk to me about anything.
AHall80: I know, Ru
AHall80: Being in the van all day here just gave me a lot of time to think about things AHall80: I’ll sort it out.
RubyMars: Yes you will.
RubyMars: Everything will work out.
AHall80: :]
AHall80: I’m going to hit the sack.
AHall80: Have a good rest of your day, Ruron.
RubyMars: Night, stalker.
June 23rd
12:11 p.m.
AHall80: Hey
RubyMars: Hi.
RubyMars: How’s the vacay going?
AHall80: :]
AHall80: Good
AHall80: The hotel we’re staying at doesn’t have Wi-Fi. We’re eating dinner right now
AHall80: This town is called Portree RubyMars: Eat your dinner then.
RubyMars: Wait, how are you messaging me?
AHall80: Eating as I type
AHall80: Borrowed Des phone. He’s using mine to call his girl. I got an international plan for calls before I left.
RubyMars: To call all your girlfriends while you’re over there?
AHall80: ….
AHall80: No. In case Max called.
RubyMars: I see.
RubyMars: What’d you see today?
AHall80: You’d be in heaven.
RubyMars: Tell me every detail.
AHall80: We’re in Skye today. We stopped at this place called the… I can’t spell it… Quiraing… Ian says that’s how it’s spelled… most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. Got to hike about half the trail. It was rainy and really cloudy, but the longer we walked the more the clouds went away and you could see these lakes, lochs whatever they’re called… Never seen anything so amazing in my life. Like I was on a different planet. Saw a waterfall, had a walk through another place called the fairy pools, another castle ruin, a cemetery…
AHall80: Wish you could have seen it.
RubyMars: :) As long as you had fun, that’s good enough for me.
AHall80: Had to do most of the fairy pools walk by myself because these lazy asses didn’t want to.
AHall80: I jumped into one of the pools and froze my ass off. Got tons of pictures.
RubyMars: Good. Send them to me.
AHall80: Des is off the phone.
AHall80: I’ll msg you when I can.
RubyMars: Okay. Have fun.
AHall80: Bye, Ruron
June 24th
12:09 p.m.
AHall80: Hey
RubyMars: Hey you.
RubyMars: How was your day?
AHall80: Good
AHall80: Saw this castle called… I wrote it down… Eilean Donan castle, stopped in a town called Fort William and checked out this place called Glencoe.
RubyMars: You had fun?
AHall80: I wouldn’t say fun, but it was good.
RubyMars: What’s wrong?
AHall80: Just wishing things would have worked out better for this trip.
AHall80: Hate thinking like that.
RubyMars: I’m sorry, Aaron.
RubyMars: Hopefully you can go on another trip with Max sometime in the future.
AHall80: It’s not even that.
AHall80: About to head out for dinner. I’ll msg you before bed.
RubyMars: Okay, have a good dinner.
AHall80: :]
4:33 p.m.
AHall80: You there?
RubyMars: I’m always here.
RubyMars: Unless it’s the butt crack of dawn.
RubyMars: What did you have for dinner?
AHall80: Fish n chips AHall80: I’ve been thinking RubyMars: What brought this miracle on?
AHall80: I wish you could’ve come with me
AHall80: You there?
RubyMars: I’m here, sorry.
RubyMars: I didn’t mean to give you a guilt trip about going to Scotland.
AHall80: You didn’t.
AHall80: Just wish you could’ve come too.
RubyMars: :)That’s really nice of you. I wish I could have too.
AHall80: I’ve been thinking about it a lot
RubyMars: When is your flight back?
AHall80: Tomorrow AHall80: You gone on another date?
RubyMars: No.
RubyMars: You?
AHall80: Nah
AHall80: I’m sleepy RubyMars: Then go to bed. :) RubyMars: Did you drink too much tonight?
AHall80: Yeah
RubyMars: Lol
AHall80: :) RubyMars: That’s the first real smiley face you’ve given me.
AHall80: Nah
AHall80: You haven’t seen the rest
RubyMars: Go to bed.
AHall80: Ok
AHall80: Night RubyMars: Goodnight, Ruron.
AHall80: Bye
June 25th
1:23 a.m.
AHall80: About to check out of the hotel, just wanted to say bye.
RubyMars: Good morning to you.
RubyMars: Okay. Have a safe flight home. Enjoy your extra space on the plane.
AHall80: I will
AHall80: Hey
RubyMars: Hey
AHall80: Never mind I’ll msg you when I get home.
AHall80: Go to bed
RubyMars: Yes, Mommy Aaron.
RubyMars: :) Be safe.
AHall80: You too.
June 27th
1:54 a.m.
AHall80: I figured it out
RubyMars: Hi to you.
RubyMars: Glad you made it home safely, lol.
RubyMars: What did you figure out?
AHall80: Why don’t you come with me?
AHall80: Ruby?
AHall80: You there?
RubyMars: I’m here.
AHall80: …
RubyMars: I dropped my phone sorry.
AHall80: Did you see my message?
RubyMars: That’s why I dropped my phone. You want me to go with you… where?
AHall80: To Florida RubyMars: ….
RubyMars: You want me to go with you to Florida?
AHall80: Yeah
RubyMars: I’m just trying to understand. Why do you want me to go with you?
AHall80: I want to meet you. You said you wanted to meet me…
AHall80: Unless you don’t RubyMars: I do
RubyMars: I do!
RubyMars: You just caught me totally off guard is all.
AHall80: Come with us.
RubyMars: You keep saying that.
AHall80: Because I want you to
RubyMars: I thought Max was going with you to Florida?
AHall80: He is
AHall80: He doesn’t feel bad going there RubyMars: But you want me to go too?
AHall80: Yeah
RubyMars: Why? Because you want to meet up?
AHall80: Yeah…
RubyMars: But why?
AHall80: Because what’s the point in waiting? It’ll be a while before I get more time off.
AHall80: Come with
RubyMars: Maybe you aren’t thinking about this clearly.
AHall80: I am.
RubyMars: Mmm-hmm… I don’t think you are.
AHall80: Why?
RubyMars: Because.
AHall80: Why?
RubyMars: Because!
RubyMars: You can’t just decide overnight you want to meet me all of a sudden.
RubyMars: I’m leaving in less than two weeks to visit my dad.
AHall80: There’s no “all of a sudden.”
AHall80: And I didn’t decide that overnight AHall80: I’ve been thinking about it a lot
AHall80: What’s the problem?
AHall80: You’re leaving after I have to be back from Florida.
AHall80: You there?
RubyMars: I’m here.
RubyMars: I just… what if I get on your nerves? Maybe you won’t like me in person.
RubyMars: You’re not exactly asking me to have dinner with you and your friends. You’re inviting me to go to a beach house with you and people you’ve known for a long time for multiple days, right?
AHall80: Your argument right now is that you might get on my nerves?
RubyMars: We’ve never met!
AHall80: So
AHall80: You said you love Florida.
AHall80: And you know I’d like to meet you. I’d thought next time I came down to Louisiana, we could meet up… all it is is sooner. We’ve known each other for almost a year.
AHall80: I don’t see a point in waiting RubyMars: Yeah, but…
RubyMars: This isn’t us meeting up at a coffee shop or something.
AHall80: We wouldn’t have met at a coffee shop
RubyMars: Why not? We could before you went back to base.
AHall80: No.
RubyMars: ….
AHall80: We could’ve met at a comic con if there was one going on
RubyMars: You’re killing me.