The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1)
Christina Lauren
Chapter One
2014
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Missing Assignment Hi Ms. Solyom,
I am a student in your first period Calc class. Based on midterm grades, it looks like I have a missing assignment under the Unit 4 Math packet. I believe I turned this in. Is there any way you can check? Alternatively, I can redo the packet.
Thank you.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment Hi c.sun,
I’m not Ms. Solyom. I’m a student. The teacher codes for our high school district emails are 88, so Ms. Solyom would be [email protected].
Also, you should probably sign your name at the bottom of an email to a teacher so that she knows who’s emailing her.
T.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment Hi T,
Sorry about that. Typo. Thanks for answering.
C.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment Hi C,
Don’t worry about it. Tbh, it was the only note I got from a guy on Valentine’s Day, so I’ll take it.
T.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment That sucks. But also, how do you know I’m a guy?
C.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment I just took a wild guess since you didn’t use any exclamation points and any female in this city would use several.
T.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment Smart. So from your lack of exclamation points you must also be a guy.
What school do you go to?
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2014
Subject: Re: Missing Assignment I am the exception to the rule.
And didn’t your parents tell you not to share personal information with strangers on the internet?
Happy Valentine’s Day, T.
Chapter Two
2015
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2015
Subject: Happy Valentine’s Day Hey T,
Wanted to make sure you got at least one Valentine’s note this year.
Happy Valentine’s Day.
C.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2015
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day C!
You are the mythical unicorn who remembers dates and conversations.
Happy Valentine’s Day to you, too.
T.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2015
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day What can I say? I’m the exception to the rule.
Chapter Three
2016
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Happy Valentine’s Day!
C,
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!
I didn’t want to forget. It feels like a tradition now!
xo
T.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
T,
DAMN!
I was going to send this when I got home tonight, and you beat me to it.
And look at your egregious exclamation point usage, Miss Exception to the Rule.
Happy Valentine’s Day,
C.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Egregious? I think you mean spirited! Today is a holiday! About love! Aren’t we supposed to be enthusiastic?
(And yes, in case it isn’t obvious, this is the first Valentine’s of my life where I’ve actually got a boyfriend, so let’s hope he doesn’t shank it on the date plans.) T.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Lol, have some faith. I’m sure Mr. Boyfriend will blow your mind.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
I’m a simple woman: forget flowers; give me a cupcake and it’s a perfect date.
Are you seeing anyone?
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Is this an actual personal conversation we’re starting? Didn’t your parents warn you against sharing information with strangers on the internet?
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
We aren’t strangers! We’ve known each other for two years now. And how’s this: we won’t give names or other identifying information.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Sounds like a plan.
I do have a girlfriend, and we’re getting dinner at Din Tai Fung later with a group of friends.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected] Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
You’re not supposed to give me specifics like restaurant names! What if I had plans at Din Tai Fung as well with my date and I walked in to see someone who looks exactly like he’d be named c.sun16?? The mystery would be ruined.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
I guess we could use acronyms only, but then I’d be telling you that my girlfriend and I are at DTF with a group of people, and that seems like something that could land me on a sex offender list.
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2016
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day!
Omg fajdks;afsjksfa go eat your soup dumplings, you filthy animal, and I’ll see you next year.
T.
PS: I also want to say because our district email addresses make this secret impossible to keep: Happy early graduation, C, and I hope you’re feeling good about whatever comes next.
Chapter Four
2017
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Happy Valentine’s Day Yoooooooooooo
I win.
C.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day I’m sorry, DID YOU START A NEW EMAIL ACCOUNT WITH THE SAME USERNAME
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day I am nothing if not the laziest.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Lazy people don’t email at exactly midnight just to win a race to wish someone Happy Valentine’s Day.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day What can I say, I’m a conundrum wra0pped in a mystery tied with a p7uzzle shoved in a pickle jar.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Oooh, exactly how hammered are you right now?
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Pretty hajmmered From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Are you still in Irvine?
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day No. I moved away for college.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Don’t tell me where! I enjoy the mystery.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Oh I won’t. I know the rules.
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day Are you having fun, wherever you are?
From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
Date: February 14, 2017
Subject: Re: Happy Valentine’s Day I guess?
The Exception to the Rule (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #1)
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