Speaker 1: Would you get out of my way? You are in
my way. No move it or lose it. Wait, no, no, no, no,
no no. Oh, for Pete's sake, See what you did,
nerd M. You made me miss the train. Yes, it's
your fault. If you weren't being such a nuisance today
in class, I wouldn't have been kept back. And even
then I still would have made it. If you weren't
running with me and distracting me, I would have made it.
I'm fast and I only had to overtake you because
you run like you're ninety seven. Oh, do not start
with me. You know what. I'm done with this conversation.
Just be quiet and leave me alone. And don't sit
on this bench with me either. I don't want you
anywhere near me. I don't care if this is the
only bench not covered in snow. This is your fault.
So now you get to stand, and the next train
doesn't come for at least thirty minutes, and it's as
possible delays. I can't with you right now now. I
have to stay out here in the cold because of you.
Uh uh No, I don't want to hear your voice
right now. Close your mouth or else I'm gonna bury
you in the snow. Okay, zip it? Why why do
you always argue with me? It's like, no matter what
I do, you you never mind. All right, you know what,
you can sit on the bench if you want. I
realize that it's too long of a wait to be
standing up, and you look like you could use a
break after running like that before. It's just sit down.
It's late. We're both grumpy and tired. Let's just agree
to live and let live until the train gets here. Okay,
I'm not sick. Why are you sitting all the way
at the end. Oh? I could be sick. I see, Well,
my immune system is as tough as me, and it's
used to dealing with all kinds of germs, especially germs
like you. Now stop being weird. Besides, if you come closer,
I could I could share my scarf with you if
you want that or whatever. Yeah, I mean it's cold,
and the scarf is really big and perfect for sharing.
And besides, you'll get sick if you don't stay warm,
and then if you start sneezing, I might get sick.
It's a whole thing. Okay, yeah, well, just because I'm
very resistant to getting sick, doesn't mean I want to
risk it. Look, if you don't want to share the
warm scarf, then fine, freeze for all I care. Ah,
sof someone can put aside their pride when they want
to know it, Heara, take some scarf. What do you
expect me to wrap it around you? I'm not your maid.
Don't be insane. Do it yourself. Oh my god, just
get close, would you? You're pulling on my neck and
it's annoying. I'm not gonna like bite you or strangle
you or whatever. Just there, stay there. I know, I
know the entire universe would collapse if we felt the
heat off each other's bodies or dare I say, brush
against each other's arms? Huh yeah I I you you're
warm too, I guess so? Uh we Uh? Why do
we keep doing this? This? This this stupid loop of
us arguing all the time, like why do we keep
doing this to ourselves? But that's the thing, though, I
don't actually hate you, I mean not really. Well, yeah,
I argue and pick on you because you argue and
pick on me. What you can't say that you started
it first. You can't claim that you were only doing
it because I was doing it. That's not That doesn't
even make any sense. I did not start it. You
were mean to me first, and I've just been reciprocating.
You would put all the blame on me, you little twarp. God,
I you know what, I caught myself. We're doing it again,
and I didn't even realize. Go ahead. We argue so
much now that we don't even notice it. What okay?
But if you don't hate me either, then why do
you always you know? I just I don't get it.
Like we were fine in our freshman year. We got along,
we were in similar ish circles. Then we came back
from summer break and we were just at each other's
throats all the time. I mean, we were always competitive,
but this was different. Did I like do something to
you or No? You did that thing right before we
left for a break, and it was really out of
the blue and cruel, and I never understood why you
did it. You know what I'm talking about? The prank,
you know, the one where you asked me out on
a date as a joke, And not only that, but
you did it in front of a bunch of people
and embarrassed me and then he walked away laughing. How
could you not remember? What's with that? Look? Dude? What
are you talking about? That was not real? You weren't
actually asking me out. It was clearly a prank. Well,
I saw a bunch of our friends watching us and
laughing when you did it, and when I got embarrassed,
you laughed and walked away. So you were laughing because
you were nervous and felt awkward. But our friends, the timing,
it just seemed so set up. Are you actually being serious? Like,
do you swear on all of Jurassic Park that this
is a genuine, real confession that you're telling me right
now that you did not, in any capacity mean to
embarrass me? Is that really what you're saying? You promise
like double triple promise. Wow. I I'm so sorry. I
genuinely didn't know, and I got so flustered when it happened.
I figured that was the whole point of you doing it.
I mean I was beat red. I figured that you
thought it would be funny like for this. Well, yeah,
I was flustered. I'm not used to getting asked out
like at all. Most people are too scared to I
intimidate them or whatever, And usually I'm the one who
asks people out, but I get shy, so I don't
even do that. I was just overwhelmed with emotion and nerves,
and I don't know the way that you were laughing.
It just freaked me out. It seemed intentional. But well,
I guess you were probably mad at me because of
what I said afterwards. Huh, yeah, I remember it exactly,
ew like i'd ever go out with a pathetic guy
like you. Well, believe it or not. I was just
trying to save face. I felt weak and vulnerable, and
I hated it, so I lashed out. I mean, I
wasn't gonna say yes to a fake ask out. At
least that's what I thought it was at the time,
and I didn't mean that. But but now I can
see from your point of view that that was a
very hurtful thing of me to say, and you were
just being nice and it probably caused you a lot
of anxiety to work up the courage to ask me out.
And then I say something horrible like that, and oh
my gosh, I'm such a fool. I'm really sorry. No,
really I am. That's my fault. Come here, No, it's
not your fault. Okay, you had the best intentions I
took it the wrong way and I totally overreacted. I
just I kind of can't believe that we've been enemies
this whole time over a misunderstanding like that. And I'm
sorry for the mean thing that I said that day,
and for every insult and to me clip I've said since.
And I'm sorry for being rude earlier too, even though
I do think that you're the reason I missed the train.
Thank you for accepting my apology. I accept yours too,
although I don't really think you owed me one at all.
Huh what, No, I'm not cuddling you. It's just cold.
I'm huddling for warmth for your sake, obviously, But I
kinda I kind of have to ask if you were
really asking me out back then, does that mean that
you like me? As in, you were interested in me?
I swear I never knew. God, I'm such a dummy,
and that's part of the reason I got so flustered
and on edge back then. I didn't think you'd see
me the same way, so I just refused to see
it as a possibility. Uh yeah, I really liked you
back then too. You were a lot of fun to
be around and you were cute, and I may have
had a crush on you. I'm being honest. Yes, man,
crashes really do make us dumb, don't they. I had
no idea you were attracted to me like that, and
I guess you didn't know either. Since I'm fairly cage,
let's say yes, cag Look, we can find lots of
words to describe my demeanor, but I think that optimism
is the name of the game today. But I still
like you. I want you to know that even when
I thought you weren't my enemy, I was still attracted
to you. I just I wish that things were different,
even when I thought you were being a dark Do
you do you still like me too? Really? Even though
I said you run like you're ninety seven, that's true.
I did extend the olive branch with this big cozy scarf.
Oh that's a slight bit of redemption in my favor. Yeah,
you like my winter outfit? Oh, thank you. I spent
a lot of time getting a set together that fit
my vibe, you know, especially this scarf. But isn't it awesome?
It's so soft? Well, that's true enough. I've always been
a bit more fashion conscious than you. Onesie boy, Oh,
it was so much more than that one time I
got you wearing a thin onesie beneath your clothes, like
at least three times back when we hung out. Oh
my god, I see you're still a dorcaisaurus Rex. Huh.
It feels really good to laugh at you again. I
missed this well. Now that our dumb feard has been resolved,
that hatchet has been buried and the water has flowed
under the bridge, maybe we cannot try to I don't know,
be something again. Yeah, I mean, we don't actually have
anything to hold against each other anymore, do we, So
maybe we can make up for lost time. All right,
But if we do this, you have to promise me
one thing, and I'll do the same. We have to
promise that if we ever feel hurt by something one
of us said or did, or if we feel like
the other person is being a jerk or something, we'll
just sit down and hash it out, really talk about
what's bothering us so we can fix it together. Okay, exactly. Communication.
It's what we should have done last time. But we
can't change the past. So let's just head into the
future having learned from our past mistakes. Yes, we can think.
You promise you dork to second chances. So I suppose
this means we'll be sitting next to each other on
the t when it comes instead of like as far
away as we could possibly get from each other. Oh,
of course we're tight again, but not quite at the
level of sitting next to each other on the train.
Got it, Well, then I guess you won't get to
snuggle with me and my scarfu shame. Hey, if you
want to get with my scarf, you got to sit
next to me. We're a package deal, I'm afraid. Yes,
I will wrap the scarf around you like I'm your
maid as long as you sit next to me and
keep me company. Sounds good, And maybe during the ride
home we can circle back to that whole date idea
if you're still down for it, that is. Yeah. I
think I'm holding the record for the longest time to
give you a proper response, but to answer your question
that you asked way back when, Yes, I would be
honored to go out on a date with someone as
sweet and smart as you. Is it getting warm out here?
I'm not blushing, you're projecting. Oh my god, look it's snowing. Wow.
That looks kind of amazing during a sunset, doesn't it.
Uh No, I could definitely catch more snowflakes on my
tongue than you. Oh, you are so on. You look
like such a dorg right now. No, I look cool.
It's cool when I do it. Shut up, cute, not me. Oh,
it looks like the train's here early man. That conductor
probably thinks that we're a bunch of weirdos sticking our
tongues out like that. Come on, let's hop on board
before we become stupid, flustered giggly icicles. Although I'm not
gonna lie, I'm a little tempted to miss this train
so we can stay here and catch snowflakes for a
bit longer. No, No, you're right, let's go home. Besides,
I'm sure we'll have plenty more opportunities to catch some flakes.
Hold hands. I'm glad that we missed the train too,
and I'm happy that you allowed me to share my
scarf with you.