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January 1st – Sunday (12:04 am)
(12:04 am) My New Year’s Resolution is to make Gabriel Agreste cry.
(12:06 am) Alright, I’m happy for you, I guess?
(12:11 am) You should be! You’re the one who told me to stick it back to him!
(12:14 am) …I might have said that. That does sound like something I’d say. Can I ask a question though?
(12:16 am) How am I gonna do it?
(12:17 am) No. Who are you?
(12:18 am) How drunk are you, Alya?!
(12:19 am) Not drunk enough if I can remember that my name is, in fact, not Alya.
(12:23 am) …so I think I got the wrong number. I’m really sorry to bother you. Have a good night.
(12:30 am) But I really do want to know how you plan to make Gabriel Agreste cry sometime.
(12:41 am) Goodnight, wrong number.
(12:43 am) I’m serious.
(12:57 am) So am I.
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January 1st – Sunday (1:14 pm)
(1:14 pm) So you never told me how you planned to make Gabriel Agreste cry.
(1:20 pm) Oh my god, how drunk was I last night?
(1:22 pm) They live.
(1:23 pm) Barely.
(1:24 pm) How do I know you again?
(1:24 pm) I don’t think you do? I’m Wrong Number. You were texting me your New Year’s Resolution earlier.
(1:25 pm) …I’m too hungover to deal with this right now.
(1:26 pm) Well whose fault is that?
(1:40 pm) …Hello?
(2:01 pm) Well this was fun.
(3:17 pm) I'm so sorry. I fell asleep. Just wanted to say I’m sorry for bothering you!
(3:20 pm) Don’t sweat it. Still hungover?
(3:22 pm) Sadly.
(3:23 pm) Well I’m perfectly sober, and still eager to know how you’re going to make the infamous Gabriel Agreste cry.
(3:30 pm) You’re too chipper for this time of morning.
(3:31 pm) Actually, it’s afternoon, and I’m bored. Bored and curious are a very dangerous combination.
(3:33 pm) You know what they say. Curiosity killed the cat.
(3:34 pm) And satisfaction brought it back.
(3:36 pm) Touché, Wrong Number.
(3:38 pm) I know my cat puns. Don’t mess with me.
(3:40 pm) Do you like cats?
(3:41 pm) I’ve got a black cat named Plagg. My socks have paw prints on them.
(3:43 pm) Mine have ladybugs.
(3:44 pm) Good for you, Ladybug.
(3:45 pm) Ladybug?
(3:46 pm) Well I need something to call you, don’t I?
(3:48 pm) I don’t think you need to call me anything. I don’t know you?
(3:50 pm) And yet you keep texting me back.
(3:51 pm) YOU started this!
(3:52 pm) If you’ll check your message history, my dear Ladybug, you’ll discover that YOU were the one who started texting ME. If anyone should be screaming Stranger Danger, it should be me.
(3:54 pm) And yet you’re not.
(3:54 pm) Like I said, I’m a curious cat.
(3:55 pm) So is that your name?
(3:55 pm) My name?
(3:56 pm) Is your name Curious Cat then? What do you want me to call you?.
(3:58 pm) Curious Cat doesn’t roll off the tongue like Ladybug does.
(3:59 pm) So what does?
(4:00 pm) Chat Noir. You can call me Chat Noir.
(4:01 pm) Well then, Chat Noir. It’s nice to meet you.
(4:03 pm) Same to you, my Lady.
(4:05 pm) Oh you’re quite the jokester, aren’t you?
(4:06 pm) It’s like you already know me.
(4:08 pm) Anyway, it was nice to meet you, Chat Noir. Sorry for bothering you again.
(4:08 pm) No bother at all, Ladybug.
(4:09 pm) Have a great day then?
(4:10 pm) Until next time, my Lady.
(4:11 pm) There’s not gonna be a next time.
(4:12 pm) We’ll see. Someday you’re gonna tell me how you plan to make Gabriel Agreste cry.
(4:14 pm) Why do you even care?
(4:17 pm) I know it doesn’t make sense, but believe me. I have a very good reason to be invested in this.
(4:19 pm) Goodbye, Chat Noir.
(4:20 pm) See ya, Ladybug.
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January 5th—Thursday (11:12 am)
(11:12 am) Okay hypothetically, how would YOU make your boss cry?
(11:12 am) I ask for purely research purposes.
(11:16 am) Well hello, Ladybug.
(11:17 am) Hi, so how would I do this?
(11:19 am) What’s going on again?
(11:19 am) Remember how I was gonna make Gabriel Agreste cry?
(11:20 am) No, because if I remember right, you refused to tell me your plans.
(11:21 am) Well… then you should’ve asked!
(11:22 am) I did.
(11:22 am) Many times.
(11:24 am) Okay, well, okay that’s not the point! I didn’t text you to listen to you complain.
(11:25 am) Then why are you texting me?
(11:27 am) He made another designer cry at work today.
(11:28 am) Gabriel Agreste?
(11:29 am) Yes. Keep up.
(11:29 am) So he made another designer cry. Okay, got it.
(11:31 am) So anyway, I’m really tired of him being so harsh all the time. I get that he’s the boss and what he says goes, but he’s completely tearing these people down when they’ve got some really good ideas. I wish he’d just listen to them for one second.
(11:33 am) Sounds like you don’t agree with his opinions.
(11:34 am) Right.
(11:34 am) But isn’t he a professional?
(11:37 am) I’m not saying that he doesn’t know his stuff. He’s one of the best fashion designers in the world, and it’s a miracle I got to join his team anyway. But that doesn’t make what he's doing right. He should be uplifting his team, or offer something constructive. Not... this.
(11:39 am) The fashion industry is tough.
(11:40 am) How would you know? Do you work in fashion?
(11:41 am) No, but I’m pretty familiar with it.
(11:43 am) Oh.
(11:45 am) What about you?
(11:45 am) What about me?
(11:46 am) I take it YOU work in fashion?
(11:47 am) Something like that.
(11:48 am) Are you always going to be so mysterious, Ladybug?
(11:49 am) Takes one to know one, Chat Noir. ;)
(11:51 am) ....An emoji? We’ve graduated to emojis. That’s good to know.
(11:53 am) What? You don’t like emojis?
(11:54 am) Emojis are like Level 3 Friendship.
(11:55 am) I see.
(11:56 am) I’m just saying, we’re Level 2 at best.
(11:57 am) You mean strangers.
(11:59 am) Well… I wouldn’t go that far.
(12:03 pm) You're right though. We are strangers. We don’t know each other.
(12:05 pm) I mean you could a serial killer for all I know.
(12:07 pm) Now that you mention it…
(12:08 pm) Maybe you ARE a serial killer and plan to make Gabriel Agreste cry through a slow, painful death?
(12:10 pm) Now there’s an idea.
(12:12 pm) …Please don’t.
(12:13 pm) Thanks, Chat Noir.
(12:14 pm) …Anytime, Ladybug.
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January 5th—Thursday (12:15 pm)
(12:15 pm) NINO. Okay, hypothetically, how do I tell my dad I might have sent a serial killer after him?
(12:23 pm) Do I even wanna know, dude?
(12:24 pm) Probably not.
(12:28 pm) Good luck.
(12:31 pm) I’m gonna need it.
*
January 6th—Friday (9:02 pm)
(9:02 pm) Thanks for the idea, but I’m happy to say that I won’t be killing Gabriel Agreste anytime soon.
(9:07 pm) Found another way to make him cry?
(9:09 pm) He didn’t cry, but it was close.
(9:10 pm) What did you do?!
(9:12 pm) We were going over some new designs, and I told him his stitch was off.
(9:14 pm) I’m surprised you didn’t get fired.
(9:14 pm) Lemme tell you, so was I.
(9:16 pm) But obviously you weren’t.
(9:17 pm) I wasn’t.
(9:18 pm) So… what happened?
(9:22 pm) He got really quiet and told me it was meant to be that way. He stared at it for a little bit and then went over and whispered to his assistant Nathalie to schedule a meeting with his seamstress. Then he dismissed me.
(9:25 pm) That sounds about right.
(9:29 pm) And then he called me back to his office later and offered me a job.
(9:29 pm) I… what?
(9:30 pm) Yeah.
(9:31 pm) Gabriel Agreste offered YOU a job?
(9:33 pm) Well you don’t have to sound so surprised.
(9:35 pm) No! No! No! I just meant…
(9:36 pm) I meant congratulations.
(9:39 pm) Thanks, Chat Noir.
(9:41 pm) Well did you accept it?
(9:42 pm) I’m only an intern right now.
(9:44 pm) So?
(9:47 pm) I don’t know.
(9:48 pm) Look I’m not gonna call you stupid for not taking it right away.
(9:49 pm) This is a big decision!
(9:49 pm) Gabriel Agreste doesn’t just offer jobs to people. It doesn’t happen.
(9:50 pm) So?
(9:52 pm) I’m just saying, if you get a chance, take it.
(9:53 pm) …Hmm.
(9:55 pm) Whatever you decide, great job with Gabriel. It's nice to see him fall a peg or two.
(9:56 pm) Thanks.
(9:58 pm) Anytime, Ladybug.
(11:02 pm) You know, it’s funny.
(11:03 pm) What is?
(11:06 pm) A week ago, I drunk texted the wrong number. And now I’ve got a job offer from one of the most prestigious fashion designers in Paris, maybe even the whole world; my boss made ME cry today; and my Wrong Number turned out to be the best thing that happened to me this week.
(11:08 pm) Does this mean we’re Level 2 friends now?
(11:09 pm) How about just acquaintances for now? You could still be a serial killer for all I know.
(11:10 pm) I’ll take it. ;)
(11:12 pm) …Thanks, Chat Noir.
(11:14 pm) Anytime, Ladybug, anytime.
(11:17 pm) I’m heading to bed. Talk to you later?
(11:18 pm) Sounds like a plan.