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group: 118 firefam 🔥
buck: listening party. me and eddies house. 9pm october 2nd. ??? 🕺🕺💃💃
Chimney: More words please?
buck: literally what more do u need.
Chimney: What do you mean “listening party”
buck: OHHHH
buck: for the new taylor swift album !!!!! the life of a showgirl !!!!!
buck: actually pls arrive by 8pm as 9pm is when the album drops and i will NOT be waiting
Eddie: I’ll be there 🙂
Hen: Well yes it is your house
Eddie: Just showing my support 🙄
buck: ty eddie :)
buck: who else
Athena: Bobby and I would love to come! We can bring party food 🎉
buck: athena ur the best
Hen: Karen and I are both free I think?
Karen: Yes we are ❤️ Denny and Mara are at a different party that night too, I think Chris is going with them?
Eddie: Yes he is
buck: omg do u think its a listening party?
may: TAYLOR SWIFT!!!
may: (i will be there !!!!!! harry said hes sorry but hes busy that night and his phone is dead rn)
Maddie: Chim and I will also come Buck ☺️
Chimney: Reluctantly 🙄🙄
buck disliked ‘Reluctantly 🙄🙄’
buck: @ravi ???
ravi: hello??
buck: read up in the chat
ravi: holy yap
ravi: but yeah sure ill be there
ravi: how do we ALL have that night off anyway
Bobby Nash: Buck came to me when the album was first announced insisting we all needed to be off for it. - Bobby Nash
Hen: May you have created a monster.
may: what did i do!!!
Chimney: Are you or are you not the one who introduced Buck to Taylor Swift last year?
may: i regret nothing 🤷🏽♀️
buck: god forbid a man wants to experience joy. taylor creates that
buck: although there was NOT a lot of joy in her last album..
Eddie: Yeah Chimney.
Chimney: NOT YOU TOO???
Eddie: Buck plays her music whilst cooking. It’s good, she has a lot of range!
Hen: You can’t be the only non-swiftie here Chim, I even hear Bobby playing her music sometimes.
Bobby Nash: My favourite is folklore! - Bobby Nash
may: this is the greatest day of my life
Athena: You wouldn’t be saying that if you had to hear ‘this is me trying’ blasting from the kitchen when a recipe hasn’t gone well 🙄❤️
Maddie: 😂😂😂
buck: okok so attendance list is me, eddie, maddie, chim, may, athena, bobby, hen, karen, and ravi?
Eddie: Sounds good 👍
ravi: why is my name last 🙄
buck: bros bothered by the placement of his name in a list
buck: and u replied last
private chat: may and buck
may: have u seen the tracklist?
buck: YES
buck: i think ruin the friendship or the fate of ophelia will be my favourites
may: oh im sure.
buck: ????
may: nothing!
may: i like the sound of eldest daughter
buck: its a track five ur COOKED
may: i really have created a monster
group: these queers
ravi: the concept of ruin the friendship
Chimney: What?????
Hen: Hi Ravi.
Athena: Wow, it’s been a while since we used this group chat!
ravi: everything did go a bit batshit when eddie left for texas and cap nearly died
ravi: to be fair
Chimney: The man has a point.
Bobby Nash: Any reason you’re bringing this group chat back, Ravi? - Bobby Nash
ravi: bucks fuckass listening party
Bobby Nash: Ravi. - Bobby Nash
ravi: i mean
ravi: bucks super cool listening party that i am really excited to attend!
Chimney: Screenshotting that and sending it to him.
ravi: 🖕🖕🖕
Hen: (replying to: the concept of ruin the friendship) Are you going to elaborate on this?
ravi: OH yeah
ravi: one of the songs on taylors new album is called ruin the friendship
ravi: and i am PRAYING there is something in there which will give buck and eddie something to reflect on.
Maddie: Hence bringing this back?
ravi: yes!
ravi: we should change our bets because ours are ridiculously old now
ravi: and im putting down they get together immediately after the listening party
Athena: You have way too much faith in them..
ravi: can a man not be optimistic?
Hen: You? Absolutely not.
Hen: However I do like your thinking. I’ll keep track of the bets again?
ravi: yes maam
Hen: Everyone message me privately the week you claim. Ravi already has release week.
ravi: 🤗
Hen: Same rules apply as before. No meddling, or your bet will be taken out. Disclose in here anything relevant you discover, WITHOUT breaking trust or privacy (such as if someone tells you something personal that they want to keep private, do not share it). The entire bet is called off if it in any way interferes with their lives negatively. This is all for a bit of fun, but they are real people who we love and just want the best for.
Hen: Sound good?
Karen: 👍❤️
ravi: 🫡
Maddie: Perfect!
Chimney: What she said 🫡
Athena: Sounds great!
Bobby Nash: All good. - Bobby Nash
ravi: as taylor swift would say.. let the games begin!
Chimney: She is not the only one who would say that.
ravi: god ur no fun.
private chat: Maddie and buck
Maddie: Hi Buck! Is there anything you want me and Chim to bring this weekend?
buck: not that i can think of !!
buck: athena said her and bobby are bringing food and i will be baking :)
Maddie: I assumed you would be.
buck: wait have u guys got someone to watch jee and daniel? or are they coming? its completely fine if they are!!
Maddie: Oh I must’ve forgot to tell you! The Lees are going to be in town and they said they’re looking forward to spending more time with the kids.
buck: oh i love them!!
buck: ive only met them once but they seemed so nice
Maddie: They’re the best!!
buck: if only our parents were like them lol
Maddie: Okay, what’s up?
buck: wdym??
Maddie: I can tell something's bothering you.
buck: no im fine
buck: im just worried eddie doesnt actually want me living with him
buck: like he stopped me from finding a new place and says its fine but idk
buck: and by stopped me i literally mean he ‘accidentally’ spilt coffee all over a lease i was about to sign and then said i should ‘just keep living here’
buck: and he said i was the one sabotaging 🙄
Maddie: I’m not even going to ask.
Maddie: But do you think Eddie would lie to you?
buck: well no
Maddie: And surely if he was stopping you from finding a new place, he must not mind you living with him?
buck: yeah but
buck: ugh
buck: why are u smart
Maddie: Buck, if you’re worried, just speak to him.
buck: no its fine im just worried over nothing
buck: love u
Maddie: Love you too.
group: these queers
Maddie: Ravi you definitely have too much faith in them.
ravi: ?????
private chat: buck and Eddie
buck: hiiiii
buck: is it definitely ok for us to host the taylor thing??
buck: bc if not thats ok!! im sure athena and bobby wouldnt mind doing it
buck: i know its something im rlly interested in but u might not want to sit around listening to her album at a specific time with lots of people in ur house lol so i dont mind doing it elsewhere!!
Eddie: Buck.
buck: eddie !!
Eddie: Stop spiralling.
Eddie: I already told you, many times, that it is perfectly fine. And I mean it!!
Eddie: Also if you’re interested in it, then so am I.
Eddie: Also it's ours.
buck: whats ours??
Eddie: The house. It’s not just mine, it’s ours.
buck: oh
buck: okay
buck: so its okay??
Eddie: Have I given you reason to think otherwise?
buck: no
Eddie: Exactly.
Eddie: I promise you, I’m looking forward to it 🙂
buck: me too :))
buck: omw to work now!!
group: these queers
ravi: when ur coworker stops at the best coffee place before work and only gets coffee for his weird almost decade long situationship who he is raising a child with 🥀
Bobby Nash: Situationship? - Bobby Nash
Hen: Don’t ask.
Chimney: I don’t think it’s weird that he got him coffee. They always do this.
ravi: do u and hen always bring each other coffee??
Chimney: No??
Chimney: Oh.
Hen: See it COULD be normal, but that goes out of the window when they stare into each other’s eyes whilst taking the coffee.
Maddie: I wish I had a coworker who brought me coffee all the time 😞
Chimney: Preaching to the choir here
Hen: Do you want me to bring you a coffee next shift?
Chimney: I mean I wouldn’t complain..
Hen: 🙄
Hen: Oh my god do you guys remember when the barista drew a heart and wrote her number on Buck’s cup because she knew who it was for and so Eddie put the coffee in a different cup before giving it to him???
Athena: Please tell me you’re joking..
Bobby: I watched him pour it into the travel mug when he got into the station. - Bobby Nash.
Karen: Oh they’re helpless! Hen we were never this bad.
Chimney: Need I remind you..
Hen: No.
group: 118 A-Shift
buck: who said it.
Bobby Nash: Who said what, Buck? - Bobby Nash.
buck: the forbidden word..
Eddie: Buck I told you. It’s just one of those shifts. Nobody said it.
buck: SOMEONE must’ve said it. whispered it, perhaps.
buck: this amount of calls is not normal
Bobby Nash: I agree we have had a high volume of calls today, but nobody said the “forbidden word”. - Bobby Nash
buck: AND THERES THE ALARM AGAIN
Hen: If you don’t get OFF your phone and get IN this truck.
Eddie: Lmao I can see him running.
buck: not fair u guys were already down by the truck 😓
group: 118 firefam 🔥
Hen sent 4 photos.
Chimney: I can’t believe Buck actually had to get a cat out of a tree
buck: and she loved me.
Athena: What’s her name, Buckaroo?
buck: pepper !!
Maddie: Aww that’s so cute!
ravi: eddie looked like he was going to pass out or something LOL
Chimney: Yeah man what was with that I’ve never seen you so red
Eddie: I don’t like cats.
buck: since when??
Eddie: Since always??
buck: ok damn
may: did u tell pepper she is the cutest cat in all the land
buck: of course!
may: did the owner seem that attached to keeping her or
buck: sadly :(
may: :(
buck: one day i will rescue an animal with no owner.. just not today i guess :(
private chat: Hen and Eddie
Hen: I literally saw you with a cat last week.
Hen: After that one call? When it was just wandering in the street?
Eddie: That particular cat today was scary!
Hen: Oh I’m sure.
Hen: And your reaction had nothing to do with how tiny it looked being held by Buck?
Eddie: Nope.
Hen: Mhmmm.