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9:36 am
$20 says I can convince ms toussant my first language is portuguese

 

9:37 am
Considering that she can hardly speak the language she is licensed to teach, I would not take that wager.

 

9:37 am
Also, who is this?

Notes:

Lovingly named after that one Cavetown song

 

Grantaire is bold

Enjolras is italicized


Eponine is underlined and bold


Courfeyrac is underlined

Combeferre is normal


Joly is everything

Chapter 1: day one

Chapter Text

Thursday 

 

9:36 am

$20 says I can convince ms toussant my first language is portuguese

 

9:37 am

Considering that she can hardly speak the language she is licensed to teach, I would not take that wager.

 

9:37 am

Also, who is this?

 

9:38 am

very funny ponine

 

9:38 am

you know i had to use my backup phone after javert confiscated mine

 

9:39 am

What kind of person keeps a backup phone?

 

9:40 am

ah shit wrong number srry

 

9:41 am

I figured. You didn’t answer my question.

 

9:42 am

what

 

9:42 am

What kind of person keeps a backup phone?

 

9:43 am

clearly, someone who needs to stay in the line of communication

 

9:43 am

I can’t do that if javert confiscates it every day

 

9:44 am

I agree that Javert is the worst but- EVERY day??

 

9:45 am

I will admit that I do antagonize him a bit

 

9:45 am

poor guy. wakes up every day to come in and teach a bunch of hormonal teenagers and then he’s stuck with me

 

9:46 am

I see. Well then I’ll leave you to it.

 

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1:25 pm

she totally bought it for about halfway through the period until Eddie Beyres ratted me out

 

1:27 pm

Still wrong number.

 

1:28 pm

oh I know. I just figured you deserve to know the outcome of our bet

 

1:29 pm

I didn’t actually bet you $20, I hope you know.

 

1:30 pm

WHAT

 

1:30 pm

WHAT WERE MY PROLONGED EFFORTS EVEN FOR

 

1:30 pm

WHYYYYYYYY

 

1:31pm

No one told you to harass the spanish teacher.

 

1:31 pm

Hold on. Prolonged? We’ve only spoken once this morning.

 

1:33 pm

exactly. but this has been a long time coming. no more “en español, niño” anymore

 

1:33 pm

You have quite the vendetta against underpaid teachers.

 

1:34 pm 

don’t tell me you feel bad for them

 

1:34 pm

for… javert

 

1:35 pm

God no. He’s a pig.

 

1:36 pm

Besides, don’t you have actual friends to be telling this stuff to?

 

1:37 pm

so we’re not actual friends? ouch, stranger. that cuts deep

 

1:38 pm

I’m rolling my eyes.

 

1:39 pm

yet you still answer…

 

1:40 pm

Well someone keeps pestering me.

 

1:41 pm

i’m only entertaining you. surely you’re bored of this school

 

1:42 pm

That’s hardly near nor there.

 

1:43 pm

How can you assume that we attend the same school? I am a complete stranger.

 

1:44 pm

i don’t think a 37 yr old pedophile would go through such great lengths for lil ol’ me

 

1:45 pm

Don’t beat yourself up. Some pedophile somewhere would love to prey on you

 

1:46 pm

gee thanks, stranger. that makes me feel loads better

 

1:47 pm

I aim to please.



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1:50 pm

pay attention or toussant will have ur ass

 

1:51 pm

who r u texting anyways? im ur only friend

 

1:52 pm

ouch, that’s rude

 

1:53 pm

u know what i mean

 

1:53 pm

ur never on ur phone unless its to text me or bc ur up to smth

 

1:54 pm

not true

 

1:55 pm

i text joly sometimes

 

1:56 pm

HEY I HEARD YOUR SNORT DON’T LAUGH

 

1:57 pm

joly is literally incomprehensible to text

 

1:58 pm

he’s eccentric

 

1:59 pm

so u were texting joly then?

 

2:00 pm

absolutely

 

2:01 pm

u dirty little liar. 

 

2:01 pm

are u sexting some 40 yr old man online?

 

2:02 pm

literally what

 

2:03 pm

just wanna make sure ur safe thats all

 

2:04 pm

i can promise its not that

 

2:05 pm

well. i hope not at least

 

2:06 pm

GRANTAIRE U ARE NOT

 

2:06 pm

relax girl. It’s not like that

 

2:06 pm

im p sure its a kid that goes to this school

 

2:06 pm

????

 

2:07 pm

when i was using my backup earlier, i texted a random number instead of urs by accident

 

2:07 pm

and they answered but they def go to school here

 

2:07 pm

they said javert is a pig so

 

2:08 pm

okay fair

 

2:08 pm

but just. be safe okay?

 

2:09 pm

ugh dont be a mom

 

2:09 pm

yeah yeah but fr like if it gets weird, promise youll block them?

 

2:10 pm

yeah yeah i promise



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2:16 pm

jols!! you want a ride home today

 

2:19 pm

cors m8! ill —> $$ 4 da hassle

 

2:20 pm

good man.

 

2:21 pm

:-B



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4:35 pm

hey, what’s your name?

 

4:38 pm

Nice try.

 

4:39 pm

awe come on. I should at least know who my partner in crime is

 

4:41 pm

Partner in crime? I didn’t do anything.

 

4:42 pm

you’re an accomplice. a witness. an onlooker of political protest

 

4:43 pm

And what exactly were you protesting?

 

4:51 pm

the lack of language diversity at our school

 

4:52 pm

I find it interesting how long it took you to answer that.

 

4:53 pm

I have no comment at this time.

 

4:53 pm

Thank god.

 

4:54 pm

frreal though, you’re not going to tell me who you are?

 

4:55 pm

I frreal won’t.

 

4:55 pm

are you a boy or a girl?

 

4:56 pm

That’s a gendered question.

 

4:56 pm

you don’t sound like a boy

 

4:57 pm

I won’t even begin to tell you what’s wrong with that statement.

 

4:58 pm

ahaha i’m just messing with you don’t worry

 

4:58 pm

I wasn’t .

 

4:59 pm

are you a junior?

 

5:00 pm

I’m not playing 21 questions with you.

 

5:01 pm

must be if you have javert

 

5:02 pm

or you’re a REALLY advanced sophomore 

 

5:03 pm

are you a sophomore?

 

5:10 pm

awe, man. not the silent treatment

 

5:17 pm

we had such a good thing, stranger

 

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7:13 pm

If you must know, I turned off my phone to study.

 

7:14 pm

for three hours???

 

7:14 pm

I also had dinner.

 

7:15 pm

well. that seems reasonable enough. can’t pull you away from your studies…

 

7:16 pm

Don’t.

 

7:16 pm

currently marking a check next to “studious” on the mysterious stranger identification list

 

7:17 pm

That’s hardly a clue.

 

7:18 pm

on the contrary. In fact, i don’t think i’ve ever met anyone who genuinely studies in our year

 

7:19 pm

so youre either crazy, or…

 

7:20 pm

Yeah yeah. I get it.

 

7:20 pm

a nerd

 

7:21 pm

I'm a sophomore. I take Javert’s AP calc.

 

7:22 pm

I just involuntarily shivered. Is there a chill in here?

 

7:23 pm

We’re not even in the same room. 

 

7:24 pm

you wish we were in the same room ;)

 

7:25 pm

Hardly.

 

7:26 pm

It's perfectly reasonable to study for difficult classes and care about school.

 

7:27 pm

not when you’re a sophomore dude. that’s your last chance to fuck off and have fun

 

7:28 pm

and harass the teachers?

 

7:29 pm

exactly

 

7:30 pm

Then, what is your excuse? Are you not a junior?

 

7:31 pm

ouch. 

 

7:32 pm

Just saying.

 

7:33 pm

If you must know I just don’t care about school. It’s not like I’m gonna get into college or anything.

 

7:34 pm

I find that hard to believe

 

7:35 pm

my grades would beg to differ

 

7:36 pm

Do you just not care?

 

7:36 pm

I don’t believe there’s much reason for me to go to college, so why make the effort?

 

7:37 pm

Do you believe in anything?

 

7:38 pm

not really

 

7:38 pm

That’s ridiculous. There has to be something that sparks your reasoning to go on.

 

7:39 pm

I’m just stuck here like the rest of you poor sods, man

 

7:40 pm

We’ll see about that.