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griffin + olivia

Things That
Are Ours

a little place for the things that remind me of you

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chapter one

Remember

The beginning, in the messages.

One of our first real conversations

This was still one of our first days texting. I told you I didn't always feel like myself around my friends, and you listened.

Griffin “it feels a bit fake”

Griffin “of course you have to tone switch sometimes, but i don't even feel like i'm real with even my friends sometimes”

Olivia “well that’s unfortunate you feel like you have to change yourself around ppl you’re close with”

Griffin “it's ironic i'm saying this to you and not my actual friends”

Olivia “ik i was kinda wondering where that came from but hey i’ll still listen”

Olivia “nah i don’t mind, anytime”

The yolk argument

We started arguing about scrambled eggs and whether they counted as primal.

Olivia “i hate yolk.”

Griffin “but olivia that's where all the nutrients are”

Olivia “then screw nutrients i’m scrambling my eggs”

Griffin “how will you be primal”

Olivia “no nutrients needed”

You found out I could actually talk

You remembered me from camp as someone who couldn't hold a normal conversation.

Olivia “ever since i met you for the first time at church camp last year i had no idea you could have a normal conversation 😭”

Griffin “again idk why i'm tell you this it should be them lol”

Griffin “but you're a good listener”

Olivia “thank you i like listening”

The first “Miss Willms”

We'd been talking late and both wanted to keep going the next day.

Olivia “okay ya we gotta pick it back up tmr”

Griffin “okay goodnight ill talk to you tomorrow miss willms”

Olivia “so goodnight”

The pool drain conversation

I joked about draining your pool. Later we started talking about whether we'd still know each other.

Griffin “but long story short i could find your pool and drain it at any moment..”

Olivia “uh no”

Griffin “okay fine we will never truly know about each other fine by me”

Olivia “ig so 😔”

Griffin “why are you sad isn't this what you wanted”

Olivia “maybe not in the long run”

Griffin “for now you can keep hating me”

Olivia “i don’t hate you tho”

Our first goodnight

We kept talking until you had to go to bed and said we'd talk again the next day.

Olivia “me too but now i’m sad again bc it’s olivia’s bed time”

Griffin “we will talk tomorrow”

Olivia “so goodnight, talk to you tmr”

Griffin “goodnight i enjoyed talking to you miss willms”

Olivia “likewise”

Smiling at my phone

You said I was picking up your phrases. I told you that you had me smiling at my phone.

Olivia “hah you said heck ya again 😛”

Griffin “i know you're wearing off on me a bit”

Olivia “hehe you too tbh”

Griffin “you got me smiling at my phone”

Olivia “ya like that kinda stuff, i’m glad you do tho”

The first “I like you”

We kept acting like we would only hang out if we had to. Then I told you I liked you.

Griffin “sooooo just making sure we're on the same page, if we have to hang out after your cruise trip what would you wanna do if you had 😒”

Olivia “i mean it sounds to me like we both do 😒”

Griffin “olivia”

Olivia “griffin”

Griffin “i like you ☺️”

Olivia “🥹 i like you too”

Sitting next to you

You said scooting away was the one kind of ragebait you hated. I told you I liked sitting next to you anyway.

Griffin “so no more scooting away to ragebait”

Olivia “yea i’m not a big fan of that form of rage bait”

Griffin “i know how great it is to sit next to me”

Olivia “ya all other forms are free game tho, and ya i enjoy that”

Griffin “lol alright cool, and that's good i like sitting next to you too”

Olivia “does that mean you don’t hate me”

Griffin “no i dont hate you! i like you a lot!”

Olivia “ahh okay thanks i like you too!”

I like you how you are

You joked about changing yourself, and I told you not to.

Olivia “hmmm so should i become asian, nonchalant, or grow 6 more legs?”

Griffin “hmmm just stay how you are actually”

Griffin “good because i like how you are”

Olivia “aw ty i like you how you are too”

Be my problem

I was tired and didn't want to sleep because I was talking to you. I called you my usual problem, and you acted offended.

Griffin “well you're the usual problem”

Olivia “so i’m a problem 😒”

Griffin “noooo not like that”

Griffin “i want you to be my problem”

Olivia “good bc i can be problematic”

Griffin “but i can be your solution anyway”

Olivia “those all sound great actually, you can be my solution”

Griffin “i want to call you every night and tell you everything i did each day”

Griffin “and then i want to listen to you tell me everything about yours”

Olivia “yee and we can do that very soon”

Talking about our first day

You said you didn't know I could hold a conversation before we started texting all day.

Griffin “i remember the first day i started texting you and i was so charmed 🥰”

Olivia “i didn’t know you were capable of conversation until that day”

Griffin “we literally texted that entire day”

Griffin “and i hope i changed your mind pretty quickly about how well i could talk”

Olivia “oh you definitely did. like very quickly”

Olivia “but i enjoyed it”

The first “I missed you”

You were busy. When you got back, we both said we missed each other.

Griffin “olivia!!”

Olivia “hiiiii”

Griffin “i missed you”

Olivia “i missed you, sorry that took so long”

The first time we both said “I love you”

I said it, you said it back, and a minute later I was already asking you to marry me.

Griffin “okay i love you olivia 😋”

Olivia “ah okay tyty i love you”

Griffin “😁 so now we can be evil together and love each other?”

Griffin “yay perfect 😍”

Griffin “let's get married”

Olivia “yeeee”

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chapter two

Little Things

The stuff that would sound random to everybody else.

01

your mhms

I love your “mhm mhms.”

02

heck ya

You say “heck ya” all the time, and I love it.

03

off-brand Cheez-Its

You were always eating your off-brand Cheez-Its.

04

Orange Juice

Your middle name is Joy, so your sister calls you Orange Juice.

05

you know how to fall

You always glaze your fallssss, but apparently it’s because you know how to fall.

06

everything in soccer

I like how you had to do everything in soccer.

07

you actually listen

I told you things I didn’t even tell my friends, and you never made it weird. I like ranting to you because you actually listen.

08

how much you love your sister

You hate crying in front of people, but I thought it was sweet when you cried at camp because of how much you love your sister.

09

don’t talk about Messi

I like that you don’t let anyone disrespect Messi, even though I still tease you about it.

10

mutual respect or nothing

You only get feisty when someone disrespects you first. You’re big on mutual respect.

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