May 17, 2000

Dear Tony,

My mom and dad finally let me get an email account! It’s victoriaholt@aol.com :D I can’t wait to email you!

Love, Tori


May 22, 2000

Dear Tori,

Awesome! I’ll email you a picture of a turtle hahaha. I’m tony.perry25@sumprememail.com. Talk to you soon.

Love, Tony


May 24, 2000

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: About time

Hey Tori,

It’s about time you got an email. I thought I’d have to wait forever until you got one hahaha.

Love, Tony :)


May 25, 2000

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: I don’t know what to write here…

Dear Tony,

Haha I’m sorry for the wait. At least I’m here now. This is so exciting! And I saw that turtle picture. You still really like them huh? How is it going anyway?

Love, Tori :D

May 23, 2000

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: again with the turtles

There might be a day where I will not like turtles, and I tell you truly, today is not the day, Rabbit Girl.

Things are going okay. Summer vacation!!! My granddad’s still giving me guitar lessons. Mom and I are going on a road trip and guess what


May 24, 2000

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: what???


Rabbit Girl. So original, Turtle Boy.

What? Tell me!!!


May 24, 2000

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: road trip

We’ll be going around California to visit some family there and in Nevada.

We might stop by Arizona.


May 24, 2000

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: really??!?!?!!!?

TONY YOU BETTER NOT BE LYING TO ME! HONESTLY I WILL BE SO MAD AT YOU IF YOU’RE JUST KIDDING. I HOPE YOU DO COME TO ARIZONA.


May 25, 2002

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: whoa there, Tori.

It’s not official yet. But I hope we do stop by in Phoenix. Keep your fingers crossed.


May 26, 2000

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: please please please please!

I’m crossing everything. Fingers, hands, toes, legs… please come! Tell your mom not to worry about finding a hotel here! You can stay in the guest bedroom at my house! Play the best friend card on her hahaha


May 27, 2000

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: well, shit.

Mom said that the trip would be too long if we stopped by Phoenix. She only has a few weeks off work and can’t get extra time for us to stop by there. I’m really sorry, Tori. She wanted to go meet you and your family. I did too, like a thousand times more. There’s always the future and we have plenty of time to meet up when we’re older. You’ll be a famous artist and I’ll be in a mediocre band and we will visit each other. I promise we will.


May 31, 2000

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: oh

That’s okay. We’ve still got plenty of time. I guess that’s what we get for wishful thinking.


September 28, 2002

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: ‘I hate the word school like I hate Hell’

Hey Tori,

We haven’t talked in a while. I think the last times we emailed was the summer holidays. Anyway, I’m sorry that it took so long for me to reply. I’m literally buried in school work and if I’m not doing homework I’m doing something else which sucks because I never get the chance to talk to you. We’re still best friends right? No hard feelings if we’re not...

School is sucking the life outta me. I think it’s doing that with everyone. My brain is fried at the end of every day and I still have homework on top of that. I just want to get out. The only class that’s bearable is music and that’s because I get to play the guitar. The theory is pretty lame though.

So yeah, you’re up to date mostly. Hope I hear from you soon.

Tony.


September 29, 2002

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: hey there stranger


Hey Tone!

Did you paraphrase a line from Romeo and Juliet? I’m studying that in English right now. Some verses from the play are cute, I guess but I find it pretty silly that two teens get married in less than a week of knowing each other and they kill themselves due to a misunderstanding. Shakespeare’s so weird.

Anyway, it’s okay for the late. I’m buried alive in school work too. Especially art. Honestly, my hand is curling into a permanent position where if I don’t let go of a pencil or paintbrush soon, it’ll just stay like that. And of course I still think you’re my best friend. You always will be. Friends don’t give up friends, not matter how long they make take to reply. And I’m pretty sure that I’ve taken longer to reply than you have, hahaha. I wish we went to the same school. That way you’d be the sole reason why I’d bother going. Wow, all the trouble we’d get into. I can just picture it now hahaha. I want to go to San Diego! All these stories you’ve told me as we’ve been growing up sound so awesome and only intensifies my longing to ditch this place. Phoenix is so boring. Like sure my family is here and I have friends too but meeting you in real life would be the best ever. We will actually meet one day, right?


Love, Tori

PS. This is pretty cheesy but ten years ago today, you sent your first letter to me. I still have it somewhere. So happy anniversary hahaha! Thanks for not getting bored with me for the last ten years :D


October 3, 2002

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: re: hey there stranger

‘Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair San Diego and Phoenix, where we lay our scene.’ We have watched the movie so many times that it is permanently drilled into my head. And it’s only the first semester, so dude, what gives? Why couldn’t we have done something better like Macbeth or Hamlet?

Anyway, thanks for that. You’re still my best friend too. Like some of my friends here are dicks. Some of them are alright but they can be big jerks at times. I don’t know why I even bother hanging out with them sometimes. When things get too bad I just escape to the music and tell them I’m practicing the guitar. I hate it when they come over to watch me. Like, you know how you hate it when people look at your sketchpad or peer over your shoulder when you’re working on a sketch or painting or whatever? That’s how I feel. I play so that I can keep people out, not bring them in. of course there are a few exceptions like my family. Ugh, I sound so angst-y. Sorry. I’m probably having my period hahaha

And we will definitely meet one day. I made that promise remember? I don’t go back on promises. Cross my heart hope to die.

Tony

PS. Well, I guess I better make your birthday present extra special. Sweet 16th and 10 year anniversary. Practically ancient, you oldie.


October 5, 2002

To: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
From: victoriaholt@aol.com
Subject: play a song for me?

I guess that is the thing about growing older, your have craploads of more work to do. Am I one of the exceptions? I’d love to hear you play the guitar sometime! You’d be brilliant. And yes, you do have your period. I’m holding you on to that promise.


October 6, 2002

To: victoriaholt@aol.com
From: tony.perry25@suprememail.com
Subject: let’s see

You bet your ass you’re an exception. You can hire me to play at one of your galleries. I don’t come cheap though, sweetheart. But I’ll give you’re a discount haha


October 21, 2002.

You have an instant message from TONY

Tony: Is that a white hair you’re growing?

Tori: It’s nice to speak to you too, Tony. How’s it been?

Tony: It’s been okay. How does it feel to be 16?

Tori: Oh Tony, I feel like I know all of the secrets of the universe. The food tastes better. The music sounds sweeter. The sunset is prettier. I have seen where Heaven shares the same horizon as Earth. I see why people make a big deal of such a significant age :P

Tony: You’re so full of shit.

Tori: haha, I know. But today was pretty nice. I got clothes, perfume, cash, a new book, some new art supplies and I have yet to open what you gave me. The package came in the mail when I got home from school. It looks so enticing. I really want to open it!

Tony: Why don’t you?

Tori: Seriously?

Tony: It’s your birthday. You can do whatever you want.

Tori: So if I decided to cross the border to Mexico in the dead of night, that excuse will justify my actions?

Tony: Of course, and I won’t rat you out unless you take me with you.

Tori: You’re my partner in crime, of course you’re coming. We will own a burrito stall and sell sombreros. You’ll change your name to Pepito and I’ll change mine to Julio.

Tony: Sounds fool proof.

Tori: Oh it is, mi compadre.

Tony: Open it open it open it

Tori: okay hold on… :D

Tony: I’m waiting

Tori: NO WAY

Tori: TONY

Tori: YOU DIDN’T

Tori: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

Tony: I know you do.

Tori: THIS IS THE BEST GIFT TO DATE. THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES

Tony: You’re welcome.

Tori: But how??? These things are so expensive and hard to find nowadays???

Tony: That’s for me to know and for you to find out.

Tori: You even got film for this! You’re the best ever!!!!!!!!!!

Tony: I told you that this present was going to be special.

Tori: No but Tony. Seriously. Thank you so much for the Polaroid camera! I’m gonna take some photos soon and send some to you. I loooooooooooooooove it and it’s perfect. All the birthday and Christmas gifts you’ve given me are my favourites (just don’t tell other people.) you know me so well and your gifts mean a hell of a lot more.

Tony: It’s not a problem. My best friend deserves the best.

Tori: I’m so excited!

Tony: I know you want to start taking photos so go ahead. I gotta go to dinner anyway.

Tori: Oh okay. Thank you so much again. I love it, Tony. I love you so much and I’m so lucky for having you as a best friend! Tell your mom I said thank you as well!

Tony: It’s okay and I will. Hope the rest of your day is amazing you retard. And happy birthday.

Tori: I’ll talk to you tomorrow! Catch you later Tony! :)

TORI has logged off.


November 11, 2002


You have an instant message from TORI

Tori: Tony

Tori: Tony

Tori: Tony

Tori: Tony

Tori: Tony

Tori: Answer!!!!!

Tony: What’s up?

Tori: You’ll never guess what happened today!

Tony: You seem like you’re in a happy mood. Something good happened, I assume?

Tori: Jeremy Drake asked me to go to prom with him! Can you believe it???

Tony: Who’s Jeremy?

Tori: Jeremy Drake? The guy who I’ve been crushing on since freshman year? He’s blond, tall, gorgeous and piercing blue eyes, in the basketball team…

Tony: Future husband of yours?

Tori: Shut up.

Tony: hahaha

Tori: Kidding aside, I’m so excited and happy! This a fairy-tale in the making.

Tony: that’s great

Tori: it is, isn’t it?

Tony: I reckon you’d be looking great at the dance

Tori: Thanks so much! Does your school have a prom?

Tony: Yeah, we do. In a few weeks too, actually.

Tori: have you asked anyone out yet?

Tony: Not yet,

Tori: You should before it’s too late. Do you have a crush on anyone?

Tony: I wouldn’t call it a crush exactly.

Tori: Do you like anyone?

Tony: Yeah, sort of. There is this one girl

Tori: Dude, why didn’t you tell me?

Tony: It never came up

Tori: Well you should’ve tell me. We’re best friends and share secrets. What’s she like? Do you find her beautiful?

Tony: Very.

Tori: What does she look like?

Tony: I think her personality is more beautiful than her looks. Like she’s got pretty hair, a nice curve to her lips and mesmerizing eyes but that doesn’t compare to how she treats others. She’s very talented but humble and doesn’t make anyone feel bad about what they can’t do. She’s so full of light and love. I’m in deep, Tori. I’m sinking but I don’t want to be saved.

Tori: Tony, that’s so adorable.

Tony: She makes me laugh and makes me feel unbelievably happy whenever she’s around.

Tori: You should ask her to the dance :)

Tony: I can’t. Like there’s a communication problem between us.

Tori: Are you guys in different friend circles?

Tony: Something like that.

Tori: It’s still worth a shot though. She might say yes…

Tony: We’ll see.

Tori: Sorry – I’ve got to go. Mom’s calling for me. I hope it goes well when you get around to asking her out.

Tony: Thanks, I appreciate it. See you soon.

Tori: bye :)

TORI has logged off.

Tony: …

Tony: That girl is you.

*message deleted*

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