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MustLoveMusic:She had space on the fucking door.That was a choice.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:You’re impossible.And slightly heartless.
MustLoveMusic:No, I’m a realist.You’re the one talking about crying over Train songs and stairwell breakdowns.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Because they matter.It’s the in-between stuff.The little cracks that tell the truth.Love shows up in the unexpected.
MustLoveMusic:So you believe in all that?
AlyEuphoriaEvents:What—love?
MustLoveMusic:Love, magic, stairwell crying fits.All of it.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Some days, yes.Some days ...I just like the flowers.
MustLoveMusic:That sounds like someone who’s been disappointed.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:It sounds like someone who’s human.Besides, I don’t need to believe in it all the time.I just need my clients to believe in it for six hours and a first dance.
MustLoveMusic:Fair.I don’t believe in much either.But I still sing like I do.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:That’s because you’re probably a liar with a guitar.
MustLoveMusic:I used to be one.Now I’m just a man trying to find the right life and probably create the magical song.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:I hope you can find the right life, Rafe.
MustLoveMusic:Maybe I’ll start by changing my name.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:You don’t like Rafe?
MustLoveMusic:No.I don’t think I look like one.Do you?Rafe would be a guy five or six inches shorter than me with terrible hair and a clueless look.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Yes.That’s how I imagined you.College kid who just needed the money but didn’t know his Hall from his Oates.
MustLoveMusic:Aren’t you happy that you got me instead?
AlyEuphoriaEvents:There you go and I bet you’re about to wink.
MustLoveMusic:I’ll hold the wink until I see you again.Message me when you’re ready for the auditions and send me your guys’s number.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Don’t you have musician friends?
MustLoveMusic:I do, but they’re too rowdy for this kind of job.Plus, they charge a lot.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:Fine, I’ll call you if I have something.
MustLoveMusic:No, message me.I lost my phone yesterday.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:No address, no phone ...are you real?
MustLoveMusic:Oh, I’m real, baby.You just have to get to know me.
AlyEuphoriaEvents:I have to go to sleep.Good night.
MustLoveMusic:See you soon.
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