E-Mail to Meggan

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To: [Meggan]
From: [Kevin]
Subject: Apologies

Meggan,

I'm sorta dumb and ridiculous and playful a lot, but I never meant for any of that to be disrespectful or mean. Girls were always sort of this sacred thing according to my dad. You open their doors, pay for them when you go out, defend them against others and pretty much treat them like princesses because according to him they are. So even though I'm silly and playful and stupid with you, that was always sort of the below the surface motivation and intent. Only apparently I messed that up because I was pretty much told that I'm playing games with you (in that bad, hurtful kind of way) and it was implied I might have hurt your feelings. I really, really didn't mean to.

You're real sweet and I have a lot of fun hanging out with you. I consider you a friend and I'd never mean to hurt a friend. I thought I'd been respectful and honorable to you but I guess I haven't been. I'd understand it if you didn't want to hang out with me for a while and promise to respect it.

Wade's right. You're worth way more than a stack of waffles (as just a friend or otherwise). Sorry if I ever made you feel like you weren't.

Sorry,
Kevin

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

I'll talk to her, too, in a little while. See if that helps in any way at all. So angry Southern's a whole other language, huh?

Okay, I'll remember that. And thank you, again, for that.

P.S. All while resisting the urge to hum the Mission: Impossible theme and give away my position! Don't ask me, you're the one suggesting it, silly. And it's better than hiding in a cupboard or closet, waiting for you to walk by. And accidentally falling out.

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To: [Meggan]
From: [Kevin]
Subject: Apologies

You ever see me when I'm half awake or when someone has just woken me up and you'll realize Southern is a whole other language in general. You know how I sorta mumble half the time and I'm really soft spoken? It gets worse when I'm not trying to make sure people can understand me through the accent. Multiple word sentences get condensed down to like 3 syllables. Angry/offended/generally miffed Southern = Really, really polite and formal. It's not the only time we're polite and formal, so it's hard for the foreigners to know when we're annoyed or mad at them and when we're just actually being nice. If an older Southern lady ever says "bless your heart" you should insert "but she's dumb as rocks" in after it mentally because that's the gist of it. There's just a whole different use of language in the South. Or at least the parts of the south that aren't filled with displaced yankees and stuff.

P.S. And you'd end up falling on someone's head and it wouldn't be me and then you'd have to explain why you were hiding in the cabinet just so you could throw yourself at me. (And then I'd get more emails about being inappropriate with you, I bet.)

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

That's a whole lot better than what I was thinking. Because I was picturing you starting to sound like Foghorn Leghorn if you really got going into anger.

P.S. And nobody would believe me if I gave the excuse that I was just trying to find some long lost cereal in the very back where it just had to be. That, or it would terrify the person who was actually looking for cereal and got me dumped on them instead. What a way to wake up!

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To: [Meggan]
From: [Kevin]
Subject: Apologies

Nah, my parents weren't from that part of the South for that.

P.S. I dunno, getting a Meggan falling on you is better than most alarms. It's a lot harder to resent you than the alarm clock.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

Which part were they from? Or is that too nosy?

P.S. It would make you an even earlier riser, if you were trying to anticipate the next time someone fell on you from above. Which could be good and bad. There's also no loud buzzing noises with me.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

That's not too nosy, no. They grew up in Brooks, GA (http://www.brooksga.com/images/stories/brooks-sign09.jpg) together. So this (http://cdn.homes.com/cgi-bin/readimage/617414779) part of the South. And this</> part. The town is like 4 square miles. It's like an hour outside of Atlanta to the South.

P.S. Yeah, or you could get hoard cereal in your suite. But do you sing? Because my alarm's set to go off to music to wake me up. If you come with singing then you're going to have to go with the "but I'm cute" defense for not being resented for waking people up by falling on them. (http://img1.eyefetch.com/p/hf/716267-fe9f5341-0142-4014-a050-468fbedaff92l.jpg)

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

It looks like a very pretty place.

P.S. Not all that often, but a little bit, yeah. When I was smaller I mimicked voices just enough that I could get by with sounding like the voice of someone talking on the radio. Maybe not singing just like them, since I don't have whatever training they get to match that part.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

It is. I spent a ton of time there when I was a kid because all my grandparents still lived there. Hence the accent.

P.S. See, so just start singing when you fall on people and you can play it off like a surprise serenade!

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

That's neat.

P.S. That's brilliant. Little bit insane, but funny, and brilliant. Whoever I landed on could just think I'm having a weird moment. Or that it's Serenade and Run Day.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.S. I vote for Serenade and Run Day.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.S. So do I. I'm surprised Serenade and Run Day's not a real day already, since there's one for everything else.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.S. Well, you need to make it one then.

P.S.S. Since PS means "post script" are we violating sacred rules of writing by not having script that our post script is post?

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.S. Unofficially, maybe.

P.S.S. Possibly, but I'll never tell. Unless the "post script script" puts back into balance what the lack of a real post script upset.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.S. Only maybe? Darn. Here I was looking forward to having a singing Meggan fall on my head. Ruin my dreams.

P.S.S. But we still have no script to be post and now we have script that is post the post scripting and really this is a dangerous spiral that's getting out of control here.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.S. Aw, sorry.

P.S.S. The spiral would only be worse if we did a post script script script, without it being post anything. That would make the spiral completely out of control.

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.P.S.S. Like this?

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To: [Kevin]
From: [Meggan]
Subject: Apologies

P.P.S.S. Exactly like that, you big silly!