this feels like a bad time for it to not be peter (wrong number)

getting along

tw:swearing
5:01
nats pov

i knocked on the door of wandas room, loud enough for her to hear but not aggressive. she slowly approached and opened it without hesitation. she currently had earphones in so i removed them both and proceeded to talk to her.
"hey wanda mind if i come in"
"umm i feel like i dont have a choice"
"you'd be correct" i said whilst going to sit on her bed
"what's this about nat"
"i started talking to this kid only a year younger than you"
"i'm gonna ignore how weird that sounds"
"long story involving her being short on friends, bored and texting the wrong number"
"is there a point or-"
"glad you asked, you need more friends your own age and she wants to add me to a 'groupchat' with a guy called peter"
"you want to add me to said groupchat"
"she said i could add a friend and as i said you need friends your age"
"also everyone else you know is a grown man which is just weirder"
"is that a yes"
"yes"
"great think of a nickname can't be red"
"ummm...wizard i suppose?"
"cool, i'll add you when she makes it"

rosies pov

i made the groupchat with peter and ms.red. how do i start a conversation. i have to start the conversation because i am the common denominator. right i shall get a snack whilst thinking of how to start. i scowered through the cupboards finding only a substantial amount of alchohol, leftover pizza and an apple. me being only 15 and very lactose intolerant went for the apple. whilst eating the apple i named the groupchat and sent the ingenious text i had come up with

my friends and prospective friends

rosie added peter
rosie added red

rosie:hi :) (it is to be noted rosies great feeling of accomplishment at this message)

peter:hello rosie and whom rosie refers to as ms.red
i'm peter... no i meant to have a fake name aren't i?

rosie:i dont
i think if ms.red was a kidnapper she would've kidnapped us by now

peter:that's true
how long have you known her

rosie:2-3 days
i think i first texted her saturday?

peter:oh that's cool
where is she

rosie:i think she has other friends and like a life so we'll have to be patient

5:06

peter:feeling like she's made up

rosie:that's kind of rude

red:not made up
hi peter and rosie

rosie:hi ms.red
are you adding on of your friends?

peter:one of
you have multiple

red:geez and my friend called me lonely

peter:hey i'm not lonely

rosie:i can not confirm nor deny

red:wow umm...
anyway im adding my friend she's 16 17 in 5ish months and you can refer to her as magician

peter:concerning your only friends are kids

red:she's more of a little sister figure
also the rest are grown men which felt weirder to introduce to a couple of teenagers

peter:that is very much reasonable

red:okay i'm gonna add her now. remember just magician not ms because she's your age

rosie:okay ms.red
if you dont like it we'll stop
i'm sorry we were trying to be respectful

red:no it's okay i dont mind, i just dont think she'll like it

rosie:okey dokey

red added unknown
red changed unkown to wizard

rosie:hi its very nice to meet you :)

peter:nice to meet you ms- not ms- wizard
nice to meet you wizard

wizard:hi it is a pleasure to meet you both
what should i call you both

rosie:i'm rosie

peter:and i'm peter

wizard:wait i'm confused, i thought we were meant to use nicknames

red:rosies not good at nicknames, low self preservation skills

wizard:right so can i just tell them my name?
they both seem incredibly none threatening

rosie:i will have you know is topped some guys robbing a pet shop the other day

red:is that how you got stabbed

rosie:maybe...
but you should've seen the other guy

peter:you didn't invite me🥺

rosie:i didn't have your right number

nats pov

i slowly turns to wanda, perhaps more confused than she is
"who the fuck are these kids natasha" she said whilst slightly raising her voice
"i ummm-"
"they seem like the sweetest people ever and are suddenly like 'oh i stop robberies for fun' what the fuck"
"yeah okay i didn't exactly read up on them"
"i think we should get their full names and read up on them"
"do you think they'll just give us that"
"i think so. these kids are basically begging to be fucking kidnapped. if not for our protection than theirs"
i realised that this was probably wise due to their self proclaimed 'bad self preservation skills'
"okay ask them their full names, but they may be more easily persuaded if we give them our names"
"ooo that's smart"

my friends and prospective friends

rosie:anyway...
guys?
where'd you go?
oh i shouldn't have called you guys
peoples?

peter:do you think we scared them off?

rosie:guys that was all made up
i didn't stop a robbery

peter:yeah and i didn't want to help
neither of us do anything like that anywhere in the queens area

rosie:we 100% are not vigilantes

peter:no very normal people

rosie:no stabbings or robberies etc.

peter:guys?

rosie:please?

peter:we really want more friends

rosie:yeah our school peer people dont like us

peter:yeah because were like two grades ahead and smarter than them

rosie:they dont like that
please guys?

peter:we're probably annoying them

rosie:oh okay bye :)