naive | ben tyler cook

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btc

rjw hey, it's rylee west!

btc haha, i kno. i have ur number saved in my phone.

rjw i'm sorry! i kinda forgot! lol.

btc lmao
wud

rjw what?

btc what u doing

rjw oh! sorry, i'm kind of a grandma when it comes to texting!

btc ur fine 😂
i kinda saw that anyways

rjw haha. well, i'm watching tv and eating breakfast. also kind of getting myself prepped up for another day of rehearsals. what about you?

btc doing the same thing lmao
u were amazing yesterday, btw

rjw thank you so much! i felt kind of foolish when i started crying, but then i saw iain young crying, too, and got over myself.
it all just kind of hit me at the bridge and i almost completely broke down because, ya know, this is a lead role in a soon-to-be broadway musical. i was 'shook'. lol.
and i'm sorry if you felt weirded out by me just keeping eye contact with you. it— and i know this sounds weird— helped me keep going because you're a friendly face and stuff.

btc i know! i was the same way when newsies had rehearsals.
and it wasn't weird at all. it was cool. kinda gave the song more effect.

rjw i'm glad! maybe i'll do that when we stage it!
which, we start staging next week, right?

btc yea

rjw it's insane because we have to learn all our music just this week. which, don't get me wrong, i love challenges. it just makes me nervous.

btc that's bway for ya
it goes quickly.

rjw haha, i noticed!
so are you from new york?

btc i live with dan deluca and josh burrage in nyc but i'm not originally from there
u?

rjw i'm from a very small town in oregon. i loved with my aunt there. my parents are in california.

btc u didn't grow up w ur parents?

rjw they're kind of in prison and stuff, so no!

btc omg i'm really sorry! i had no idea!

rjw it's okay! i've never associated with them.

btc y r they in jail? if u don't mind me asking?

rjw they got themselves involved with drugs and stuff when i was a baby. they were released when i was fifteen, but went right back in.

btc i'm really sorry

rjw don't be! i've never felt sad about it. they're just not good people and i never knew them.
besides my aunt is an amazing person. and she makes a killer pumpkin pie for the holidays.

btc i'll have to taste it sometime.

rjw trust me, you will.
she's coming in town for opening night in dc. i'll have her bring some.

btc 😋

rjw lol!