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Izabell

  Subject:

  Grey’s Anatomy Tonight?

  Want to watch it at my place? I’ll cook.

  Sent:

  Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 6:17 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Grey’s Anatomy Tonight?

  Oh, I’d love to! But, I have to go to this thing that I promised I’d go to weeks ago with my friend. Rain check!

  Sent:

  Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 8:01 AM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Re: Grey’s Anatomy Tonight?

  How was your thing last night?

  Sent:

  Friday, October 12, 2007 at 10:22 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Grey’s Anatomy Tonight?

  What thing?

  Sent:

  Friday, October 12, 2007 at 10:24 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Grey’s Anatomy Tonight?

  Oh, that thing! It was fun! Thanks for asking!

  SMS From: Peter (Mobile)

  October 14, 2007 9:34 PM

  Walk to work tomorrow?

  SMS From: Izabell (Mobile)

  October 15, 2007 3:14 PM

  JUST got this text. Didn’t check my BB all night (a 1st)! Sorry!

  SMS From: Peter (Mobile)

  October 18, 2007 4:14 PM

  Uh, OK, just got this txt. Didn’t check my BB for 4 days (yeah, right). What’re u up to?

  SMS From: Izabell (Mobile)

  October 21, 2007 4:34 PM

  Nothing! Really, really busy, that’s all! Work crazy. Din this week, K?

  Draft:

  Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 11:04 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Grrrrrrrrr …

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  Truth is I’m dating someone. Joe. His name’s Joe. I don’t know why it’s so hard to tell you this. But, I’m dating Joe. And, you’re dating someone, too.

  For what it’s worth, you had your shot at me. So there.

  Sent:

  Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 6:04 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Halloween

  I’ll drop by around 8ish so we can caravan to Rory’s party. Sound good? I have to leave around 10:30 to pick Jenny up from the airport. She’s visiting this weekend.

  Sent:

  Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 6:10 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Joe

  Subject:

  Halloween

  Hey There,

  Realize this is short notice, but … want to be my date to a Halloween party? I’d love for you to come with me. Call me!

  —Izzy

  Sent:

  Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 6:19 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Halloween

  Sounds good. I’m bringing someone, btw. His name is Joe. We’re dating.

  Draft:

  Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 6:21 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Re: Halloween

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  Huh?

  Sent:

  Monday, November 5, 2007 at 10:04 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Elizabeth

  Subject:

  Jenny

  E—

  Finally met Peter’s girlfriend this past weekend. Not what I was expecting at all. She’s not very interesting. And, she’s … I can’t explain it … just not interesting at all. Oh, and she’s taller than him. Like, way taller. And, I am NOT being catty, btw (I know what you’re going to say before you even say it). She didn’t particularly like me either. Anywhoooo, just stating the world as I see it.

  Oh, and I introduced Peter to Joe (happy now?). Peter was weird about it. In fact, Joe mentioned that Peter was rude to him. And, blah blah blah, the two men in my life met, and there you have it. I’m sure we’ll all get along splendidly just like one big happy family.

  —Izzy

  Sent:

  Monday, November 5, 2007 at 11:04 AM

  From:

  Elizabeth

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Re: Jenny

  One big happy family, huh?

  Draft:

  Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 2:04 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Silent Treatment?

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  Are you giving me the silent treatment? Haven’t heard from or seen you in almost FIVE days. Unprecedented.

  —Izzy

  Draft:

  Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 4:05 AM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  MIA

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  Are you mad at me? Haven’t heard from you in almost a week.

  —Peter

  Sent:

  Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 5:56 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Happy Thanksgiving

  Have fun in New York for Thanksgiving! Hope the “meeting of the two families” goes swimmingly! Details upon your return please.

  Sent:

  Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 3:33 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Ugh

  I’m a horrible person. A horrible, horrible, horrible person. I made out with a boy tonight who is NOT my boyfriend. It just happened. I’m home with my folks, Joe’s in Ohio with his folks, we’ve been fighting like cats and dogs the past month. I’m miserable, and I met this awesome guy at my dad’s work function. The guy’s a reporter, just like my dad. Two bottles of wine later, we’re totally making out in his car. I mean, peel the paint off the walls making out. The whole time I’m thinking “I’m a horrible person.” Help? What does this mean?

  Duh. It means I’m a horrible person.

  Horrible.

  HORRIBLE

  Person.

  Sent:

  Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 9:32 AM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Re: Ugh

  It means that Joe is probably not the one for you. You should break up with him.

  Sent:

  Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:07 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Facebook-Dumped

  Joe just dumped me on my walk home from work (via the phone). He doesn’t even know about the Thanksgiving oops make-out session, and he dumped me. He even had the gall to say that part of the reason was my friendship with you. Can you believe that? Whatever. I’m over it. Wasn’t meant to be. I so need a Scotch right now.

  Oh, and this is the BEST part: He changed his friggin’ Facebook status from “in a relationshi
p” to “single” three hours ago?! That would be THREE HOURS prior to his actually dumping me! So, basically, I was Facebook- dumped before I was actually dumped!

  Sent:

  Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 7:34 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Re: Yep

  C’mon over. I’ll cook you dinner. And, I have Scotch.

  Sent:

  Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 9:30 PM

  From:

  Jenny

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  You There?

  Thought we had a phone date at 8 …

  Sent:

  Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 11:32 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Jenny

  Subject:

  Re: You There?

  Sorry. Izzy and Joe broke up tonight, and she needed a friend. Reschedule for tomorrow?

  Sent:

  Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 11:45 PM

  From:

  Jenny

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: You There?

  I have plans tomorrow night.

  Izabell_Chin I’ve had a rather crappy day that miraculously ended up a little better than it started.

  11:58 PM Nov 29th via twitterfeed

  Sent:

  Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 10:32 AM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  No

  Jenny just broke up with me via Twitter AND Facebook. And, no, I don’t want to talk about it.

  Sent:

  Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 11:34 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Wow

  Oh, Peter, I am sooooo sorry. Are you OK? Do you need anything? You guys have been dating for over a year! And, your families just spent Thanksgiving together. How did this happen????

  On a side note, I find it quite shocking that we both got Facebook-dumped. Is this a new fad?

  Draft:

  Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 12:34 AM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Explanation

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  I don’t know what this means, but Jenny mentioned our “unhealthy” friendship as a factor in our break up. She said I started acting distant the moment I moved to Atlanta and that all of the time I was spending with you made her feel neglected and unloved. We do spend every single night together, Izzy (well, except for the couple of months you were dating what’s-his-face-Joe). I’m slightly drunk, and I shouldn’t be writing this e-mail to you. But, the fact is that we spend every single night together. That’s got to mean something. And, the truth is I’ve always thought about you even when I was dating her.

  Sent:

  Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 7:34 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  You OK?

  I know you said you didn’t want to talk about it. Just checking in to see if you’re doing OK. You’ve been mighty quiet all week …

  Sent:

  Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 9:09 AM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Irrational

  Peter,

  You were totally irrational last night. Why were you so rude to Billy? He asked me to the firm Christmas dance, and I went with him. I wouldn’t have gone with him if I had known how unbelievably rude you’d be. I think you owe him an apology and me an explanation.

  —Izzy

  Sent:

  Monday, December 17, 2007 at 6:06 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Apology

  I apologized to Billy.

  Sent:

  Monday, December 17, 2007 at 6:09 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Apology

  Now, where’s my explanation?

  Sent:

  Monday, December 17, 2007 at 8:09 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Apology

  Hello? My explanation?

  Sent:

  Monday, December 17, 2007 at 9:09 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Apology

  I give up. You are so frustrating sometimes. Forget it. I don’t even want your explanation. You are so BAD at communicating, Peter.

  Draft:

  Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 1:09 AM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Apology

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  My explanation is that I think I like you.

  Sent:

  Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 11:02 AM

  From:

  Dad

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Happy NY!

  Happy New Year! It’s 11 a.m. your time, 8 a.m. our time, and we still haven’t heard from you. You must’ve partied too hard! Call us at home, we’re up (well, your mother is still sleeping but I’m up).

  Love,

  —Dad

  Sent:

  Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at 2:24 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Oops

  For what it’s worth, sorry for vomiting in your bed last night. Even though I’ve apologized a zillion times, I figure I should put it in writing. ;-) Thanks for being so sweet and taking care of me. I will never do Jaeger shots again.

  On a different (and better note), today is my first day of studying for the CA

  Bar because I am very quickly starting to dislike my job as a trained monkey, a.k.a. “Associate at a Big Law Firm.” Aren’t you excited that I won’t be bothering you as much in the evenings? Imagine all that quality free time you’re going to get with yourself.

  HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

  Draft:

  Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at 5:56 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  CA Bar

  This e-mail was written but not sent and will save as Draft until further action.

  Why in the hell, Izzy, are you taking the CALIFORNIA Bar exam? You live in GEORGIA. Why are you such a damn overachiever? Isn’t ONE Bar Exam enough? God, you get bored so easily. We finally have a shot at maybe dating, it’s been almost two years now, it’s a new year, and you have to take the Goddamn California Bar Exam. Fuck you.

  And, yes, I think I like you.

  Sent:

  Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 3:33 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Confession

  I joined eHarmony. For after the Bar when I may have a night off to actually date someone. Destroy this e-mail at once. I can’t believe I’m even telling you this. If you ever tell a soul, I will have you murdered by an Italian man with greasy hair whose name is Angelo.

  You should totally do eHarm, too. Some of these dudes are hot. I’m sure the girls are hot as well. I mean, I’m on there. ;-) Hmm, I wonder if they’d pair us up
, LOL!

  Sent:

  Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 3:46 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

  Subject:

  Re: Confession

  You’re f—g kidding me.

  Sent:

  Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 3:48 PM

  From:

  Izabell

  To:

  Peter

  Subject:

  Re: Confession

  Nope. I have stooped. These are the kind of things that result from my boredom. OK, back to MAD studying.

  This e-mail (and any related ones) will self-destruct within 60 seconds …

  Sent:

  Thursday, February 14, 2008 at 5:30 PM

  From:

  Peter

  To:

  Izabell

 

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