❝swiss cities remind me of the kid at high school who's great at sports, has perfect hair, the best girlfriend, and the teachers all love him. he's just too perfect.❞
– rick steves

"Holy shit! Chuck, your hair!" 

Keanu chuckled at the cheerful tone in her voice accompanied by her wide-eyed expression staring back at him through his laptop screen. 

"Skeeter, you saw the hair the last time we talked which was yesterday."

"I know! Just ─ wow! You look hot!"

He hid his blushing face behind his face but he was sure it didn't do any good. Hell, Keanu himself knew he wasn't fooling anyone. When he lowered his hand and placed it underneath his chin, he tried his best to withhold a smile. At this, he observed how Skeeter's face lit up. 

"Aw, you're blushing, Chuck! I wonder why since you're such a Hollywood hunk. You must be swimming in your fountain of compliments."

"Okay, now you're just messing with me again." 

Skeeter feigned a shocked expression ─ mouth agape and hands placed on either side of her cheeks for more emphasis. 

"I would never! But, really. I dig this scruffy look even though you complain about your patchy beard."

"You really remembered that?" 

"Of course." 

"I ranted about my stupid beard, didn't I? It just never seems to ─ "

"Grow evenly in the right places? I know, I know." 

It was Skeeter's turn to chuckle. 

"But, hey, just because my boyfriend doesn't have a perfect beard, it doesn't mean he looks ugly!"

"Your boyfriend, huh?"

Skeeter smiled proudly that it had squinted her eyes a bit.

"Yep! I. . .hope that's okay?"

"More than okay." 

"Okay!"

"Why are you so. . .spirited?"

"Oh. Well, my sleep schedule is messed up because of I'm in Switzerland for the SAT Awards which I'll probably lose because ─ oh god ─ my freaking research or article or whatever it is just sucks!" 

"Skeeter ─ " 

"I mean, I just basically ranted how the U.S. HealthCare System sucks ass because an ambulance trip to a hospital costs four hundred dollars!"

"I read it, you know. I think it's pretty good."

"Hm. . ."

"You haven't had your daily unhealthy dose of coffee, have you?"

Skeeter slumped her shoulders and pouted. 

"No. Charlie is downstairs getting me some of that while also having his tux ─ holy shit! Is that the time?! I only have an hour to get ready! Chuck, why didn't you say anything?!"

"I did tell you change the time setting on your phone." 

Keanu was a bit concerned at Skeeter's alarmed state as she frantically dashed around the hotel room. Through the Skype call, she looked like the Flash. 

"I'm going to leave you to ─ "

"─ Make a complete fool out of myself?"

Keanu smirked. 

" ─ To get your shit together, Skeet. Don't forget to prepare your acceptance speech for when you win too." 

"We don't know that!" 

"Win or lose, it won't matter." 

Skeeter had finally set back down in the chair, her image becoming clearer. Her brown hair was up in a ponytail just like how she discussed it with her sister-in-law's stylist. She breathed deeply and closed her eyes. She was beginning to relax. When she opened her eyes again, Skeeter gave him a grateful smile and blew a kiss. 

"Thank you, Chuck. I'm a bit insufferable sometimes so I'm sorry."

Keanu shook his head. 

"Don't be. I'll leave you to it."

"Okay and hey! My coffee is here!" 

"See? Everything's falling into place. Au revoir et bonne chance, ma chérie (goodbye and good luck, my darling). Can't wait to see you."

"Hmmm. . .I like the sound of that."

"The French or the that we'll see each other in a few days?"

"A bit of both act ─ what?! Charlie, what do you mean you can't find the deodorant?! It's right in the fuc ─ "

CALL ENDED!

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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗨𝗕𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘!

skeeter - goofy
chris - mickey
scott  - donald
bambi - minnie 

mickey added charlie cheong to the groupchat!

charlie cheong
hOLY SHIT IS THIS THE SUPER MEGA ULTRA SECRET AND ICONIC 3/5 EVANS GROUPCHAT??!!! 

mickey
yep this is the evans groupchat but i'm not sure it's iconic tho 🤷🏻‍♂️

donald 
it's only iconic because i'm in it😎

minnie 
hi bambi gray here 

charlie cheong 
OH MY GOD I LOVE YOU 

I HAVE THE VIDEO OF ME SCREAMING 1, 2, 3 LET'S GO BITCH DURING DELICATE PLAY THE MOMENT I WAKE UP EACH MORNING

minnie 
oh wow your husband must love you 

charlie cheong 
he does!!

minnie 
but, let's talk about the BEST evans here. . .

mickey
did she win? 

donald 
did she? i need to know if i get to babysit for only 3 months next year

it's a bet with our less preferred older sisters dON'T JUDGE 

charlie cheong
I HAVE PICTURES

ALSO DON'T JUDGE THE QUALITY BECAUSE MY HANDS WERE FUCKING SHAKING 

charlie cheong sent two photos!

donald 
i can't believe i'm saying this but skeeter actually does look nice in a dress 😲

mickey 
don't tell me the second picture doesn't just scream MOM, I GOT A MYSELF A RICH MAN 

minnie 
let's rephrase that to:

mickey
she's still not taking calls? 

donald
wait, you're calling her? I'M calling her too 😪

minnie 
aaand this is EXACTLY why we brought charlie here 

can you tell her to take our calls please? 😇

charlie cheong 
sorry skeeter can't come to the phone right now. why? because SHE HAS THE BRIGHTEST SMILE ON HER FACE AS SHE TALKS TO HER BOYFRIEND AJLKLJKLJDD

donald
BOYFRIEND???!!!

minnie 
wait?

a? 

B O Y F R I E N D ????

mickey 
hmmm. . .her boyfriend huh 

charlie cheong 
wAIT WHAT WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A BOYFRIEND LOL 

brb skeeter and i are going to steal champagne and organic swiss cheese 

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chrisevans: this is the same girl who had numerous meltdowns and called me on the phone crying because she thought she would fail the boards. she's now a surgeon and a SAT awardee. let that sink in. 

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imsebastianstan: hey congratulations, skeeter!! wish you'd get instagram so i can annoy you even more 😇

username1: i'm fully convinced that seb and skeeter are dating YA YEET
──────chrisevans: username1 nope!

username2: if you put a blonde wig on her, she's going to look like regina george
──────username1: username2 LJJLHJKDHKJALAJLKA TRUE

bambigray13: i'm gushing at the post but questioning your choice of photo????
──────chrisevans: bambigray13 skeeter looks stunning doesn't she!!!!
──────bambigray13: chrisevans she looks like she's 0.3 seconds from strangling you 🤔
──────chrisevans: bambigray13 i know !!!! 😁 this is payback for not answering our calls 

username3: is this a recent picture or??
──────scottevansgram: i think this was christmas 2005??? even on holidays she was studying 🤷🏻‍♂️

username4: hey, I know her! I think we shared a class during our med school days. Congratulations, fellow Harvard alumn! 🥳

username5: skeeter went to harvard?? as in THE harvard university????
──────username6: for this reason, skeeter evans is the best evans. hands down.
──────username7: username6 just for that reason? some people are so shallow ☹ let's not praise people just because they attended an ivy league college lol
──────usenrame3: username7 in scott's podcast where he had skeeter as the guest, she said she doesn't really consider harvard having such a big impact on her + skeeter mentioned that she had to work too while balancing her studies

username2: she was actually my doctor when i was having my baby 🥰 we were involved in a car crash on our way to the hospital and she had to do a c-section. since my baby was underweight, she had to reach her hand inside to pull the baby out and the next day she went to my room crying and apologizing because she broke my baby's arm. i told her it was okay and thanked her. her award is well-deserved for sure!!

username8: gUYS GUYS i researched what a sushrata award is and apparently it's this prestigious award in medicine kinda like an oscar and that skeeter is actually the first woman to win this award in 50 years !!!! 🥳🥳

username6: ^^ AGAIN, SKEETER EVANS IS THE BEST EVANS. SAY IT WITH ME.

username8: aND AND her research was about how fucked up the US healthcare system is ughHHHH someone give me her social media handles i'm going to stan

username9: for the reasons above, CAN WE PLEASE MAKE SKEETER EVANS GO VIRAL???!!!
──────username6: username9 it's DOCTOR skeeter evans
──────username9: username6 CAN WE PLEASE MAKE DOCTOR SKEETER EVANS GO VIRAL???!!!
──────username10: username9 sorry but the internet/social media only makes dumb and irrelevant people go viral 🙄

AUTHOR'S NOTE
a dedication to
the very beautiful
-ADEELAJ- for the equally
beautiful manip at the
start of her chapter 
she's literally my first
friend here. love you, ads!! 
💖💖💖