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It's Charlie texting Nick, btw! I know I'm leaving you on a little bit of a cliffhanger so I wanted to just let you know that it's Charlie haha! I'll post more info about the page break a bit later today.

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ACxo

I just want to give him a hug 🥺

zoey

agh

Chloe ♡

charlie looks so tiny on nicks lock screen 🤍

Jennifer Berry

i hope that’s charlie saying he’s coming over

Laura

I love that you didn’t want us to wonder who texted but tbh I wanna know what Charlie wrote 😂

Gemma 🍂💙💛

Ahhh ACAS personal statement brings back memories 🙈🙈🙈

Sophie

writing my personal statement sucked i feel for nick 😭😭

Desi23

Nick needing a hug omg! 🥹

Lili

I rlly like the angles of this panel omg

Zahir Khan

I know its impossible but i wish i also get my nick 😭😭😭

Chloe ♡

nick is so real for the laptop balanced on his stomach with his arms by his side the real browsing position

Merel

Aww Nick :( It must be so difficult to write a personal statement when you aren't even sure of who you are and what you want.

Nyssa Rawther 🍉

I love that little doodle of Charlie on Nick's phone 🤭🤭 they're so cute istg. Nick struggling while figuring out his future makes me wanna give him a big hug. But fortunately he has Charlie in his life - he just needs to remember to talk to him.

Blissnfaith

“I am” is very profound, actually 😊

Shirtael Cohen

I really hope they going to talk it’s heartbreaking to see Nick like that

Jo Mary

Aww poor nick wish l could hug 🤗him x

Bela Francoeur-Schug

Alice, you are so considerate to us! I could tell it was Charlie btw 🤓

2catlovers

He’s been staring at a blank page for some time…. I’m guessing that’s something to do with uni applications?

Rocky

So many thoughts, feelings, concerns and fears in just one page - how the hell do you manage to capture so much when the page has virtually no text! Sending you best wishes!

Anne-Louise Fortune

Like Nick, I had no idea what I wanted to do when I was 17, and filling in those forms. I can't imagine I was the only teenager in that position. Utterly horrendous experience!

Kaila K

Nick needs a Nick hug

Merel

Good luck with your surgery, and please take your time to recover! There's no need to rush, we're all here because we care about you <3

Carrie Lindley

The way I want to sit down with Nick and workshop that essay! ✍️

Michelle wright

Good luck with surgery Alice! ❤️ I've just filled in one of those ucas forms and honestly it was nerve wracking -and I'm 31! I wouldn't have had a clue at 17

Cas

I wanna give Nick a big hug. Or send Nellie to go lay on him <3

Tori-Gaye Atterbury

Couldn’t agree more! I think he’s just afraid of putting any pressure on Charlie. Although Charlie’s been doing better, Nick probably wants to maintain the image of “perfect boyfriend” subconsciously because he always wants to be that anchor for him but severely neglecting his own needs 🥲 I think he’ll either have a breakdown and they’ll talk from there or Charlie will notice further and ask him to really talk to him about what’s been going on. My heart 🥹

Tori-Gaye Atterbury

I remember that struggle vividly and to this day, I still don’t think my personal statement showed who I am 🤷🏽‍♀️

AKelly

I’m from the US, what is a UCAS letter??

Rosie

Nick feels so lost and low here, I wonder if he’s ever really had a sense of who he is, or only ever known himself in relation to the people around him? Beautifully, heartbreakingly drawn 💔

Brittney

Charlie, go and see your boyfriend he needs you more than everything. I think that's what I loved about season 3. Is that like we see almost with every couple Tara and Darcy, Tao and Elle and Nick and Charlie how they all can speak to each other about their problems, but when it comes to telling others it's still quite a lot and especially the way from episode 4 where Tao joined Nick upstairs and Nick cried on Tao's shoulder like even though there was no words said, you still could tell it was like because it was a lot weighting on Nick and then Tao realising how much it is for Nick but also understanding how much can be so held in before you break. And that way of Nick shutting off the world and then talking to Charlie, it makes you understand a lot. And part of me just hopes that you know Nick could have possibly told Charlie how that even he was glad that Charlie was getting help, it really mentally destroyed Nick because he always tries to be the main supporter, the main shoulder to be on, but without Charlie you see how much depths it has. Anyways Alice, best of luck for the surgery, recover get some rest, and take your time we'll see you soon

Chris

I hate cliffhanger ☹️ (and I love it at the same time 😝)

Claire

Nick -- you have lots to offer -- but I think all of us of a certain age remember the feeling of having to fill those uni forms. Alice -- you have been kind to us here -- glad to see Charlie on the phone to give Nick a boost.

tess ^_^

NOT THE PERSONAL STATEMENR . war flashbacks

Merel

Poor Nick has no idea what to write in his personal statement—and what 18-year-old would? How are you supposed to know yourself well enough to not only be aware of your identity, passions and aspirations, but to also be able to articulately express them in an important essay? Hell, I imagine that's difficult for anyone at any age. Add to that the current fears and uncertainties warring in Nick's brain... It's no wonder he's struggling 😕

Julius Becker

"How To Write Your Undergraduate Personal Statement - UCAS Stand out from the crowd by showcasing who you are and what you can bring to a university as you begin your undergraduate journey."

Krystyn

Nick really needs a hug… and Charlie. I hope he will manage to comfort his boyfriend 💞Alice, sending you loads of positive energy for tomorrow 💜

Loveislove

Wow - Nick looks so big here. Thank you Alice for telling us it is Charlie...lessens the torture lol 😆. Focusing on the positives - Nick is trying to look at his personal statement and Charlie is texting. Annnd, let's leave it at that lol! All good, nothing else to see here.

Loveislove

Also - the birds are back on the sheets - all good 👍🏻

Tina

what's ucas? i'm guessing this is about college applications???

Beam Bugge

yeah I feel ya nick, idk who I am either lol (I'm 24 and way into uni and I still have no idea, you're not alone nick dw)

Ashley Robinson

I figured myself out in my mid 30s so he’s going to be ahead of the game.

Jo S

Nick needs Charlie for a ‘recharge’ really feel Nick’s pain atm right through the page! Alice the expression is so good 😊 Alice , take care and I wish you all the best :) xx

Harriet Echo

UCAS is such a trigger word in my world 😖😳😰 remember the pain so well?

chloé

yes when applying you use something called UCAS, you pick 5 universities to apply to and you have to send those applications off with an accompanying personal statement that the universities can read :)

Charlie

No one knows who they are! Especially not at 18!!!! UCAS is the devil. The flashbacks to filling out the application forms are real! 🫶

Thais Di Stasi

Alice, show us Nick’s cellphone wallpaper 😬

Jason

Actually really love this, Nick having to sit down and say who he is. For the entire time he's been "Charlie's Boyfriend" can't wait to see his growth

OSM

I was nearly 30 when I filled in my UCAS statement and I still had no idea what to write. Anyone who is sure at 17 is either very strange or extraordinarily lucky.

hollie

the dreaded personal statement. my thoughts are with nick at this challenging and difficult time 😔😔

Loveislove

I am...a kind person. Someone who notices and thinks of others. I care when people hurt and want to help. I am someone who loves and respects my mother and appreciates the life she has given me. I am realistic and know right from wrong. I love animals and treat them kindly. I am an athlete, leader and a coach. I see hard things and can face them head on. I haven't always known myself but have always accepted myself with pride. I am love. That means all of the above and my boyfriend Charlie. The two of us have something inside of us that discovered each other and made us both better and stronger and now...we are ❤️.

Charles Castleberry

I feel for Nick. I remember being in that weird window in my life when I was all potential but with no direction to apply it to. Just feeling kind of... blank. Going through the motions. I didn't really work that out until I changed majors, in my 20s, and found a career path I was good with. Hopefully Nick will work it out sooner -- like, before the end of Vol 6, lol. :-)

Sulagna Maitra

I had to write these essays and go to interviews where I would have to "prove how great I was" or at least that I was better than the rest in order to make it into a course- where eventually I would be one in a sea of young head full of dreams. Now that I am in my 40s I can categorically say, that I am NOT special in any way, I definitely did not know who I was back then and I got into places because I was lucky or plain stupid to realise the risks I was taking. I am here and so I try to do my best for myself and others. Sometimes that is enough and sometimes it is not. I do know however, that I am EXTREMELY lucky to be living a life surrounded by good people and good fortune. Because given the state the world is in, it could be different in the blink of an eye. And so, I am very grateful for each and every day that I get on this planet. 🙏 It is really unfair how our education systems try to bring out the "competitive edge" amongst our younger generation when what we need in this world is more empathy, camaraderie and collaboration. Nick is such a wonderful young man, who has lead a rugby team at school, stood up to the hypocrisy of his father, stood by his mum, successfully completed exams, and is in a healthy romantic relationship with Charlie in spite of their combined challenges. Yet, his school hasn't offered him much sense of a self 🥺. I hope Charlie can show him, as he always does, how amazing Nick is!! ❤️

Justin S.

He is Nick Nelson…but totally understand where he’s coming from

LSH

Good luck with your op Alice! We’ll all be here waiting on tenterhooks for the next page when you feel up to it!

ucfnurse

I too am extremely lucky and grateful for each and every day I get on this planet!!!☺️😊👍❤️🫶🏻☑️☕️🎂🍶💥🎉🎊🦙🐈🐶🏉✌️🕊️☮️

Jenny Delcher

Good luck with surgery, all the best

Kayleigh Clarke

I hate seeing Nick so sad 😢 I hope Charlie helps! Good luck with your surgery and recovery Alice ☺️

Olav Gehle

All these things you are supposed to do on such a young age are just pressuring. I feel for everyone who has to do these things. In the end they mean nothing.

Ariel

Thank you for the update Alice! Sending you all the best wishes over the break - take all the time you need! 🍂💕

syd

sending good vibes & hope for a speedy recovery!

Lou Perkins

Hi Edward! I found writing my personal statement far more stressful than acquiring the necessary A level grades to study English Lit. I believe UCAS are scrapping personal statements but will probably replace them with something equally horrific! Good luck to you and all US friends for your forthcoming election!

Abbey

Wishing you healing thoughts! Look after yourself - can’t thank you enough for this story or these characters 🫶

Jay

I need Charlie to write like “look outside your window” and then him being there 👀😉

Sosha20

These last several pages...is Nick a little depressed?

hwalker

Everyone seems to be talking about some sort of surgery Alice is going thru, but I haven’t seen anything about that, can someone pls explain?

Sandra Day

Wait! I’m sure I knew everything at 19! 🤣😬😉 sending 💙💙💛💛💙💙💛💛 to Alice 💜💜

Robert

Nick is looking very sad.

Katrina

I wanna give Nick a hug :( and also good luck with surgery tomorrow Alice!

Scott Whittall

OK, apologies for being a bit dim here. Is this still the same evening Char worked until 7p and then had homework to do? If so, poor Nick has had a shit day. He really needs a Char hug and snuggle.

Dustin Westfall

Is anybody else anxiously waiting for the text post today????

zara ahmed !!

UCAS personal statements are so funny bc you’re literally 18 going yes this is my life passion and 75% of people pick their subject that year 😭

Dustin Westfall

Alice, can you tell us if the epilogue will time jump? Are you still working with Netflix to figure out a season four?

Ania W.

Good luck Alice! And please don't rush back to work. Health is the most important thing🤍

Dustin Westfall

I’m getting so nervous about recent pages….it looks to me like we are heading for a break up…even post novella

Hollyh

Maybe this is the first step of Nick possibly going to therapy?? I went to an Alice oseman thing with wren James in Edinburgh and they said im vol 6 and if we get a s4 Nick would go to therapy so it could be now?!

Murgy

I remember writing UCAS personal statements, its horrible at the best of times, let alone when you are unsure who you are like most teenagers seem to feel, based upon what I saw with my own peer group. And with Nick being so unsure as it is thanks to everything else going on, it seems like this only compounds the issue. And when he is stuck, Charlie messages. I don't know if this will make him feel worse or not

Diana N

Good luck with your surgery Alice! Take time to recover and heal. We’ll be here whenever you are able to return. Don’t rush yourself. Sending you lots and lots of love and positive energy ❤️❤️

Ellen🌈✨

Charlie’s shift finished at 7, time on Nick’s phone is 19:17, Charlie has text to say he is outside 🤔🤷‍♀️

Cody

Oh boy, it's been awhile since I had to do that! I'm sensing Charlie will come over/is already there. He'll eventually see what's on the computer or Nick may bring it up. AND SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN!! This build up has been a long time coming

bethany

my god this is so real

RCM

Oof. The way Nick is completely sunken into his bed says a lot about his mood, his energy, his motivation to get this done. And that’s fair. Things have just gotten good, i mean really good, in Nick’s life. Change sucks, especially if you don’t really want it to happen…Then, Nick tries to open with the two hardest words for anyone to follow…”I am…” It’s really unanswerable when you aren’t feeling quite right and you don’t really know why, but it’s been brewing for months (really for years, but since Nick met Charlie and started learning more about himself, it’s like all those buried feelings about his dad and his asshole brother from when he was a kid that have been lurking deep inside him are pushing to be seen too, on top of everything else!) and all the “logical” answers aren’t right at all! I am…happy? mostly…I am missing Charlie? definitely. I am annoyed that David is home?, yep. I am interested, applying, ready to attend…? Ugh. Those aren’t right either. I AM: I am not wanting things to change. I am scared for my future, for not being here for Charlie…god, let’s not go there. Get it together, Nick. I am Nick Nelson? Are you even supposed to introduce yourself? That seems kind of obvious. What do I want to say? Why is my mind blank? Why is it so hard to say I don’t know what I want and I’m starting to be so tired of being numb. Am I really numb, though? What do I have to complain about really? Nothing. Ok. I am… (and this whole time I am hoping he will turn around and look at his wall…at the warm memories, where he felt most like himself. I wish Nick could see himself the way Charlie and the teachers and rugby lads and his mum see him! But, the birds on his sheets are static, not ready for change, or movement, just like Nick is🥺)I am…unable to say what I might want because it affects more than me and I cannot bring myself to put it on paper, because once it’s on paper, it feels so real. So final…., I mean, Leeds is over 4 hours away!!! And what if I don’t get in, I mean why would they even want me since I don’t even know what I want to do there. It’s too much to think about right now… PING… Sweet Nick. It’s going to be okay. But I fear it’s going to be harder before it’s okay. And that is okay too❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

David C Witkin

Good luck with your surgery and recovery tomorrow, Alice! Take your time for recovery. My feeling is that Charlie is either on his way over to Nick's, or at the front door, or something had come up and he can't come (😔). Now as for that personal statement: A lot of people are saying that Nick only typing the words "I am" and then nothing means he's stuck and doesn't know what to say. That's probably true. But maybe there's another thought: Nick is coming into his own, and figuring out who he might be "without Charlie". So it might be fitting that he has a blank page and starts with the bold and simple statement: "I am." Which is to say "I am here. I exist as myself, not just as someone's son, brother, student or boyfriend." I am Nick Nelson, and I exist.

Reem

In mini comics and the various Q&A’s they are drawn still together when they’re older and also married. I choose to believe that they are canon. Plus Alice Oseman said the ending of Volume 6 would be happy. So even though I’d be sad if they break up, I know they’ll be back together stronger than ever. 🤍

Lilly Mae

Thank you for confirming it was Charlie texting. It’s like you know we’d create scenarios in our head or something🤔😅 This story is progressing beautifully. Can’t wait to see the next panel 🤩

Mareike

I absolutely love the way you add Nick's thoughts to Alice scenes!

Brittany Cournoyer

I just joined yesterday, and went back and started from the very beginning. Thank you for creating such an amazing, diverse universe that can help multi generations.

Helena

Nick is passionately passionate about his subject

Neenie

Ohh… Nick has not made progress….