twenty.
[texts about confessions.]

4:21pm
aria is now texting: matty

aria: im sososo excited

matt: what are you excited for?
matt: did you get another mega pack of mini rolls?

aria: even better

matt: something better than mini rolls? do tell

aria: tomorrow
aria: im going somewhere to meet this old friend and im v excited

matt: tomorrow em's having this house party so i guess im excited for that

aria: u should be excited for it
aria: never know what can turn up
aria: or who

matt: what
matt: stop being so cryptic my brain hurts

aria: that's because ur dumb as shit

matt: ur honestly so evil
matt: what did i do to deserve this

aria: ur being u that's why

matt: when my mother told me to be myself i didn't expect to be bullied for it!!

aria: ur mother lied
aria: u always get bullied for being urself

matt: deep

aria: pretty deep

4:48pm
aria is now texting: womanly woman

em: ok so i have good news
em: since the initial time to come is 6pm, i told matt to go pick up some stuff for me that would have been ready at that time
em: so he's coming last

aria: omg

kat: omfg
kat: now we can sit back and watch the undisturbed union of you and matt

aria: MY HEART IS BEATING SO FAST AT THE THOUGHT OF MEETING YOU ALL TOMORROW
aria: AND MATT

kat: im just excited to see you both together

em: you're excited kat?? just wait until al's and harrys reactions

kat: tru
kat: they're the biggest maria shippers

aria: maria??

em: that's you and matt's ship name

aria: oh god we have a ship name??

kat: well obviously
kat: do u not ship it

aria: ofc i do

em: YOU DO??

kat: OMG
kat: so does that mean

aria: that i feel something for matt?
aria: maybe

em: well wdym maybe

aria: well i only know how he is, online. i sorta feel something for him for online him, but when i meet him tomorrow, ill get to know the actual him, then ill know my feelings

kat: well explain ur feelings now, for online matt

aria: whenever i get his text notification my heart beats and he makes me laugh, we've called a few times and it makes my day
aria: i don't want to sound cheesy af but

em: SJDJKS
em: THAT DEFINITLEY SOUNDS LIKE YOU LIKE HIM

kat: ONLINE MATT OR NOT, YOU LIKE HIM

aria: YES OK I DO

em: im capturing every second of you meeting tomorrow

aria: please do.
aria: ill make it my damn lockscreen

[a/n: next chapter!!]