twenty-four.
[texts about lunches.]

12:24pm
aria is now texting: matty

aria: omfg
aria: your friends are sO rude

matt: yikes
matt: well yeah

aria: im no longer speaking to them

matt: im with them rn so i guess that's sort of hard to do??

aria: DONT SPEAK TO THEM

matt: BUT I JUST DID

aria: WELL STOP RN

matt: JWJXJS BUT THEY KEEP TALKING TO ME

aria: IGNORE THEM SJWJ

matt: I DONT DO WELL UNDER PRESSURE

aria: just don't reply to what they say to you hOW HARD CAN THAT BE

matt: VERY HARD ACTUALLY

aria: THEN LEAVE

matt: AND GO WHERE EXACTLY??

aria: well,
aria: you can come and meet me :)
aria: i haven't seen you since em's party

matt: that's because em and kat kept dragging you everywhere
matt: bUT OFC I WILL COME RIGHT AWAY

aria: GREAT
aria: LETS GO OUT FOR LUNCH

matt: lunch?
matt: like a date? :)

aria: um
aria: sure if you want it to be

matt: actually nO our first date has to be something nicer than that

aria: omfg
aria: fine this can be like
aria: a pre - date?

matt: like a taster

aria: no

matt: what

aria: like a mini date before the main date

matt: oH
matt: i get it

aria: ill call you and tell you where to meet moi

matt: ahdjsj okay
matt: yikes they're attacking me because i said im leaving
matt: didn't tell them leaving to see you tho

aria: they don't deserve to know because they're "not our friends!1!1"

matt: tru
matt: ok see you soon!!

aria: yeah whatever

2:31pm
em is now texting: hornyhunters

em: MATT
em: WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU

matt: um i left

em: ok but to where

matt: just the store

alberto: get back to my house rn you bitch

matt: sorry
matt: not happening

dom: fr man where are you

matt: omfg
matt: stop being so obsessed with me!!!!

kat: what

matt: im just out ok :')
matt: ill be home before dark parents

em: be safe then

matt: are you fucking fr

alberto: where the hell is aria these days

matt: she's on a hornyhunters strike
matt: refuses to talk to em, kat and dom

harry: i feel so flattered

alberto: see guys this is why you be nice to people
alberto: now you have no one to tell you maria intel

em: shIT
em: i didn't think about that
em: brb

dom: wait what did i do

matt: she says its bc you're you

dom: um das mean

em: SHE LEFT WOMANLY WOMAN SHSJXJJ OUR GIRL GC

kat: wait wait
kat: "she says"?

matt: im messaging her the same time as im texting you

aria: i hear my name

matt: well

alberto: ARIAA

em: well hello

aria: hi al
aria: hi harry

kat: ...

aria: matt get out of the toilet omf
aria: shit wrong chat

harry: ARE YOU BOTH TOGETHER RN?

aria: um no

em: YOU SO ARE

matt: noh

kat: they are
kat: i bet that's where he disappeared to

em: ARIA MATT TELL US

aria: i only answer to alberto and harry

dom: omfg really?

harry: are you and matt together rn?

aria: yes we're having lunch :) i made him leave you all and come to me

alberto: is it
alberto: A DATE?

matt: no it's a pre date

kat: a pre what?

aria: you all wouldn't understand :)

harry: pictures or it didn't happen

aria: omfg what

NEW ATTACHMENT FROM: MATT

matt: there you go ;) 

harry: SHWJJSJS SO CUTE

alberto: enjoy your salads you ugly healthy people

em: aria looks v cute

aria: yes ik ive been told thx

dom: sO COLD
dom: ARIA DONT BE MEAN

matt: she says you were all mean first so
matt: *shrugs shoulders*

aria: ok bye now
aria: matt and i have things to do!!

harry: WEAR PROTECTION CHILDREN

aria: bite me

[a/n: here's a sorta nice chapter bc it's my birthday so :)]