🎞️ ·˚ ༘ ┊CHAPTER TEN ! ˊˎ
# Love Island
( real life  )

( 📍 ) LARRY BIRTHDAY PARTY

"OKAY, DID EVERYONE GET A CARD?" larry yelled as he stood in front of the party. like tara yummy party, larrys once a year birthday parties were always one of a kind.

however, unlike the other years, this party had a theme. based off of the birthday boys current obsession, love island. how ironic that it came with partners.

nailea and isa stood at his side with multiple pairs of hancuffs in their hands as larry began to explain the rules of the game

"so, each one of you got a card which you haven't looked at yet i hope" he laughed "behind the card is the name of one other person here, which is why i asked yall you rsvp!"

"on the count of 3, each one of you will turn the card over and see the person who you will be handcuffed to for the rest of the night" murmurs and cheers were thrown around the crowd of familiar and unfamiliar faces

angelina stood near the backdoors with her friends, each of them joking about who they believed they would get on the white sheet of paper

"are you all ready!" larry yelled, covering his mouth with his hand as he tried to stifle his own laughter, whether it was because he personally had sabotaged some of the pairings or not

who knew?

he began the countdown, and angelinas eyes wandered the room for who she could possibly pair with.

and there he was, standing alongside his two brothers, a black t-shirt and baggy jeans along with a leopard print beanie, funny how it matched her shoes.

her tongue traced over her lips subconsciously, possibly out of nerves as she opened the card when the countdown ended, revealing her partner

'matthew sturniolo' the card read in blue ink, with a palm tree sticker right next to it. she snapped her head to her friends, holding up her card to reveal the name she got

they all got random guys "awe man, jen, no vinnie?" she asked "no.. seems like he got the dealer though" their eyes glanced over at their mutual friend, vinnie hacker, who was getting handcuffed to the known plug valeria hawkings.

"no fucking way you got sturniolo" isadora laughed, holding angelinas paper in her hand

"everyone! everyone! find your partners and head up here to get tied together for the night. last pair out gets a prize!" he had clearly forgot to mention the prize.

angelina turned her heads back to her friends, who all scattered at the mention of a prize, she guessed amelie would've been the first one gone. she was rarely up for meeting random people,  but was the most competitive out of the five of them

a sigh once again escaped her lips as her eyes found their way back to where matt once stood, except he was no longer there.

"looking for someone?" a smug voice said from behind her, she could almost hear the smirk in his voice.

and she was right, when she turned her was smirking at her, with his arms crossed. "guess we're partners huh, lina?" he asked

"what happened to angel?" she asked, her head tilting slightly "you have multiple names in one name." was all he said

her lips pursed together, confused at the sudden rudeness in his tone, and even more surprised at the fact that he walked right past her, as if he expected her her to follow him mindlessly

matt on the other hand, did assume she was gonna follow him, and was pissed when he looked back and saw her barely beginning to walk "you can't be slow if we're gonna be paired together"

"and you can't be a massive dick today, so maybe pull the stick from your ass mr. i wanna be so mysterious all the time" she said rolling her eyes as nailea attached the handcuffs to the two of them

another smirk touched his lips as they walked away and he yanked her closer to him. "why are you tryna walk so far from me? damn, its a party lina, dance with me or something"

she was shocked at his request, and as if right on cue larry began playing music, the first song being a rhianna song of all things. she sighed "lets get a shot first and then ill dance with you"

"im not taking a shot, im driving my brothers and i home tonight" he explained "okay well then I am taking a shot, ill take one for you too if you want" she smiled. "alcoholic" he grumbled under his breath

compared to matt, angelina was a ray of sunshine. any dark and mystery he wished to illuminate was immediately shut down by the bright aura that angel always had around her.

her constant smile and the fact that the two of them had to stop every 5 seconds for her to talk to someone made the experience terrible for him.

after a while the two danced then somehow ended up in a quiet corner in the backyard, a smile on their faces as they made fun of another pair who both had dragged eachother into the pool

"i'm surprised you came, i didn't think parties were your scene" she explained, taking a sip of the twisted tea in her hand. "they usually aren't, but larry's a good friend of mine"

she nodded her head "yeah, same.. we've known eachother for a long time" it was a casual conversation. the word flashed in her head like a warning

casual

"you look good tonight, by the way" she mindlessly complimented him, her free hand placing the twisted tea down and picked a hair off of his shirt "oh, you noticed i see. you look nice too angel"

it shouldn't have been happening. the shameless and innocent flirts and compliments, things that blurred the lines of friendship and lustfulness

"ahh, your complimenting me matt" she laughed out "careful, someone might hear you" she whispered, stepping closer to him, they had already been close all night, they had no choice. they were handcuffed together

yet now the distance between them was basically gone, and the final step taken by her had her chest pressed against his "who cares?" he shrugged at her "you care, remember?"

"well, maybe it's stupid.. but do you care about getting upstairs soon?" he said lowly, his breath warmly on her ear. angelina's cheeks flushed a soft shade of pink, and weather it was due to the alcohol or the excitement of sleeping with matt again who knew

"well lead the way, i kind of am forced to follow you matt" she laughed out, and with no time she was whisked away from the quiet corner they stood in

past the crowd of drunk people and her friends giving her gleeful thumbs up and up the stairs into one of the rare empty bedrooms.

an hour later she looked up at him, the small beads of sweat on his forehead and the small pieces of hair sticking to it. "we should leave soon" she said, catching her breath in between the words

"yeah.." he mustered out, standing up and looking around the room trying to figure out which clothes were his in the half lit dim room. "wow matt, nine times in the past two weeks. are we gonna start-"

his head turned towards her. his brows furrowed together "are we gonna start what? i told you this isn't casual angelina." he snapped, bucking his jeans over his waist "whoa- i never said" she was dragged around by him, having to be at a close distance still because of the handcuffs now engraved onto their wrists

"yes you did, nine times in the past two weeks? man.. fuck this was stupid. we can't do this shit anymore i told you i didnt do casual why couldn't you listen?" he scoffed "why couldn't i listen? are you fucking serious?" she argued

now it was her turn to drag him around the room in their stupid game of tug a war as she got her clothes on. "i did listen, and i wasnt the one who wanted to see you every day. ive seen other people since we first slept together, have you?"

reality hit him like a bus, he stood there silently as they had a stare off.

"of course i have!" matt scoffed, running his free hand through his hair, avoiding any and all eye contact with her "you're a liar and you know it. you were all fine for us sleeping together, and you would've continued to be fine with it. being casual is what bothers you, matt. admit it." she pressed

matt went silent, he hated that she was right. "screw this, i knew you would get attached." his hand reached into his pocket, and pulled out the small key that larry had given them whenever they first got locked to one another

"don't put your issues on me matt." she scoffed, looking down as he undid the handcuffs, watching as they fell to the ground in between them.

and yet the both of them stayed there, in an angry silence "i didnt get attached, and it wasnt like there were any rules with is hooking up. you just wanted me at your beck and call every other day when you wanted to get one ou-" he walked off.

in the middle of her rant he stormed out the room, shoving his hands in his pockets, back to face the sea of drunk people and losers. all while attempting to find his brothers.

she watched him walk down the stairs and into the crowd, jennifer stood waiting at the bathroom. clearly she had been the one to disappear from her partner cause she was the one without the cuff "oh shit, did yall-?" she asked

isadora excited the bathroom, also without her handcuff, along with katherine and amelie, who were now handcuffed to the other person "what the hell are yall doing?" angelina asked, laughing at the pair

"if we are in a pair, then its like a recoupling right? so we won't lose!" amelie giggled, holding up her wrist. the girls shook their heads, all very used to the extremely competitive nature of melie.

"anyways, what was that about?" jennifer asked, pointing at matt, who was at the end of the stairs trying to convince chris to and nick to abandon the challenge and leave.

"we fought. deadass like fought, about us being casual. im sick of his shit." the girl scoffed, looking down the stairs at him, her arms crossed. matt was already looking back at her, as if he was saying one final goodbye before he left.

"so, can we leave yet?" isadora asked sheepishly, looking over at kat and amelie. "no! what's the prize?" amelie asked, a small pout on her lips "its literally a jello shot. a warm jello shot." Katherine groaned

"oh.. then yeah lets get out of here, i don't even drink like that. jello shots are nasty" amelia exclaimed, undoing the handcuffs and holding them to jennifer "why me?" the black haired girl asked as the others began down the stairs

"youre a freak, lord knows you'll put them to work" she teased. a loud laughter poured out of jennifers mouth as she grabbed the handcuffs, as well as the key and held them with her as they left the party.

"maybe ill just hit up that one hot guy from love island and be with him. im sure he would be casual with me" angelina moped as she sat in the back seat of the uber "which one?" isadora asked

"rob? the snake guy?" angel shrugged "im joking though, he looks a little toxic" "so jen would want him" amelie joked, looking over at the girl who was passed out against the window

"yeah, sure. cause she can wrangle a snake."

"well she can strangle a man, im sure she can wrangle a snake!"

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