🪩 ·˚ ༘ ┊CHAPTER ELEVEN ! ˊˎ
leap day
( real life )

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𖤐 — CLOVERS CAR

"HOLD UP, 2024 IS A LEAP YEAR?" clover asked as her and aspen drove to the location where matt decided on the date— bowling. out of all the places and things to do on a first double date he chose bowling.

"yeah, and it's today? didn't you know?" the redhead laughed out, glancing over at her friend "was rowen sad there wasn't a date for her by the way?"

"no, but somethings been off with her i can feel it, you know?" aspen glanced over at her. clearly whatever had clover saw within rowen had started to affect her too "a man related thing?" clover shrugged

"rowen gets attached easily, aspen.. you know that. she fell in love with someone and like i don't know.. after the new years party she lost something. she had a glow but, it was different." she explained

"yeah, i can see what you're getting at. i don't know though, she never even mentioned anything after the new year's party. it's kind of like an unopened conversation with her"

"i tried once" clover began "right before the collab with kenzie and sophia like the week after? she got upset so i just left it alone." she sighed, and parked the car, looking over at her friend "what if i suck at bowling by the way" she added on

"i'm sure you won't be, chris will help if you are." aspen wiggled around suggesting things that clover had already thought long and hard about "ewh, aspen. i don't mess around like that"

"the party? carrington?" aspen reminded her. clover went silent, sighing before admitting her deep shame "i flirted with him at the party because i assumed he was chris for a second." she spat out, aspens neck almost snapped as she turned to her friend

"you wanted to fuck him! at the party!" aspen yelled, grabbing her friends hand "you do want him!" clovers face began heating up, in a red glow she shook her head "no, no! but i just wanted to see what the hype was about!"

"oh my god.. clover do you actually like him? it's okay if you do! but, just don't get hurt. i don't want you to be that way like after pierc—" clovers hands clasped over her friends mouth, careful not to ruin her lipstick "we don't say his name." she warned

aspen removed her hand "i'm just saying. same rep means probably same outcome, you couldn't fix.. him. so you can't fix chris, if anything play the game with caution"

clover looked foward, admiring the sunset over LA, she closed her eyes, taking a deep breath in "its a tough life for hopeless romantics, huh?" she laughed out.

"i know babe, but you will find someone who will treat you well. protect your peace, isn't that what you always tell me?" clover nodded, looking over at aspen and out of the corner of her eye seeing chris and matt approaching her car

"what happens on leap year stays on leap year.. right? one kiss—" "clover." aspen warned "fine.. okay okay, you're right. sorry, my intrusive thoughts won"

"well don't let them, if you do have intrusive thoughts just go flirt with a random man. you could have anyone you wanted, don't stress about chris sturniolo." aspen laughed out before she excited the car

the boys stood side by side. matt and aspen hugged while clover stood awkwardly, locking the car door. "hey there" chris nodded his head at her, looking her up and down, admiring what she wore "eyes are up here, christopher" he laughed, being caught.

"sorry, have to admire you sometimes" she rolled her eyes and dabbed up matt before following her friend and into the bowling alley

"your going down" aspen smirked, looking at matt. he rolled his eyes playfully and put his card down, buying the lane for the four of them "i will be winning by the way" chris challenged clover

"oh really? you? you almost made me laugh again chris" clover admitted, grabbing the shoes off the counter and sitting in the half - c shaped seat that was now their lane

"you know i'm funny, clover. admit it. you find me hilarious" he laughed "spell hilarious" she raised an eyebrow at him, smirking as she stood up and turned back to him "you've been watching our videos, haven't you?"

"a man who can't spell twenty. very interesting, mr.sturniolo" she wandered off, in search of a ball that called to her. yet, instead of him going away he followed right after her, his hands shoved in his pockets

"oh, come on ms.moore, twenty is hard to spell. you try if you're so confident" he leaned over her, grabbing a ball off the rack, she held her own ball against her chest, both arms cupping it underneath

"t-w-e-n-t-y" she smiled and walked back to their lane, where matt and aspen were too busy talking and making fun of the nicknames they had chosen for eachother "really? long john?" matt sighed looking at aspen

"you put dexter as my name!" she laughed, grabbing onto his arm as chris and clover loaded their bowling balls into the machine

"wanna choose my name for me? this is a.. double date after all?" chris sighed, deciding that maybe his tactic wasn't working. his childish charm couldn't affect her, and was making him mad in the process.

so, the second best option of his was the boyfriend experience. some girls can't sleep with men who they have no connection to. he developed a plan in his head as clover looked down at the device, clicking letters until it spelled out—

'playboy'

chris laughed, and looked down at her, his grin spread across his face "can i choose yours?" he asked, gently pulling her hand away from the keypad. clover nodded, cautiously of his newfound innocence and soft touch

"what are you gonna put, chris" she asked, attempting to peek over him. however, to no avail she stared up at the screen above the lane where all names were displayed

long john |
dexter |
playboy |
lucky |

clovers cheeks turned pink as he sat down on the couch, watching matt go first "should we do teams?" he asked aspen, who glanced at matt for a clear nod of approval

"you're so on, be ready though, i have been told i'm pretty good at bowling" aspen winked at clover "you won once! and i was drunk!" she laughed out loud

clover burried her face in her hands. she tried to hide from whatever performance aspen put on, meanwhile chris leaned back, his arm draping behind her on the couch

he smelled good, his cologne lingered in the air between them. however all he could smell was her, vanilla and florals like an aura, a cloud surrounding her

"you smell good" the both of them said at the same time, laughing as they held eye contact. it was probably the first flirty comment that didn't make her want to stab him in his abdomen

it almost was romantic

"wow, the clover moore thinks i smell good?" he asked as he stood up, walking over and gathering his ball, prepping it and releasing it down the lane.

a loud thud echoed throughout her ears as she watched it fly down the floor, knocking over 8 of 10 pins "oooo your selling for us chris!" clover clapped her hands together "knew you were ass"

he turned back to her as he waited for the pins to rearrange, he winked at her before letting the ball fly down once again, knocking only one of the two remaining pins

"you're ass" she teased as he sat down next to her. however it wasn't king until she stood up and blew him a kiss

what happened on leap year stayed on leap year. her friend was so busy in her own conversation with matt she hadn't noticed, which wasn't an issue

aspen and matt were the real ones on a date. clover and chris were simply tag alongs.

chris watched as clover took a deep breath in, then as she breathed out as she released the ball, her hands covered her eyes as she waited to hear the knocking down of pins.

the noise filled her ears soon after and she opened her eyes, seeing 9 of 10 knocked over. the brunette looked back at chris, hoping to get a reaction. she for some reason enjoyed arguing with him

except, whenever her eyes landed on him again, he was looking at the lane over at some girl who waved and winked at him.

reality hit her like a truck. what was she thinking? hoping for validation from him of all people? she grabbed the ball once again, realizing that the pins were once again set up and released it down the isle. watching as it knocked over the remaining pin

she sat away from chris. letting who he was settle into her body, he was chris, his reputation proceeded him— even as he somehow got the girl from the other lanes number within minutes

clover wanted to go home and smoke.

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one step foward three steps back w chris huh

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