🪩 ·˚ ༘ ┊CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT !  ˊˎ
good old fashioned lover boy
( real life )

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𖤐 — THE STURNIOLO HOUSE

"SO IS ALL WELL IN PARADISE? BECAUSE UHH, THE POD DROPS TONIGHT." calista asked as she sat across the couch from chris in the living room. she asked him not even an hour after he got home the next morning from the date the night before

as most of them expected, clover and chris slept over at her apartment. chris returned back to his own house by 2pm, with her dropping him off. a smile on both of their faces and as everyone described it, the post sex 'glow'

chris had never experienced the glow, not with any of the other girls he slept with during his very long fuckboy era. he constantly came home drained and tired, looking dead and zombie like as he hiked his way up to his room to sleep for the next seven hours.

however, with clover he glowed. his smile radiant and his hair looking nice for once. he smelled like lavender and flowers, and he wasn't a zombie. he was actually interacting with the human population.

matt walked downstairs next, a smirk on his face "so, did me and aspens plan work? she said she lost sight of you guys before grease even ended." he chuckled out, opening the fridge in search of any non leftover pizza from the previous nights

"yeah, yeah. we are good. but god i hope rowen doesn't lie on the pod and say i was obsessed with her or something, that's gonna fuck clover up bad, man. she's already iffy about us" he groaned out, rubbing his hands down his face

"fuck rowen" they all nodded in agreement as nick and andrew came out of the third and oldest brothers room "we should all listen to it together" calista joked "like a listening party? wait- why am i down?" nick laughed, holding his hand up to his mouth, as if he was shocked that he liked the idea

"would they even be down to listen to it? what if she was trying to keep her own peace?" andrew asked as he grabbed a water from the fridge "that does sound like clover, but my bitch is always down" they all turned their heads, shocked at the redhead standing in their kitchen

"oh so you're all nasty" calista laughed "don't act like you and nate weren't together every second of your back to back trips" chris teased "anyways! yes ill text her, and larry too? cause i mean, who else would trash on her with us?" aspen asked

"uhh.. there's maybe been a couple group chats made" nick smiled cheekily "you're amazing" aspen laughed "why didn't clover just come inside when she dropped you off?" matt asked chris as he stood now next to aspen, his hand planted on its usual spot on her lower waist

"she had a meeting with her manager today for her guess campaign, and something about a new project? along with prep for fashion week" chris explain, and aspens head snapped down at her watch "holy shit, i have a meeting in an hour for that too. I'm screwed."

matt laughed and rolled his eyes "ill drop you off" he explained, following her back to his room

"so, chris" calista began, her usual teasing smile plastered on her face "you finally entered your lover era again? which means no more locked in his room watching ten things i hate about you, chris?" she laughed

"ill have you know that movie is amazing, and no i wouldn't only watch that! i would sometimes watch looney toons" he explained, standing up "but, if were gonna see clover later i have to get her flowers, which means i have to uber to the store and-"

"oh shut up, i already know what you're gonna ask me. yes, ill take you" calista rolled her eyes "but you owe me gas money" she threatened, pointing a finger to him "yay! youre the best, i swear" chris laughed and ran to his room to get ready

he had to look nice for clover, and shower her with everything he couldn't that month where she hated his guts.

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𖤐 — THE STURNIOLO HOUSE
5 HOURS LATER

"HEY, BABY" chris smiled as he pulled clover in by the loops of her jeans for a kiss, one hand rested on her waist while the other slid down her back. she had just arrived and the two stood at the bottom of the staircase

"I've missed you" he smiled, kissing her once again. the brunette rolled her eyes "you just saw me this morning, silly" she reminded him "and? i don't care that was forever ago" he shrugged

"you're dramatic as shit sometimes, aren't you?" clover asked, following him up the staircase, and the group smiled when they saw her behind the youngest brother

"clover! thank fucking god" nick explained, smiling and pulling her in for a hug of his own. she sat next to aspen, and chris, draping her legs over his. "promise me, you'll tell me the truth if she lies." she told him sternly

"of course i would, I'm pleading with you every lie that that women tells" he reminds her. chris grabbed clovers hand, interlocking their fingers and rubbing the back of her hand with his thumb. "okay.." clover let out a sigh of relief

but nothing could stop the nerves growing in her stomach, and the sudden feeling of doom she felt when rowen came on screen next to tara yummy on the dropouts podcast.

she didnt know what to expect. rowen was a liar, and now after years of being lied to clover knew that. which means she was good at it, and it scared the shit out of her.

the podcast began, and all was fine and well until zach. "of course its him bringing this corny shit up" larry scoffed out, looking back at clover for support

she looked pale and sickly

the group was laughing on the couches, something about stealing was brought up, and how rowen used to shoplift from a lot of towns in their hometown. all of it was so nostalgic to clover. until zach opened his mouth

"speaking of stealing! rowen, didn't you just have a man stolen from you from your best friend? tell us about that?"

he said it so bluntly, and rowen herself wasn't expecting the question out of the blue like that, the look on her face showed it. "uhh" she began, a nervous laugh escaping her mouth before she locked in, and nodded her head

"yeah, he was. she was my best friend too. childhood since birth shit and then she pulls this stunt, and acts like it was my fault. she definitely has something on him though cause like- he literally told me he didn't want any relationship, and all this stuff about how he's scared and how he doesn't commit or even want anything" she began

"nothing at all! so, I'm like okay cool! right? then about two months later he starts to be seen with her, she sends me pictures of them? so i ask her, is that him? like, i told you we were something that's mad weird?" rowen pauses while the group looks at her shocked

clovers ears grew red, she was pissed.

"the girl tells me that she never knew and that its fine cause me and him never dated, and so.. yeah! i mean, now they're fighting and shit cause they're both claiming they never knew. he's playing dumb, but like- he loved me." she looked at zach and nodded

"loved? damn so like how long had you and him been talking?" tara asked, shocked at the whole story herself

everyone on that podcast knew clover.

"we had been talking for like six months, we went on dates, we hung out, like the whole relationship shit just without the label. i met his brothers, his family back home. i thought we deadass were locked in" rowen explained, nodding

"brothers? wait can you say who these people are?" zach asked

but instead of milking the fake story for every penny, rowen shook her head no "I'm choosing my peace, and i cut her out of my life. how dare she do that to me, you know? I'm just so glad to have left that toxic friendship. she had done this to me my whole life, and I'm just glad it finally is catching up to her. karma is a bitch sometimes"

the group then burst out laughing, changing topics to jojo siwa. however, matt paused the video and looked at clover

"she's really bad liar" clover explained "did you guys meet her?" she asked nick and matt, both shook their heads furiously

"i didn't even know who she was" nick explained "i didnt even know her name or face or anything until your birthday" matt added

and then she turned to chris "did any of that happen?" her eyes softened, as if scared to fin out that what rowen said was the truth, but she knew she had to trust chris. he loved her, and she promised that he would tell her the truth.

only that.

"fuck no!" he exclaimed, a disgusted look on his face "i would never bring her around mom or dad, or trevor, shit not even nate! i didn't even bring her around them. she's fucking weird" chris leaned back into the couch

the entire time he said that he held eye contact with her.

one thing about chris? he can't hold eye contact while he lies. he never had been able to. clover just nodded and looked at matt, nodding her head "you can press play if you want, I'm sick of these fake bitches" clover said, leaning her head on his shoulder

she believed him.

"nah, let's watch something else, if i keep watching this i'll start to say how much zach smells in person" aspen said

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