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annikaskywalker

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annikaskywalker appreciation post for chris bc he's a real one :)

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notmattsturniolo

notmattsturniolo appreciation post for bella bc shes a real one :)

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annika

ok that was low

matt

What?

annika

yk what

matt

I don't?

annika

u saw i posted abt chris so u did the same thing for bella

matt

I didn't? I just posted her, do you have a problem with that?

annika

u captioned it the same too

matt

Is this why you texted me?

annika

yes

matt

Whatever, bye, if u wanna talk to me abt this do it in real life 

annika

u wanna actually talk to me? like in person?

matt

No, Chris and Nick want to hang out with
you so I have to come over and pick you up

annika

k

matt has blocked annika

I rolled my eyes as I tossed my phone on my bed.

I went to my closet and looked for some sort of comfortable but good outfit. Something Matt would like- WAIT NO. NOT MATT. Chris. Something Chris would like. Not Matt.

I resulted to a striped sweater and baggy jeans and then black converse.

As I got into the backseat with Nick, I smiled at the boys, but the smile didn't stay for long when I saw Bella sitting on the other side of Nick.

As much as I wanted to roll my eyes at her, I didn't.

"Hello." I greet, closing the door. "Hey." Chris and Nick reply while Matt and Bella say nothing.

"Bitch." I mutter, "Shut the fuck up." Bella replies.

"I said nothing to you." I snap.

"How about you both shut the hell up." Chris says, looking at Bella, which I knew he more meant to tell her to shut the fuck up than he wanted me to.

"Chris can you play Taylor Swift?" I request, seeing he was on aux.

"You listen to Taylor Swift?" Bella asks with a weird look on her face.

"Yeah. Do you have a problem with that?" I ask her, as Chris hands me his phone to pick a song.

"No. Just, that's weird." she comments with a shrug.

Nick scoffs at this.

"Can you say one sentence without shit talking Annika?" he asks, "She's just obsessed." I tell him.

"With you? Who could ever be obsessed with you? You dress like a street rat." she says.

"Okay at least she covers up her body!" Chris exclaims.

The only sound being me and Nicks hands smacking over our mouths.

"Say something Matt!" Bella exclaims, "You can't even fend for yourself." I mutter, rolling my eyes.

"Excuse me?" she asks, "Nothing." I answer, plopping down in my seat as I give Chris his phone back, playing Cruel Summer by Taylor Swift.

It's not like I could listen to it though. The whole time Bella was groaning and whining.

"Can you shut the fuck up!" Nick snaps, "This song sucks!" Bella states.

"Deal with it." I reply.

"Okay, you need to stop being rude to her." Matt finally speaks up.

"She called me a street rat! She called me weird! She doesn't shut the fuck up about how weird and disgusting I am and I'm rude? Grow up and learn some common sense." I scoff.

He said nothing, he just looked at me, right into my eyes and for a minute I saw a sense of serenity. That sense of serenity flashed to anger in a quick second. Gone.

"You grow up." he says back, "No. You grow up." I said, feeling a sense of a smile but I couldn't.

If I smiled, I lost.

However I saw him smile as he turned his head back to face the front.

"I saw that smile!" I exclaim, pointing my finger at him.

"I didn't smile." He states, looking at Bella through the mirror.

"You did." I say quietly, smiling to myself.

I saw him look at me through the mirror and he did in fact flash a slight smile to which I smiled back.

We had made it to the triplets' house not long after that. While Bella glued herself to Matt's side, I glued myself to Nick and Chris's.

"Can I make my specialty drink?" I ask Chris and Nick, looking up at them.

"Do you even remember how to make those? You made those when we were like 14. That was a long time ago." Chris laughs.

"I remember. How could I forget." I say, running to the kitchen.

"What's a specialty drink?" Bella asked Matt, "It's basically this drink that Annika made when we were younger. She didn't come over that much so it 's special to us." he answers.

"Oh, what's in it?" she asks, "It's a secret." Nick answers.

"Oh come on. You can tell me what's in it." she pushes, poking Nick in the shoulder.

"No, it's a secret. Not even we know what's in it. Nobody does." Matt tells her, "Then just look in the kitchen when she's making it." Bella says walking over to the kitchen where I had all my ingredients out.

"Oh it's dragon fruit, strawberries, and coconut water." Bella states.

"Yo!" I exclaim, "Why'd you do that?!" 

"They wanted to know what was in it." she shrug, "No we didn't! Bella that's a secret and you just ruined it!" Matt snaps.

The drink had always meant something to Matt. It was his favorite part about when I came over.

"It's just a drink." she shrugs, "It's not just a drink! That's something that we all have. Did you have to ruin it?" Nick snaps.

"Calm down. It's just a drink." she giggles, clinging to Matt's arm.

"Bella why'd you do that. That means a lot to us and you just messed it up." Matt says.

"You guys are acting like I ruined your whole life, calm down." she replies as I put everything back in the fridge.

"Wait you're not making it?" Matt asks, leaning over the counter.

"The mood isn't there anymore." I shrug, putting away the water.

"Wait please make it." he says, "It's not gonna mean anything now, what's the point." I shrug, "But it's good. And no one can make it like you." he replies.

"I can make it." Bella volunteers.

"You've already fucked up one thing you're not gonna steal Annika's thing." Chris snaps, "Hey-"

"Just shut up!" Matt interrupts.

"Why are you being so rude now?" Bella asks her boyfriend, "I'm not. I'm just upset that Annika's thing is ruined now." he answers.

"It's fine she can just make a new drink." Bella suggests, "But it's not gonna be the same." Matt tells her.

"Look, I came over because I wanted to have fun with you guys. Now you're all being assholes because of a drink. Call me when you grow up, Matt." Bella says before walking towards the door.

As soon as she opened it I heard rain pouring down.

How was she gonna get home? Uber? 

"Ugh! Matt will you drive me home?" Bella asks, "Can you take an Uber?" he asks.

"Ugh! You're so complicated!" she groans before walking out the door.

"I'm sorry she ruined your special drink." Chris says, "It's fine." I shrug.

"Can you still make it? One last time?" Matt asks, "Of course." I gently smile.

KIERA SPEAKS: next chapter... it's gonna be... gonna be...