CHAPTER THREE *ೃ༄
[ a lil word that starts with j ]
real life

˗ˏˋ real life ! 💌 'ˎ˗

"YOU GUYS CANT LIE, i got way better." chris says, referring to the volleyball game they played earlier where he believes he smoked everyone's ass easily.

the group sits in a texas roadhouse booth. they all got hungry after playing volleyball for about thirty minutes.

"totally!" jade exclaims, a hint of sarcasm clearly in her tone. she utters a yelp when chris kicks her foot underneath the table.

it's chris, elliot, and nick across from jade, kiara, and matt, all in that order. kiara's head is on matt's shoulder as she aimlessly scrolls through her instagram feed while matt has his arm around her shoulder as he chats it up with nick across the table.

jade takes a glance to matt and kiara beside her and back to chris. "chris," she whispers, trying not to gain anyone else's attention.

"what?" he whispers back, getting the memo.

"can we switch seats? i don't wanna be next to these oblivious bitches." she asks, referring to the fact that they 'aren't in love' but act like it.

"we can, but then you'll be stuck third wheeling nick and elliot on this side." chris reponds a little louder than expected, gaining everyone at the tables attention.

"WHAT?" nick and elliot yell in unison, both narrowing their eyes at that enormously false statement.

nick lowers his voice when he sees some random people looking at him because of how loud he yelled. "are you dumb, like genuinely?"

"no..?"

"pfft," matt joins in on the conversation, chuckling at the fact that chris denied nicks question.

chris glares at him, suddenly turning on him too. "i'm dumb? you're the one who won't lock it down with k-" it seems as though the roles have been reversed, because now it's jade kicking chris' foot underneath the table.

matt instantly glares at him, envisioning that he's throwing darts and chris' face is the target.

before he could say something, the waitress comes up to the table, "so sorry about the wait, are you guys ready to order?" she says, causing matt's mouth to close and kiara's head to lift off of his shoulder.

she puts her phone away and orders her food. when she's done, jade orders. they understand the memo and just decide to go in a circle, which means chris, elliot, nick, and then matt.

when nick finishes ordering, the waitress lifts her head and pen up and reverts her eyes to matt, "a-and you?" she stutters, her flushed cheeks hinting that she's blushing.

she clearly thinks he's attractive.

kiara shifts in her seat, side eyeing matt who obliviously orders his food, not noticing the way this waitress obviously has a thing for him.

the waitress giggles when he's done, causing kiara to refrain from groaning. what the fuck is so funny? french fries?

matt sends her a smile anyway, not knowing what's funny either but still being polite.

the waitress goes around asking for drinks, starting off with matt. "coke," he answers, making her giggle again.

kiara clamps her eyes shut and takes a deep breath, trying her very hardest to keep her cool.

what the actual fuck is so funny?

if she wants him so bad she could express that privately, not in front of people who just want to eat.

matter of fact, she shouldn't want him!

she can't want him.

she feels matt nudge her shoulder, breaking her out of her trance and seeing everyone's eyes on her, including the waitress'.

"sorry, what?" she asks, forgetting the fact that the waitress asked about drinks like ten seconds ago.

"i said," the waitress snarks, emphasizing the word 'said' hinting that she's annoyed about repeating herself. "what do you want to drink?"

"water." kiara impulsively answers, making matt side eye her because, hello? she never gets water. it's either strawberry lemonade or sprite.

it seems as though it's not only matt who realizes, it's the whole group judging by all the confused looks they give her.

kiara holds eye contact with the waitress, not looking away even when the waitress does and writes down everyone's drink suggestions.

the waitress finally walks away after giving matt one more quirky smile and kiara eventually looks away, looking back to the group who she finds staring at her.

"what?" kiara snaps, making everyone look away and revert back to their normal conversation, trying not to make it obvious that they clearly know what's going on. kiara's eyebrows furrow, "no, what?" she repeats.

chris side eyes elliot, who chuckles once he sees. "i think it's a lil word that starts with j.." eliot says in a low but high-pitched tone.

chris and jade allow a smile to form on their lips, it going away when kiara responds with a clueless "what?"

"it starts with j and ends with s, and it has..." chris momentarily pauses, putting his fingers up and counting them. "seven letters."

kiara ultimately catches on, furrowing her eyebrows. "i'm not jealous!" she says defensively.

matt furrows his eyebrows as well, curious to why she would be jealous. then it hits him and he smiles amusedly, hiding it with the palm of his hand.

"you were practically shooting daggers at that girls face, kie." jade gathers evidence. nick just watches amusedly and pretends he has a bucket of popcorn in front of him.

kiara opens her mouth to defend herself but the waitress comes back with the drinks on a tray, causing kiara to shut her mouth.

she hands out the drinks, kiara refusing to even look at her because apparently it means she's jealous. the waitress finishes handing out the drinks and stops for a second, taking her notepad out and writing something on the paper before ripping it out and folding it.

she hesitantly hands it to matt, causing kiara to finally look up as matt takes it. the waitress walks away nervously as the group looks at matt, waiting for him to read it out loud.

without hesitation, matt puts it in kiara's hand, allowing her to do whatever she wants with it.

kiara presses her lips together as she opens the folded paper.

hey, i'm penelope 💋

ur rlly hot so if ur willing to hang out sometime, call me at xxx-xxx-xxxx !

kiara let's out a giggle before passing it around the table for everyone to read and have a laugh at.

she appreciates how matt handed it to her without even reading it himself, showing that he couldn't give a fuck less.

for the rest of the stay, kiara's strange mood has disappeared and her long stares have too. she began looking at the waitress with a genuine smile because of how embarrassing that must be for her.

oh well!

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i'm so proud of myself because i stopped picking the skin on my fingers and now my fingers look sm better

update on the pgc retreat (3 day trip) one of the girls isn't going so she's getting replaced by this other girl named apple (code name) and apple's boyfriend is also going on the trip and they're the corny PDA couple 🙄🙄 ugh kms

- mina