matthew

"li, will you please open the door?" i asked, leaning up against the doorframe, lightly tapping my knuckles against the wood.

the only thing i heard was a small sniffle.

"li, please. i'm worried about you."

chris walked up and stood next to me.

"she still won't come out?" he whispered.

i shook my head. "she won't even talk to me."

lauren walked over and stood next to chris. "can i try?"

"sure go ahead." i took a step back.

"lia, you have to come out. we have to talk about all of this. i know you don't want to but you have too. if you don't come out, we will come in." then, the door opened and lauren was yanked inside.

the door slammed shut and the lock clicked again.

i sighed a walked over to the couch where nick, malcolm, tril, and johnny were sitting.

"well, lauren was just sucked into her room."

"tell lauren to tell lia to call alahna!"

"why can't you tell alahna to call her?"

"i did! she wont answer."

"dahlia rae! i gonna break this fucking door down! open!" chris yelled, pounding on the wood so hard it sounded as if it would break.

"christopher! shut the fuck up!" lauren yelled.

"where is she?" madi yelled as she busted through the front door.

"right here. can we all relax? it's not that big of a deal." lia opened her door and came out.

her eyes were red and glossy with tears.

"oh..." madi ran over and engulfed her in a hug.

lia sniffled as she hugged her back.

cleo and paige ran through the door. they both hugged her too.

"ok, call nate," she pointed at chris. "im calling lana."

alahna answered almost immediately.

"babe! are you ok?"

"yeah i'm fine." she placed her phone next the chris's and sat down.

"ok you said we should talk. let's talk."

"what have to talk about how to get rid of him." chris lectured.

"you don't think i know that!" she shouted.

"decker is an asshole who is more full of himself then kanye west." nick rolled his eyes.

"what if we went to boston and knocked some fucking sense into him?" tril hit his hand with his fist to make a point.

"ha! he'd try to sue you! the only way to even come close to getting rid of him was if lia showed she was in another relationship and happy." cleo retorted.

lia's eyes widened.

"cleo's right! if i was in a relationship it could stop him! not immediately but after a while he would finally shut the fuck up!" she stood up and began pacing.

"that's not a bad idea." malcolm nodded.

"you could do a fake one and only post about it on social media." madi suggested.

"ok, but who?" paige asked.

lia's eyes flickered over to johnny at the same times his eyes flickered towards her.

"johnny." she whispered.

"wait..." i started.

"no, it makes sense! all of our fans have been saying 'oh my god, johnny and lia! they are so cute'" she waved her hands in the air and made her voice higher.

"he'll bug the fuck out of you at first but i think i would work."

"lia, can i talk to you?" i asked, standing up.

her wide eyes landed on mine as i walked into her bedroom.

"what? i'm on something really good! this could work, matt!" she gushed, closing the door.

"i know, i know. but are you sure you want to do this? i mean, i don't want it to mess up your friendship. i know how much you like him and i don't want you to get upset because it's fake."

"i know, but..."

"lia, i know how you get. you are going to love being in this fake relationship and pretending to date him but at the end of the day when you guys are only friends, you'll get sad."

i looked at her as she stared at the floor. a small tear rolled down her cheek and she quickly wiped it away.

"what's wrong? he couldn't have broken up with you, you haven't even gotten together." i tried to make her laugh but it didn't work.

"it's not funny, matt." she cried.

"ok, i'm sorry. seriously, what's wrong?"

she looked up at me with teary eyes.

"what if... somehow... my real feelings for him come out and it does ruin the friendship?" another tear leaked from her eyes, then another.

she made quick moves to wipe them away. she pointed her nose up at the ceilings, keeping her eyes open in attempt to stop the tears.

"well, i dont think you'll have to worry about. i think he likes you anyways." i smiled.

she looked at me with wide eyes and her mouth open.

"matthew! what the hell? you're making me nervous!"

"for good reason! you can't just go into this head over heals! you have keep in mind he might not." i walked closer to her and wiped my thumbs under her eyes.

she sniffled in response.

i took a deep breath and moved my hands to her shoulders.

"but, you have to listen to me. you are not allowed to put anything before yourself. you matter more here than anything else. i am not gonna let you or other people tear you down just so you can shove this in decker's face.

"you can't put decker first. you can't put johnny first. not me or nick and chris. not cleo, paige, lauren, and madi. not tril or malcolm and not nate and alahna. you have to put yourself first.

"this is about you. not them. you need to come and talk to us or me if your mental health goes down. you need to tell someone. we can stop this whole thing if it gets to much. and, if i notice that you aren't doing well, i will stop this entire thing. i don't give a single fuck. you are more important than any of this. do you understand?"

she nodded and hugged me.

"i love you, matt." she sighed.

"i love you too, li."

"ok! so, does this mean i can fake date johnny?" she took a step back, grinning and jumping up and down.

i laughed and nodded.

"yes, but remember what i said."

"ok. thank you." she smiled and walked out the door.

"there she is," johnny smiled, extended his hand towards her. "are you ok?" he whispered, when she took his hand.

she nodded and took a deep breath.

"i think we should do it." she whispered.

"i think we should do it." she said louder and looked up at the room.

she looked over at me and i nodded. she looked down at johnny and he nodded.

"you aren't uncomfortable with it or anything?" she asked him.

"not at all." he shook his head, lightly.

i saw paige nudge madi and whisper in her ear and point over to the fake couple.

i followed her eyes and saw what she was seeing.

lia was leaning down and still holding johnny's hand. his thumb rubbing back and forth on her hand.

i smiled to myself.

this is gonna work.

nick cleared his throat and lia jumped back. her eyes went wide as her face went red.

she sat down next to johnny but made sure there was some space between them.

i saw malcolm hit nick on the shoulder for ruining their moment. nick just rolled his eyes.

"so, if we are doing this, let's come up with ideas for instagram posts." paige beamed.

"oh! you guys should do song lyrics." madi raved.

"yes! but you should match them. like lia posts a lyric and johnny posts the next line!" cleo added.

"that's good!" lia shouted, a huge smile plastered on her face.

the girls all moved to sit next to each other.

"ok, madi, write down picture ideas. i'll write down the songs. lauren, write down lyrics and who should do what. cleo look on pinterest for photos ideas to give madi and lia go through your songs to see what songs you want to do. guys! you can help too!" paige shouted.

"literally anything taylor swift! well, all her being in love songs!" lia laughed.

"dancing with our hands tied!"

"sparks fly!"

"mine!"

"gorgeous!"

"enchanted!"

"you are in love!"

"cruel summer!"

"lover!"

"you belong with me!"

"fearless!"

"snow on the beach!"

"karma!"

"mirrorball!"

"cardigan!"

"ladies! we should have other songs, maybe like mine?" johnny inquired.

the girls shared a look and smiled.

"do you wanna do fun out of it and if he wanted to he would?" lauren asked.

lia nodded vigorously. "and blur!"

"what about the first lines in star shopping by lil peep?" malcolm asked.

"yes!" all the girls said at the same time and paige and lauren wrote it in their notes app.

"can we please think lana del rey?" lia begged.

"born to die." paige stated.

"stargirl interlude!"

"radio."

"happiness is a butterfly!"

"ok, what about born to die?"

"yes! and die for you!"

"yes please! but with ariana grande!"

"the color violet too!"

"and i wanna be yours!"

"yes! that is so good! and ceilings!"

"feels like!"

"lovers rock! lovers rock! lovers rock!" paige chanted.

"yes! yes! yes!"

"OH MY GOD! I KNOW WHAT THE FIRST ONE SHOULD BE!" madi screamed.

"jesus! what!" nick yelled back.

madi grabbed cleo's hand.

"come on, cleopatra! we are going shopping!" she yelled, running out the door.

"for what?" lia yelled, but it was too late. the two were already out the door.

"what the fuck?" she shook her head and sat back down.

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