3rd person

the sturniolo girl stood there, looking up at the sky in awe.

dahlia sturniolo had always been a big fan of the night sky. the moon, the stars, etc.

even in boston, although she had a much better view in her town outside of the big city. her brothers had caught her with her window open and either sitting in the sill or on the roof.

when she moved to la, she was disappointed. the city lights ensured the stars would never shine as bright as they did in boston.

so, with fireworks shining over everything, she simply couldn't look away.

that was until she realized she was cold.

dahlia didn't get cold very easily but she was now.

the hot weather they had had today made her think it would be a hot night.

she was wearing a long sleeve shirt and jeans but it wasn't enough.

she looked down and held her arms over her stomach. this was something she did when nervous or insecure. or cold.

johnny was at her side and noticed the girls behavior.

"you ok?" he asked, leaning his head down to look at her face.

"yeah, just a little cold." she shrugged. "i'll be fine."

he nodded but shook out of his thick zip-up anyways.

she squinted her eyes in confusion but was soon dumbfounded as he threw the jacket over her shoulders.

she immediately made a move to shake it off.

"no, no. i'll be fine." she laughed, trying to hand it back to him.

"yeah, so will i. i don't get cold easily." he shrugged.

"yeah, neither do i."

"but you're cold?"

"i'm from boston! i'll be fine. i don't want you to get cold."

"i'm from canada! it doesn't matter though. you are going to wear it because i'm not gonna let you be cold." he took it out of her hands and put it back onto her shoulders.

"what about you?" she asked, giving in and slipping her arms through the sleeves.

"what about me?" he shrugged and put his hands in his pockets.

"what if you get cold?"

he laughed and shook his head at the girls stubbornness.

"dahlia, i'll be fine. watch the fireworks." he pointed up at the sky and she complied.

with her eyes once again being glued on the fireworks she didn't notice the boy next to her staring at her.

forget the fireworks.

he thought.

this is so much more beautiful.

if you told johnny that he would have to fake date dahlia on instagram in order to get rid of her ex when he came down to la, he would have laughed in your face.

he would've loved the thought but never thought it would be happening.

only fake dating the girl on instagram was hard. he didn't want to fake date her. he wanted to date her for real. whether people knew or not, he didn't care. he just wanted to be with her.

paige asked dahlia who she should fake date and when she looked at him, his heart skipped a beat. when she said his name.

did she actually want to date him? or was it just because the fans shipped the two?

or both?

he would have done anything for her to actually want to date him.

little did he know, she felt the same way.

he was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts to the feeling of her hand grab the inside of his arm.

"what is it?" he whispered.

her eyes flickered over to across the grass so she didn't have to point.

he followed her eyes to a couple girls staring at the two. whispering and pointing fingers. they obviously knew of the fake couple.

"don't worry. we're dating, remember?" he winked.

she smiled and laughed a bit.

"i mean, we do look pretty convincing. you're wearing my jacket and holding onto my arm still." he smirked.

her eyes went wide and face went red. she jerked her arm away and stuck it down to her sides.

"sorry, i didn't realize." she mumbled.

dahlia had a habit of grabbing onto or holding peoples arms.

she couldn't tell you why.

with her friends and brothers and whoever she felt comfortable enough to do it with, she would.

whether that was looping her arm through yours while walking, grabbing you arms to get your attention, or whatever.

she also would put a hand on whoever's arm was closest to her whenever she lost it with laughter.

many fans had noticed this in the car videos.

nick, matt, or chris would say something funny and dahlia would bust out laughing. grabbing nick's arm, she would lean against it and laugh.

dahlia had always thought it was just a small quirk she'd lose after time, but when she really started to think about it, she thought it was more her love language.

she had always known her love language was touch as soon as she knew what love language was.

she and always loved hugs, cuddling, holding hands, etc. most of the time it was completely platonic.

like when she'd hug her brothers or grab one of their hands if nervous or uncomfortable. she did the same to her friends.

she was never hesitant to be touchy with her friends who were girls because they knew that's how she was.

but with johnny... it was a different story.

as much as she wanted to be touchy with him, she couldn't.

the huge crush she had on him was stopping her.

so when his hand traveled down her wirst and grabbed her hand, she stopped breathing for a minute.

"don't apologize for grabbing my arm. first of all, we are 'dating'. and second, if it makes you comfortable, feel free to do it as much as you like. " he smiled, sweetly.

so sweetly, the girl thought she would melt. she only nodded and looked back up at the fireworks.

johnny had noticed her small quirk when her and her brothers filmed claim a track.

he'd lost count of how many times she had grabbed one of her brothers arms while laughing or just to get their attention.

she had done it a couple times to him over the last couple nights they'd all eaten dinner together.

but as soon as she noticed she's grabbed johnny's arm, she immediately backed off and tried to give him his space.

but he didn't mind at all.

in fact, he liked it.

he could tell she only did it with certain people. people she felt comfortable with. so, to know he was one of those people put a smile on his face.

soon, she found herself leaning into him.

her head resting on his shoulder as they both watched colors explode in the sky.

soon enough, the show was over.  matt and cleo picked up the blanket no one really used but nick still insisted on bringing.

once johnny and dahlia saw they didn't need help, they started walking back to the car, still hand in hand.

nick, matt, chris, malcolm, and tril behind them smirking to each other.

"how much you wanna bet he likes her?" tril smiled.

"we all know he does." chris grinned.

"yeah, it's pretty obvious." malcolm shrugged.

"we'll ask him tonight." matt smiled and looked at his brothers.

behind them, madi, lauren, cleo, and paige were giggling and pointing to the fake couple.

"how much do you want to bet she likes him?" lauren smirked.

"we all know she does!" paige laughed.

"it's so obvious." cleo smiled.

"i'll ask her tonight." madi grinned.

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