REAL LIFE (JUNE 25),

"Ok Ella, we're heading out!" Baylen hollers to his best friend, "Ok! Bye!" she calls back to the boy who had been exiting with Nick. "Bye!"

Ella strides out of her bedroom, nothing but her bathing suit on as Riptide by Vance Joy plays via her AirPods.

"Oh, Matt I thought you left with them," Ella comments, noticing the boy who had been laughing and chuckling at her.

"Nope. It was just Nick and Baylen." Matt corrects, grinning at the girl who had pulled out some strawberries. "Oh, so then where's Chris?" she questions, "With Annie," Matt answers simply.

"Cool, cool." Ella acknowledges, nodding her head.

"Why are you so awkward?" Matt chuckles, "Is something wrong?"

"What do you want me to do give you a whole TV show on the spot?" Ella questioned with a laugh. "Nah. The fuck? I'm just bored." he declares.

"Hm, I don't know what to do about that Matthew. I have plans." Ella responds, positioning the fruit back in the fridge. Matt groans at the government name.

"Yeah? And what do those plans consist of, Kinsley?" he questioned, standing up. "I was gonna go tan by the pool, Matthew," Ella answers as Matt strides closer and closer to her.

"Come on El, it's just us two. Here alone. Let's do something exciting. Not tanning." Matt whines pouting to his girlfriend. "And what does your term of exciting mean?" Ella asked. "Hmm." Matt ponders.

"I don't care, something fun. Not tanning." he decides. "Hmmm. Well, I don't know then, Matthew. Did you leave your trunks here again?" Ella questioned. "Maybe, if I did they're probably in your room or something," he answers.

"I'll go check." she grins, then skips to the bedroom she's staying in.

"I FOUND THEM," Ella clamors in a sing-song voice as she springs back out to her boyfriend. "Ok, I'll go change you can head out to the pool and 'tan' while I'm changing," Matt tells her.

She just jokingly scowls at him before roaming outside. She hides behind a pillar and awaits for her boyfriend.

"Oh, Ella~." Matt pipes, skimming around for the girl.

She arrives from behind the pillar which Matt was standing in front of and pushes her boyfriend into the pool.

"Oh, you little bitch!" Matt exclaims, shaking his head around like a soaked puppy, "It's what you get for not letting me tan." Ella reasons as she carefully steps into the pool.

"Nope, you don't get to slowly get into the pool." Matt states as he finds his way over to the steps, picks the girl up and throws him over his shoulder, and walks to the deep end.

He holds her as high as he can, despite her squeals and objections.

"NO MATT. NO NO NO, MATT PLEASE!"

Matt just peeked up at the girl he retained above his head who was squirming around. He winks at her with a smile before dropping her in front of him with a smirk running across his face.

Once Ella hits the water, she screams, allowing water to fill her mouth. Instead of coming up from the water, she stays under and pulls Matt's leg, causing him to also end up in the water.

Ella's head pops up from the water almost at the same time as Matt's does.

"Fuck you," he says, once again flipping his hair all over the place. "You know you want to." Ella teases back, resulting in her being dunked into the water.

She pouts when she reappears in front of Matt.

"I give up," she says, going back to the steps and sitting down which Matt wasn't hesitant to follow behind and join her.

"Can I braid your hair?" Matt requests after at least 10 seconds of just silence. "Do you even know how to braid hair?" Ella asked, "Yes. I have other female friends Ella." he answers with a laugh.

"Fine but please don't knot my hair." Ella agrees and turns around, pushing all of her hair onto her back.

"So." Matt smacks his lips dramatically. "Tell me sister, what's the gossip in your life? Any boys?" he continues, pretending to be one of those hairdresser ladies that invested in your whole life.

Ella giggles at this, deciding to mess with the boy.

"Yeah, there's this one boy. Wanna know his name?" Ella asked, "Of course honey." Matt answered, pretending to chew gum in his mouth.

"His name. His name is. Christopher Sturniolo." Ella teases with a giggle.

Matt clicks his tongue against his mouth as he leans over Ella's shoulder.

"Really?" he asked, his voice low and sharp. "I'm kidding his actual name is Tucker Subbet." Ella giggles once more.

"I'm done. I give up." Matt jokes. "I'm just kidding. I'm actually- he's not just this boy. He's my boy and I'm in love with him." Ella states.

"And what's your guy's name?" Matt asked, a smirk replacing his slight frown.

"Matthew. Bernard. Sturniolo." Ella answers, separating each of her words, saying them one, by, one.

"And you said you're in love with him?" Matt questions, his lips growing closer to Ella's. "Mhm," she replies.

"Well, I'm in love with you too," Matt says right before his lips were planted on Ella's.

KIERA SPEAKS: hola! i'm sorry it's short also i might end this book in the chapter after the next one yk?