🎱. . .CHAPTER 26 ! -----
( real life . . . )
❛ lovebirds ❜

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The game's about to start with both teams on the pitch, separated and getting any last minute words of advice from their coaches. mikayla's sat on the bleachers in between abel and maria, who's sat next to matt, as nick squeezes through the tiny gaps left between everyone to take his seat next to his brother.

lucille and mason were planning on coming, but they changed their minds last minute considering how lacrosse lacks any interest for them. nate also planned on coming, but that was obviously before he found out what chris did to mikayla.

normally matt would be playing defense but with noah back from his temporary suspension his spot's been filled, but he isn't too mad about it considering that he has an opportunity to sit with maria for an hour.

mikayla snacks on her nachos caked with different toppings while subconsciously but warmly smiling at chris from the stands. "whatcha looking at?" abel inquires as a cherry sucker rests between his lips.

"chrisssss," maria quietly hums so that only matt can hear and they share loud laughs with one another. honestly, matt and maria's status is the elephant in the room within the whole friend group, because they're all just waiting for some sort of announcement to make it official considering how they bicker like a married couple.

"nothing too interesting," mikayla replies before she pushes her lips into a thin line while narrowing her eyes to get a better view of the two teams in front of her. "want some nachos?" she questions to change the subject away from the fact that she's definitely not trying to spot her fake ex boyfriend in the swarm of teenage boys.

abel chuckles and gratefully takes a couple, popping a chip into his mouth and dramatically reacting to the sudden kick of spice due to the hot sauce. "oh fuck me that's hot," he mutters, thickly swallowing to contain his reaction.

"don't be a baby abel," mikayla teases as she bites back a grin, passing him her blue raspberry slurpee,"here."

matt and maria glance at each other after watching them share a slushie, maria fake gagging at the fact that she'd prefer it to be chris. yes, maybe for the past week she's also been getting rides to school in abel's car too, but that doesn't change the fact that she loves how excited mikayla always seemed in her fake relationship.

maria grimaces at their interaction and matt laughs at her reaction, slowly putting his arm around her. she doesn't move, instead shuffling closer to him as his touch is enough comfort for her. "fuck off with this," nick unenthusiastically grumbles, hating the fact that he's basically fifth wheeling right now.

the game just started and the entire crowd is buzzing with excitement as they watch the teenagers run around the pitch. matt approvingly claps while cheering as he watches chris, who's the attacker, receive the ball in his crosse from the midfielder on his team. "good shit chris!" matt yells as maria pretends like she actually understands what's going on.

mikayla's always gone to every single one of matt and chris' lacrosse games, but that doesn't mean she completely understands this confusing ass game. "who's winning?" abel questions while his eyebrows furrow; he's only here because he's becoming closer with mikayla each day.

mikayla shrugs while she purses her lips before chris scores. everyone supporting the highlanders immediately jump up from their seats, screaming and clapping as chris' teammates celebrate with him. mikayla claps repeatedly while cheering in unison with matt.

Chris' teammates all pat him on the back after scoring and he feels amazing with adrenaline coursing through his veins. the players on the pitch all return to their positions but chris can't seem to stop grinning as all he could think about as he scored was mikayla. he glances up at the bleachers as the game begins again, noticing her ear to ear grin and it's as if his eyes sparkle with pure lust.

the other team is running towards him and chris is preparing to attack but that's until he notices how mikayla has someone's arm around her. but it's not just anyone, it's abel and now his blood is boiling. he straightens up from his slightly crouched position, disbelief on his face as if it's showing through the helmet.

it's as if everything is in slow motion because before chris even knows it, he's fully distracted, leaving his team vulnerable. the other team scores just as the grip that chris has on his lacrosse stick tightens, his jaw clenching as he watches mikayla's face drop.

"yo what the fuck is your problem chris!" noah yells with a tone of pure anger in his voice. it's as if his face has turned red and there's steam coming out of his ears with the way he's harshly approaching chris. "get your head in the game man!"

the crowd of viewers sitting on the bleachers goes slightly quiet as they all observe the large amount of tension on the pitch. "chill out. it was an accident noah," chris mumbles after taking off his helmet to look him in the eye.

noah does the exact same thing, "fuck off, we're losing now!"

chris genuinely cannot help but laugh in noah's face considering how he literally just scored moments ago and now it's tied but for some reason, noah's taking it too seriously and acting like it's the end of the world. "are you slow or what?" chris laughs in his face before rolling his tongue inside of his cheek.

"we're losing and that's because you're too heartbroken that your girl got stolen," noah pushes chris back, sending him slightly stumbling. "get your head in the game sturniolo."

chris' eyebrows reach the top of his head, shocked at the audacity that noah actually has right now. it's like noah's begging for a fight with the way he's acting, "don't bring her up, let's just carry on with the fucking game."

noah shakes his head, pushing chris back again, "don't be a pussy christopher," he teases and chris' hands tightly ball into fists. the last thing he wants to do right now is fight his own teammate on a pitch in front of everyone, including mikayla.

chris rolls his eyes, not feeding into noah's unnecessary aggressiveness as the referee approaches them. maybe chris actually does want to hit noah to finally knock the smugness off of his face, or maybe he just wants to do it for fun but with the way he treats everyone it wouldn't be the worst thing to do.

noah then pushes chris back again, and their team surrounds them. murmurs of shock and confusion surf throughout the bleachers and chris quickly glances up, scanning the crowd for a familiar face. he locks eyes with mikayla, noticing the concerned expression on her face and he knows that noah definitely isn't worth it. "fuck off noah, we'll deal with this after the game."

          
          Of course the highlanders won, not breaking their winning streak and absolutely dominating the other team. as soon as the game ended, matt and everyone else immediately ran to the pitch, smothering chris with hugs and compliments. noah frustratedly made his way to the locker rooms, not wanting to join in with everyone celebrating chris since it's the last thing he wants to do.

          "fuck yes!" matt cheers, tightly embracing his brother. he pulls away, sharing laughter with chris as he knows this is genuinely so important to him. "of course you obliterated the other team, even without me."

          chris nonchalantly shrugs his shoulders, concealing his beams of excitement as well as his radiant smile shining brightly once he looks down at mikayla. she looks proud of him, an ear-to-ear grin on her face. "well done number three," she says through a chuckle, reminding him of the happier memories from when they were younger.

          "don't act like you didn't know i was gonna dominate them," he flashes a smile, running his hands through his hair drenched in sweat. "i gotta go take pics with the team, but we're celebrating at miks' right?" chris questions the group with his head tilted, referring to the fact that her house has a hot tub, a pool, and her parents are still out of town.

          a warm smile grows on mikayla's face. "of course," she mumbles watching the smirk spread across his face. she feels like with the win, it'd be a good time for chris to explain what happened on her birthday. she pauses for a moment, watching chris jog away towards his teammates that are taking pictures together.

          matt tuts and shakes his head. "lovebirds," he mutters with his arm still around maria. "c'mon, lets go to the car, like now."

          nick's eyes turn to slits as he stares at abel, wondering what he's still doing here. sure he's still mad at chris for what he did to miks, but he still misses how happy she made him feel. so the fact that abel wants to come to their small gathering, is stupid considering how throughout the whole time chris was playing abel kept putting his arm around her or making sly comments. "oh, abel's coming?" nick innocently questions.

          "i don't see why not?" mikayla shrugs and purses her lips, enjoying his company. he may have given her the ick many times, but it doesn't change the fact that he's still been a good friend. "let's go, we'll meet chris in the parking lot."

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ arianna speaks ¡
i'm mad at myself why are mikayka and chris getting along 😞😞

i have the next chapter already written and in my drafts .. do i post it today 🙏