🎱. . .CHAPTER 60 ! -----
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❛ things are gonna change ❜

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          Each day mikayla and chris are only getting closer and even though it's weird for nate, he's slightly happy for them. he's happy that he's able to see a side of mikayla that he barely saw before they started their fake relationship.

          unfortunately for the friend group, winter break passed by pretty quickly. they spent majority of their free time leading back up to school with each other, whether it was at someone's house or out at the mall. the doe siblings spent christmas with the sturniolo's—caused by their strained relationship with their parents—enjoying the festive holiday together.

so here the friends are, sat in the booth in a diner in town spending their last couple of months together before majority of them graduate and go to college.

          chris' arm hangs around mikayla's shoulder while he mindlessly scrolls on his phone as she uses the straw to stir her chocolate milkshake. nate sits on the other side of her while lucille sits next to chris.

          as miks takes a sip of her shake, she looks up at maria adjusting matt's hair with a dimpled grin on her face. her doe eyes look up at him and matt stares at her with nothing but sparkles of admiration in his eyes. seeing maria look so in love makes miks extremely happy; she's glad that her close friend has finally met her match, even though he was in front of her the whole time—it just reminds mikayla of herself and chris.

          nick sits next to maria and mason sits next to him, the two of them laughing at something on nick's phone. mikayla looks around at her friends, imagining how everything is going to be when her brother, the triplets, and mason all leave high school. she quietly sighs to herself, knowing that it's not going to be the same.

          "it's so crazy how you guys are graduating soon," lucille says to the guys as if she read mikayla's mind. they all frown at her words, also slightly upset about it.

           nick aggressively chews on his ketchup coated fries, waving his hands in the air. "let's not talk about that, thanks," he says, his voice laced with frustration.

          maria agreeingly nods her head before resting it on matt's shoulder, wrapping her arms around him. "we're gonna miss you guys so bad," she mumbles from the comfort of his body, most likely missing matt the most. "like...who am i supposed to laugh at for being a complete idiot when mason's gone?" maria complains with a pout and mason just rolls his eyes.

          all of them laugh while picking at varied food on the table, trying to avoid talking about the friends splitting up.

with a warm smile on her face, mikayla watches lucille takes a bite out of her cheeseburger, but lucy pauses once she notices something, or rather someone at the entrance of the diner. mikayla's eyes follow where lucille's looking and she refrains from sighing once she realizes who it is. noah, with his lacrosse friends and a blank expression across his face. there's purple and red bruising around his nose bridge as well as wound closure strips.

lucille rests her arm on chris' shoulder. "shit, you really did a number on him," she approvingly nods her head and chris finally looks up from his phone, turning to face her as well as everybody else. "don't look," lucille orders them but they all don't listen, chris and nate straightening their posture to peek over the booth while the others swivel their bodies.

nick snickers as he slowly rotates back to his original position, definitely laughing at the state noah's in. he's always been more vocal than the others about how much he hates noah, so seeing him in pain was definitely on his bucket list for his final year. also, his brother hitting noah just makes it even better. "so deserved," chris says through a dry chuckle, pulling mikayla closer to him.

"damn," is all mason mutters before he presses his lip together. he also leans over the table slightly to pat chris on the shoulder with a grin growing on his face.

"where are we going after this?" nate asks everyone, probably trying to change the subject away from noah and the fact that he stood up his sister and walked in with another girl during winter formal. when mikayla told him everything it just pissed him off that he wasn't there for her, but his anger eased up once she mentioned how she was able to confide in chris. also another reason why he's so understanding when it comes to her relationship with him.

"our house," matt says, maria's arms still wrapped around his body. "should we go now?" he questions and all of them nod their head.

          "How many times do i have to tell you that you suck at this game?" matt practically laughs as his fingers calmly glide over the controller buttons, enjoying how heated mason gets when he plays call of duty.

"fuck you, matt," mason bitterly and quickly retorts, angrily mashing the buttons. he leans forward towards the tv from his seated position, biting his lip and narrowing his eyes. "you suck," his weak response makes the friends chuckle.

the friends are all spread out in the sturniolo's living room, enjoying their last couple of moments before they have to return to school and the dreadful, long days. they watch as matt completely destroys mason at the game from their varied positions, mikayla sharing the couch with chris.

she looks up at chris with a warm smile on her face, his head turning to face her as if he feels her eyes on him. chris nudges his head towards the doorway to leave the living room, and mikayla immediately understands what he's implying.

"back in a sec," mikayla announces to her friends, trying to hide the grin on her face as they both raise from the couch. she looks at them as they all shoot her judgemental and suspicious looks.

chris throws his arm around mikayla and they both walk in sync out of the living room, trying to ignore their immature friends making kissing noises. mikayla quietly laughs to herself. "i was fucking tired of seeing mason die," she comments and chris chuckles, followed by a hum of agreement.

"how you feeling?" chris asks her as they reach his bedroom, him opening the door with his foot. they enter his room and he closes it behind them, only slightly, leaving a little gap.

"i'm good," mikayla replies with a smile, probably only happy because she's spending time with chris alone, the first time since last week. chris slowly removes his hand from mikayla's shoulder, now leaning on the wall.

she stands in front of him with folded arms, waiting for chris to say something until an overbearing thought appears in her mind. she'd be lying if she said that she hasn't been thinking of what's going to happen between them when chris leaves for college. with him getting a lacrosse scholarship, it's almost certain that he'll be miles away while mikayla's in her final year of high school. the last thing miks wants to do is bring it up but it's just something she can't stop thinking about.

          "chris?" she speaks up first and he gives her a nod, waiting for her to continue talking. "what are we supposed to do when you leave for college?" the question makes a crease appear between chris' eyebrows, seeing as how they aren't even in a relationship.

          "uh," chris pauses for a second as if this is the first time he's aware of the distance that'll eventually grow between them. his hand awkwardly reaches the back of his head, scratching slightly. "i haven't really thought about that," he admits, pursing his lips.

          mikayla slowly nods her head, hoping that chris isn't purposely trying to ignore the fact that things are going to be so much different when he leaves her. she's picturing how things between them will end, even though they haven't even really started yet.

          "when you leave for college..." she trails off for a couple seconds, nervously playing with the silver rings on her finger. "things are gonna change, you realize that, right?" mikayla deeply hopes that they won't, but she's trying to be realistic here.

          chris inches closer towards mikayla, as if he read her mind and his hands reach for both sides of her face, cupping her jaw. mikayla looks up at him with furrowed eyebrows, anticipating on him talking. "i know miks," chris mumbles, acknowledging how distance can change almost everything. "but we'll just try our best, yeah?"

          miks forces a grin but she internally knows that this possibility will remain on her mind for a while. their eyes lock for a couple moments and it's as if they send each other telepathic messages since seconds later their lips are touching. mikayla's hand finds it's way to chris' hair, tugging on it slightly while they share an intimate kiss.

          "oh my god they're totally kissing," someone's familiar voice fills her ears, followed by shuffling behind the open door. "look! look!" they repeat and miks quickly pulls away from chris, glancing at the door.

          the door's fully open now, caused by the friends shoving to try and see, revealing all of them—except for maria and matt. nate's behind lucille, concealing his eyes with his hands. "can i look now?" he asks and they all laugh at him before lucille pulls his hands off of his eyes. "oh thank god," he says, a tone of relief.

          "you guys are actually so annoying," mikayla jokes as her cheeks heat up, slightly embarrassed but she's glad nate had nothing negative to say about it, even if he's thinking it.

          "chris," nick calls out with his laptop in his hands. "you gotta upload the photo dump for today's video, matt's a little occupied," he adds extra emphasis on the last word while rolling his eyes and lucille uses her hands to show kissing actions.

          "gross," chris retorts as if he wasn't doing the same thing moments ago. but he just pulls his phone out of the pocket of his gray sweatpants, giving mikayla one more reassuring look after the small conversation they just had.

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          Mikayla feels like screaming as she enters the school building with her friends next to her. she's specifically walking next to chris, occasionally and slyly looking up at him. see, since they admitted their passionate feelings towards each other, mikayla's been wondering what the next step between them is. he isn't her boyfriend, and the only relationship they've been in is fake. she doesn't want to rush things, but miks is just confused on where chris' head is at.

          after their small and interrupted conversation about chris leaving in a couple months, she doesn't really know what to do. mikayla's never had such strong feelings towards a guy and the last thing she wants to do is ruin it with chris. he looks down at her, a lopsided grin on his face but she knows he can sense she's thinking about something.

          all mikayla wanted was chris but now that she has him she doesn't know what to do. her heart feels complete but it doesn't mean her mind isn't telling her that something is wrong. maybe it's just stupid thoughts trying to convince miks that herself and chris aren't meant to be and she should just ignore it.

          miks just lets out a frustrated sigh while she ponders on the rest of the school day she definitely won't enjoy. she reaches her locker finally, saying goodbye to everybody except for chris. he walks with miks, leaning against the locker next to hers while his eyes are glued to her.

          "creep," miks jokes with a playful glint in her eyes, punching in her locker combination. she opens it, pulling her bag off of her shoulder to allow herself to gather the books needed for the day.

          chris scoffs, tightening his grip on his backpack strap. "if me admiring at you makes me a creep, then sure miks," he replies, knowing how to make mikayla's knees weak.

          "yeah...you're a creep," miks says through a chuckle, closing her locker door. she obviously doesn't want to show how only a couple words can make her so flustered, but this is chris we're talking about, so nobody can really blame her.

          "oh yeah?" he utters over the buzzing chatter belonging to other students, a grin growing on his face. chris watches as mikayla rapidly nods her head, throwing his arm over her shoulder. they start to walk together through the halls, ignoring the stares and mumbles about their sudden closeness. "i think they're staring at you."

          mikayla rolls her eyes, nudging his rib with her elbow. "they're definitely staring at their favorite 'hot lacrosse player'," she uses her fingers to show air quotations, repeating the words she's heard way too many times from the cheer team. "not sure what they see in you to be honest," she folds her arms, lying through her teeth.

          "wouldn't you like to know," chris teases with a grin across his face. mikayla hates how chris just knows he has game, also hating how easily it works on her. she'll never publicly admit that though, not wanting chris to get the satisfaction he desperately craves. the bell suddenly rings and the two of them groan. "see you at lunch?" chris asks and mikayla nods her head.

          once he removes his arm from around her shoulder, she gives him a quick hug, his gentle touch warming her heart. yet, all she keeps thinking about is chris graduating. she's obviously so proud of him, but that small part of her is going to keep thinking about the way things are going to change.

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anyways...chapter 60!!! i think we have 5 left and i will be on my grind!!!!!

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