🎱. . .CHAPTER 61 ! -----
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          After such a draining school day, mikayla's happy to be in the minivan with all of her friends. throughout every class and free period, all she could think about was chris. she can't help but think about their future. they've told each other how they felt a couple months ago and chris is leaving for college soon. he isn't even her boyfriend yet but she's still heavily attached and the thought of not being able to be in his company just hurts her.

          mikayla hums along to the music—nick is on aux as he sits in the passenger seat—her head resting on chris' shoulder. she listens to his heavy breathing while focusing on his instagram feed as he mindlessly scrolls on it.

          "i fuckin' love madison beer," nick hums from the front of the minivan before singing along to the lyrics of heartless. everyone else mumbles words of agreement at his statement, then returning to their conversations.

          chris nudges mikayla slightly, probably noticing how she hasn't been as radiant and happy as normal. miks is trying her best to not be dramatic, but she really cares about chris, more than he'll ever know and she can't control how she feels. having strong feelings for someone just makes her so sensitive for some reason, considering how she's never felt like this about anyone before.

          'you okay?' chris mouthes to mikayla once she's looking up at him and she nods her head as a blunt response while matt pulls into the driveway of the sturniolo's home.

          since the new year started, the entire friend group has been spending more time together. whether they're doing stupid things or actually going out and being productive, each other's company is enough for all of them. even nate's been skipping hockey practice, however, today he actually chose to go; he doesn't want to upset his coach anymore than he already has.

          "everyone out," matt sternly announces to his friends as if he's some sort of parent, but then again he seems to be the most mature so in a way, he kind of is.

          "okay minivan matt," lucille retorts since she knows the nickname pisses him off at times. matt just responds with his repetitive attitude—rolling his eyes and shaking his head.

          the doors to the minivan open and everyone exits the vehicle, matt locking it after. chris quickly throws his arm around mikayla's shoulder and she looks up at him with a warm smile on her face. "you just love to do that, don't you?" she questions while narrowing her eyes slightly.

          "so what if i do?" chris challenges, pulling her closer. the two of them share quiet laughter while listening to the fake gags and kissing sounds belonging to their immature friends, mason and lucille.

          mikayla just raises her middle finger to them without looking back as she walks with chris behind matt, maria and nick. their childish giggles fill her ears and she just playfully rolls her eyes.

          matt unlocks the door, opening it and moving out the way to allow maria to enter first. nick follows, then matt, then mikayla, still next to chris.

          "can someone doordash some food please," mason asks from behind all of them, hungry as always. "that dry, fucking burger from lunch was disgusting."

          nick pauses in his steps, slowly turning around to face mason while maria and matt disappear into the kitchen. "you doordash yourself food," nick mutters while his eyebrows turn to slits, definitely still mad at mason from what happened in the cafeteria. to sum it up, mason is extremely immature and clumsy but he can't help it. which is the exact reason nick is pissed off at mason for spilling his ketchup on nick's new, beige tote bag.

          "who the the fuck pissed in your cereal, nicolas?" mason asks like he's trying to annoy nick even more.

           "your mother," nick quickly retorts before leaving the hall and following after his brother and maria to the kitchen.

          mikayla sharply exhales after watching the two of them bicker, then looking up at chris. he gestures his head towards where his bedroom is and she grins, the two of them walking towards the open door.

          "don't have too much fun!" lucille calls out from behind the two of them, followed by loud giggles belonging to herself and mason but mikayla just rolls her eyes.

          they maneuver into his bedroom and mikayla closes the door behind them before setting her bag down onto his floor. chris does the same, rapping to lil skies under his breath as he walks to the edge of his bed. mikayla plops herself down onto his extremely comfortable bed, her attention shifting towards the two teddy bears resting on his pillow.

          she picks them up, examining the pink and brown bears. "these are so cute," miks whispers and she holds them up to the brunette boy infront of her.

          chris places his phone into his back pocket, gently taking the bears out of mikayla's hands. his head falls and he looks down at them, his eyes flickering between both of the plushies, then back at mikayla. "do you even remember where i got these from?" chris asks and a crease instantly appears between mikayla's eyebrows.

          she'd be lying if she said she remembers, slowly shaking her head while she looks up at chris. he takes a step back with a scoff leaving his lips as if he's offended. "the fucking carnival from when we were kids..." he trails off and suddenly, it's like mikayla unlocks a memory.

          Mikayla skips while giggling through the fairground with chris on her side. the two of them have already participated in most of the carnival games but there's one thing mikayla wants and that's a bear plushie. she's tried so many times but every time she played the game, she lost.

          chris acknowledges how she's still slightly upset about it, not sure what to do. mikayla stops skipping, her gaze falling onto the large, pink bear plushie on a hook in front of her. she frowns and tilts her head as chris finally catches up to her.

          "that bear is stupid anyways mikayla," he mumbles as an attempt to cheer her up, but it definitely doesn't work as her eyebrows furrow at his words

          mikayla folds her arms and she tilts her head, looking up at the brunette in front of her. with not being able to win a plushie, she hasn't even registered how her brother as well as matt and nick have disappeared, leaving the two of them on their own. mikayla's always had a small crush on chris, most likely since that day he helped her get back on the swing, so the fact that she's taken a while to realize that it's just them is kind of insane to her.

          there's so much to like and admire about chris; he's kind, funny and attractive so mikayla's definitely winning right now. however, nate's always teased her about her stupid crush but it definitely pisses him off considering how he's always said that nothing can happen between them. mikayla respects her brother, and her crush on chris will definitely wear off so of course she agreed.

          mikayla watches as chris examines his surroundings and she stands on her tiptoes to tap him on his shoulder, gaining his attention. "i'm gonna go get some doughnuts," she stupidly says to him as if she cares more about dessert than spending time with him.

          "cool," chris nods his head and smiles. that same smile that makes mikayla's heart skip a beat. she tries to hide the maroon tint taking over her cheeks, dropping her head so she can stop him from noticing.

          moments later she finds herself at the front of the doughnut line, taking the hot and fresh treats out of the man's hands. she offers him a smile, turning around and her eyes widen once she comes face to face with chris. he stands there in his navy shirt with yellow and white stripes, a brown bear in one hand and a pick bear in the other.

          she squeals excitedly, a dimpled grin on her face as she steps towards him, forgetting about the doughnuts. "how—when did you get these, what the fuck?" mikayla stammers over her words from nerves.

          chris shrugs, glancing at both of them. "i won the brown one first, but—you know, i know you wanted the pink so i tried again," a proud grin grows on chris' face. "this is brownie," he lifts up the brown bear, "and this is whoever you want it to be," he lifts up the pink one.

          "you won it for me?" mikayla questions, almost surprised and her lips part at chris' dedication. he slowly nods his head and mikayla wonders if he just did it for fun, or whether he knows how much it means to her.

          "No way you forgot," chris scoffs, snapping mikayla out of her continuing memories while he sits next to her. their knees are touching and mikayla purses her lips to hide her girlish grin. "took me so fucking long to get those for you," he playfully pushes her away.

          mikayla pushes him back before fixing her hair. she defensively raises her hands in the air, "my bad chris. all i see when i look at that pink bear is our stupid, fake relationship," she dryly chuckles to try and ease the tension at the remembrance of it.

          "stupid?" chris repeats in a judgmental and offended tone, scrunching his face up. mikayla didn't purposely mean to call it stupid, but the build up to it was random. mikayla didn't even have any feelings towards chris at that point, so reflecting on everything just reminds her of how dumb it was.

          "stupid," mikayla repeats, not taking back her words. "the relationship was stupid, but we wouldn't be here if it wasn't for it," she shoots chris a reassuring smile. "so thank you," mikayla gives him a quick peck on his cheek, staining his freckled skin with her lipgloss.

          mikayla's fingers reach to rub it off, but chris takes hold of her hand, stopping her from continuing her actions. their eyes lock momentarily and it's as if fireworks go off in mikayla's stomach with the way his eyes sparkle with admiration. "don't do that," he whispers, referring to how she was about to run the kiss mark off.

          "right," mikayla mutters but chris still doesn't let go of her hand and his thumb slowly runs against her skin. she feels like they're having another moment with the comfortable silence that falls over both of them.

          "mikayla?" chris speaks up and she nods her head to initiate for him to continue speaking. "be my girlfriend miks, please," he finally asks her, his last word being a whisper, "be my girlfriend, mikayla."

          "yes," mikayla instantly replies; she's been waiting for this moment for ages. after everything that's happened between them, the rollercoaster of emotions that she's been put through, it's finally happening. "yes," she says again, a wide grin now on her face, "yes, yes, yes, i'll be your girlfriend chris."

          chris' face lights up and his hand finds its way to mikayla's cheek, pulling her into a kiss. the rhythm they share is slow and intimate, suddenly tuning out all of their surroundings. this is what mikayla's been waiting for, a feeling of immense happiness and bliss that she's been manifesting to experience and she's just glad that it's christopher sturniolo of all people.

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          The sound of loud and approaching footsteps fill mikayla's ears so she pulls away from chris quickly, her head snapping to face where the door is. suddenly, the door swings open and it reveals their friends with excited and confused expressions plastered across their faces.

          "no FUCKING way," lucille loudly says with her lips parted. she rests her hands on her hips and her eyes flicker between the chris and mikayla sat comfortably on his bed.

          maria slowly raises her hand to point her finger at chris, looking at mikayla. 'boyfriend?' she mouthes to mikayla and miks slowly nods her head, biting her lip to conceal the wide grin on her face. "BOYFRIEND," maria says again and everyone's faces drop.

          "boyfriend..." mikayla loudly whispers and lucille and maria quickly run to her, enveloping their friend in a warm embrace. chris quickly gets up from his seated position, trying to avoid getting hit by the girls smothering mikayla on his bed; mikayla genuinely couldn't ask for better friends. she loves how happy they seem to be for her, and now miks is wondering how the rest of this school year is going to go.

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