CHAPTER ONE !

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- ❝ DETENTION? ❞ 💌

ⁱᵐᵉˢˢᵃᵍᵉ !

matt hate club!
  a-SNORE-ia 😴 ; astoria
clyde💔🕊️ ; chris
matt. 😕 ; matt
bird lover ; nick
kals 🫶 ; kalia
floor 🤣🤣 ; skye
lulu 🌞 ; luna

a-SNORE-ia 😴
first to guess why i'm suicidal this morning gets mcdonalds okay go

bird lover
rory what 😊

kals 🫶
ur in alg?

bird lover
oh okay
uhhh
you forgot your airpods?

matt. 😕
you're crying over taylor swift again?

floor 🤣🤣
ur straight but mila kunis exists?

a-SNORE-ia 😴
woah there haha
i asked you guys to guess why i'm suicidal not to start calling me out 🤣🤣

matt. 😕
shoulda been more specific bud 🤔

a-SNORE-ia 😴
this is why the gc is called matt hate club.

matt. 😕
THAT WAS YOU???

lulu 🌞
whats going on?

a-SNORE-ia 😴
LUNA ‼️

lulu 🌞
RORY ‼️

a-SNORE-ia 😴
guess why i'm suicidal this morning 😇

lulu 🌞
idk are chris and harper being disgusting again

floor 🤣🤣
surely thats not it..

a-SNORE-ia 😴
DING DING DING
✅✅✅✅✅✅
and we have a winner ladies and gents

floor 🤣🤣
what the fuck

kals 🫶
LMFAOOOO HELPPP
DONT TELL ME THEYRE MAKING OUT IN FRONT OF U OR SUM 😭😭

bird lover
dont put that image into my head please.

matt. 😕
jesus christ 😬

a-SNORE-ia 😴
no they're not making out (god is on my side today ❤️)
they're just sitting there and he's cheesing at her like shes a life size can of pepsi

lulu 🌞
NAHHHHH

floor 🤣🤣
HELP ME??

kals 🫶
yikes...

a-SNORE-ia 😴
he looks so goofy guys why am i chuckling

clyde 💔🕊️
rory shut the fuck up

lulu 🌞
oh

bird lover
eyes widen

a-SNORE-ia 😴
needed a tw for ur presence
how about u leave and try again 🤔🤔

clyde 💔🕊️
no??? what the fuck

a-SNORE-ia 😴
what a shame
☹️

clyde 💔🕊️
shut up

a-SNORE-ia 😴
yeah u said that already bozo

floor 🤣🤣
so chris hru...

clyde 💔🕊️
good
i'm with harper rn

a-SNORE-ia 😴
who

clyde 💔🕊️
my fucking girlfriend you idiot

a-SNORE-ia 😴
asked 🤣

kals 🫶
looks around

matt. 😕
kid really just fell for that

clyde 💔🕊️
all of you are fake for not saving me from that btw

a-SNORE-ia 😴
its bc they hate u 🥺

clyde 💔🕊️
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
😐

a-SNORE-ia 😴
yawns

lulu 🌞
i chuckled
yk bc ur name...

a-SNORE-ia 😴
thanks luna i got it

clyde 💔🕊️
we got it lu
oh

a-SNORE-ia 😴
ew why did u just copy me

clyde 💔🕊️
i didn't what the fuck

a-SNORE-ia 😴
u litch wrote exactly what i wrote 😐
dont copy me u freak

clyde 💔🕊️
we sent the message at the same fucking time how was i supposed to copy it

a-SNORE-ia 😴
the way ur glaring daggers at me rn makes me think ur reading my mind or sum 🤔🤔

clyde 💔🕊️
why would i wanna read YOUR mind

kals 🫶
would u both shut up PLEASE
i need some peace and quiet 🧘‍♀️

matt. 😕
if you want peace go to the library

kals 🫶
ok matt.

a-SNORE-ia 😴
KALI YES PLS JOIN ME
IM IN THE LIBRARY
i can't do this anymore
the air is being infected by chris and its slowly wafting over to me 😷😷

kals 🫶
u and chris r in the library?

a-SNORE-ia 😴
yeah but we're not sitting together obviously
like i would ever sit next to it 🤢

floor 🤣🤣
IT FLMAOODOS

bird lover
STOP NOT THE IT

clyde 💔🕊️
did you actually just call me an it

a-SNORE-ia 😴
why is it talking to me 😬

clyde 💔🕊️
fuck you

a-SNORE-ia 😴
guys there's like this weird buzzing in my ears and it won't go away
it's like a mosquito is flying around my face

clyde 💔🕊️
..........

a-SNORE-ia 😴
there it is again !

lulu 🌞
why am i audibly chuckling rn

floor 🤣🤣
i LOLed ngl

clyde 💔🕊️
said no one ever

a-SNORE-ia 😴
no need to get mad just bc ur the most unfunny creature on the planet chris

matt. 😕
...

lulu 🌞
crickets

kals 🫶
where'd he go

matt. 😕
maybe he's doing work or smth

lulu 🌞
matt be fr
chris...doing work? 🤨

floor 🤣🤣
no bc rory's gone too...

kals 🫶
yeah theyre probs beating each other up rn
.....
guys what if they actually are beating each other up

bird lover
STOPPPP
they're not THAT dumb guys
it's fine.

matt. 😕
yeah they're probably just silently glaring at each other from across the room

lulu 🌞
harper's not gonna like that!...

bird lover
silence.

kals 🫶
gulps

floor 🤣🤣
the harper and rory beef will never not be funny icl 😬😬

lulu 🌞
bold asf thing to say in the gc skye 😨

floor 🤣🤣
#speaking #my #truth

bird lover
would LOVE to #speak #my #truth but i'd get cancelled on tiktok 😕💔

matt. 😕
real 😔😖

lulu 🌞
the way i chuckled
the way we all know but we stay silent is so funny to me

kals 🫶
guys real talk where the fuck did they go...

floor 🤣🤣
yikes!
seen by kals 🫶, lulu 🌞, floor 🤣🤣, matt. 😕, bird lover
no bc i know i did not just get left on read by the entire gc.
loved by bird lover

ʳᵉᵃˡ ˡⁱᶠᵉ !

astoria furrows her eyebrows as she watches chris get up from his seat next to his girlfriend on the other side of the library and begin to walk in her direction with a frown plastered across his face. she takes out an airpod, and sits there patiently as he walks over and stops right at the bookshelf right in front of the desk she's currently sitting at.

he starts flicking through the bookshelf, a focused look on his face as she searches for a book. astoria raises her eyebrows in confusion. she's never seen chris even pick up a book in her life.

it's obvious that he's annoyed by her presence, because in the mere seconds he's been standing there, he's already glanced in her direction. when he does it for the third time, astoria sets down her phone and gives him a big fake smile. he just narrows his eyes at her, and they hold the eye contact in silence for a moment, her just staring blankly at him. her gaze then shifts, becoming fixated on how dumb his hair looks sticking out of his stupid baseball cap right now. does he not know what a hairdresser is?

chris just continues glaring at her, so astoria clears her throat, leaning back in her seat.

"so, are you just gonna stand there like a fucking weirdo or did you have something to say to me?" she asks him, and he rolls his eyes.

"i'm looking for a book," he replies flatly, now finally turning away from her and back to the bookshelf before him.

"interesting," astoria muses, before clicking her tongue. "i wasn't aware you could read."

his head snaps back in her direction and he gives her an even dirtier look than before, if that's even possible. she just grins at him, unexplainably pleased by how much she's getting on his nerves right now.

"of course i can read," chris snaps, fully turning away from the bookshelf now and standing right in front of her desk. "also, stop talking shit about my girlfriend in the group chat. you're literally not funny."

"i'm not shit talking your girlfriend," she counters. "i was talking shit about you."

"ha ha ha," he says sarcastically, then rolls his eyes. "glad to know your personality is still just as non-existent as i remember."

"i could say the same about you," she shrugs, and chris' jaw ticks in annoyance. astoria can't help but laugh at him. "oh, and i was just talking to my friends. if you don't like the topic of conversation, then don't join in."

"right," he says, clearly not convinced by her words. "if you're so desperate to talk, there's like thirty other people in the library. including me and harper."

"yeah, but i don't like you," astoria says matter-of-factly. "and we aren't supposed to talk in here."

chris crosses his arms. "whatever. you're full of shit, rory."

astoria crosses her arms, mirroring his stance. "oh, and because your girlfriend hates me. not as much as you tho-" chris shushes her before she can finish her sentence.

"do you wanna speak any fucking louder?" he seethes. "keep it down, for the love of god."

astoria glances over to where harper is sitting and smirks.

"why? scared she's listening?" she taunts, and chris' angry expression suddenly turns into one of embarrassment. astoria blinks. even after two months, she still can't wrap her head around chris having a girlfriend. it's never not going to be weird.

they'd all known he liked harper, their entire friend group had a hunch for months before he'd finally admitted it, but astoria had always thought it was just because she was pretty and he felt lonely watching kali and luna be all coupley and cute.

but then, a while later, he'd asked her out, and they've been dating ever since. for two months, her and the entire group have been bystanders of this weird pairing.

chris isn't disliked at school, especially now him and his brothers are gaining popularity on youtube, but he usually keeps just to himself and his circle of friends. harper, on the other hand, is friends with about every fucking person on the planet, though astoria seriously cannot figure out why.

harper is, to put it lightly, a total bitch. astoria has never liked the girl, and has liked her even less since chris started liking her (for whatever reason?). chris hates that astoria dislikes his girlfriend, though he can't bear to admit that harper hates her, and all of their friends, too.

"she doesn't hate you," he says pointedly. "if you weren't such a bitch all the time, you guys could get along one day."

"let me know when it happens and i'll put it in my calendar," astoria replies. "if i'm not dead by then."

chris rolls his eyes at her again, something he does often when he's around her. she rolls her eyes back at him, making him scoff. "just...shut up," he says. "i really like her, you know. the least you could do is be nice about it."

oh!

"oh!" astoria says, repeating her thoughts. "sorry, i just didn't realize you had, you know...feelings."

"god, i hate you," chris retorts, uncrossing his arms. "i was being serious there."

"so was i."

he doesn't answer, and the two of them are left in an uncomfortable silence as chris sighs, probably wondering if he should try to continue to be civil or start screaming at her. at this point, astoria would prefer the latter.

her and chris don't usually talk unless they're fighting about something, and having a normal conversation with him doesn't feel right. though ever since chris got himself into a relationship, they've been talking less and less, and it's slowly but surely becoming less bickering and more awkward silence, which she hates. it's so fun to get on his nerves, and she's been missing it a little extra recently, for whatever reason.

"you gonna go find that book and get out of my sight or...?" she asks, and chris snaps out his daze and looks at her.

"yes, actually," he says. "is me standing here that much of a problem for you?"

"yes," she says simply, putting one of her airpods back in.

"astoria what is your fuc-"

"ahem."

astoria looks away from chris to find the librarian now also standing at her desk with her arms crossed, looking pissed off. chris swallows, scratching the back of his head awkwardly, not daring to make eye contact with either of them. the librarian clears her throat again.

"hello, mrs cooper," astoria says politely, hoping to ease some of the tension. "can i help you?"

"you can actually, astoria," the librarian replies, annoyed. she then looks to chris. "there are students here trying to study, and you guys are being too loud."

"sorry, it won't happen again," astoria says, still watching chris, who is standing like a fucking loser not saying anything.

"i'm going back to my seat now," he says finally. "so we'll um...both be quiet."

astoria doesn't think she's ever heard him say a more stupid, pointless thing. if mrs cooper wouldn't have been standing right fucking next to them, she would've been tempted to get up and slap some sense into him. but she's not really in the mood to get into any more trouble today, so she refrains.

mrs cooper looks at the two of them and places her hands on her hips, evidently unsatisfied with their apologies.

"you guys have been awfully mean to each other," the librarian says. "i thought you two were friends?"

chris chokes back a laugh and astoria scowls at him, while mrs cooper only sighs.

"chris, astoria, i'll be seeing you both in detention once this period ends," she says.

"detention?" they both say in unison, and astoria cringes.

"really?" chris asks.

"yes, really, chris," mrs cooper mocks. "maybe you two can learn to be nice to each other whilst you shelve books for me."

over my dead body, astoria thinks, unable to help it. chris gives her more and more reasons to hate his guts every single day. exhibit a: if he'd apologized better, maybe they wouldn't be stuck in detention after school.

she doesn't really give a fuck about it going on her record, she's more annoyed about the fact that she's going to have to spend an entire hour after school with chris. she can't think of anybody who would ever be willing to do that, besides his brothers and probably his stupid girlfriend.

mrs cooper finally walks away from the desk, probably having realized she's not going to get an answer from either of the students. astoria puts her head in her hands.

"what the fuck are you crying for? it's only detention," she hears chris say. she rolls her eyes and looks back up at him.

"i'm not crying, you idiot," she snaps. "i'm just pissed off because this is kinda all your fault." chris looks genuinely confused at her words.

"MY fault?" he whispers. "an argument, or any conversation actually, requires at least two people. not that you would know, 'cause you're so antisocial."

"being antisocial doesn't get you into detention though, bozo."

"shut up, nerd."

chris is so frustrated that it makes astoria smile slightly to herself. she covers her mouth with her hand. god forbid he knows she's smiling in his presence, an unneeded ego boost would definitely start even more bickering between them, and one painful hour of detention with chris fucking sturniolo is enough for astoria.

they're both distracted from their conversation as the bell rings and people start packing up, ready to go home. she sighs, the realization that she's trapped here for another whole hour sinking in more and more by the second. she looks up, and sees nick walk into the library. he makes eye contact with her briefly then notices his brother next to her and furrows his eyebrows in confusion. nick walks over to them, a textbook in hand.

"hey," astoria says. "what are you doing here?"

"switching out my geography textbook because i picked up the fucking ninth grade one by accident. i can't believe mrs. cooper didn't say anything...i don't look like a freshman, do i?"

"you're kinda short, to be honest," she grins, looking him up and down. nick rolls his eyes.

"alright, rory," he huffs. "don't even talk because you're literally 5'4."

"if you're a freshman, rory's a sixth grader," chris chimes in, and her previous though of slapping him comes back into mind.

"at least i didn't leave my brain in fucking middle school," she says. nick laughs.

"okay, enough," he says. "i'm not listening to you guys fight for ten minutes. let's go home, matt's probably already waiting for us in the car."

chris looks at astoria, eyes wide, and she glances at the floor sheepishly.

"we uh...got detention," she says, and nick sighs. astoria nearly winces at his obvious disappointment. she's not usually one to care about anyone's opinions, but she feels embarrassed when she lets her friends down.

"for fighting?" he asks, and chris nods.

"yup. but it's fine, we're gonna have a great time, aren't we, rory?" he says, nudging her playfully with his elbow.

"no," she says. "it's already making me want to rip my hair out."

"i've always thought you'd look better bald," he says with a fake smile, but his eyes gleam with amusement. astoria grits her teeth in frustration.

"alright then!" nick says awkwardly. "i'll tell matt he has to come back later to pick you guys up since you losers both can't drive."

"you can't drive either!" she calls, but he's already walking away.

"matt's gonna be so fucking pissed," chris says, turning to her.

astoria just ignores him, and he walks off back to harper. he starts talking to her and she furrows her eyebrows in annoyance, replying with something astoria can't hear, though she doesn't look happy about it. the sight almost makes astoria smile.

she goes back over to her desk and packs up her things, preparing herself for an hour long of detention.

astoria had thought at first that it was only that one stack of books that needed to be put away. her and chris were done with that in fifteen minutes. it had taken them a while to get used to the organizing system in the library, but after a few minutes of relentless arguing they'd managed to figure it out.

but just as they had shelved the last few books and were ready to leave, the librarian conveniently brought out more books for them to put away, and they'd kept on coming since. it's been forty-five minutes now, and astoria wants to die.

this whole detention situation is shitty anyway, but being stuck with chris makes it ten times worse. even his breathing pisses her off.

chris takes out his phone and sits down, discarding the book he's been holding. he smiles at the screen before frantically typing a response. there's only one person he could be texting.

it's been quiet the whole time, but the shuffle of their feet, the sound of the books sliding against each other and chris sighing when he puts a book in the wrong place have kept it from being completely silent. she boredly taps her fingernails against the wooden bookshelf, scanning it for the right place to place the book.

"can you not do that?"

she jumps at the sound of his voice.

"what?" she asks quietly.

"don't tap your nails, it's annoying as fuck," he clarifies.

"well, can you help me with the last few books so we can fucking leave already?" she says.

"sure, one sec," chris replies, looking back down at his phone. after a couple of seconds, he gets up and joins her in front of the bookshelf, his phone now tucked away in his pocket. she looks at him, watching as he reads the label of the book and reaches up to tuck it into the right spot. astoria puts away the final books and she's so relieved to finally be able to leave that she could collapse to the floor.

saying absolutely nothing to chris and just grabbing her bag, she mutters goodbye to mrs cooper and leaves. faintly, she can hear his footsteps behind her, but she ignores them, focusing on walking out and finding matt's minivan in the car park. he sees her and the car flashes as he unlocks it. astoria opens the passenger side door and climbs in.

"rory."

"matt."

"do you and chris ever stop fighting?"

"die."

matt chuckles to himself. "you two are so cute," he says.

"i wish i hadn't told you to die before because now i really want you to die," astoria retorts. matt grins.

"that's not very nice," he laughs, and astoria rolls her eyes.

"chris and i hate each other," she says.

"oh yeah, definitely," he says sarcastically.

"shut up," she says. "where's the chris and harper support?"

"up my ass," matt whispers, more to himself but astoria hears it anyway and chuckles. "where the fuck is chris?" he complains.

"texting," astoria replies.

"texting wh- for fuck's sake."

matt sighs, then starts reversing out of the parking space. astoria doesn't question him as he spins around and drives right behind chris. he presses down on the horn and it blares, making chris jump. he spins around and matt gives him a little wave. nearly pissing herself with laughter as chris gives his brother the middle finger and swings open the car door and sitting in the passenger seat.

but of course, since she was there first, astoria is already sitting there.

"get out of my fucking seat," chris says to her, stepping aside to give her space to get out, but she doesn't. he just stares at her, his blue eyes piercing into hers with such hatred that it makes her previously amused expression falter.

after a second of them just scowling at one another, chris finally gives up, sighing and slamming the door in her face. she flinches a little, before scoffing and opening the back door and climbing inside the car.

"nice of you to join us," matt says in greeting, and chris doesn't answer. he just glares at astoria, who returns his gaze with yet another fake smile.

this is gonna become so much more she fell first he fell harder i can't wait 🫶🫶

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