★ . ꜝꜞ ᳝ ࣪ CHAPTER 012! ☁️ׂ ɞ˚₊
❝ the highlight of his senior year ❞
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rubeeeen a man was going ALLL paparazzi mode in matts goofy ass car and pic creds are still NOWHERE to be found 🤕🤕
↳ destinydoe oh u poor baby😢
↳ matthew.sturniolo my car did nothing to u.

adoragrant the smile on ur face ☺️☺️
↳ destinydoe grinning from ear to ear ☺️☺️

user imagine going to school w HER and the triplets i can't

nathandoe gross 0/10
↳ destinydoe tysm king<33

nicolassturniolo normal girl by sza ur way through this 💆‍♂️💆‍♂️
↳ destinydoe ugh needed this. always keeping me in check

user first day of school vlog when 😞😞

user how does one look so good at six in the morning

user her in a beanie makes me wanna bark
↳ user we know it's u chris

jordanav3ry highlight of my senior yr 😮‍💨
↳ destinydoe 😇😇😇
↳ rubeeeen 😏
↳ destinydoe settle down.
↳ user nowwww..... what's this!
↳ user oh that's not...

user connecting the dots ab chris' silence here 🤔

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"the highlight of his senior year," destiny recites with stars in her eyes, clutching her phone to her chest as she's giddy with ruben in the middle seats of matt's car. "i'm going to be the highlight of his senior year."

ruben grins at the girl as nick and adora share a sigh from the very back seats behind them. nate sits on the other side of adora as well with a look of disgust as he listens to destiny. "i can't believe you're actually about to enter your lover era," adora speaks up.

"right?" destiny responds girlishly, leaning further back in her seat as she hasn't felt so excited over a boy since... well, the grumpy one in the passenger seat.

chris has been unusually quiet since destiny and nate were picked up, and destiny seriously can't believe he's holding a grudge over some small joke she made. he sits with his arms crossed over his chest and a tight jaw that he seems to rub at more and more the longer he hears this stupid conversation go on for.

"i've never seen you so interested in a guy before, des," matt joins the conversation, glancing at said girl through the rearview mirror.

chris' lips twist downwards as destiny sighs airily. "'cause i'm in love," she says dramatically, making a good portion of the car laugh as chris does anything but. she leans forward to rest her chin on the palm of her hand as she smiles to herself. "everything's changed since we hung out," she explains. she feels as if he's her escape. she feels as if she's finally found a way out of the life of hopeless pining over chris she set herself up for, and screw her if she's a little bit—a lot a bit—excited about it.

"you're grossing me the fuck out," nate groans from his seat, running his hand over his face as he looks out his window.

"you wouldn't get it, nate," she tells him with a shrug, ignoring the way ruben is now just blatantly laughing at the way she is behaving. "it just makes sense. he is the one for—"

her words are suddenly cut off by an overbearing notch of volume from the front of the car. the music is abruptly louder than her, causing everyone to fall silent as she quickly whips her head around to find the reasoning.

chris is completely silent as he situates back in his seat, lowering his hand from the volume without a care as destiny scoffs. she leans forward in between his and matts seats and looks over to him as he keeps his eyes on the road ahead. "you're not going to ruin this for me, chris," she tells him sternly, causing him to finally turn his head towards her as they are the only two currently able to hear her over the music. "whatever problem you have with jordan, just drop it."

chris glances over her once before tilting his head, his glare remaining persistent. "it's not a droppable thing."

"why not?" she narrows her eyes at him in challenge.

"because it's you," he answers simply.

a beat of silence passes and destiny swears her heart doesn't move. she blinks, his words sending her for a daze because she has no idea the weight of them or what they mean. "that doesn't even make sense," she argues after she's recovered from her moment of weakness. "you've been acting so different ever since i got back and it's only gotten worse since you found out i've been talking to—"

"you never should've started talking to him in the first place," he cuts her off without another thought, only making her all the more frustrated. "i would have made sure that was the case if i had been there."

"well, you weren't, chris. i was in the bahamas," she deadpans, blinking repeatedly at him.

"yeah, you were, weren't you?" he responds back mockingly, already having destiny clenching her jaw with his tone of voice. he leans slightly closer to her and she's taken off guard until he lowers his voice even more despite the rest already unable to hear him. "you didn't call him hot the same night you did me, did you?" he asks pettily, venom laced within his voice as destinys jaw instantly drops into a scoff. "i wouldn't know, so..."

she cuts straight through him with her glare when she starts, "don't be so fucking insec—"

"okay!" ruben's extra high pitched voice to be heard over the music suddenly cuts destiny off, his hand quite violently reaching for the back of her shirt to pull her back into her seat. "that is us pulling into the school," he announces so that chris and destiny will give up their hushed fighting easily. destiny sends him a quick glare that he ignores and readjusts in her seat once she's fully sat down, settling down from the fire chris set off in her.

"make sure you change your diaper before we go in, chris," adora speaks up, calling the moping boy out as she locks eyes with him through the mirror. "'cause i can smell that shit from here."

chris rolls his eyes into the back of his head, slouching back into his seat as matt parks. "remind me why we picked you guys up again.."

ruben perks up, leaning forward to reach his hand out and pat matt's shoulder. "because matt is literally like our mom," he offers as a response, making chris burst out laughing for once as matt blinks.

once the car is parked, matt turns in his seat with narrowed eyes. chris chuckles at the look on his face. "mother matt," he jokes, making ruben laugh as destiny and the rest of the group waste no time beginning to climb out.

matt's face scrunches up as he looks at his brother. "shut up, chris," he groans before opening his own door and exiting.

chris and ruben are the last ones left, and ruben sucks in a breath as he opens his door. "everyone's against you today, my guy."

chris just sighs before reaching for his door handle and climbing out. the group all form a small circle by the trunk of the car and chris slowly approaches it as ruben takes his place next to adora. he's confused as to what everyone's standing all together for until everyone begins pulling out their schedules. understanding the drill, he reaches into his bag for his own.

"okay we have homeroom first, so..." nick starts talking just to pause and jump to the first period on his schedule. he then immediately sucks in a breath, looking at everyone in slight desperation. "please tell me someone else has dickens before i kill myself."

"nah, i have gray," nate responds with a sigh, looking at him and resisting a chuckle. "good luck though, heard he lives up to his name."

matt laughs quietly at that from next to nate, nudging his side to then dap him up and reveal, "i've got gray too."

after watching them, adora huffs and reads hers aloud. "cartwright."

"ugh, twin," ruben instantly squeals, causing the pair to break into grins as the groups eyes all land on them. "she'll be sick of us by the end of the year." he speaks nothing but the truth.

it's almost as if chris and destiny become aware of their turns being next at the same time, because they accidentally both look to each other and then instantly look away at the same time. they then both look over their own schedules.

"henry."

"henry."

chris and destiny both immediately look to one another at the sound of them talking over each other, their faces dropping the exact same.

matt clears his throat at the tension within the group being created by destiny and chris fighting, and nick and adora share an amused look as they're stood across from each other.

"great," destiny grumbles, shoving her schedule back into her bag as chris takes extreme offense to her annoyance.

"guess we'll have to finish our conversation on the way to homeroom," he bites back sarcastically, sending a tight-lipped grin her way that causes her to scowl.

"so glad i won't be there to witness that shit show," adora exclaims with a sigh of relief, a content smile on her lips that makes destiny roll her eyes.

"yeah, be normal by lunch maybe?" nate suggests, sending chris and destiny both looks.

"whatever," chris blows a breath from his lips before turning and beginning to cross the parking lot traffic to the school entrance. destiny scoffs before giving a short goodbye to the group and following behind him.

"chris, you better tell me what your problem is," she says once she reaches him, the two walking side by side. she hears him let out a sigh of frustration as they approach the schools front doors. "i'm serious," she emphasizes, turning her head to look over at him as they walk.

"my only problem here is jordan," he responds bitterly with a roll of his eyes, causing her to sigh exasperatedly as they enter the building.

destiny doesn't want to bother wasting any more of her energy on arguing with him, so it falls silent between them as they walk down the main hallway. destiny keeps her focus on looking for the correct classroom while chris' eyes just wander as they travel.

he watches the different classroom doors they walk past and glances over the diversity of people passing by him. he's giving no one his full attention until he catches sight of familiar blonde hair he unfortunately knows too well. immediately, he sucks in a breath as the first girl who ever successfully broke his heart passes by him. jada keeps her head held high and doesn't even glance at him, but he turns to watch her continue to walk as she disappears from his sight.

she looks just as cold-hearted as he had remembered, he thinks as he looks away. his attention is given back to the girl next to him as she suddenly comes to a stop. he furrows his eyebrows and spares a glance around, realizing they've reached the correct classroom.

he also takes notice of jordan standing by the classroom door, currently occupied by his phone. chris takes a moment to consider how the world must genuinely be laughing in his face right now, and then glances over to destiny. once he notices that she hasn't realized jordan's presence, he quickly takes advantage of the fact. he steps in front of her before she can go on to enter the classroom, her eyebrows instantly knitting together. "i told you i don't like jordan," he tries. "why can't you just respect that and drop him?"

she's silent for a moment, just glancing over his features before finally letting out a scoff from the mere audacity of his question. "because that's not how this works, chris."

chris only sighs of frustration in response. "why not?" he fights.

she shakes her head to herself, not understanding how he can even continue with this. she eventually pulls her eyebrows together and challenges him by asking, "when have you ever dropped someone for me?"

chris pauses, blinking a couple times as he processes her ask, before he recomposes himself. he takes in a breath. "actually, i—"

"wassup, des?" chris refrains from shutting his eyes at the sound of jordan's voice. he looks away from destiny and to behind her, to see that jordan has stepped away from the door and come to approach her. he then looks back to destiny and unfortunately watches the way her face lights up as she instantly spins around.

"oh hey, jordan." she subconsciously bites onto the bottom of her lip as she looks at him, making chris seriously roll his eyes.

"you have henry for homeroom?" he asks her, waiting for her confirmation with a nod before grinning. "bet," he then says, stepping forward and boldly taking ahold of the belt loop of her jeans as chris instantly notices it. "let's go." chris' eyes jump to the touch, watching with narrowed eyes as he begins walking into the classroom and gently dragging her along with him by her belt loop. he can tell that destiny has no problem with it judging by the smile on her face, and it only adds to his growing nausea.

he resists groaning out loud once he is left alone outside the classroom. "great," he mumbles before making his way inside as well.

the desks are all in rows and he instantly takes notice of jordan and destiny making their way to the middle together. chris refrains from rolling his eyes and heads a couple of rows away. he struggles in pulling his eyes away from the direction of their seats as he sits down, and destiny accidentally returns the eye contact once he's sat. he pushes his lips together before finally looking away from her, and pulls out his phone from his pocket.

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matthew 👴😘 ; matt
chris 🙄😣 ; chris

chris 🙄😣
kill me now

matthew 👴😘
what
normalize context

chris 🙄😣
jordan's in our homeroom too bruh

matthew 👴😘
how is this my problem

chris 🙄😣
cause des is sitting w him instead of me
imagine.

matthew 👴😘
why don't you just sit with them..?

chris 🙄😣
oh my god are you insane

matthew 👴😘
here you go
u realize ur problem w him is one sided right?

chris 🙄😣
ok?

matthew 👴😘
and u won't tell anyone what the actual reason is...

chris 🙄😣
stating it is enough i feel

matthew 👴😘
bro just admit it's because u don't want destiny w him

chris 🙄😣
woah
broooooo
ofc i don't want destiny w him i'll admit that any day

matthew 👴😘
ok yeah but 💀
let me rephrase
you only have a problem w him BC he's interested in des.. you were literally friends w him during school last year

chris 🙄😣
um
no

matthew 👴😘
chris
you like destiny

chris 🙄😣
i don't like destiny
i just don't want her with jordan

matthew 👴😘
bro think about that logically.
you're a liar

chris 🙄😣
maybe

matthew 👴😘
definitely

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des n jordan are lowk a little cute to me 😞😞 writing them is my guilty pleasure i fear

are we ready for jada lore 🗣️🗣️

<3
jaden