★ . ꜝꜞ ᳝ ࣪ CHAPTER 015! ☁️ׂ ɞ˚₊
❝ when you know, you know ❞
( real life + imessage )

✶ IRL!

it's been a while since chris has actually cared so much about a girl, so he can't exactly remember what all it entails. he's aware of the cons, judging by the sting he feels in his heart, but he mostly remembers that caring means sacrificing some things. so, he ignores the tightness in his chest as he walks out of class with destiny, managing an upturn on his lips when he looks over to her. "so when'd he say he wants to hang out next?"

destiny grins at the question, and chris takes it as a sign that shoving his feelings down may be the only option he has. really, how could he ruin that smile with his usual recent scorn of disapproval? he can't; it would be selfish, and with the newfound knowledge of his feelings, he thinks he's ready to be done with that type of toxicity. he guesses this must be the worlds way of paying him back after leaving other girls feeling like this.

"he said we could go off campus for lunch together," she answers, adjusting the straps of her backpack as they walk. luckily, the class they reconciled in was their last of the day, so they're on the way to meet the group at matt's car. chris' lips first twinge downwards at her words, but he quickly corrects it when she looks to him.

"he's giving you girlfriend treatment," he tries to respond like he would if he was encouraging any other friend of his. destiny is not just anyone though; destiny is des, and fuck, how could he be so stupid for so long? he breaks eye contact to instead look ahead as they walk. his supportive act might take a bit of work. "he's definitely asking the question soon, des."

"you think so?" she responds, and it sounds as if she's holding back a giggle, which just makes him sick. he's not sure he's cut out for this, but he's trying his best. "we've been snapping for a while but we haven't been talking that long, you know?"

"yeah, well," chris sighs, looking over to her and hoping his eyes do not linger too long when he shrugs, "when you know, you know." his eyes do linger, and he knows it, so he forces his attention to the corner they're currently turning.

destiny falters for a moment. "yeah," she mumbles, pressing her lips together as the front doors come into view. her eyes slide over to chris as they are walking, but his eyes stay forward, so she forces herself to look ahead as well.

he finally glances over at her and notices her face, so he clears his throat and thinks back to what she was saying in the classroom when he asks, "so, what were you saying earlier about smoking?"

"oh," destiny comes to a halt as they reach the front doors, standing in place and causing chris to furrow his eyebrows and stand in front of her as she speaks. "well, jordan like smokes weed, you know.." she tells him, him offering a nod in response. "so i feel like i should be prepared if he asks me to smoke with him."

"but you've never smoked before," he states knowingly, his eyebrows pulled together as destiny rolls her eyes playfully at his slowness.

"yeah," she confirms, stepping forward and pointing to his chest with a grin when she adds, "that's where you come in."

"oh really?" he raises his eyebrows, glancing down to the closer space between them and her finger as she brings it away from him. he allows an amused upturn of his lips to form as he begins to lazily smirk at her. "you want me to teach you how to smoke?"

"don't act so smug about it," she tells him as he only laughs. she finds amusement in his reaction, but she actually really does need his help. "will you?"

"of course i will, des," he answers without missing a beat, momentarily smiling at the girl as the thought of smoking with her crosses his mind. it honestly seems like a dream when he takes away the fact that she's doing it for jordan. oh. that. "but not if you're doing it just to impress him," he adds more seriously after the thought.

"he's not like pressuring me or anything," she assures him as she pushes stray hair back from her face. "i just want to look like i know what i'm doing."

he hums, not sure if he really likes that answer because that's still wanting to impress him, but honestly, now he really wants to get to be the one to show her how to smoke. at this point, it's either gonna be jordan or him, and he'd clearly prefer it be him over jordan any day. "okay," he eventually shrugs, feeling like he's made the right decision by the way her face lights up so quickly. "when?"

"well," she clicks her tongue as she thinks on her options, beginning to walk towards the doors again. chris follows her, and makes it in front of her, so he opens the door and leans back onto it as she walks towards it. her eyebrows furrow momentarily when she reaches him. "what are you doing, goof?" she asks as she gets sidetracked, resisting a giggle because she never considered chris to have such manners. she's certainly never seen it before.

"holding the door for you like the good man i am," he responds with a grin on his lips, causing destiny to refrain from laughing. chris rolls his eyes at her obvious amusement at his sudden need to have manners. he's not sure what's came over him either, it just feels like the right thing to do now. she's taking her time standing in front of the doors though, so chris smoothly slides one of his hands onto her back and pushes her gently towards the door. "now c'mon, des." she scoffs playfully, giving him a look as he guides her through the doorway and then drops his hand, innocently following behind her as they come outside.

"anyways," she hums as they walk side by side again, glancing over at him with the same smile still adorning her lips. the way her mood has already changed so much with him giving approval over jordan proves him right in knowing it's now his duty to put her happiness above his own. "we can do it at my place wednesday because nate's got hockey tryouts and my parents will be gone."

"works for me," he replies, giving her a small smile once he looks over to her. he could seriously be good at this whole act if he practices enough. right now though, he seriously can't resist adding a teasing, "you'll have to watch out though, because i'm really good at making people nervous when they're high."

destiny only rolls her eyes in response. "yeah, we'll see," she responds amusedly as they reach where matt's car is parked.

as they approach the vehicle, matt rolls his window down as they're the last two the rest of the group was waiting on. "oh hey, des. hey, chris," he says, eyes weirdly flickering between the two of them before his face drops, "only took you ten fucking years!"

quickly, destiny and chris are sharing a sigh as ruben's head also comes into view from where he seems to sit up and lean forward in his seat. "you guys survived another fight?" he raises his eyebrows, glancing between the two of them before grinning and beginning to lean back into his seat when he says, "the world is healing, omg."

"if you don't shut the fuck up, ruben," destiny is already narrowing her eyes as she steps forward and reaches for the back door. chris then begins heading for the passenger side.

"damn, bitch," ruben mumbles, humbled as destiny adjusts in her seat next to him and closes the door behind her.

as chris also settles in his seat, he notices matt looking over at him. there's a grin on his lips and it causes him to immediately furrow his eyebrows. "what, weirdo?"

matt just shakes his head, taking ahold of the wheel as he looks back ahead of him. "nothing."

"okay then..." chris mumbles as they begin pulling out of the parking lot. he then turns his head, glancing at everyone in the back of the car. "how was everyone's first day?"

numerous groans and grunts are the only response he gets, causing him to laugh. "sounds great guys."

"really a lovely day," destiny agrees sarcastically, laughing as well as she pulls her phone out of her back pocket. just as she brings it in front of her face to unlock it though, ruben suddenly shoots forward and grabs it from her hands. "the fuck?" she instantly gives him a look.

"yeah, i'm actually just gonna..." he trails off, taking her phone in his hand and turning around to pass it to adora in the back.

destiny follows this movement and watches adora slide it into her pocket. "you can get it back when we get to your house, trust!" she tells her with a smile, causing destiny to narrow her eyes in suspicion.

she glances to nick next to adora for help, but he shares the same look on his face as her, so she glances to nate on the other side of her. he only shrugs, so she pries her eyes back to the front and sighs, slouching into her seat. "now i can't even play my tycoon games."

✶ IMSG!

4 lil fucks 💆‍♀️💆‍♀️💆‍♂️💆‍♂️

idiotic fuck ; destiny
dumb fuck ; adora
stupid fuck ; ruben
gay fuck ; nick

idiotic fuck
i hate you all

dumb fuck
NICK DID IT

stupid fuck
IT WAS ALL NICKS FAULT

gay fuck
WHAT RHE FUCK GUYS?
DES IM SORRY I THOUGHT EVERYONE KNEW

idiotic fuck
MF WHY WOULD EVERYONE KNOW

gay fuck
I MEAN ITS NOT EXACTLY HARD TO TELL?

stupid fuck
DAMMMMMN
😬😬😬😬
kinda cleared u i fear des

idiotic fuck
WOWWWW

gay fuck
OKOK NOT ANYMORE
chris is stupid anyways so it doesn't rlly count he's blind

dumb fuck
trueeeee
and matt isn't gonna tell chris cus it's matt he knows it's not his place

stupid fuck
real

idiotic fuck
i stilllll would've preferred from him to find out from me 😐 but
it's okay i don't care that much it doesn't matter now anyways

stupid fuck
wait i'm slow why not

idiotic fuck
CAUSE IM OVER CHRIS U IDIOT 🤬🤬🤬

dumb fuck
i'll stay silent then..

gay fuck
LMFAOOO

idiotic fuck
the lack of support.
jordan is literally my endgame why do i feel booed rn

dumb fuck
no booing we js all thought it was gonna be chris 😞

gay fuck
yeah i kinda always expected him to get his shit tg BEFORE u found someone else but 😞

stupid fuck
but maturing is learning to love jordan ❤️

dumb fuck
true lowk like if it can't be chris it can be him ❤️

idiotic fuck
SEEEEE
trust me guys
i'm happy he's happy chris is finally happy we're all happy !!!!!!!

gay fuck
are we sure chris is happy...

dumb fuck
are we positive 😰

idiotic fuck
yes he literally agreed to teach me how to smoke for when i'm w jordan likeeee

gay fuck
ohhhkay i can see why he'd be happy ab that ❤️

dumb fuck
UR FIRST TIME SMOKING IS GON BE W CHRIS(????
ARE WE FUCKING SERIOUS

stupid fuck
no i'm actually so offended a crack went right down my heart like 😭💔

idiotic fuck
actually adora i need u to pmo w your plug i'm afraid

dumb fuck
GIRLLLL

✶ IMSG!

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗 ; matt
desballs 🤒 ; destiny

desballs 🤒
soooo

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
well i wasn't gonna mention it if u weren't...

desballs 🤒
LMFAO MATT
it's ok i know u know
just know i'm over it now trust me

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
okay and when i say i don't believe you are you gonna be mad

desballs 🤒
no i will just ignore you haha!

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
des 😭😭😭😭
ok but i have to know
how long have you liked him?

desballs 🤒
since always

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
WHAT

desballs 🤒
yeah i liked him this whole time 😬
until this year i was like okkkkk this is getting embarrassing time to stand up

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
NOOO
you should sit back down

desballs 🤒
i'm good 🤗
you're not gonna tell him right

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
now yk damn well
even if i told him he still somehow wouldn't understand he's too slow

desballs 🤒
LMFAOOOOO

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
i do have a question tho

desballs 🤒
go on...

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
how long do you plan on keeping all of this from nate...

desballs 🤒
oh!
next question 😂

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
DES.

desballs 🤒
til i fucking die actually! hope that helps 💖

matty bear 🥺🎀🐇⭐️💗
whatever you say!

💌

COOKED THIS UP TEOWWW FAST RIGHTTTT LIKE WHY AM I ON A ROLL

(i'm procrastinating my eng final)

<3
jaden