🎱. . .CHAPTER 005 ! ————— 
( real life . . . snapchat . . . messages . . . )
❛ when you're still pining over your ex ❜

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          After a dozen moments of silence, mikayla made a beeline towards her guest room a few minutes before maria arrived. the two spend almost an hour gossiping, but the thought of chris' joyful expression while texting his ex of almost two years is all she can think about. but it isn't just that, it's the fact that he blatantly lied about it to her face.

          maria is mikayla's best friend, practically a sister, so when miks sits in silence for a while, she suddenly understands that something is wrong. she tilts her head, "what's wrong with you?"

          mikayla pinches the bridge of her nose, frustrated at the continuing thoughts of talia and chris. since they broke up he hasn't mentioned her once, but the way he would speak about Talia beforehand showed that he was truly in love with her. even if he'll never admit it, out of the many girls he spoke to, she's the only one who he really fell for. the girl shakes her head, "chris was texting talia and he lied about it..." she mumbles while embarrassed.

          maria's jaw practically falls to the floor, shocked that Chris is already fucking up his new relationship, "that manwhore," she tuts with folded arms. "i know you guys are dating, which is really random, but when I catch him–"

          miks chuckles loudly at Maria's threat, "yeah dating..." her words trail off.

          the best friend's head tilt slightly in amusement at mikayla's tone. she squints her eyes and with pursed lips a crease appears between her eyebrows, "you guys aren't actually dating, are you?"

          an offended gasp leaves mikayla's lips as she's surprised at how quickly someone already found out their relationship is fake. she sits in silence, pondering on how to sound somewhat believable if she tries to deny maria's allegations. miks clears her throat, "that's ridiculous," she hums in a high pitched tone – something that always happens when she lies.

          maria claps her hands together. "i fucking knew it," she proudly points her fingers in mikayla's face. "i'm your best friend, i know when you're lying to my face."

          as the two laugh at the situation mikayla has found herself in, a knock on the door followed by the door opening makes the best friends suddenly jump. mikayla swivels around, realizing that it's chris. he's slightly confused when she'd retreated to her bedroom after lying to her, not aware that she knew who he was texting.

          miks rolls her eyes while maria narrows her eyes at him. he awkwardly stands at the door, waiting for maria to get the hint and leave. but as he grows more impatient, he decides to just walk into mikayla's room and sit on the bed next to her, opposite maria. she kisses her teeth, "i'll be in nick's room, gossiping about how much we hate this new relationship," she unenthusiastically grumbles while raising from the bed and leaving them alone.

          mikayla immediately stands up, but pulls her back down by the waistband of her gray sweatpants. she squeals at the sudden contact, falling back onto him. chris chuckles loudly, rolling his tongue inside of his cheek but the girl pushed herself off of him and he frowned. "what's up with you?" he mutters with a sigh following. 

          chris rotates and sits on the edge of the bed, looking up at Mikayla, who stands in front of him, with a soft expression plastered across his face. she rolls her eyes, "you're still texting talia?" she questions and chris' lips part. "how can you ask me to have a 'fake relationship,'" mikayla mumbles while using her fingers as air quotations. "when you're still pining over your ex."

          chris scoffs at mikayla's comment, standing up and looking down at her. "it's not like me and you are actually dating," he grumbles, earning a small sigh from Mikayla. but he doesn't stop there, "i mean, this relationship doesn't mean i'm gonna stop talking to other girls, you're aware of that right?"

          and now mikayla is officially lost. a part of her thinks that one possibility for chris' sudden interest is caused by a rise in feelings he has towards her, but no. it isn't, it's the fact that school is starting again soon and chris can't bear to see her with a different guy. maybe it's selfish, but he thinks it's the best thing for her. in chris' head, he's protecting mikayla. he knows that it isn't his job and it's nate's but that won't stop him.

          mikayla tuts and shakes her head, finally realizing that nothing, not even a fake relationship, can stop chris from being such a player. she glances down at her buzzing phone, noticing that it's nate texting her and now she wants to get out of that room as soon as possible. "my mom and dad probably want me home..." she whispers lowly, "i'm gonna ask matt to drop me there, cause–you know, you lack the ability to drive."

          as Mikayla gathers any of her small things without saying a single word to chris, all he can think about is nicole, a girl from school he was texting before entering the room. the worst part is, he doesn't feel guilty, as it's all 'part of the game' to him. 

          when she leaves, chris takes a seat on the edge of her bed scrolling through his unread messages on instagram. he throws his head back and sighs, matt suddenly appearing out of nowhere. matt shakes his head with a crease between his eyebrows, "what did you do to miks?"

          he shrugs, "nothing...she's just a little sensitive."

          After matt drops mikayla home, she immediately runs up the stairs to her bedroom, trying to avoid any awkward questions nathan has after her instagram post. she sits on a large, pink bean bag next to an open window with a joint between her fingers, not wanting to risk the pungent smell taking over.

          as she places it to sit between her lips, multiple rapid knocks on her door makes her quickly sit up, hiding the joint underneath the bean bag and spraying herself with her signature vanilla scent. knowing that it's obviously nate, miks sighs, preparing for a dreaded conversation she'll be forced to endure.

          "come in!" she cheers with fake joy and excitement.

          nathan enters with a bleak expression on his face. he closes the door behind him and takes a seat on the white bean bag opposite his sister. neither of them want to speak first, but out of consideration nathan breaks the silence.

          he clears his throat, "are you and you..." nathan begins with a grimace on his face, "together?" these words almost cause bile to rise up to his throat out of pure disgust. it's one thing talking about relationships with his little sister, but the possibility of her being in one with his best friend is gross to him. mikayla chews on her bottom lip, "he's going to hurt you Miks," nathan says with sympathy in his tone, "you know the type of guy he is."

          she definitely does.

          "and," nathan adjusts in the seat while leaning forward slightly, "i can't watch you get hurt. that's too painful for me–"

          miks rolls her eyes while her lips push into a thin line, "it's fake nate," she blurts out to stop him from continuing, followed by pure silence. "we aren't in a real relationship," a slightly relieved expression takes over his face while a sigh escapes from his lips. instead of asking anymore questions, nathan approvingly nods his head, glad that he doesn't have to sit back and watch his sister suffer with a broken heart. but he's genuinely curious and confused as to why the two started in the first place.

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MIKAYLA & CHRIS !
miks👽👽 & #1 weirdo !

#1 weirdo
damn

smoking without
me??

miks👽👽
idk maybe u
can smoke with talia❤️

#1 weirdo
whatever you saw
was literally nothing

i like when you're
jealous miks

miks👽👽
HUH

i'm not jealous

fuck u

ugh

i hate u

so much

#1 weirdo
you know you love
me

it's okay ily2

miks👽👽
can u STFU

like rn

u r oissing me
off

#1 weirdo
oooo

i'm 'oissing' you off?

that's cute

miks👽👽
UGHHDHSFAGGA

ur genuinely the
worst

#1 weirdo
liar

you're in love with
me

miks👽👽
go fuck urself

please

there's so many other
girls u can be texting

so fuck off

#1 weirdo
you're right

night miks

miks👽👽
...

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ arianna speaks ¡
the ideas i have for this book
also i love how i'm basing chris off of guys in
the past who played me and broke my heart (my only
coping method <3)

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