🎱. . .CHAPTER 41 ! -----
( real life . . . )
❛ chris is an ass ❜

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The small town carnival is buzzing with excitement from the large amount of people roaming around the large area. the place is coming alive with the the blaring music as well as the sound of energetic screams while night falls. there's a strong aroma of sweet treats like fresh doughnuts and candy floss filling the air as the friend group scatter around the fairground.

mikayla stands inline for the chair swing ride alongside maria, lucille and mason. the triplets and nate are all in line for the highest rollercoaster they've ever seen.

miks shares a box of doughnuts with her friends, secretly praying that she won't regret it the moment she steps on the ride. "i cannot believe chris said that shit," lucille scoffs, aggressively chewing on her glazed doughnuts. she desperately hates how much mikayla seems to be pretending like she isn't upset at what happened between them.

"chris is an ass," mason adds on, his arm resting on mikayla's shoulder. he loudly takes a sip of his blue raspberry slurpee, already standing his lips with a dark blue shade. "he's hot, but he's an ass," he narrows his eyes, staring at chris from a distance.

maria with her folded arms, follows his gaze and her jaw drops at where chris is since they all thought he was with his brothers and nathan. "oh fuck no," maria shakes her head while her mouth hangs open.

her mouth full of the soft desert, miks peeks over maria's shoulder, attempting to see what the three of her friends are staring at. she feels her heart hammer inside of her ribcage when she realizes they're watching chris.

but he isn't just doing anything, he's leaning over a counter at the ball and cup carnival stand, seeming to be flirting with the girl who works there. she's blonde, fluttering her eyelashes and twirling her waves around her finger. her loud giggles can be heard from where mikayla's standing, tilting her head at chris as he whispers something in her ear.

"wowza he moves on fast," maria disapprovingly shakes her head like a disappointed mother, sighing loudly at how chris just continues to keep fucking everything up.

mason scoffs, his arm falling back to his side. "come on, this is chris 'don't hate the player, hate the game' sturniolo we're talking about," he says through a dry chuckle. he kisses his teeth, watcbing as he continues to keep talking to the random blonde.

"don't worry you're so much prettier miks," lucille mutters, nudging friend's shoulder gently as an attempt to make mikayla feel better. see, there's not enough words to describe how much lucille cares for miks, and vice versa, which is why she wants to try do anything to stop mikayla from feeling miserable, especially over christopher owen sturniolo.

miks slowly shakes her head, pushing her highlighted hair behind her ear. "it's okay lucille, she's gorgeous," mikayla shamelessly admits. "he's the one who said we're better off as friends, so if he wants to flirt with the first girl he sees," she takes a deep breath before continuing. "then so be it. i'm done waiting for him to grow up."

maria, lucille and mason all exchange a few glances, then simultaneously pulling mikayla into a group hug. the four of them 'aww' loudly, sharing a fit of laughter with each other.

as the line infront of them shortens, they shuffle to the front before the ride operator locks the gate. mikayla exasperatedly huffs, leaning against mason's arm. she knows she has no right to feel anger towards chris flirting with another girl, but he's the one who insisted on being friends first, all she did was fulfil his wishes.

it hurts miks that chris can so easily talk to another girl, most likely the same way he used to talk to her and it just brings back memories from when she used to have a crush on him. it's insane to her how quickly everything changed, especially since summer, but she needs to move on and stop chasing him.

the ride they're waiting for stops, all the people leaving through the metal staircase on the other side. the operator opens the gate again, flashing a grin at mikayla — which she quickly returns — allowing everyone in line to access the ride.

mikayla sits on the swing next to mason, with lucille and maria behind them. she feels her heartbeat hammering against her ribcage while listening to maria excitedly squeal from behind her as she claps her hands.

miks attempts to pull the seatbelt over her lap, struggling as it doesn't seem to be working. she frustratedly groans while the ride operator makes his way towards where she's sitting, checking that everybody's safe and secure.

she looks up at him through her lashes, a dimpled grin growing on her face. mikayla quickly ponders on whether flirting with a random guy she'll never see again will help her get over chris, seeing as how he's quite attractive. he has messy, brunette curls, with brown eyes and freckles scattered across his cheeks. even despite him wearing the same uniform as all the other workers, he still manages to look good.

"you good there?" the mystery guy questions, his voice gentle as he quickly glances over at mikayla's friends. lucille rests her chin on the palm of her hand, widely grinning as she watches this scenario play out in front of her.

miks' eyes trail over his name tag, reading the name 'christopher' in bold writing and she immediately retracts away from him. "my seatbelt's jammed," she states, slowly looking back at her maria and lucille as the operator fixes it.

maria, lucille and mason all burst out into laughter, concealing their faces while christopher locks the seatbelt. he warmly smiled at mikayla before moving to where the control panel is. as soon as he's out of their vision, mikayla grimaces at the remembrance of his name. "the world is literally not on my side," she huffs, folding her arms.

"what are the chances?" mason questions through a chuckles as the ride starts to move. "maybe it's a sign," he suggest but mikayla immediately shoots him a death stare.

the ride raises into the air, the swings moving in perfect harmony. as they move to the top of the ride, mikayla has a clear view of the other colossal, gyrating rides with vibrant lights bouncing off of them. the air is humid, quick breezes hitting her in her face while her hair moves with the wind. "holy shit!" mikayla shrieks, everyone else doing the same as they giggle with the sparkling, pink lights becoming a blur.

"i'm gonna die! i'm gonna die!" mason repeats with a high pitch in his voice, squeezing his eyes shut to avoid looking down at how high they are right now. his hand moves to cover his mouth as if he feels like he's about to throw up.

"fuck no mason!" lucille yells, realizing that if any form of vomit leaves his mouth, she's most likely to get hit with the speed they're moving at. she tightly holds hands with maria, the two of them wiggling their legs in the wind.

they feel the ride begin to slow down and lower at the same time, mikayla's exhilarating screams dying down. finally, the ride stops and the friend group feels their surroundings spinning around them. miks hyperventilates as she pulls the seatbelt off of her, hopping out of the swing and immediately grabbing onto mason who's already off of the ride.

"oh my god," mikayla gags, rapidly shaking her head. she holds onto mason's bicep, following after the girls leading the way out of it. as miks attempts to leave the area, she notices christopher (the ride operator) staring at her already, forcing a smile.

once they travel down the small staircase and onto the rocky floor, they notice the rest of their friends waiting for them. nick's chewing on a box of nachos as matt waves at maria with chris and nathan behind him. matt holds onto a large, pink bear in his hands, and maria runs to him in a fit of giggles. they tightly embrace each other, maria pulling away first.

"i got this for you," matt admits with a warm smile and maria gratefully takes it out of his hands. mikayla grins as she recognizes how happy she is with him, having anticipated her friends being in a happy relationship.

maria playfully pinches matt's cheeks and he doesn't move away, showing how much he truly likes her since normally he'd be slapping someone's hands away in the grumpy mood he's naturally in. "you're so sweet matthew," she teases him.

chris' attention moves away from his phone and to mikayla but this time she isn't looking at him. mikayla's realized that staring at chris isn't going to help her get over him, so now she's learning to just pretend like they have no history at all.

"how was the ride?" nate asks the four of them, stealing a couple of salsa and cheese covered chips from nick's box.

mason slowly shakes his head. "never let me go on that shit again," he begs out, reciting the pure horror he just felt moments ago. "genuinely worst minutes of my life," he crouches slightly to rest his head on mikayla's shoulder.

"are we gonna stand here like dumbasses, or are we gonna go on a different ride?" nick criticizes, then popping a nacho into his mouth; the group all hum in amusement at his snarky tone of voice.

matt loudly scoffs, following with a repetitive eye roll. "so what are we going on next then?" he replies, his arm snaking around maria's waist. a silence falls over the group as they all exchange glances.

"your mother," nick retorts with sass in his tone, making the girls laugh at his joke. "i want more doughnuts," he announces, hastily changing the subject away from his quick reply.

"i'm tired as fuck," chris mumbles, followed by a yawn as he shoves his phone into his back pocket. he sneaks a sly glance at mikayla, and she notices but chooses to ignore it.

lucille rolls her tongue inside of her cheek. "i'd be tired too if i spent the whole night flirting," she blurts out the remark, making sure she was loud enough so that he could hear.

chris' upper lip lifts into a sneer as he screws his face up at lucille's comment. mikayla believes that the only reason he isn't saying anything back, is because he knows that lucille's right, making miks chuckle slightly. "all in favor of leaving?" she asks and her friends all nod in agreement.

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