🎱. . .CHAPTER 53 ! -----
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❛ that's sus dude ❜

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          "HE SAID WHAT?" lucille and maria ask in unison, their eyes widened at the words that just left mikayla's mouth. it's monday into the next week and the girls are sat in the cafeteria, waiting for the rest of their friends.

          "he said..." mikayla trails off, not sure that she even believes it herself. "that he'd 'wait for me'. i was wasted so i don't even know if i'm one hundred percent correct but—" she pauses for a couple seconds.

          "so you guys shared a bed and he let you wear his clothes?" lucille asks mikayla, followed by her taking a sip of the soda in her hand. she nods her head at lucille's question, "that's sus dude."

mikayla shrugs, she's not totally sure if what she's saying is exactly correct since she was pretty drun, but chris hasn't said anything to her, so a part of mikayla feels like she's just imaging what she just wants to hear.

"extremely sus," maria adds on, pushing her lips into a thin line.

          mikayla picks up a fry from her tray, dipping it in ketchup then putting it into her mouth. she aggressively chomps on it, pissed off because of he confused feelings towards chris.

          but just as her mood slowly starts to improve, she realizes the triplets, mason, and nate are making a beeline towards where they're currently sitting. the thing is she despises how awkward it seems to be whenever chris and nathan are with each other, hating how she's in the same friend group as her older brother and the boy she was fake dating.

they make their way to the table and mikayla's head drops to avoid looking at chris. another thing she hates is how easily and effortlessly he maintains eye contact with her. she sharply exhales, hearing the footsteps only becoming closer as well as chatter of the other students.

"hey, hey, hey!" mason greets them, taking a seat next to mikayla, followed by him stealing a couple fries like usual. nick sits on the other side of mikayla, nathan sitting next to him while matt and chris sit on the other side of the table.

mikayla feels the familiar feeling settling in her stomach as she slowly looks up at chris and the bored expression plastered across his face as he scrolls on his phone. she really has this problem when it comes to staring at chris when they're not talking and she'll forever hate herself for that. however, her attention on him is short lived once she hears a ping from her phone.

noah🤘🏼
Hey
I'll wait for you after school
If we're still on for today

          mikayla doesn't really want to, but she figures that the best way to let go of chris is to spend time with somebody else. so what if her other option is noah, someone who she barely even talks to. he isn't a horrible person as far she's concerned, but mikayla would be lying if she said she isn't overly enthusiastic while texting him back.

mikayla
sure..
ill js meet in the parking area

          she sighs to herself, dreading this experience but as long as chris stops occupying her mind, she'll be happy. mikayla picks up another fry, trying to finish the rest of her food, until the bell rings. miks doesn't really want to go to class, but it's not totally bad, just inching closer to 'chilling' with noah.

Spending an afternoon with noah mitchell of all people was never on mikayla's bucket list, but here she is, on the couch in her living room with noah on her side. she side-eyes him, noticing how he doesn't seem to be paying attention to shameless on the television, but instead he's looking at her.

she feels uncomfortable, scratching behind her ear and shuffling away from him slightly. "didn't you say you had something to ask me?" miks questions, her head turning to face him slightly to try and shift his gaze somewhere else.

noah stays silent for a couple moments, as if he's forgotten what he was planning on ask her. he quickly sits up, "shit, yeah," he lets out an awkward chuckle. "you going to winter formal?"

mikayla's face twists up, not really sure on where this conversation is going. she's curious as to why noah had to see her face-to-face to ask such a blunt question. she slowly nods her head, anticipating if he has anything else to say.

"who you going with?" he asks, followed by him taking a sip of his mcdonald's drink; mikayla politely asked if they could get wingstop instead, but noah harshly declined and that's almost a deal breaker for her.

her hand reaches the back of her neck, awkwardly rubbing at it. she never really realized that she doesn't have a date—even if it isn't necessary to have one she refuses to watch a bunch of couples have a nice night.

"um.." mikayla trails off, watching as a crease appears between noah's eyebrows. "i don't really have a date," she nervously plays with her fingers, pursing her lips at the same time.

noah's face practically lights up as if he feels like he has some sort of opportunity and mikayla knows where this is going once she realizes the shit-eating grin growing on his face.

he chuckles and mikayla's face scrunches up, side-eyeing him again and his odd behavior. "me either..." noah trails off, leaning slightly closer towards her. mikayla shuffles away again, almost falling off the couch with how close she is to the edge. "so do you wanna go with me?" he finally asks and mikayla freezes.

they barely speak so she's confused as to why noah has the audacity to ask such a question. she nervously laughs, realizing that this may be her only option. noah isn't the worst man on earth, and mikayla feels like she wouldn't have the worst time sharing a dance with him.

"oh," mikayla mumbles, forcing a grin. "i mean...i guess?" she says with an unenthusiastic sigh, acknowledging how smug noah looks right now. she presses her lips together, slowly regretting saying yes, but noah's better than nothing.

his attention shifts back to the tv, smugly grinning and mikayla just huffs, picking up her phone. she desperately needs to talk to someone else.

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( MIKAYLA & MARIA ! )
( dumb & dumber )

dumb
im going to kill my self

dumber
WHAT
HELLO?
DON'T?????????
WTF?????

dumb
im with noah..
he asked me to the dance.
i said yes.

dumber
oh my god
you can't randomly text me 'i'm gonna kms'
out of NOWHERE
YOURE WITH NOAH?????

dumb
sadly
i said yes
i froze

dumber
okay maybe it isnt the worst thing
you guys don't HAVE to spend the whole dance together
just hide whenever he comes
BOOM done.

dumb
i guess 😕
kid called shameless 'boring'
he is NOT my ideal date
and he said 'no wingstop'

dumber
NO WINGSTOP.
i hate him

dumb
right..
well
i guess i have a date now.

dumber
and it isn't chris
a sigh left my lips

dumb
chris isn't even going to the dance
i cried a little
i need to let him go though
nate hasnt been on my case since we ended that fake relationship

dumber
have you actually told nate how much you like(d) chris? 🤔🤔

dumb
no never
hed probably laugh at me 😪

dumber
TELL HIM
maybe he'll like...
understand...😊
anyways matt's getting onto me rn
text me if noah tries anything.
i will get matt to ZOOM over there

dumb
okay
bye ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

dumber
byeeee😁😁
read

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Chris' face crinkles with confusion as he harshly takes a sip of his pepsi. his lips part to speak but he's flabbergasted with what maria just told him.

"she's with noah?" he questionably utters through a scoff, bitter towards the fact that those texts that noah sent had a little bit of truth to it. chris wonders if it's his fault that mikayla had to stoop so low as to going to the date with noah mitchell of all people, but with what he spoke to nate about weeks ago, there's nothing he can really do about it.

nick glares at his youngest brother, folding his arms as they all stand in the living room of their house. he raises his eyebrows and chris just shrugs, "what, nick?" he asks, waiting on the reason as to why he's receiving a death stare.

"so you're not gonna do anything about it?" he questions chris' attitude, as if he's expecting him to at least fight for it. "come on chris," nick huffs. "you can't just not fight for it and expect mikayla to wait."

"yeah," maria adds on, giving nods of agreement. "you said you would wait for her, so you can't just sulk," she doesn't miss a beat, and chris' eyebrows furrow, wondering how maria even knows about that. "she needs to know how you feel. my girl isn't psychic, you need to tell her."

matt slowly nods his head. "if you want miks back, you need to start putting in effort," he pauses, hoping that their words are enough encouragement but chris just stays quiet.

he shakes his head at the continuing thoughts of nate and how he hates chris and mikayla together. he knows that going behind nathan's back again would probably ruin their friendship, probably making things even more awkward in the friend group.

"yeah, thanks a lot," chris says sarcastically, grabbing his pepsi can from the kitchen counter. he doesn't feel like listening to the three of them remind him about how he messed up anymore, so he just rolls his eyes, walking backwards until he's out of the living room.

he finds his way to his bedroom, holding onto the door handle and twisting it open. chris doesn't think twice about closing the door behind him, deeply treasuring being alone recently.

chris walks to where his bed is, placing his drink and phone down on the table next to his bed. he plops down onto the mattress, staring at the ceiling in silence as an attempt to find comfort after finding out who mikayla's with, but nothing's really helping him.

he knows how much noah's life revolves around social media, knowing that he would take an opportunity like this to post about himself and a girl. chris instantly reaches for his phone, unlocking it and opening the instagram app.

itznoahmitchell

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he hates how easy a simple picture can get under his skin. he hates how happy she seems in it with noah on her side. he hates how he let nate come between everything so easily, ultimately leading up to where they are now. he just hates it. he feels like he'd genuinely do everything to experience the same recurring feeling he'd get whenever she'd look at him with that same grin.

chris lets out a sigh, immediately switching his phone off and placing it on his bedside table. he wants everything back, he wants her back, realizing that it's probably too late now.

now chris is left alone, how he's been liking it so far with a familiar feeling of immense jealousy settling in the pit of his stomach. he just groans, hating how he doesn't even know why he doesn't want to go to the dance. chris really doesn't know why, and that just gives him such a headache.

chris rests his hand behind his head, taking his brunette waves between his fingertips and tugging on it. there's not really many options now, and with mikayla going to the dance with noah, he has no reason to go.

there's a part of chris that just feels empty without miks and that feeling of missing someone so deeply makes his heart ache. he doesn't know how easily he changed from someone who couldn't care less about relationships, to someone who pines over a girl he can no longer have.

he quietly sighs, missing how everything used to be. not with talia, but with mikayla. chris regrets how much he was blind to see that the person he really wanted was right in front of him the whole time. now he just hates everything.

there isn't really an amount of words of encouragement from his brothers as well as his friends that could stop him from feeling this way. chris silently questions everything that led up to this moment, pondering on what could've been done differently.

chris has never been the type of guy to reflect on his feelings like this, but there's just something so special about mikayla that makes him act like this; so vulnerable.

but now again for the millionth time this month, he realizes that there's nothing he can do. it's just the fact that letting mikayla go is harder than it seems. but chris knows that it'll happen eventually, he just needs to take some time.

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noah asking her to the dance is kinda wild and mysterious..i wonder what that's leading up to...i definitely DO NOT have the next chapters in my drafts...that would be so funny...