🎱. . .CHAPTER 56 ! -----
( real life . . . )
❛ your loverboy ❜

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          Once mikayla's positive that nate isn't at home anymore, she quickly makes a beeline to her closet, opening the door and watching as chris awkwardly smiles at her.

          "sorry we couldn't spend more time together," mikayla mumbles, her tone full of sincerity. she's genuinely upset that nate still hates the idea of them being together. "thanks for the wingstop though," she forces a grin as chris steps out of her closet.

          chris just huffs, closing her closet door behind him. it's pretty obvious to mikayla that chris feels the same way and is dreading leaving her room, but they just need to find a way to get nathan to understand.

          chris tilts his head slightly, his hands finding their way to mikayla's waist, pulling her closer to him. "how long do you think we're gonna have to keep sneaking around for?" he questions, his voice low and husky.

          mikayla doesn't even register the question chris just asked her for a couple seconds because of how good he looks staring at her. she shakes her head, blinking rapidly. "not long," miks replies, but she knows nathan will probably never be okay with it.

          the triplet just shrugs; he couldn't care less about what nathan thinks because the only thing he wanted was mikayla and he has her. it doesn't seem that hard sneaking around, even though they almost got caught a couple moments ago.

          his hand reaches for the messy strands covering her face, moving them out the way and pushing them behind her ear. miks feels her heartbeat speed up insanely quick as well as the feeling of butterflies fluttering around in her stomach.

a hum of approval leaves her lips as chris leans in to close the distance between them. it hasn't even been a full twenty four hours yet but the two of them already feel like they've been together for weeks. especially with the way mikayla melts every time he touches and how he just easily manages to warm her heart.

they kiss for a couple seconds, mikayla stretching her arms to link them behind chris' neck while her fingertips play with his brunette waves. chris deepens it by lowering his head, smiling through the kiss.

however, the possibility that nate is possibly on his way back home snaps mikayla back into the harsh reality so she chooses to pull away, fixing her hair and avoiding eye contact with him. her cheeks heat up, a flushed state that she's trying to hide from chris, knowing how he won't shut up about it.

"gotta go now," chris pushes his lips into a thin line while fixing the cap on his head. "i'll see you at school tomorrow?"

mikayla nods her head, quickly standing on her tiptoes to place a kiss on chris' cheek. she stains it with lipgloss before finally letting chris leave. the fact that she got to spend barely any time with him just pisses her off but they still have a couple months until he graduates. also known as, a couple months of sneaking around.

          Chris strolls through the school corridors on monday into the next week, holding onto his bag strap. he smiles to himself at the thought of mikayla, even despite the crowds of students talking obnoxiously loud, but his smile slowly disappears once he notices noah standing at his locker.

          chris isn't friends with him, in fact they've never really been friends since noah started talking about women with so much disrespect that chris just couldn't handle anymore—the exact reason why he told noah that mikayla had a boyfriend that one day he asked for her number. so he's genuinely confused why a guy he's only forced to talk to during lacrosse practice is waiting for him with a wide grin on his face.

          he rolls his eyes, his grip on his bag strap tightening immensely once he reaches his locker. instead of talking to noah, he chooses to ignore him and punch in his combo to get his books for his next class.

          "heyyy sturniolo," noah drags out with a smug smirk on his face. he leans against the row of lockers with his arms folded and the most punchable expression plastered across his face.

          chris knows he'll most likely lose his temper talking to noah and listening to his annoying voice, so he keeps quiet and takes out everything he needs.

          but it seems like noah just isn't trying to fuck off, pissing chris off even more. "weirdest shit happened to me the night of the dance," his irritating voice fills chris' ears once again. "see," noah leans up, now fully standing next to chris. "i just find it hilarious how you told me miks had a boyfriend a couple months ago. then you and her come out as boyfriend and girlfriend, then you break up, then boom!"

          noah pauses, watching as chris closes his locker door. now he's fully staring at noah, giving him one of the worst death glares he can possibly manage.

          "i catch you guys kissing in the rain—very romantic let me add on. i find it fucking hilarious how you were quick to tell me she had a boyfriend, but then you steal my date," noah pats chris on the shoulder as if he's almost...proud.

          chris frustratedly pinches at the bridge of his nose, fighting the strong urge to punch noah in the face. he's so not willing to get suspended or worse during the last week of school before winter break. but noah deserves it with the way he treats women as if they're his property.

          noah inches closer towards chris, placing both of his hands on chris' shoulders. "you tap that yet? or is she still warming up to you?" he asks, with his eyebrows furrowed, "you sure she didn't give someone else a little 'test run'—like, i don't know, matt?" the mention of mikayla as well as his brother in such a disgusting way just sets chris off.

          the anger and rage coursing through his veins is something he simply cannot put into words. he can't explain how much it irritates him that noah has the audacity to talk about miks with so much disrespect; it just pisses him off to the max.

          so he punches noah. he finally punches noah, giving him the hit he's been deserving for a while. it's as if everything moves in slow motion with the way chris' fist comes in contact with noah's nose. everything is a blur to chris until he finally registers how noah's on the floor, pinching his nose as blood slowly starts to pour from his nostrils.

          chris' breaths become deeper, glancing down at his knuckles and the purplish bruising slowly starting to appear. his lips part slightly, not sure why it took him so long to do something like this. "fuck," chris whispers to himself, wincing at the pain.

there's not enough words to explain how satisfied chris feels even despite the tingling sensation coming from his knuckles but he just sighs, looking around at everyone staring at him, but specifically mikayla.

Mikayla walks through the corridors while linking arms with lucille, the two of them conversing about whatever's on their minds, but especially her small hangout with chris.

she can't explain how she feels when she's with him except for the fact that she's never felt it with anybody else. mikayla just sighs, resting her head on lucille's shoulder as they continue to walk together. "i really like him lucy," miks admits, followed by a huff.

          "i see your loverboy over there," lucille says and mikayla immediately removes her head from lucy's shoulder, squinting her eyes to try and help her locate chris.

          however, mikayla notices something quite unexpected and that's noah talking to him. from where she's standing, miks can only see the back of chris and the smug expression on noah's face, that's until chris' fist clenches, followed by it harshly coming in contact with noah's nose.

          mikayla's jaw drops and she almost jumps at the sudden hit, her grip on lucille's arm tightening. scattered gasps as well as 'ooh's and 'aah's come from the students and mikayla makes eye contact with chris, a crease between her eyebrows.

          she knows noah's a dick since she's had first hand experience with him recently, but she just had no idea that chris hated him this much. miks' lips part momentarily and she slowly shakes her head, knowing that chris is definitely going to get in trouble for this.

          mikayla definitely just called it because she hears a loud, "MR. STURNIOLO," belonging to the principal. she sighs, watching as chris defeatedly walks to him while noah continues to groan in pain, being helped by the lacrosse team.

          "what the actual fuck?" mikayla questionably says through a chuckle of disbelief, curious as to what set chris off so badly. possibilities and conclusions burden her mind while she stares at the way chris disappears through the crowd of students and towards the principal's office.

          "the highlight of my december," lucille hums, throwing her hands up defensively once she notices the look on mikayla's face. "sorry, sorry too soon," she mumbles while mikayla unlinks their arms.

          mikayla drags her hands over her face, extremely worried for chris and what's going to happen with him. just as she nervously chews on her nails, matt and nick come into her vision, concerned expressions on their faces.

"what the fuck happened here?" matt asks the girls with nick on his side, referring to the fact that there's a crowd of students and tension in the air.

lucille and mikayla exchange glances, not sure how chris' brothers would react if they found out he got into a 'fight', but they're most likely going to find out sooner or later.

"can i just say," lucille pauses, raising her finger in the air. "your brother is one of the best one hitters i've ever seen," she grins widely and mikayla playfully rolls her eyes.

matt's eyebrows furrow and he looks at nick, then back at lucille and mikayla. "i'm like ninety percent sure chris is gonna get suspended for punching noah in the nose," miks forces and awkward smile.

"god he's such an idiot," nick huffs. "mary lou is gonna be so pissed," he says to his brother and matt agreeingly nods his head. however, before he can even say another word, the bell rings, initiating that it's time for class.

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ arianna speaks ¡
the way i doubt chris would ever punch someone...ANYWAYS i just needed smth bad to happen to noah he kept irking me
WELLLLLLLLLLL

i think we've got like 10-15 more chapters left to go 😔