I wake up at 6:35 am to my alarm. Its wednesday, school break is over. I was excited because i was gonna be with the triplets, but i hate school, i too socially awkward. I get out of bed and shower, after, i wrap my hair in a towel and i get dressed in camo green cargo pants and a long sleeve top. I wash my face with my products. I had been kind of breaking out and i was fucking hating it. I do some light makeup and get my backpack ready. I walk downstairs and eat breakfast with my mom and ben and then go outside where the triplets van is. I open the door to the backseat and instead of seeing nick, i see chris. I was confused at first, but i just let it go. I get in the car and put on my seatbelt while closing the door

"question, why is chris in the back seat?" i ask looking at matt

"i dont know, he said he wanted to sit there and so he did. I didnt mind" nick says shrugging, looking back at me.

As matt starts driving, i feel someone grabbing my hand, i look over next to me to see chris looking out the front window, acting normal. I feel my face getting red but i quickly hide it by looking out the window. Once we get to the house, we get out of the car and walk in the hallway. Our lockers are right next to eachother so we just walked together and i feel someone out their arm around me, i turn expecting to see chris, but instead, i see daniel. 

"hello babe" daniel says smiling

"daniel get the fuck off of me" i say pulling away but he grabs my hand "daniel i swear to god"

"come on, give me a morning kiss or something" he says grinning

i pull away again, i see chris getting irritated out of the corner of my eye, daniel keeps trying to grab my hand or touch me until i see chris go in front of me, his hands curled up in a fist

"get off of her, cant you see its making her uncomfortable?!" chris says angrily

"what are you? her boyfriend?" daniel asks with a chuckle

"in fact, yes, i am. And if you dont leave right now youre getting a black fucking eye. So bye bye, walk away" chris says making a "shoo" motion with his hand

"im not believing that until i hear it from her" daniel looking at me

chris looks back at me "uhm, we- i mea-." i stutter but then sigh, if i didnt tell the truth this was gonna end badly "its true" i say looking down

"whatever, i just wanted to use her for you know" daniel says laughing and leaving 

chris grabs his wrist and almost punches him until i pull him away by his hand "let it go" i say quietly as chris pulls back hesitantly

i look at matt and nick who are standing still, their mouths slightly open. Chris and i had yet to tell them about us dating. I looked at their faces, they looks like they were hurt. I sigh

"guys i swear we were gonna tell you but not like this. In fact you two were gonna be the first ones we were gonna tell but we were gonna tell you in a few days. Im sorry" i rant looking at them

as i was talking, matt and nick were grabbing their books and closing their locker, they left after. I was hoping they didnt tell avery or hailey, i didnt want them to be hurt. I look at chris

"chris why would you say that?" i ask closing my locker

"i ju- i wa- i dont know, i was just mad at that jack ass for talking to you that way, it just slipped out. Im sorry, ill talk to them i swear" chris says looking at me sadly

"its fine, i understand. But also, you almost got into a school fight, people get killed when they do dumb shit like that you know?" i say looking at him

"i know i know, it wont happen again" chris says

"come on, we have class together" i say putting the lock on my locker and walking up the stairs to my class with chris.

I was upset at chris, i mean, i know it was an accident, but i didnt like the way nick and matt found out. And i certainly  wasnt very happy when he almost beat the shit out of daniel. I mean, yeah daniel makes me angry, really angry in fact. Sometimes i wish he would just leave me alone. But he wasnt worth it at all. I sit down next to chris when we get to our math class. I am really good at math but i dont plan on studying mathematics or physics or anything. Im good at it cause my mom had been teaching me since i was little. I was listening to the teacher and taking notes until i zoned out for no particular reason. After 3 minutes, i hear the teacher repeating my name. Chris tapped my shoulder gently and i jumped slightly, i look back at my teacher

"uhm, yes Ms. West?" i ask scratching the back of my neck

"come answer this question" she say pointing at the board

i node but as i was getting up, i feel chris pull me down by my shoulder, "are you okay?" he whispers

"mhm" i say standing up and going to the board

I solved it after 5 minutes and i sat back down. When the break bell rang, i put my things away and walk to the field where nick, matt, chris, avery and i always hang out at break. I sit down next to avery and nick and matt are kind of ignoring me. I sigh.

"avery, chris and i are dating" i say without hesitation

"oh, okay. Congratulations!" she says smiling gently

i look back at nick and matt who are just talking, they didnt tell avery. Im not saying that they snitch a lot, im just happy that avery isnt mad at me too. Chris sits down next to me and looks at his brothers

"okay you two are acting like little kids" chris says looking at them

"what do you mean?" nick asks

"come on, dont be mad at may, be mad at me. I was the one who blurted it out" chris says with his hands pressed on the grass behind him

"may? where'd that nickname come from?" i ask chuckling

"shush" chris says smiling

"fine, we're not mad at you" nick says grinning

"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU" i say happily hugging both of them "dont tell hailey though, i have to tell her" 

"okayy" matt says dragging out the y

out of nowhere, i get a facetime call from hailey. I answer it nervously

"well hello there sister, long time no see" she says grinning

"uhm, hey" i say through the phone "i have to tell you something"

"nah i already know what it is" hailey says

"wait ho-" i see avery scratching the back of her neck out the corner of the my eye "AVERY" i yell at her

"IM SORRY" she yells back "I THOUGHT I COULD TELL HER" avery says 

"i hate you" i say flipping avery off

The bell rings, my next class is art. Art is one of my favorite classes, i love painting sketching and drawing. Its one of the ways i deal with my anxiety, its very therapeutic. I have art with matt and hes a shit drawer. Okay not like that, hes good but he doesnt try his best at times so he asks me to fix his whole drawing. Matt and i open the door to our art class and sit down at our regular seats. We were supposed to sketch the person in front of us so matt had to draw me and i had to draw him. I start drawing matt by his side profile

"chris is gonna loveeee this" i say dragging out the e

"mhm, i know right. Hes gonna put it up on his wall" matt says giggling

"im so jealous" i say 

"ya should be" he says looking at me

"okay side profile matt stay still" i say leaning over and turning his face. 

Once i finish the drawing, i write matts name in cursive on it. I give it to matt and he attempts to draw me, it turned out...fine?. I put it in my folder. The lunch bell rings. Matt and i gather our things and walk to the cafeteria. I grab my lunchbox and sit down with matt at the regular lunch table, waiting for chris, avery and nick. i look at matt, he looks...nervous?

"are you okay?" i ask with a chuckle

"huh? oh, yeah. Uhm, i wanna ask avery to be my girlfriend at homecoming" matt says scratching the back of his neck

"YOURE WHAT?!" i yell but he puts his hand over my mouth

"shush!" he says "im asking her finally, if i dont do it now its never gonna happen" 

"do nick and chris know?" i ask leaning into my chair

"yeah, dont tell anyone else or i will kill you" matt says

"my lips are sealed" i say pursing my lips

i see nick, chris and avery coming. Chris and i agreed we werent gonna go to homecoming because we'd rather just hang out at home than be in the auditorium where kids are gonna be fucking making out and getting drunk. We just dont like it, thats all. But now i have to go cause i wanna see matt and avery, its not an option to stay home and watch fucking handy manny. I know that chris is also going but we're not gonna be doing a cheesy promposal or anything. Chris and i have like 6 classes together and our last 4 classes are together. When lunch ends, chris and i go to our last classes and then its dismissal time. The triplets and i go in the car and avery goes to her car.

"shit im nervous" matt says backing out of the parking lot

"trust me, we know" nick says chuckling

"shes obviously gonna say yes bonehead" i say going on my phone

"you dont know that" matt says looking back at you

"first of all, eyes on the road, second of all, she will say yes." i say turning his face to the front window

"mhm, whatever" matt says