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"kaia, kaia, we need to go home." matt tries to shake her awake.

"hm?" she grumbles? asleep in chloe's lap.

"do you need us to help you guys to the car?" nick asks.

"yeah." chloe mumbles, her eyes closed.

"do these other girls have rides home?" chris asks matt.

"guys? do you all know your adresses?" nick asks the other girls on the couch.

they weren't as drunk, but still far too much to walk.

the girls all mumbled their addresses one by one and the triplets and nate worked together to call them ubers and get them in the cars.

once they were all gone and it was just the boys, kaia, and chloe left, matt and nate worked together to carry kaia to the van, nick and chris got chloe.

nick and nathan sat with them in the back seat and matt and chris were obviously in the front.

matt starts the car and begins the 20 minute drive home.

"you got all her gifts?" chris asks matt.

"they're in the trunk." matt nods.

"okay, good." chris replies.

during most of the drive, nick and nate try to ask the girls questions to keep them awake enough to not need to fully be carried inside.

once home, matt turns off the car and opens the back doors to get the girls out.

"can you walk, kaia?" matt asks her.

she shakes her head no and starts giggling. he smiles and nate helps matt pick her up, he carries her inside and chris carries chloe.

nathan opens the front door and goes to sit on the couch in the living room with nick after they carry in her gifts.

chris takes chloe to his room and tucks her in, falling asleep next to her. matt carries kaia up to his room to let her sleep in a bed to herself.

"goodnight, kaia." matt pushes the hair out of her eyes after he's taken her shoes off and covered her with his blanket.

she mumbles and reaches an arm out to him as he's turning around to leave.

"what? are you trying to say something?" he asks, leaning down to hear her.

"stay with me." she says quietly.

"you sure?" he asks.

she nods her head yes and opens up the blanket, inviting him in to sleep next to her.

he shuts the door and kicks his shoes off, deciding to just sleep in his clothes. he climbs into bed next to her, keeping space and being respectful.

once he's settled and has the blanket covering them both, she rolls over and lays her head on his chest, an arm over his body.

he keeps an arm around her and uses the other hand to gently play with her hair as they both fall asleep.

nick and nathan end up sleeping on the couch.

nick wakes up at 11am and decides to make breakfast for everyone with the groceries kaia and chloe smartly decided to purchase.

he makes a huge batch of waffles and bacon, and fries a bunch of eggs. nate wakes up on the couch to the smell of bacon and wanders into the kitchen to see what nick is doing.

"can you wake everyone up?" nick asks him.

nate nods his head yes and first goes to chris' room downstairs to wake up him and chloe who had also fell asleep cuddling.

once they both got up, he walks all the way upstairs to get matt and kaia.

he opens nick's door, assuming she would be in there alone. but, to his surprise, the room is empty. he smiles and wonders if his suspicion is true.

he goes down the hallway to matt's room and quietly opens the door, smiling when he sees matt and kaia tangled up in the blankets together.

nate knocks on the door frame to get their attention, and matt's eyes peel open.

he sees nathan and his eyes widen, he sits up and rubs his face to wake himself up.

"what, man?" matt asks in his annoyed morning voice.

"nick is making breakfast. try to get her up." nate laughs, walking back downstairs.

matt shakes his head in slight embarrassment, turning his attention to kaia.

he puts a hand on her shoulder and tries to gently shake her awake, she mumbles and turns over, now facing him, eyes still closed.

"nick is making food, wake up." matt pokes her.

she rubs her eyes and sits up, running her hands through her hair. she looks down to notice she's still wearing her dress.

"i slept in this?" she asks, annoyed with herself.

"yeah. i slept in my clothes, too." he nods.

she looks around his room, still waking up.

"i was gonna sleep downstairs, but you asked me to stay in here last night." he explains.

"i wasn't worried about it, you don't have to explain." she shrugs.

"i just didn't want you to think i tried to force you to sleep in my bed because you were drunk." he says.

"do you really think that i would think you'd do that?" kaia laughs.

"well, i'd hope not." he shrugs.

"i'm pretty sure my suitcase is in nick's room, i'm gonna grab my stuff, but do you mind if i shower in your bathroom? this dress is hurting." she says.

"yeah, no problem." he nods as she leaves the room.

once she leaves and closes the door, matt tosses his clothes into his hamper and puts on clean stuff out of his closet.

he walks downstairs to the smell of what nick is cooking, and sits at the kitchen island next to chris and nate.

"where's chloe?" matt asks.

"showering in my room." chris answers.

"where's kaia?" chris asks, a small laugh.

"showering in my room." he chuckles.

nick hands them all a glass of orange juice and a stack of plates to grab what food they want.

10 minutes later, almost at the exact same time, kaia and chloe come into the kitchen freshly showered.

kaia is wearing her new pink fresh love set from chris.

"morning, sleepy heads." nick laughs, passing them both plates of food.

"how's the headache?" chris asks them.

"not awful, i've never really had a hangover." kaia responds.

chloe nods her head in agreement, mouth full of food.

"any plans for the day?" kaia asks, taking a bite of her food.

"not particularily. i might start editing the vlog." nick answers.

the boys all finish their food and pile the plates and cups in the sink, sitting in the living room together to watch tv while kaia and chloe finish eating.

kaia looks at chloe, the girls make eye contact and start laughing.

"you slept in chris' bed?" kaia whispers.

"you slept in matt's?" chloe asks, slightly more shocked but still at a whisper.

they both shrug and nod yes, laughing at the situation.

"so. you have some explaining to do, missy." chloe wags a finger at kaia.

"i have no idea what you're talking about." kaia takes another bite of her food.

"the kiss!" chloe whisper-shouts.

"shhhh!" kaia shushes her.

"i'll tell you later." she smiles.

"you better." chloe warns.

the girls finish eating and add their dirty dishes to the piles forming in the sink.

they sit in the living room with everyone and watch tv together as nick is uploading the video from his camera to the computer to begin editing.

he shows everyone the craziest clips as he's going, and everyone laughs at the insane things in the vlog, loving to see all their friends and so many loved ones in one place celebrating kaia.

kaia goes through her gifts on the couch while everyone except nick plays mario kart.

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