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matt finds a parking spot at the airport, and shuts the car off. he texts laura to let her know where his car is and that he's gonna hide the keys ontop of the tire so she can take his car back to his house as always.

before leaving the car, matt hands kaia a waterbottle to drink so she can sober up a bit, chris also offers chloe one.

the two girls chug their water, and feel a bit better. everyone climbs out of the car and grabs their bags from the trunk. matt helps kaia carry hers because she has an extra bag with all her birthday stuff.

they make it inside, past security and tsa, and wait outside their gate for boarding in 10 minutes.

kaia tries not to fall asleep as she rests her head on matt's shoulder. they hear their la to boston flight called over the speaker, and everyone heads to the gate to board.

once on the plane, kaia decides she will fall asleep on matt's shoulder. the entire flight, she sleeps on him and he doesn't bother to wake her up or dare to move in the slightest.

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after the flight, matt wakes up kaia as everyone is leaving the plane. she sleepily follows him and the rest of the group off the plane and towards baggage claim to get their things.

after everyone finds and grabs their luggage, they step out of the boston airport and see jimmy and marylou waiting by their car.

kaia runs up to marylou with a huge smile on her face and embraces the woman in a large hug which was well reciprocated.

nick, matt, and chris all hug their parents as well as nate and chloe before getting in the car.

all kaia wants to do is sleep but she has to stay awake atleast long enough to get either home or to the triplet's house.

"are you guys taking me home?" kaia asks jimmy.

"you don't wanna sleep over?" matt asks her as her head is rested on his shoulder.

"i don't care, up to you guys. i'm gonna pass out the second i hit a bed." kaia quietly laughs.

"it's 6 o'clock in the morning, we're definitely not going to school today." nick shakes his head.

"do you want me to take you home or to our house?" jimmy asks kaia.

kaia looks over to matt who just shrugs and mouths "it's up to you" again.

"i guess i can spend the night. i'll see my mom after school tomorrow." kaia decides.

"chloe? nate? same thing?" marylou asks.

"yeah, we'll stay with you guys." chloe and nathan both agree.

"rightio." jimmy nods, a happy smile on his face.

he drives home and everyone drags their bags out of the trunk and lugs them into the house. matt and kaia bring their things up to matt's room, chloe and chris to his, and nick and nathan to nick's.

matt doesn't even bother to turn his light on, he just closes the door, tosses his and her bags on the ground, and flops onto his bed.

he scooches over to the side nearest the wall, making space for her to lay next to him. matt opens up the blankets for her and she snuggles herslef into matt's side, her leg across his legs and one of her arms resting on his chest, feeling it rise and fall with each breath.

he covers her up with the blanket and kisses her forehead.

"goodnight, kaia." matt whispers.

"goodnight, i love you." she answers sleepily, her eyes tightly shut.

he pauses for a minute, smiling at her sentence and holding her tighter.

"i love you, too." he smiles.

she pecks his lips and they both drift to sleep tightly in eachother's arms, happy that things are back to how they used to be, or maybe even better.

they dream about eachother in their sleep, mostly good things.

"matt." she says calmly.

he closes his eyes in frustration. he gives in and turns his head to look at her, not saying a word.

"matthew." she grabs his face with her hands and turns it up to face her.

"don't." he says.

"what? don't what? why won't you look at me? we're bestfriends! you have to talk to me when you're upset, matt." she begs him for an answer.

"that. that exactly. it pisses me off. like, how did you think this was gonna go?" he makes eye contact with her.

matt has never been mad at kaia. in the past when she's had boyfriends it was more sadness, not anger. but they're almost adults now and he doesn't see her as a little kid he has an innocent crush on anymore. he sure as hell has never as much as raised his voice at her, not seriously.

she contorts her eyebrows at him and her eyes gloss over with tears.

"huh? what are you talking about?" she quickly wipes her eyes, hoping he wouldn't notice that she was starting to tear up.

"really? you can't think of one reason i'd be upset? not one fucking thing that might've just thrown off my mood, kaia?" he looks her right in the eyes.

one single tear falls from her eyes and she wipes it away, trying to maintain a straight face. his face drops and he unclenches his jaw.

"kaia? are you so mad that i might be happy that you have to call me that? what the fuck is wrong with you? what the fuck have i ever done wrong to you, matt?" she raises her voice at him, now she's angry and he's sad.

he puts a hand on his mouth and slowly drags it down, blinking about 20 times in 10 seconds. he presses his lips together and his eyes are now glossy.

she now looks furious at him and she's all in his face as she's yelling. he's never seen her mad at him, and he REALLY doesn't like it. his favourite person in the world, besides his brothers, is mad at him.

his hearing is fading in and out and all he hears is ringing in his ears as the tears come closer and closer to falling down his face. he puts his elbows on the center console and holds his face in his hands.

she stopped yelling and just stares at him. his hearing eventually comes back and he takes his hands off of his face, his elbows still resting on the console, his body facing her.

they make eye contact and their faces are no more than 5 baby tomatoes away from eachother. he frowns and a tear runs down both their faces.

he glances down at her lips, looks for a little longer than he should've, then back up to her eyes. when his eyes meet her's again, he can tell she just did the same thing.

her breath hitches, then she starts breathing heavier. he wipes his tears and stares at her again, unintentionally getting closer than he was before. she can feel the air from him exhaling out his nose on her face.

she makes a confused face and looks up at him, trying not to lean closer in a situation like this. their lips are an inch apart and she presses her's together to keep them shut.

he brings a hand up slowly, unsure if she's still mad, and cups the side of her face. she closes her eyes and right as he leans in, their noses touching, she shakes her head and leans back.

"matt. no. i'm not doing this." she shakes her head, her lips shaking.

she grabs his hand and holds it still for a moment, basking in the feeling, then takes it off her face.

"kai, i'm sorry, i-" he tries to plead with her.

"it's kaia. we're not doing fucking nicknames anymore, matt. you know how badly i want to fall in love with someone and how excited i get at every chance i get when i meet a new guy. you also know how impulsively i act when i'm emotional and you knew i would've kissed you just because i was crying. i'm sorry you're mad, or that you hate every guy that ever shows interest in me, but it's not your place to be mad, and it sure isn't your fucking place to try to kiss me when i might actually have a chance at something real with james." she shakes her head at him.

"kai please, i'm sorry i misread the situation, you have to know how i feel. that's what i wanted to tell you yesterday and i didn't know how to, but now i-" he shakes his head, pleading with her before she interrupts.

she unlocks the door and shakes her head no.

"i just told you my name is kaia. get out of my car." she points at the car door, then his house.

"kaia. please, i'm sorry. don't be mad at me i didn't mean to-"

"get out, matt. now." she crosses her arms and tears stream down her face, his too.

she jolts awake, unraveling herself from matt's arms causing him, too, to wake up.

"kaia?" he looks at her who is now sitting up in his bed, holding her head in her hands, and silently crying.

"hey, whatever it was, it was just a dream." he hugs her, rubbing her back as she cries.

"it's never gonna leave me, that's always who we're gonna be, matt." she wipes her eyes and looks at him.

"what? what are you talking about?" he asks, confused.

"that day in your driveway." she answers.

he frowns and stares at her face, raising his hand to cup the side of her face and wipe away her silent tears.

"i'm sorry, matt." she leans into his chest and he guides her back to lay down with him.

she lies against his body and he holds her while she cries, unable to shake away the dream and that day.

that stupid, fucking awful, horrible day.

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