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messages, irl

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my love ❤good morning my beautiful lady are you getting ready for school

kai 💋good morning my beautiful boyyes i am i just showered im doing my makeup and trying to pick out an outfit

my love ❤i'm eating breakfast with nick and chris my mom made pancakes and bacon

kai 💋jealousmarylou is a chef

my love ❤she is i love herare you gonna want me to pick you up or are you driving?

kai 💋idk cuz you're coming to mine after school for willowhow would nick and chris get home

my love ❤thats a good pointidk

kai 💋i could pick you three up and chloe drive the other two home after school

my love ❤yeah that'll work

kai 💋okok i will get ready quickerdo you like my cherry or strawberry earrings better

my love ❤definitely the cherries like the song

kai 💋awww you do pay attention to me

my love ❤ofc i do i'm an excellent boyfriend

kai 💋i am so not used to that yetbut i love it

my love ❤me neither tbhtwo weeks ago we werent even speaking not even 2 weeks

kai 💋thats a thing of the pastYAYYY you dont have to avoid the library for second period spare now

my love ❤ugh finally i hated it

kai 💋me too

my love ❤the principal wants to talk to all of us my mom got a call this morning

kai 💋yeah mine toohope we're not in trouble

my love ❤yeah i hope soi bet james did tho

kai 💋i sure hope so i do not want to deal with him for the rest of the year

my love ❤you'll be okay i'll be right thereand nick and chris and chloe and nathan

kai 💋ikik im just stressed ab running into him

my love ❤i promise itll be okay

kai 💋ty matt i love you

my love ❤i love you morehurry up and get ready so you have time to come get us

kai 💋ok im done hair and makeup im just getting dressedi'll text you before i leave

my love ❤alr sounds good ill see u soon

kai 💋see u soonread 7:38am

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nick, matt, and chris finish eating breakfast and pack up their bags for school.

as they're getting their shoes on, marylou hugs them each for their first day back to school since the break.

"now, you boys better go see the principal. no skipping out or avoiding him." she wags her finger.

"we won't, mom. even kaia and chloe have to go, too." chris says.

"i'm sure you won't be in too much trouble, he swung first." she replies.

"how do you know that?" matt laughs.

"i saw the video. some moms on facebook posted it and said "watch out for these trouble kids".  it was ridiculous." she laughs and shakes her head.

"that is insane. james is the one in the wrong, not us. plus, none of us hit him, it was just chloe and kaia." nick rolls his eyes.

"yeah, well james lunged on matt so they probably assumed matt did something wrong." marylou adds.

"i didn't do anything!" matt puts his hands up.

"i know you didn't, sweetie. just talk to the principal and if he gives you too much trouble, call me. i'll stop by the school." she reassures them.

"thanks, mom. kaia just texted me she's here, we have to go." matt says, checking his phone.

"she's driving you? why don't you just drive?" marylou asks.

"because i'm babysitting willow with her after school. chloe's taking nick and chris home after school." matt answers.

"no fair. i wanted to see willow, too." chris huffs and crosses his arms.

"you'll see her another time. kaia's dad has been out of town a lot, they have her like every other week, now." matt laughs at chris.

"still." he rolls his eyes and opens the door.

"i'll see you guys later. have a good day." marylou hugs them and kisses each of their cheeks as they leave.

"bye, mom!" the three shout in unison, closing the front door and walking outside to kaia's car.

matt hops in the front seat and nick and chris get in the back.

"you look pretty." matt says quietly to kaia.

"thank you, matt." she blushes and smiles.

"enough of that. let's go to school." chris interrupts.

"whatever, chris." matt rolls his eyes.

"so, how are you guys?" kaia asks as she backs out of the driveway.

"good. not looking forward to seeing the principal." nick answers.

"i know. chloe is stressing about it, too." kaia agrees.

"my mom said she'll go to the school if it's too bad with the principal." matt says.

"i'm sure she won't have to. it'll be fine." kaia smiles.

matt admires her smiling, he loves watching her drive. the sense of independence in her is one of his favourite things about kaia.

chris steals aux before anyone else can, and they listen to yung pleit the whole way there.

"i miss elmer so much, dude. he hasn't been at school in forever." kaia frowns.

"i know, right? he texted me a few days ago and said he's coming back next week. he's been in columbia with his family for like 2 months." nick says.

"we have to hangout with him when he gets back, man." chris adds.

"absolutely." matt agrees.

kaia pulls into the school parking lot and sees kids walking around everywhere. chloe had gotten to school at almost the same time, and her and nate got out of her car as kaia and the triplets did.

"hey guys!" chloe smiles when she sees them, approaching with nathan.

chris clenches his jaw slightly and quickly hugs chloe immediately.

matt and kaia look at eachother and try not to laugh.

"he's totally jealous." matt leans down and whispers in kaia's ear.

"i can tell." she whispers back in agreement.

"what are you two whispering about?" chloe laughs.

"nothing." they say in unison, standing up straight.

"whatever." chloe rolls her eyes.

she noticed the look on chris' face and held his hand as they walk into the school, he settles down.

"why'd she drive you?" nick asks nate.

"didn't wanna walk today." nate shrugs.

"lazy bum." nick laughs.

"like your ass is walking to school when the option of a ride is available." nate jokes.

"true." nick nods.

the group enters the principal's office and sits in the chairs while waiting for him to come talk to each of them.

through kaia's airpods, conveniently right as she sits down, waiting room comes on her playlist.

if you were a teacher, i would fail your class. take it over and over until you notice me. if you were a waiting room, i would never see a doctor. i would, sit there with my first aid kit and bleed. i wanna be the power ballad that lifts you up, and holds you down. i wanna be the broken love song that feeds your misery.

she looks over at matt and smiles at him, and he places a hand ontop of hers and rubs the palm of her hand with his thumb while they wait.

the principal comes out of his office and looks at the group after reading something off of his clipboard.

"sturniolo's first. all three of you." he speaks.

matt pats kaia's hand and stands up with nick and chris, walking into the principal's office with his brothers.

he closes the door behind them and sits at his desk, the triplets all take a chair and sit on the other side of the table.

"so, i'm sure you know why you're in here, yes?" he starts.

"yeah. the fight with james." nick speaks.

"yes. well, you'll probably be happy to know that mr. wright has been expelled due to multiple anonymous emails regarding his recent behaviour towards several students. he's being relocated to the highschool in cambridge, he's just not suited for this school anymore." the principal says.

matt smiles and notices that nick and chris are, too.

"so, are we in trouble?" chris asks.

"well, i have seen the video. and as it seems, none of you three actually hit anyone, so, no. you're not in trouble. but i'm not happy about you skipping school the rest of the week leading up to spring break." he says sternly.

"we're really sorry about that. my mom called us out because she wanted us to have time away from james, and we wanted to be with kaia and chloe while they were dealing with personal issues with james." matt apologizes.

"i understand that. but going forward, i ask that if any of the three of you have any issues with other students, you come to me, not skip school." he speaks.

"we will. we're really sorry." nick nods.

"ok, well that's all. you can head to your classes, now." he stands up and opens the door for the triplets.

they all walk out and smile at nate, kaia, and chloe as they leave the waiting room.

"nathan." the principal reads off his clipboard.

nate stands up, but the principal holds out his hand to stop him.

"you're not in trouble, you were just a bystander. i just wanted to tell you to avoid being involved in any student fights." the principal says.

"oh, okay." nate responds.

"you can go to class." he continues.

nate thanks him and stands up, leaving the office and walking with the triplets.

"now, you two." he nods at kaia and chloe.

they look at eachother nervously, and stand up to follow the principal to his office.

they sit down and kaia taps her leg anxiously.

"so. you two both laid hands on a student, and i don't take matters like this lightly." he starts.

"we're really sorry. james was attacking matt and i just wanted to-" kaia starts explaining quickly.

"slow down. i've spoken to both your parents to better understand the situation, and they both told me that you were just trying to stand up for your friend." he questions.

"yes, i didn't want matt to get hurt, he wouldn't have hit james, he's not very confrontational. i didn't want to just sit there and watch him get beat up." kaia says.

"i can understand where you're coming from, but you should never fight someone over personal issues on school property." the principal says.

"i'm sorry." both the girls say at the same time.

"well, you're not suspended, but you will both have detention during lunch today." he explains.

chloe sighs and tries not to roll her eyes.

"we understand. but, i do have a question about james." kaia starts again.

"he has been expelled and relocated to the highschool in cambridge. we've received several anonymous emails regarding him and how he's been treating the students at this school." the principal answers.

"oh, okay. nevermind." kaia smiles.

she looks over at chloe and notices that she's covering her mouth and desperately trying not to laugh.

"you can head to your first period classes. have a good day, girls." the principal stands up and opens the door for them.

they walk out of the office, and once they're in the hallway, chloe lets out a small laugh and kaia looks confused.

"it was you, huh?" kaia laughs.

"hell yeah, girl. i made eleven email accounts and told them everything i know from my friends that have classes with him. do you know how long it took to make that many email accounts and have conversations with the principal?" chloe nods proudly.

"girl. that's insane." kaia shakes her head.

"someone had to." chloe shrugs.

kaia laughs and the girls walk into their english classroom, peacefully quiet without james.

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