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kaia closes the door and sets willow down. she immediately runs to her mother and she puts willow to bed. kaia walks up to her room and sighs, sitting down on the bed.

"i can't believe i have a boyfriend." she smiles.

she takes off all her clothes and puts on a pair of pyjamas. she suddenly remembers that she never took that photo out of her pocket and rummages through her pants on the floor.

"where is it?" she checks every pocket.

she triple checks everywhere, all her clothes she just took off, under her bed, in her car, she can't find it anywhere.

"fuck." she huffs, laying on her bed.

kaia does not want to lose that picture. it hurts her to look at it, but the memories and happiness easily overpower the pain.

she facetimes chloe to tell her all about james.

matt slams his door and stomps into his room after running upstairs. nate follows him and they sit in silence for a couple minutes before saying anything.

"you good, bro?" nate asks him.

"no. i'm gonna lose my fucking shit i'm so sick of seeing them." matt rolls his eyes.

"if you hate her so much, talk to nick and chris. they'd understand if you don't want her here, it's your house too and you should be comfortable in your own home." nate suggests.

"no, nate. i don't hate her. i hate him. i don't trust him. he seems like the perfect guy for her upfront, but i just have a bad gut feeling. i'm so sick of seeing him touch her, bro." he huffs angrily.

"so bring it up to someone. talk to your brothers. they might not agree right now, but if he turns out to be a dick, you warned them. and they can warn her." nate responds.

"they won't listen to me. they'll just think i want to break them up for myself. i just want her to be happy." matt replies.

"i can always talk to her for you. if you want, of course." nate offers.

"absolutely not. i'm okay on that one, thanks buddy." matt laughs and stands up from his bed.

"i'm pretty sure she left, i'm gonna watch something with nick and chris if you wanna come." matt suggests to nate.

the two boys walk downstairs together and nate heads to the kitchen to grab a soda, matt heads for the couch to see nick and chris arguing, most likely about kaia.

they're not paying attention to him or the tv, so matt sits down to put on his show. he hears a crumple underneath him and sits up enough to grab whatever it was from under him.

he looks at it and his eyes widen slightly in shock. he sees a printed photo of him kissing kaia's cheek, her holding willow and his brothers surrounding them.

he huffs angrily and shoves it in his pockets before nick and chris notice what he's holding.

"right, matt?" nick turns his attention to his brother who is lost in thought.

"hm?" he asks, coming back to reality and paying attention to nick.

"you're good, right? chris is making a whole big deal of this and saying it's my fault she was here." nick asks for defense.

"i don't care." matt huffs, crossing his arms in annoyance.

nick rolls his eyes and continues talking to chris, things calm down when nate comes back from the kitchen and sits down with everyone.

"are you sleeping over, nate?" marylou asks from the kitchen.

"yeah!" he shouts back.

"on a school night? are your parents okay with that?" she asks.

"yeah, they don't care." he answers.

nate stays up late that night with matt talking about kaia. chris and nick fell asleep halfway through the conversation and after a few hours, nate and matt eventually fall asleep, too.

chloe had came over to kaia's house to comfort her because she called her at 1 in the morning crying, saying she had a dream where matt yelled at her and hated her. the two girls cuddled for comfort and fell asleep together.

both groups had their regular routines in the morning, they woke up together, brushed their teeth, got dressed, drove to school.

this was the first morning in a few days that james didn't drive kaia to school, she told him chloe slept over and they would be going together.

once arrived, the triplets and nate walked around together before class, so did kaia and chloe. james was walking around with his new friends on the rugby team.

a couple minutes before the bell, matt ditched his group to go to the bathroom. when he was done and left, he was right behind james and his friends, but he didn't see matt behind him.

matt decided to stay silent and listen to what james was saying.

his friends were shoving him around and teasing him.

"yeah, man. i asked her yesterday." james said to his group.

"bro, already? you gotta play the slow game or she won't believe you." one of the boys pitched in.

"trust me, she does. she's obsessed already. didn't take long." james laughed.

"bro, what about her ex? one of those gay ass triplets. isn't she still, like, obsessed with him?" a boy asks.

"dude, not even. as soon as i got to the school, they stopped talking. apparently the little pervert tried to kiss her or something, she hates him." james laughs with his friends.

"but my girlfriend is friends with her bestfriend chloe, she said they still talk about him all the time." one of the boys argues with james.

"dude, i don't care. if she's gonna talk about her faggot fucking ex, i'm gonna keep talking directly to mine." he rolls his eyes.

"and what about when she finds out? she's just gonna leave you and you're not gonna get what you want." he asks james.

"as if. no guy left at this school wants her. neither does matt, i'm her only option. she's not gonna leave me if i'm the only one that wants her. plus, we just started dating yesterday, i have plenty of time." james says.

matt stands far enough behind them that they won't notice him. he follows in absolute shock at what he is hearing. not that anyone would believe him, anyway.

matt runs in the opposite direction to find nate, nick, and chris. he passes kaia and chloe on the way and tries not to stare at her, but desperately wants to tell her what he just heard.

he sees the boys and runs up to them.

"why are you running, matt?" nick asks, annoyed.

"you're never gonna fucking believe me. we need to talk somewhere quiet." matt pleads with them.

"dude, you're not a fucking secret agent. just tell us." chris jokes.

matt looks angry and grabs his brothers and nate by their shirts, dragging them into the empty library.

"that's bullshit, matt." chris rolls his eyes.

"it's not! i swear to fuck. i followed behind them and james legit said that shit." matt argues.

"this isn't a fucking movie. james doesn't have some big elaborate plan, this is real life." nick laughs at him.

"why don't you guys believe me?" matt asks angrily.

"because. you're still very hurt from everything that happened with her, and you've hated james since day one for no reason." chris states.

"nick, you know those movies where someone is, like, experiencing some crazy shit and nobody believes them? you always yell at the fucking tv and don't understand why everyone thinks they're crazy." matt arugues.

"yeah, and once again, this isn't a movie, matthew." nick answers.

"you guys know i'm hurt, but you know that more than anything, i will always love her and care about her and if i were lying about this, i'd only be trying to hurt her." matt pleads.

"i believe you." nate chimes in.

"what?" matt turns his head to nate.

"i believe you. a few of the guys on the rugby team, their girlfriends all think i'm gay. they talk shit about them to me in science all the time. it seems like something they would do. and james just joined the team." nate says.

"really?" matt smiles at him.

"yeah. obviously i'm not gay, but it's the only way i can hear the gossip. i'm a bitch for that shit." nate laughs.

"sure you're not gay?" nick laughs.

"fuck you." nate rolls his eyes.

"nick, chris. we were in the womb together. we're about to graduate highschool together. you have to trust me on this. we're fucking triplets." matt begs.

"how about this. their girlfriends know that i actually am gay and i have english with some of them 3rd period. i'll have them asks their boyfriends about it and tell me. if it's true, then i'll believe you." nick says.

"can't believe you have to do all that to trust your own brother, but fine." matt sighs.

the bell rings and everyone goes to their classes. james, chloe, and kaia all have first period together. the three talk and chat like every day, completely unaware.

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