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after golf, everyone gets in the car, exhausted. they got there around noon and left by 5. they decide to get food on the way home, everyone agrees on pizza.

kaia calls a pizza place on the way there to place their order early, and by the time they arrive, the food is ready.

matt runs in to grab the pizzas, and has kaia hold it on the way back. they arrive at the triplet's house and everyone piles inside, kaia carrying the pizzas.

she sets them down on the kitchen island and grabs the package of paper plates from the cupboard and sets them down so everyone can grab how much they want.

they each put a couple slices on their plates and grab soda from the fridge, sitting around the couch in the living room to eat and watch tv.

for the first time all week, nick gets to decide what to watch and of course, he puts on rupaul's drag race. matt and chris both roll their eyes and try to ignore it.

as they all finish eating, a pile of dirty paper plates forms on the coffee table. matt puts his arm around kaia and rests his cheek on the top of her head.

she smiles and cuddles into him under the blanket, they all want to have a big sleepover in the living room for their last sleep together in la.

chloe and chris fall asleep together in the recliner, nate falls asleep on nick's arm, and obviously matt and kaia fall asleep together on the couch.

the night and morning routines are rinse and repeat, the same boring thing everyday. atleast in boston they can go to school and mix things up a bit.

and like clockwork, the next morning, they all wakeup and talk about what to have for breakfast.

kaia was still fast asleep in matt's arms, he holds her and pokes his face out to speak to everyone as they always wake up before her.

because the couch is narrow, kaia is laying flat ontop of matt stomach to stomach, her head resting near his neck.

he keeps pushing her hair out of his own face, and he eventually just puts her hoodie hood on to keep the hair away.

"you gonna wake her up some time this century?" nick asks.

"would you want me to wake you up?" matt rolls his eyes.

"me, personally, i wouldn't be cuddling with you. but, y'know, besides that, no. i wouldn't want you to wake me up." nick jokes.

"fucking obviously, nick." matt sighs.

chloe and chris were both mostly awake but still laying together in the chair.

nick decides to just put tv on to wait for kaia to wake up so they can go out for breakfast; as they're running out of groceries.

after about 15 more minutes, kaia's eyes begin to open and she rubs her face, turning to the other side of matt's neck to avoid looking at people.

matt rubs her back under the blanket and tries to peek at her face, which she is hiding, to see if she's actually awake.

"wake up, sleepy head." nick says from the other couch.

"nick, shut the fuck up." matt shushes him.

"i'm awake." she mumbles, turning her head to rest on his chest facing everyone.

"it's about damn time." nathan laughs.

"why can't you guys just let me sleep?" kaia sighs.

"because we have to go out for breakfast. and then probably shopping afterwards for clothes for the party tonight." nick answers.

"i can't just wear this?" kaia rolls her eyes.

"what? the blanket or matt's skin?" nick asks.

"shut the fuck up." she flips him off, sitting up with matt.

kaia throws the blanket off of her and stands up, walking to the bathroom.

"you guys went from hating eachother and not speaking to cuddling and kissing overnight." chris jokes.

"we never hated eachother, we just weren't talking. it was a huge miscommunication." matt nods.

"kinda seemed like you hated eachother." nick shrugs.

"nuh uh." matt shakes his head.

kaia returns from the bathroom and sits down on the couch next to matt.

"so, where are we going for breakfast?" kaia asks.

"wherever you want." matt shrugs.

"okay, rizzler." nick laughs and rubs his hands together.

"enough." matt glares at him.

"dunkin?" she asks.

"sure." matt nods.

everyone throws on a clean outfit and shoes, heading out the door and getting into the car.

kaia plays her music while matt drives and everyone talks about tara's party tonight.

i don't really give a damn about the way you touch me, when we're alone. you can hold my hand if no one's home. do you like it when i'm away? if i went and hurt my body, baby, would you love me the same? i can feel all my bones coming back, and i'm craving motion. mama never really learned how to live by herself. it's a curse, and it's growing. you're a pond and i'm an ocean. oh, all my emotions feel like explosions when you are around, and i've found a way to kill the sounds.

matt admires watching her sing, her head resting out the window. he never gets over her pure kindness and beauty, it's almost too good to be true.

they arrive at dunkin and matt parks, everyone goes inside and it's not too busy.

nick orders for everyone and they wait at the counter for their food. matt and kaia stand by the back of the group and she reaches for his hand, he squeezes it and interlocks their fingers as they wait.

a group of insufferable teenagers walk up to them and start practically yelling.

"oh my god! you guys are the sturniolo triplets! and nathan, and kaia, annndddddd-" one starts, pointing at chloe.

"i don't know your name. are you two dating?" she turns to matt and kaia, noticing they're holding hands.

"can you please leave us alone? we're just trying to get breakfast." nick steps in.

"what? they're dating, right? i mean, look at him! you're beautiful matt, you can pull anyone you want." the girl winks, and her friends laugh.

"you need to leave." nick restates.

"well? are you gonna answer me or say thank you?" she stares at matt.

"stop talking to me." he speaks.

"wow, what a dick. i thought you guys were nice people." she shrugs.

"you need to shut the fuck up before someone does for you. he's told you to stop talking to him and you need to learn some fucking manners. did your parents really give you that little attention that you live off of annoying people to the point of their ears fucking bleeding?" kaia lets go of matt's hand and steps forward between the girls and nick.

the girls jaws all drop and offended faces spread across them.

"what? you jealous that other women are talking to your man? didn't he leave you a few months ago and you got cheated on?" the girl retorts.

"look at your ugly fucking 13 year old face and speak again. you mad he wants me and not you? mad he couldn't give two fucks less if you live or die? you've obviously never been shown love by a single fucking soul in your life and your pathetic attempts at "flirting" with a famous youtuber is pure luck that you're even fucking around him. now walk the fuck away or i'm following you outside. he may have enough respect to not hit a girl, but i sure as fuck don't." kaia gets in the girls face.

the barista had been watching the interaction and handed chloe and nathan the tray of drinks while kaia was yelling at the girl.

the girl huffs, crosses her arms, and leaves. as they're walking out of the door, the girl turns around and winks at matt, so kaia grabs matt's face with both hands and he dips her into a big kiss; one hand on her waist, the other under her leg.

the girl rolls her eyes and the group leaves. kaia grabs the drinks from chloe and once the group is out of sight, kaia leads everyone back to matt's car.

they sit in silence in the car for a few seconds before nick finally speaks up.

"that was probably not necessary." he laughs.

"i don't care." kaia shrugs.

matt laughs and blushes, smiling at kaia's boldness and loving the protective jealous side of her.

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