🪩 ·˚ ༘ ┊CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE !  ˊˎ
pearls
( real life )

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𖤐 — CLOVERS APARTMENT
24 HOURS BEFORE BIRTHDAY

CLOVER SCRAMBLED AROUND HER APARTMENT , PACKING ALL HER REVEALING CLOTHES TO TAKE TO THE PARTY HOUSE. she had exactly 24 hours before she held one of the biggest parties of the year.

bigger than tara's, bigger than jake's, bigger than tana's or anyone else's. she wanted it to be crazy and fun, and she wanted to spend it with her friends and chris.

speaking of chris, he watched as she ran around, holding up what looked like pieces of torn fabric before she would throw them into the already bulging suitcase "lucky, i think that's enough" he laughed softly

"hmm no it's never enough" she told him, spinning around and almost landing face foward before she caught herself by the wall "baby are you okay?" he asked concerned, she looked back at him with a smile on her face "what did you say?"

"i said- oh fuck i said baby, didn't i? i meant lucky" she giggled, leaning in to where their faces were inches apart "no, no i like baby" she told him "it's cute" he rolled his eyes and adjusted his beanie "go finish packing"

"i am, now i wanna be with you" she smiled, sitting on his lap as he leaned back into her couch. chris's hands planted themselves firmly on her hips, rubbing circles on her upper thigh with his thumb as he stared at her "twenty two tomorrow, lucky" he reminded her

"i know" she sighed "im a cougar" he laughed, shaking his head before he pulled out something from his jacket pocket "no way you got me something" she smiled, beaming almost as he opened it and turned the small blue velvet box towards her

she covered her mouth in shock as she looked down at the present before back at him "no, chris this is insane" she laughed, pushing it away from him

inside the box was a key, along with a note that read "your gifts in my bag" she read it aloud, staring at him, cocking an eyebrow "making me search?" she teased. he nodded his head, a dorky smile planted across his face as she kissed him "i'll get it later, right now i want you"

"good, i've been wanting you" he chuckled lowly into her mouth as the situation escalated right there on her couch. that of course was before aspen knocked on her door, interrupting the whole thing "who is it!" clover yelled as chris kissed her neck, his hands still on her waist

"bitch? it's me! remember we were gonna drive up to the house together?!" she yelled "open up- wait.. girl do you have company?" clover looked at chris "can i?" he shrugged and nodded his head

clover looked over at him as he was the one to go and open the door "finally, bitch whose- chris?" she asked, a sly smile grazed her lips as she looked from in between clover and chris "really, ma'am? distracted from packing" aspen placed her hands on her hips

"don't worry aspen, i made sure she was done before anything" chris reassured the redhead "before anything?" aspen asked slowly, cluelessly "yall were fucking when i got here?" she laughed out, clover hid her face with her hands, an embarrassed groan escaping her mouth

"so, chris you really have changed,huh?" aspen asked, placing her suitcase down next to clovers. chris sighed as he sat back down on the couch "yes, i've changed or whatever"

aspen nodded her head in approval "matt knows, by the way" she laughed out softly. chris turned his head back "what? how?" "because nick and calista figured it out" she told him

"and they haven't told me shit? they aren't gonna make fun of me?" he asked "chris- why would they make fun of you for bagging clover?" "yeah, why?" clover added on

"because they would start the whole 'i told you so' shit again, i hate when they do that. thinking they're better than me and shit" clover laughed at his comments, pressing a kiss to his cheek and fixing his beanie again

aspen nodded once again, her best friend was happy. that's all she wanted for her.

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𖤐 — PARTY HOUSE, MALIBU CALI
18 HOURS BEFORE BIRTHDAY

ASPEN AND CLOVER SCRAMBLED AROUND THE TWO STORY HOUSE, streamers and other part decorations filled the house, from floor to ceilings.

along with the dangerous amount of alcohol in the freezers everyone was ready for the party. calista, larry, and aspen all assisted, while clover began getting ready. party music already blasted while they managed the dj setting up by the bar

larry walked into her room, twirling before he sat down next to her and admired her in the mirror "you excited, baby? the big twenty twooo" he sang, gripping her shoulders and shaking her softly "the triplets are here by the way, chris has presents" he smirked looking down at her

"what?" she asked, looking up at him an innocent smile on her face "you and chris, huh?" he asked "how did you know?" "he blocked everyone, and word gets around when the local fuckboy stays quiet" he explained

"yeah.. i guess me and chris" she sighed, looking at the door as three knocks sounded throughout the room "can i come in?" chris asked from the other side "i mean larry's in here but yeah" she giggled, watching the rare sight of nervous chris walk in

"hey man" he dabbed up larry before looking down at clover awkwardly, as if unaware of what to do "he knows, chris" she explained, a sigh of relief escaped his mouth before he bent down and kissed her on the forehead "good"

larry laughed, patting clover on the shoulder "i'm gonna go make sure everything's getting set up, please stay clothed while i'm gone" he teased, leaving and shutting the door behind him

chris looked down at her, calmly this time "you are beautiful, lucky. whoever you are with is dammed" she rolled her eyes at him, puckering her lips as she applied lipgloss "oh shut up, dumbass. i'm with you"

he nodded his head proudly "yeah, i know" "okay, help me put on the gift you got me" she smiled, eager to finally see what he had been hinting at all day "okay okay i will, calm down" he laughed out "close your eyes" she sighed and softly closed her eyes

instead of moving chris stood still for a moment, admiring her. he hadn't felt so strongly about anyone who wasn't his family ever. the idea of her consumed him and ate him alive. he pulled the small velvet box from his pocket, and held it out in front of her "open your eyes, baby"

she slowly looked up at him, completely missing the box. however, she felt the same way about him. a look of pure love and affection stared up at him as he held the box up, putting it in view "oh, chris.. no way you got me something expensive, right?" he laughed and shrugged

"possibly" she sighed and opened the box, her mouth opening slightly, no noise or words escaped as she held up the pearl necklace, a vivienne westwood pearl necklace, with the small orbit pendant in the center

she looked up at him "no, chris i can't" she told him, placing it back in the box, attempting to give it back "pleaseeee" he begged, giggles pouring out of his mouth as he grabbed it out of the box himself "turn around"

she didn't argue, she just sighed and held up her hair, facing her back towards him as he slid the necklace on her, the pearl sitting perfectly on her collarbones as he clasped it shut. her hair fell down her shoulders as she looked up at him.

his lips met hers, a soft, loving kiss placed itself as she looked up at him. "thank you, i love it" she said barely louder than a whisper "i love it on you"

"i'm glad, after all, we're matching" he added, smirking and pulling on his hoodie and revealing a very similar masculine style of the necklace "wow, you have changed" she smiled, shining her teeth at him

"for you? of course" he pressed another kiss to her lips.

he had to stop himself though, because the words i love you almost slipped out of his mouth.

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𝘾𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙀 ✧ 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙎!
he's so bf coded. i'm sorry chat.

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