JEALOUS, A CHRIS STURNIOLO FIC.

CHAPTER TEN.

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Lanis p.o.v

I pace back and forth in my living room. Matt's supposed to be coming to my apartment. To help me pack. To help me get to the beach house. So we can pretend to be a couple.

What the fuck? I wasn't thinking this through. I miss Chris. I miss him so much. He'd know how to calm me down.

I open my phone as swipe through my three blocked contacts. I hover over the button to unblock him. The doorbell rings making me jump, my phone falls out my hands and onto the floor. I swipe it up and it's perfectly fine.

But I can't say the same thing for myself.

I have a boyfriend. I'm not single. I have a fake boyfriend. Okay that's it.

The doorbell rings again.

"Coming!" I shout. He can't hear me. I don't know why I shouted that.

I press the button to let Matt upstairs. My hair is in a high bun and I'm in a yellow and pink short summer dress. There's a knock at the door.

I open it. He's standing in front of me with short hair under a black cap. His hands are in the black jacket he was telling me he was putting on. He has navy blue jeans and a stupid smile on his face.

"Hey girlfriend." He greets. I close the door. He laughs on the other side of it.

Breathe in and out. In. Out.

I open the door, "hey... boyfriend..." I say letting him in, "hey Matt." I correct. He looks a little unimpressed with me and I don't blame him.

"My luggage's are packed their in my room." I say awkwardly and he nods but he just stays in the living room. Looking around at all my stuff.

"You've got a nice place, I really like it.." he compliments and I nod. He realizes that's probably the most I'm gonna say and so he heads into my bed room and comes out with both of my luggage's like they weigh nothing.

"Thanks."

"No problem, come on let's go." He says as I get anything else I need and lock the door behind us.

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We sit in Matt's car in silence for ten minutes. I don't know what to say. I can only keep quiet , I don't want to be annoying.

"You don't speak much do you?" Matt asks me and I internally cringe. So he did want me to talk? "I watched your podcast.. you talk a lot on there. You're funny." He compliments and that makes me feel better.

"I'm glad you liked it. And I wouldn't say I'm that funny." I don't know why I'm deflecting his compliments I'm just nervous.

"Yeah you are. So.. are you gonna be this nervous the whole time?" He asks. My heart drops I didn't realize that was a problem for him. He probably can see the way I feel because he clears his throat, "I'm sorry I sound like a fucking asshole. Of course your nervous.. honestly I am too. I've never done this before." He admits and apologizes honestly.

I laugh, "really you've never done this? I've done this tons of times." I brag trying to lighten the mood as he laughs and then gives me a small smile.

"Honestly it'll be fine if you're nervous but you'll have to open up a little. We'll be recording and there will be like six to seven people in the house. My two brothers and my other friends. If they're weird to you just tell me. And then the other thing is we'll have to deal with how we look as a couple." He says and after that he actually looks worried.

"Umm... okay.." I say, "I'm okay with other people I'm a people person. So it'll be alright." I smile and I ignore the end of what he says, he notices anyways.

"Listen just worry about being my girlfriend when the cameras are on. When my friends are around just refer to me as your boyfriend and if you're uncomfortable just kiss me on the cheek or hold my hand and it'll be fine." He says and I nod confidently.

"I can do that. That seems easy enough!"

"When we're on camera you don't have to kiss me or anything like but you know treat me like you're old boyfriends.." he says and I'm at a loss for words. I can't do that. I haven't dated anyone.

"Okay I can do that."

"Im gonna need to trust me Naelani. If I do something that makes you uncomfortable I need you to tell me." He says earnestly while looking at the road.

I smile at him and he finally looks at me, smiling back. "Alright if uncomfortable I'll say a word."

"What word are you going to say?" He laughs.

"What about Avocado.. no what about pineapple?" I think to myself trying to think about a good appropriate word for the both of us.

"What about peaches?" He offers and my face gets hot. Peach is my favorite fruit.

"How did you know that's my favorite fruit?" I ask as he gives me a smug smile. He's seriously attractive and I think he knows that.

"I watched your podcast and you said it." He grinned at me and I laughed.

"Okay peaches is our code word for when you gross me out." I said and we laughed out loud.

I rolled my windows down and then so did he. He hooked up his playlist at a red light. I watched him scroll through his phone before a song played.

"Fever dream high in the quiet of the night.."

He watched me react to my favorite song playing and I let out a laugh. I smiled genuinely and he showed me the same.

"How are you playing my favorite song?" I asked him.

"I guess I pay attention to my girlfriend." He answered as I giggled and let my head rest on the side of the door, closing my eyes.

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"Hey wake up... we're here." I hear as Matt gently rubs his hand against my shoulder lightly to wake me up. I snap awake.

"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep." He laughs and shrugs.

"It's alright I don't mind." He said before going around the car and unpacking my luggage. The house is huge a beautiful, it's got tones of light blue black and white, I can see a small glimpse of the pool from where I'm standing.

It's amazing...

Two people come out of the house. They look.. exactly like Matt. I've seen them on the car videos with Matt, they're actually really funny. I remind myself to be open and inviting and nice. For Matt.

I walk up to the both of them and give them a polite smile and a wave. "Hey I'm Matt's girlfriend you guys must be his brothers." I greet them and they realize I'm standing there. The one with short hair let's out this insane laugh.

"OH MY FUCKING GOSH MATT! WHY WERE YOU GATKEEPING HER IN A BASEMENT!" The short haired boy leaves me and his brother standing together as he talks to Matt.

The other brother with long curly hair stares at me, rage, confusion, pain and disgust in his eyes. I take a step back from him. He seems extremely unimpressed with me for some reason.

"Hey, I'm Naelani... " I mention hoping he'll say his name but I know it's Chris because of Matt.

"I didn't fucking ask did I?" Chris says before walking back into the house and slamming the door. Leaving me there, Matt is standing behind me, deeply upset.

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[ANNA]

Chris supremacy still reins supreme.

Now I feel like it's annoying that I keep constantly updating but I can't help it 🤭. I'm trying to push out as many ideas that I have for the story before I get writers block and accidentally stop writing it.

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