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I slouch down in the backseat, letting my head lean against the door. As I shuffle through the songs on my phone, I finally pick one that I like and begin to listen to it. Matt gets comfortable on his side and closes his eyes, trying to get some rest.

Right now we're driving through the city, while Nash searches for a place to stop at. They said it was going to be a couple hours of driving, so me and Matt just chilled out in the back seat.

"Steph." Matt whispers.

I take out one of my headphones and look over at him.

"I forgot my headphones." He pouts. 

"Do you want to share with me?" I laugh. 

He shakes his head and scoots to the middle seat, letting our legs brush against each other. I hand him one of the headphones and he puts it in his ear. 

"Any song requests?" I ask.

He holds out his hand and I put my phone in it, so he can look through my songs. He starts scrolling through the music and he smirks the entire time. He finally picks one and hands me my phone back. I start to smile once I hear a song by Ed Sheeran play. 

"You like Ed Sheeran?" I ask, looking at Matt. We're both slouched down, with our knees up against the back of Nash's seat. I think Matt even moved closer to me because our shoulders are now touching, along with our legs.

"Yeah, I like his songs." Matt smiles. 

He grabs my phone out of my lap and starts to scroll through it again. I don't ask what he's doing, but instead I slowly lean my head down on his shoulder. He quickly looks to the side to see what I'm doing, then starts to smile as he focuses his attention back on my phone. 

My eyes begin to close as the music fills my ears. After a few minutes of dozing off, I feel my phone being slowly placed back on my lap. I don't open my eyes, but I feel Matt's head lean against mine. 

...

I quickly wake up, realizing that the car has been parked. When I lift my head up, I forget that Matt's head was leaning against mine. He suddenly wakes up also, noticing that Cameron and Nash aren't in the car anymore. 

"Where are we?" Matt groans, rubbing his head. 

I look around outside the window to see where we're parked and I notice a huge building in front of us that reads Aquarium. Cameron and Nash must've gone inside without us.. but why would they want to go to an aquarium?

"I.. uh, I didn't mean to fall asleep on you." Matt stutters, taking the headphones out of his ear. 

"It's okay. I kind of fell asleep on you first." I blush. 

Matt smiles and looks down, seeming a little embarrassed. He looks so cute right now with his beanie on and his wavy hair peeking out of the sides.

"Should we go inside?" He changes the subject, pointing to the giant building. 

"Uh, yeah." I nod my head quickly, then climb out of the car.

I follow Matt inside the aquarium and stop at the front desk. Apparently we have to pay just to see sharks and other sea animals. I offer to pay for myself but Matt declines my offer and pays for me instead. We start to make our way through the aquarium.

We look through all the different glass windows, and I almost scream when I see baby seahorses. I run up to them, lightly tapping on the glass. 

Matt suddenly grabs my hand, stopping me. 

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