found you ; mattia polibio

18

my favorite number 😋

kavia pov

eyes heavy, i looked up from my phone to see we had made it to alana's apartment. i looked back to see mariana asleep again, and called out her name a few times to wake her up.

we grabbed our things out of the car and made our way up to her door. as we got close, i noticed a white sheet of paper stuck on the door. weird, i didn't notice it before.

alana started walking faster and when she reached the door she ripped the white paper off and read it. she looked up at me with worry in her eyes and i felt my heartbeat increase.

she quickly unlocked the door and ran into the house, me and mariana following right after. alana's roommate, kayla, was awake now and warming up something in the microwave.

"kayla, did you see this??" alana spoke nervously.

"see what?" kayla yawned, taking the paper from alana to get a closer look. "oh my god.... alana.... i thought you said mcdavid was giving us an extension??"

"he said he was!" alana said throwing her hands up. kayla sat down at their kitchen table and held her head in her hands. me and mariana stood awkwardly, unsure of what to do.

"this can't be happening, i was sick all last week and even with your double shifts we don't have enough to pay by this date." kayla sighed.

i felt a pit in the bottom of my stomach. another wave of shame flooded through me. i picked the worst possible time to have a teenage crisis. alana is already struggling for money, and here i come just making it worse.

i was frozen and couldn't move, but mariana on the other hand set her things down and walked to the bathroom with a huff. god, dealing with her was frustrating too. i know i dragged her into this with me but if she said no or talked me out of it we would've even be in this situation right now.

"kav-" alana started but i cut her off.

"i have a job, i work at the grocery store a few streets over, i have some money saved if it'll help-"

alana cut me off with a laugh. "we're not taking your money kavia."

"at least let me pay for me and mari while we're here, i don't wanna leave but i can't put this on you alana." i said looking down, everything was all my fault and i didn't know how to get out of this.

"where are you going to stay? according to this eviction notice me and kayla have to be out in two days." alana said with a voice crack.

"t-two days?" i stuttered. she nodded with a sigh and walked into her room.

i looked over at kayla, her head still in her hands. "i'm so sorry." i spoke quietly.

"i know kav, i know." she replied, her voice heavy with defeat.

......

2 hours later, all four of us sat around alana and kayla's square kitchen table. me and mariana felt useless, sitting there quietly while alana and kayla were both on the phone. kayla was on the phone with a nearby hotel, trying to negotiate prices for a longer term stay and alana was on the phone with their landlord.

with a sigh kayla hung up and walked silently to the bathroom, alana setting her phone down a second later and holding her head in her hands.

"i'm so-"

"it's not your fault kav." alana cut me off.

in my entire life, i had never seen my older sister look so scared.

"we don't have enough for a hotel." kayla sighed as she came out of the bathroom. "my boyfriend cason offered for me and lana to stay with him and his roommate until we can get back on our feet but they don't have enough room for the two of you."

my stomach fell to the floor. we couldn't go home, not yet. i didn't fuck up everything for it to go like this.

"maybe it's time for you to go home, kav." alana said quietly. i knew she was holding back tears. everything was so hard right now, and i knew that she understood. me and her were always close and would do anything for each other. i could tell it was breaking her heart to have to send me home.

"i need to make a phone call." i said quietly and excused myself to the bathroom.

immediately i found my dads number. after 3 rings, he answered.

"kav? is everything okay?" he said and i could hear a slight panic in his voice.

"uh yeah, everything is fine dad. i just wanted to know if alana had told you about the car yet...." i trailed off, hoping i wouldn't have to be the one to tell him.

"she did. i told her i would pay for it so that you can drive home. i can't afford to fly you and the car back. after your 'week of fun' that we discussed, which will be paid for by you, mari, and alana by the way, you will safely drive home and face your consequences. i haven't sent the money yet, am i sending it to you or lana?"

"me!" i answered a little to quickly. "uh, me, please. alana has to go to work so she's gonna drop me and mariana off to get the car fixed. and we'll pay for everything until we come home. it's no problem. thank you. for everything dad. i love you."

"okay, i'll transfer it to your account. i love you too. keep me updated. have fun."

as i hung up the phone my hands were shaking. i couldn't believe he was letting me do this, i couldn't waste this opportunity. i had to make the most of it. and i had to see mattia again.

i walked back out to find kayla and alana packing their things.

"dad is transferring me money to get the car fixed and then we're gonna go home." i said with a straight face. the look of relief that passed over mariana's face scared me. she doesn't know i'm lying.

in that moment i vowed to myself that i'd make sure mari would have a good time. i couldn't do all this and not have her enjoy it, it would be unfair.

"i'm really sorry kav." alana looked at me with a disappointed face. "me and kayla can drop you off at the shop on our way to cason's."

we spent the next 3 hours helping alana and kayla pack up all of their things. after stuffing all that we could into the two cars, plus me and mar's things, we headed to the auto shop.

"are you sure you'll be okay on the way home?" lana asked with a worried look.

"we will. i promise. i'll text you when we're home. thank you for everything, lana. i really appreciate it." i smiled.

"anything for you, kavi. and please don't tell dad about us getting evicted. i don't want him to worry about me, or try and force me to come home. i'm happy here, and me and kay kay will figure it out."

"i won't, if you promise not to talk to dad about this again in the future. i want him to worry about our punishments on his own." i eyed her.

"okay, okay, i won't. i promise. i love you, both of you, be safe."

"we love you too." me and mari echoed as their cars pulled away.

i waited until they were out of sight before i told mariana the truth.

"we're not going home yet."

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word count: 1370
this is crazy... i haven't uploaded a chapter to this story in almost a year. why i chose to do it now, when i should be turning in work and studying for finals, i don't know. but i wanna finish it. even though i don't like mattia and feel uninspired with all my stories, i wanna finish it lmao. no promises, but we'll see what happens. if you're reading this i love you, thank you.