☆ s i m p l i c i t y ☆ ~ sturniolo triplets

free willy

i woke up at 8:30 the next morning. i had to pack, eat breakfast, and drive home.

i showered, got dressed, and gathered all of my things. i used the hotels hairdryer to dry my hair, but didnt bother putting any makeup on. i got my bag and went down to the lobby. i wasnt hungry, but i knew i needed to eat. i bought a fruit cup and went to my car. my bag went in the back and i started my way back home.

it felt longer than just two and a half hours in the car... it felt triple the time it actually took. i listened to music the whole time, distracting myself from thinking too much.

eventually i arrived home.

"hey cole" i say as he run to me with his arms wide. i give him a big hug. "hi natty" he says. "hey natalie" my mom says, walking in from the living room. "hi mom" i say, giving her a long hug. she rubs my back. "i love you" she says. "love you too"

a few hours later i drove to the triplets house. nothing much had happened today, but i think thats a good thing.

i stepped up to the sturniolos back door. i walked in and into the kitchen where they already were. matt got up from his seat and gave me a big hug. then chris, then nick. i didnt cry, i didnt want to anyway.

"can we just treat this as one of our normal things that we do instead of thinking about how i just got out of a relationship?" i ask
"yeah of course." matt says.
"sure, yeah". nick says.
chris just nods.

"good. now can we watch a movie?" i ask. "free willy?" chris suggests. "YESSS OMG I LOVE THAT MOVIE" i exclaim. they laugh, "yeah lets go" they say, and we walk to the living room. i lay with nick but get up about 10 minutes in.

"we need fuckin popcorn" i say, running to the kitchen. chris follows me, knowing i wont be able to reach. i look in the top cabinet for the popcorn kernels.

"why the fuck do you keep popcorn that high up?" i whine, jumping up to reach it. i freeze as another body pushes me into the counter. he backs up enough for me to turn around. "youre really tense" chris says, holding the kernels in his hand. "whatre you doing?" i ask quietly.

"getting the kernels? what else?" he says, moving away to get the machine. tense? what the fuck? i think. "okay... uhm..." i say. "what?" he says with a smirk. he leaves, going back to the living room. i go to the machine and make the popcorn.

i walk out to the living room with two bowls of popcorn. one plain with butter, and one with cinnamon and sugar. matt and i both love putting the cinnamon and sugar on our popcorn, so i sit next to matt, leaving nick with chris.

the movie ended. "FREEEE WILLY" chris kept yelling. "chris. bro. please shut the hell up." i say. "i'm getting a headache." "FREEEEEEEEEEEE WILLY" he yells again. i grab the remote and start chasing him around. "okay! okay! ill stop!" he wimpers, cornered in the kitchen. "good." i say.

"whats alahna doing?" i ask. "i dunno" nick says. "she has a pool right?" "yeah."chris says. "can we call her to see if we can go over?" "sure" nick says. matt and alahna aren't the closest, they are still friends but they never really hang out with it being just them. "matt you cool with that?" i ask. "yup" he answers.

apparently alahna was free, so we drove over to her house. i can just borrow one of her bathing suits.

we get to alhanas house and we change. in her room, i was talking to alahna.

"okay you need to tell me what going on with you chris and matt. you guys are always a little touchy but not this much." she says. "what do you mean?" i ask, confused. "matt keeps hugging you and messing with your hair, and chris is always either standing right next to you, facing you, or messing around with you."

"oh. i guess i didnt really realize." i say "seriously? you just broke up with kennedy, now they're all up on you." she says. "alahna, i asked to not be reminded of that." i say quietly and shyly. "oh shit. i'm sorry." she says, covering her mouth with her hand. "it's okay" i slightly smile. she hugs me.

"nat and alahna are you coming or not?" chris yells from downstairs. "yeah sorry!" i yell. "coming!" alahna says. we laugh and make our way downstairs.