when i found you || chris sturniolo

24

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Nick, Matt, Chris and Eliza arrive at the Perez household. Jaden makes his way downstairs with his suitcase in hand. "Hey guys. You all packed and ready?" They all nod at him.

Jaden and Eliza take a seat on the couch in the living room. Nick sits on the single chair and the other two stay stood up. "Layla you ready?" Jaden calls through the house. "The fuck!" They all hear her yell "uh oh, that can't be good" Nick says.

The blonde comes running down the stairs angrily. She heads straight for Chris using both hands to push him back when she reaches him "what the fuck?" Chris asks loudly.

She pushes him again. And hits his chest "what the- hey- enough- hey- stop!" He finally yells out. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" He asks in an agitated tone.

"What the fuck is wrong with me?!What the fuck is wrong with you?!" She pushes him again although he grabs her wrists holding her still. "You fucking punched him?! Why the fuck would you do that?" She shouts at him whilst wriggling her arms around trying to escape his grip.

"Guys come on-" Nick try's but gets cut off.

"Why do you think dipshit?! He was making moves on you! Layla he was trying things that made you uncomfortable. He was trying to... He was trying to touch you!. That's not ok!" He shouts down at her.

"Hold on... he did what?" Jaden asks standing up.

"Guys stop-" Eliza try's but gets cut off.

"Don't call me a dipshit you dumb fuck! I handled it! I stopped him before anything happened. I was fine", she turns to Jaden "Jay I was fine."she tells him.

The girl turns back to Chris, "how the fuck did you even-" she shouts at Chris thinking for a second before turning to Matt in realisation.

"You fucking told him?!" Matt opens his mouth to say something but stops himself. "God damn right he told me and thank fuck he did. Your not gonna see him again." Chris tells her sternly.

"Chris you had no right to hit him. And you for sure have no god damn right to tell me whether I see him again." She states taking deep breaths to calm down.

"Yeah? Well I did. And it felt good as fuck!" He edges out of her. Seemingly now trying to get a fight out of it and he doesn't even know why.

"Guys! Enough!" Matt and Nick shout at the arguing pair. Layla takes a deep breath and turns around to walk upstairs.

"Hurry the fuck up so we can leave Layla." Jaden says loud enough for her to hear but in a calm tone.

Five of the six wait downstairs for Layla to come down. She comes down in green Pythia trackies that she doesn't even know where she got. And a white cropped shirt.

"Can we go now?" Layla asks as she drags her suitcase to the bottom of the staircase. "Yeah. Come on let's go guys." Nick says enthusiastically ready for a holiday.

Chris and Matt climb into the front two seats, Nick and Layla climb into the middle seats and Jaden and Eliza settle for the back two.

The drive is mostly quiet other than the few small conversations within pairs. Layla watches as the buildings pass by the window.

Nick lays back into his seat falling asleep. Matt drives calmly and Jaden and Eliza are distracted by something they point at through the window.

Chris however... Chris isn't looking out the window. Chris isn't sleeping. Chris isn't thinking in his head. But what he is doing... is looking at someone through the rear mirror. He can't help but watch her eyes, her mouth, her hair, all of her.