𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 [Christopher & Matthew Sturniolo]

ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ?

Ａｇｅ Ｒｅｓｔｒｉｃｔｉｏｎ： １６＋

ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ᴄʀᴜᴅᴇ, ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ, ꜱᴛʀᴏɴɢ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴜɢɢᴇꜱᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴍᴀʏ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ꜱᴜɪᴛᴀʙʟᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜɴɢ ᴀᴜᴅɪᴇɴᴄᴇ.
ᴘᴀʀᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴅɪꜱᴄʀᴇᴛɪᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴀᴅᴠɪꜱᴇᴅ.

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ꜰʟᴀsʜʙᴀᴄᴋ

Sᴇɴɪᴏʀ Yᴇᴀʀ
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Paige Withlock

"Oh" I said, not knowing how to react on his sudden confession. I tried to think of something to say but I felt like my mind went blank, the words disappeared from my memory, as if someone cut the connection between my body and my thoughts. I looked around trying to dismiss the uncomfortable feeling of needing to say something else, thinking of new things to say.

"I always admired how you had a way with words" He shoved his hands in his pockets "You're not good at expressing yourself vocally but you are really good at writing". And then I felt at ease, the awkwardness from before slowly dissipated, being swapped with a nice feeling.

"The book that you hid from me" I started "Ms. Abella gave it to me"

"The old woman from Literature class?" He questioned looking at me.

"She's not old" I retorted.

"She's not young either" He snickered.

"That's mean" I laughed lightly "She gave me the book when I asked where i could buy it, she noticed my interest in knowing more about these words to describe specific feelings" I spoke more about it.

After the little explanation about the book we continued in a slow pace, enjoying the surroundings and the company.

"We weren't really close when kids" Christopher started another topic "But I always liked the way you stood your ground" He smiled and I kept quiet.

That's one of the things I like about Christopher. Even though he never says anything useful in big groups, when he is alone with you he surprisingly can keep a good conversation.

"I remember in second grade when someone tried to steal Matt's coloring book, and you smacked the little boy's hand saying 'You should be polite and ask him please'" He looked at the ground, kicking a rock or two that he would find along the way "Even though you were agressive with the kid you still told him how to do it correctly" He looked at me again "I liked that".

"That's when you started to like me, huh" I taunted, pushing him slightly with my elbows.

"Yeah, definitely" He answered, sarcastically "You could say I have a thing for fiercy women" He smiled and I looked away, if there was something I could not handle was Christopher's flirty moments up close "But then we grew apart" He kept talking "And the only way I could interact with you was by being annoying" He smiled "When I saw that your book fell from your backpack, I took it as an opportunity for us to talk normally" He finished his thoughts with a sigh.

So he did all of that to talk to me like two normal human beings?

"So you called me in the middle of the night pretending to be ghostface, threatening me with my book so we could... talk?" I asked confused.

"The ghostface act was for the 'annoying part'" He made quotation marks with his hands "But over all, yeah." He put his hands back in his pocket.

"But if you wanted to talk normally why did you read the book?" I pushed him further. I knew I was testing my luck here, but if I'm having these type of conversation with Christopher Sturniolo I will make him say my suspicions out loud. I'm tired of overthinking every single interaction with this boy. And him reading a book just to keep talking to me was one of them.