*TW! Talk of a drug trip and talk of suicide*
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The drive to school was awkward, to say the least. No one was talking, and Nick had been giving Steph the silent treatment for days now, so them sitting in the back together now was probably the closest they've been since the fight.
The silence continued for another few minutes before Chris spoke, "So I was thinking,"
"That’s the first." They all heard Nick mumble from the back. Chris decided to ignore it.
"Do you guys wanna go out to eat tonight? We could also film a car video. We haven't done that in a while." He suggested hopefully. He looked to the back to see if Nick would agree. Nick just started at him for a moment.
"Can't. I'm hanging out with Alahna." He said blankly, turning back towards the window.
Chris frowned and turned forward again. "Oh." The rest of the drive was silent again.
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It was the end of the school day, and Nick and Alahna were on their way to Alahna's house. Alahna could already tell something was up. She didn't know what, but she was gonna find out. She always does.
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Nick leaned his head onto Nathan's lap. After Nate had picked him up from Joshua's house, Nick had asked if he could stay with him. Nate of course said yes but he knew he couldn't take care of Nick alone when he was in this state of distress and Nick had already made him pinky promise not to tell Matt, Chris or Steph. So he called the only other person he could think of.
There was a knock on Nate's front door. Nate carefully but quickly moved the older boy to the side. Receiving a whine in response. Nate opened the front door to reveal Alahana.
The two friends stayed up all night with they intoxicated friends. They held and told him he would be okay. They cried with him when he told them he wanted to die and comforted him when he told them what Joshua did.
The next morning, he made them swear to secrecy that they won't tell his quadruplets or anyone for that matter. And they kept it.
At least he had people who could keep his secrets.
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The duo pulled up in Alahna's driveway, but before Nick could get out, Alahna locked the door. Nick knew what she was thinking, she knew something was wrong with him and she wanted him to tell her.
"Can we talk about this inside?" Alahna nods and unlocks the door.
Once in the girls' room, the two sat down on Alahna's bed. Alahna's was about to open her mouth to speak, but Nick beat her to it. "I think I should tell them about Josh." It was almost a mumble, so quiet Alahna almost didn't hear.
"Really, are you sure?" Nick sighed and looked up at the girl's purple ceiling. The one he had helped paint a year prior.
"I don't know. I feel bad for keeping this from them. And what makes it worse is that they're friends with Lewis, Josh's fucking cousin." Nick groaned. Covering his face with his palms.
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Fanfiction"This is so surreal. It almost seems fake. But at least we have eachother through this, right? Right?" --- What is the Sturniolo triplets were actually quadruplets? Stephanie Madison Sturniolo is the youngest Sturniolo and the youngest quadruplet...
