Deep Thoughts || Nick Sturniolo

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Chris hopped in the back seat so that Nick could sit in the front, ready to spot him if he saw the mysterious boy.

Nick has described to them what he looked like, but trailed off when he started thinking about him. So it was best if he was looking the closest.

"Where do you wanna go first?" Matt asked, starting the engine. "The mall. There is lots of people at the mall, especially on a Sunday." Nick said immediately, pulling up the Google maps on his phone.

"I just had the weirdest moment of my life..." Chris said, looking at Nick who was still on the lookout for his lover boy.

"What's up." Matt asked, starting conversation as Nick was too busy with his eyes on the pathways.

"Nick, I know who Chloe likes." Chris simply said which finally made Nick turn around to look at him. "How?!" He exclaimed, before quickly flicking back to the road, making sure to not miss anything.

"Hold on. Doesn't Hailey like Chloe? And it was pretty obvious that she liked her back with the way the interact.." Matt asked, completely oblivious of the whole scandal that had happened.

"Apparently not." Chris simply said, turning his gaze out of the window, sighing deeply.

"What happened?" Nick asked again, more firmly this time. "I was walking past their room and I heard Chloe and Hailey fighting really loudly in their room and then Hailey walked out and said to Aubrey who Chloe actually likes..." He said quickly in one breath.

"Who does she like then?" Matt asked curiously, not ready for the answer. Chris sighed and Nick took that as a cue for him to say.

"Chloe likes Chris. Hailey has been texting me all morning about how mad she is and that she hates Chloe for leading her on." Nick said, looking at Matt, defocusing on the road as he lost a little hope.

"Wait she likes Chris?" Matt confirmed, wowed by the answer. Chris gazed out the window, thinking about how much it hurt Hailey, because of him.

He knew that he didn't particularly do anything, but if Chloe didn't like him, then Hailey would be okay. But now they didn't know where she was.

Chris had been telling Nick that they needed to look for Hailey, to make sure she was safe, and Matt agreed. But Nick really wanted to see his loverboy again, and he thought that the others could just go and look for her.

Matt and Chris felt a little selfish doing this, but Nick had his heart set on it, so they went along with it.

"Wait so do you like like this boy?" Matt asked, as he was only told an hour prior. Also to break the awkward silence that has followed their uncomfortable conversation.

"I don't know. But I keep thinking about him. I can't just go never seeing him again, knowing that we could have been soulmates." Nick said, the biggest smile on his face, thinking about the perfect brunette.

They arrived at the mall before Nick started talking more about his mysterious brunette.

Matt eyed Nick before looking at Chris who was just staring past both of them at a wall. "OH MY GOD NICK THERE HE IS!" Chris yelled pointing to where he had been staring.

Nick basically broke his neck with how fast he turned, only to see that Chris was joking. He slapped him on the arm before saying: "Why in God's name would you say that?" He asked muttering comments under his breath.

"You just missed him." Chris giggled before Nick slapped him again. "Just because you have another admirer, doesn't mean you should be too confident.." Nick trailed off, glaring at him firmly before turning around to scan the carpark for him. He was unsuccessful.

"Alright that's enough guys, let's go." Matt said, putting an arm between the two of them, before starting to walk towards the elevator.

They got in and when they came out, they suddenly remembered how big the mall was. "So....is there a tactic Nick?" Matt asked, staring at all of the people that walked past.

"Oh my gosh." One teenage girl muttered, staring at the triplets, before tapping another girl standing next to her and pointed at them. Her face then dropped with amazement.

They were fans.

They basically came skipping over to them, asking for the usual, a selfie. After they took it, they thanked them and were about to leave when one of them turned around and asked: "Are you guys lost? Do you need help?" She asked politely.

"Yes actually. Can you give us a general direction to the main stores?" Nick asked calmly.

The girl nodded before pointing in one direction and saying: "that way is the food court. If you keep going after that, there your big shops like Walmart and Target." And then pointed the opposite direction: "and over there are the electronic type stores like JB-HI-FI and Optus." And then pointed straight up "that's where you will find your Costco and toy stores along with books and candles." She said before smiling at them.

"Okay thank you so much. This is a big help." Nick said to the girl before she nodded and walked back over to her friend who was waiting for her.

"Wanna start at Costco?" Chris asked. "You're only saying that because you love Costco." Matt said, giving Chris an eye roll.

"Aw you know me so well Matty Bear." Chris said, walking over to the elevators before the other two followed close behind, giving each other looks.

They found themselves forgetting about the whole situation back at the hotel, looking through stores, and talking about random topics.

Nick started to feel more and more sad as the hours went past, and they still hadn't seen him. He knew that it was a huge city and that they probably wouldn't see him, but Nick just had this burning hope inside him that wouldn't go out.

Chris sighed, plopping himself down at a table in the food court. "What do you guys want to get for lunch?" He asked, sitting up and looking around at all of the takeaway shops.

Matt had been waiting for any moment to tell his brothers about him and Aubrey, but they had been so caught up in conversation, that he hadn't seen the right time.

After they got their food, they sat back down at the table and started talking. Suddenly there was a gap in the conversation and Matt found it perfect.

"Me and Aubrey are a thing now by the way." Matt said casually, even though he was shaking inside, so excited thinking about his electric moment with her this morning.

Nick's eyes widened looking at him, about to say something before calming down. Chris just looked at him, eyebrows raised, before realising that he wasn't surprised.

"It was gonna happen at some point." He smirked at him, Matt turning red. Nick laughed and nodded.

"And we cuddled last night.." Matt said, blushing harder. He truly loved Aubrey and got butterflies just thinking about her.

"Oh? Getting spicy already?" Nick asked and Matt just blankly stared, replaying their makeout session in his head. He blushed super hard and Nick and Chris gave each other a look.

Their brother was so in love.

Sorry this chapter was so long, I like this length of chapter better, would you rather this length or the regular length? Lmk in the comments!!

Hailey has kind of gone missing? And Nick is focused on finding his one true love that he was going to ditch Hailey for this lover boy? Will he find him? Read on to find out!!

Also I'm sorry this chapter was a bit late too, I was busy when my reminder went off to update. So sorry guys :(