chapter one

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"Tate! Get up!" I hear a yell coming from one of the triplets, I just can't tell which one. They slept at my house last night since I was too nervous to sleep alone in my new apartment. I just moved to Los Angeles last week, but have been searching for a home, so I've been staying at the Sturniolos. Whenever they go back to Boston I go back to Calgary, Canada. I was raised in a super Italian family, and love to visit my parents back home and my puppy, LuLu.
I'm in my target pajamas I got with Chloé, my childhood best friend. She moved to LA a few months before I did, and ever since I've moved here we've grown super close. "Good morning," I say to Nick, noticing the others aren't here. "Hey T, I'm about to DoorDash breakfast. What do you want?" I'm too busy wondering where Matt and Chris went to realize Nick is talking to me. "Where are the other two?" I ask. "I'm not sure, but I'm ordering Starbucks. What do you want?" Nick always knows my order, so I was a little confused but continued to tell him my usual order. I decide to text our group chat.

gucci gang❤️‍🔥💸
me: TW⚠️
matt: ketchup fan🍅
chris: chrispi🥤
nick: nickiiii💗
chloé: calgary cousin🛥️

Chris and Matt. :TW⚠️

chrispi🥤: someones awake!!!

WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU TWO :TW⚠️
nick and i didnt think you guys were alive :TW⚠️

nickiiii💗: js tate was worried🤷‍♀️
❤️ by ketchup fan🍅

okay so are you going to answer? :TW⚠️
read 11:39 am.

The food arrives a few minutes later and I'm starving. I eat my bacon and gouda sandwich and drink my strawberry acai while rewatching OBX season 2 with Nick. "God John B. is so hot," I say. Nick speaks under his breath. I give him a what? look and he just ignores. I'm starting to get really suspicious. Chris nor Matt answered me, and Nick is definitely acting weird. I ask him if anything had happened. "No, nothing." He says. Annoyed with the short talk, I say, "are you sure? You and your brothers have been acting off this morning." He again answers with nothing, and storms off back to one of the bedrooms, which he was staying in. I finish up the episode since there was only two minutes left. I didn't want to watch anymore without Nick, so I headed back to my room. I started to get ready for the day. I had to run a few errands before shopping for even more furniture. I take my hair out of the messy bun I'm wearing and do my hair. Then, I start my makeup, and pick out a cute fit.

what tate is wearing:

I place a few items in my bag and get ready to walk out of my bedroom door

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I place a few items in my bag and get ready to walk out of my bedroom door. All I'm thinking about is my to-do list as I open the bedroom door and I'm greeted with a "surprise!" It's Chloé standing there with the triplets! I give her a huge hug. She has been back home in Calgary for the week, so I've missed her. "So that's why you guys were so off this morning!" I say, as Matt walks towards his room for the time being. "That's not all," says Chloé. I turn towards Matt's room, the direction everyone else was looking. I watch him open his door, and there running out of the room is, "Lulu!!" I've been wanting to get Lulu here with me since I've moved here, but since the apartment wasn't ready I haven't been able to bring her. She's also only 9 months old, so I would feel awful moving her to the Sturniolos house and then moving her again to mine.

Lulu:

About thirty minutes later, Chloé leaves to get back to her place

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About thirty minutes later, Chloé leaves to get back to her place. She lives in the complex across from mine, so she just walked back. I explain to the triplets I have to go run a few errands. Matt asks if he could come with me. "Only if you drive," I say. He agrees, which is probably a bad idea because then Chris and Nick are stuck at my house until we get back. But, we head to the elevator which will take us down to the car garage. He insists on taking the mini van, but I make him drive my jeep. We hop in the car and I start to pull up directions. "You call Target an errand?" He says. He knows I'm at Target maybe ten times a week. He's able to pull out of the garage, but I can tell he's nervous. Matt has really bad drivers anxiety, so I feel bad making him drive my car. "Matt, if you want I could drive or we could turn around and drive your car." He's determined to let me know he is, quote on quote, fine, so he continues to follow the GPS..

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