everything has changed. || m. sturniolo

.02 "don't get mad but.."

**BEEP

gigi was so deep in her thoughts that she couldn't hear their car beeping from the outside of her house. the sturniolos have been waiting for her for 5 minutes.

"Shit," the brunette mumbles to herself as she gets her school bag and runs out the door in a hurry. she almost falls down her stairs. she runs to the car and hops in the backseat next to nick. she buckles in and apologizes.

"I'm so sorry, oh my god!" The girl says, out of breath. "I wasn't paying attention and i was just staring at the wall! I'm really sorry, we're not gonna be late, right?"

"You're good," Nick replies. "We were actually like- 10 minutes early, so we aren't gonna be late." Nick chuckles.

"Aw man! you should've told her that we were 20 minutes late," exclaims chris, in a defeated tone. he was quite the prankster.

Gigi rolled her eyes and giggled. "Oh shut up!" The brunette says in a joking manner. "Thanks for picking me up by the way," She says, directing it to matt. He didn't say anything, he just focused on the road.

"Okay mr. tuff guy," she mumbles under her breath while rolling her eyes. Nick silently chuckles at her remark. Nobody else heard it.

Gigi focuses on Matt. She never really pays attention to him, but since he couldn't look at her, she decided to take her chance and observe. Once she really notices just how handsome he really is, she takes a deep breath. Since Nick is her closest friend, she decides to text him her thoughts.

gigi
don't be mad at me but

nick

But what

gigi
uhh matt's kinda hot.
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"Giahnna!" Nick yells, slamming his phone down and playfully hitting her arm. She says nothing and just smirks. "Giahnna I cannot believe you. But what about-" She cuts him off mid-sentence. "Shhhh shut up dumbass!"

Nick stops talking and nods. He shakes his head while mouthing the words "I can't believe you."

"We are talking about what the fuck you just said once we get to school," Nick annoyingly stated. Gigi giggles a little. "You sound like my mother," she says with a little evil grin.

Chris turns around to face Nick and Gigi. "What the hell is going on?" He asks. Right before they could answer, they arrived at school. Matt still hasn't said a word this whole time.

As they get out, Gigi mentions that this is the last first day of high school, or possibly school, ever. ever. Nick and Chris agree while Matt just stands there, creepily, not uttering a word.

They walk into school for the new school year one last time. "New school year, fresh start," is what Gigi tells herself every year. This time she's actually gonna stick with it.

"Check your schedules, guys," advised Gigi. All three brothers opened their bags and got out their schedules and reviewed them.

"What class do you guys have for first period? I have..." Gigi reads the paper. "Mr. Martell, what about you guys?"

"Me too," replied Chris. Matt still hasn't said anything. "Dammit, I have Mrs. Yellows," Nick stated. Nick looks at Matt to try to get him to talk, but they just awkwardly look at each other. "What's your problem, Matt?" Asks Chris. Matt just rolls his eyes and puts his stuff in his locker.

The bell rings and Chris and Gigi walk to their first period class together. Once they walk in, they are greeted by their teacher, Mr. Martell.

"Hello seniors, welcome back. As you can see, my name is Mr. Martell, and I will be your English teacher for this semester. Don't sit down yet, I assigned seats."

A bunch of loud groans escape from all of the tired students' mouths. Gigi hadn't been paying attention to who else was in her English class, so she looked around. She saw Matt in the corner, but she had no idea how he got there. She never saw him walk.

"Chris," the brunette girl whispers in Chris's ear. "Yeah?" Chris whispers back. "How did Matt get here??"She asks.

"He's been a fucking sneaky weirdo lately. No idea," Chris declared. Gigi nodded and agreed with his statement.

"And then Giahnna Lacey will be sitting right here, accompanied by Matthew Sturniolo in the seat on the right," Yells Mr. Martell. Gigi rolls her eyes and sits in the seat, and she watches Matt do the same. She immediately gets out her phone and texts Nick.

Gigi
nick matt's being sneaky and im scared. he sits next to me in firsg period. i think hes a vampire.

nick

Girll my brother is not a vampire. This is just how he acts when things are changing, or when he likes someone. Or both. Idfk with that kid.

gigi
should i talk to him to be nice? do u think he'll bite me and turn ME into a vampire?

nick
Lmao. He's not gonna bite. I hope. Try to talk to him.
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While the teacher is still assigning seats, Gigi puts her phone down and tries to talk to Matt.

"Matt," She called out his name. Matt turns his head to look at Gigi with a blank expression on his face. He doesn't say anything, he just expects her to talk.

She had nothing planned. She had no idea what she was gonna say.

"Uhm.. Are you okay?" She politely asks. That was a first. Matt's expression changes from blank to confused.

"Why do you care," he utters while rolling his eyes and turning away. "Matt. Come on, answer me," She nagged, expecting an answer. He turns back around to face her. "Alright alright. I'm fine, bye." He rolls his eyes again. "What the fuck?" she mumbles under her breath.

Chris watches this all happen from behind and is utterly confused. He just ignores it and goes on his phone.

"ALRIGHT," Mr. Martell yells. "Since everyone is in their seats, I expect you all to remember them, and sit in these seats the rest of the semester that I have you. I will be checking the seating chart daily to make sure everyone is in the correct seat.
Gigi rolls her eyes. She could not care less.

"Excuse me, Ms. Lacey," Declared the teacher. "Did you just roll your eyes at me? That's not very polite, young lady," He decreed.

Gigi pauses. God, why did she have to get embarrassed on the first day of school?  "I'm very sorry, Mr. Martell, it will not happen again," the girl dictated. "Smartass," Matt whispers under his breath. She heard him, but all she did was look at him.

Sooner or later the class ends, and then they survive second, third, and fourth periods, and then it's time for lunch. Gigi and Nick agreed that they would all meet each other in the cafeteria and sit at the same table, including Matt.

Gigi enters the cafeteria, and immediately Nick, Matt, and Chris catch her eye. She walks up to the lunch table, sits down, and is greeted by Nick and Chris. Matt says nothing and just stares at her. Gigi decides that she is fed up with Matt not speaking

"Listen, Matt. I know we aren't friends and we hate each other," She puts finger quotes up when she says hate each other. "But you're gonna have to talk and not just.. stare. You don't have to talk to me, but at least talk to your brothers for fucks sake," She says, fed up.

"Sorry," Matt says, in an assholy tone. Gigi rolls her eyes.