starstruck ~ chris sturniolo x y/n / matt sturniolo x y/n

part nine＊*•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙*˚

Now that I've been sitting here for a few minutes it doesn't seen like a restaurant anymore it's more like a bar now. The table filled with different glasses. Everybody already ate their dinner and the plates have been put away. Now all are just ordering drink after drink. I haven't even really introduced myself to the people next to me. I've seen them before but don't know their names. As I'm starting to talk to the guy next to me the waiter comes and asks for my order. ''one cosmopolitan please'' I say as the waiter is writing it down and already turning to the next person.

I look over to Chris at the complete opposite side of the table to see what he is doing. He seems to be arguing with Nick.  I can't quite make out what they are talking about but their friends around them are all laughing so i assume they are just joking around. You can see Chris's happiness in his eyes. It really is his day. I know how stressful the last months must have been. Finally everything he planed is coming out.

Nick sits next to him. Wearing all black, intimidating as always. I'm not really nervous about him. Rather the person next to him. On his right side -as always- is my ex-childhood-bestie. Madi.

Ahh. Why does she have to be so close with Chris. Seeing her so close to the boy i'm interested in is breaking my heart a little. Not because I think there will be anything between them. No. But just the point that my half enemy is close to my love interest. The person that i really admire next to the person I would never in my live trust again. I know they are really good friends, he sees her like a little sister Chris told me. He asked me once if I know Madi and I said yes but left the part of us being friends for years out. I just didn't feel like it was necessary, it probably would make everything more complicated. I wonder if she knows about me being closer to Chris now. Has he told her and his brothers? Has she talked to him about me? Has she told him that we know each other really well? I pray that she hasn't.

She didn't look at me when I arrived. I don't know what to do about her. And I don't want some shitty friendship i had in middle school ruin my chances with Chris. Why is everyone a problem. Madi. Matt. I just wait for the next moment I'll get on Nick's bad side too. I sign silently.

After my drink arrives and I take a few small sips. I get to know the people around me more and am really starting to have fun. Chris's friends are really nice. They all are pretty close. A lot of inside jokes that I don't understand, so I mostly don't say much and just observe the positive energy and laugh with them. I feel better than I thought I would. I love that Chris has such a close friend group. A group of loyal friends. Madi doesn't fit at all.

The evening goes well so far. Even the bad vibes on the walk here with Matt didn't stop me from having fun now. Hah. I almost forgot it even happened since it was so unreal.

''Y/N. Don't take it personal Chris just... has no interest in you. The earlier you get it the better. I've seen girls like you a million times before. Don't make the same mistake as them. Chris isn't a relationship type of guy. That's just the way it is. Stop wasting your time and his time.'' , that was what he said.

Relationship type guy. Who's talking about relationships already. I haven't even made my mind up about all that. Chris and I aren't dating. We are not exclusive. As of right now we are just friends. Friends with casual flirting and texting almost everyday and facetiming. Maybe we are a little bit more. But with him busy the last few weeks we just haven't talked about this kind of thing at all. Who is Matt to judge our situation? What does he know? Has Chris told him something? I don't understand one thing about Matt. I try to not think about his opinion but his words burned into my mind: ''It's better you keep your distance from him. You don't want a guy like him.''