Stars Aligned - Matt Sturniolo

5

"hello Miami!" larray smiles as he walks out the airport. "it's so hot here." noah waves his hand at his face. "noah it's not that hot. be fucking for real." scar says. "I already love it here." nailea says. "our hotel is— Fontainebleau Miami Beach." scar reads from her phone. "it's right at the beach." larray says. "I remember from when I came here first." larray says. "lead us there, captain." nailea says and everyone giggles.

"this hotelroom is cozy as fuck." scar drops her bags in front of the bed. "it isss." nailea drags on as she drops his next to scar's. "and our hotelroom is right next door." noah smiles. "thanks for letting nai stay in mine." scar smiles as she wraps her arms around nailea her shoulders from the back. "I wanna stay here too." larray whines. "sorry, hun! bedrooms for two only." nailea smiles and larray groans. "head to your bedroom guys. it's late." scar whispers the last sentence. "buh- bye." noah walks out. "good night." larray smiles before closing the hotelroom door.

"we're gonna have so much fun the upcoming week. I already know it." nailea smiles as she flops on the bed. "yeah. really annoying that the triplets couldn't come, tho." scar flops on the bed next to nailea. "I know. but we'll call them every day. starting today." nailea pulls out her phone. "you can already call them, I just have to go to the front desk again. the water doesn't work." scar rolls her eyes as she stands up. "okay." nailea smiles. scar leaves the hotelroom and heads to the front desk. someone she hasn't seen yet is sitting at it. a boy. a blonde, tall boy.

"hi." scar smiles as she reaches the front desk. "oh hey." the boy smiles. "I'm scarlett. I'm staying in a room here." scar says. "I'm joshua. nice to meet you." joshua smiles. "you too." she smiles and a light pink tint paints both their faces as they shake hands. "uhm the water in my room isn't working so—" scar says and josh nods. "I'll come check it out." he stands up from his desk and follows scar to her room. she opens the door and hears nailea talking to the triplets. "this thing isn't working." she points at the sink. "the sink?" josh chuckles and scar nods. "potato potato." she laughs, pushing him slightly at his arm. "I'll fix it, don't worry." he walks in the bathroom and kneels down.

scar walks to the hotel bedroom and sees nailea her phone set up on the bed as nailea is sitting in front of it. "the guy fixing our sink is like— a total smokeshow." scar says louder than she wanted, walking to nailea. "is he?" nailea asks. "blonde, tall, muscular. you can't go wrong with that." she smiles. "hi guys!" scar smiles at all the triplets on the screen of nailea's phone. "a smokeshow, huh?" nick asks from his phone. "totally." scar nods. matt's head drops and chris looks at him. scar didn't notice all that happening. "the sink is fixed." joshua walks in the bedroom. "smokeshow." nailea whispers. "thanks." scar smiles as she walks over to joshua. nailea subtly turns the phone to scar and joshua so that the triplets could also see.

wrong decision.

"we should go out sometime." joshua smiles at scar. she smiles softly and nods. "we should." she smiles. "what about tomorrow?" joshua asks and scar turns to nailea. "do we have any plans for tomorrow?" scar asks. "from 12 to 5." nailea answers. "what about at 8 or something?" joshua asks. "we're free then." nailea says. "tomorrow at 8, don't worry, I'll come here to pick you up." joshua smiles. "thanks. see you tomorrow." scar blushes. "see you tomorrow." joshua smiles and he kisses scar's hand before leaving. "oh my god oh my god oh my god!" scar squeals. "ugh I love it when guys do that." scar smiles as she sits back on the bed. nailea turns the phone back to them and notices matt's looking down and he looks sad but she doesn't say anything about it.

"like I hate when men like woman and don't do shit about it it's like keep up your game, dude." scar rolls her eyes. "but joshua did something about it." scar smiles and blushes. "so you guys." she points at the camera and matt looks up, his eyes slightly red but scar doesn't notice. "learn from me and listen. if you like someone, do something about it." those were the words that stayed in matt's head forever. "anyways y'all." nailea claps. "it's late and we're exhausted from the flight." nailea says and scar nods. "so we're going to bed." nailea says. "no we're not. we're just gonna hang up and gossip." scar says and nailea gasps and giggles. "good night." nick smiles as nailea picks up her phone. "good night guys." scar smiles. "'night." chris says. nailea hangs up and scar smiles. "so. joshua." nailea claps.

meanwhile at the triplets'

"I took too long." matt's words muffle in his hands. "kid you met her not even a week ago." nick says. "well that joshua dude asked her out 20 minutes after he met her." matt shrugs. "your time will come. that guy is a dumb blonde, i could tell. he'll probably break up with her and then you can pitch in, be there as a friend and then she sees she's meant to be with you." chris says and matt looks up. "you think so?" matt asks and chris nods. "what do I say when that time comes?" matt asks. "you'll know then. you'll know what words you're meant to say." chris says. "huh— okay." matt says.