𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒, matt sturniolo

౨ৎ 𝟬𝟬𝟰. ( clearly never does )

ִ ࣪ 𖤐 CHAPTER FOUR . . .
{ real life }

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AMARA SITS ON HER living room couch, watching an episode of 'dance moms' that plays on her tv as she snacks on a bag of dynamite doritos. it's been four days since the thing with her dad happened and she refused to go outside ever since, unsure if she's allowed to.

she only went outside once in the span of four days, which was to go to the deli down the street to buy snacks.

she misses going to school every morning. sure, it was the most annoying thing in the world, but now that she's older and has experienced life with no school, she wishes she took advantage of it instead of just counting down the days until she finally graduated and escaped.

college was never her plan, being that her uncle owns a restaurant and said she could work there whenever she wants to start. luckily, her dad didn't care much about her not going to college.

she doesn't know if she regrets her decision. sure, that isn't the route she wanted to take. but looking back at it, she would've had more freedom and fun in school. literal school.

her life now just consists of rotting in bed, watching korean dramas with english subtitles, overeating when shes bored, and sneaking around with matt.

four words to describe her life are: chaotic, calm, fun, and boring. four words that completely contradict one another.

with a huff, she rolls up the bag of dynamite doritos so she could save the rest for later and grabs the remote, pausing the dance moms episode. she surprises herself when she suddenly gets up and makes her way to her dads room, something she clearly never does.

the door is already open and she watches as her dad types aggressively on his laptop, most likely doing something for work. he's sat on a stool in front of a desk with a lack of emotion on his face, which doesn't come as a surprise to amara.

he always has the same, emotionless, expression on his face, which tends to scare amara. she could never tell if he's in a good or bad mood until she attempts to talk to him and figure it out.

but is she always ready to talk to him? debatable.

she knows he would never lay a finger on her, sober at least, but the way he yells in a soft tone and makes her cry without meaning to just intimidates amara.

with a deep breath, amara audibly clears her throat, instant regret flooding her body as her dad finally looks up and notices her presence.

he stays silent, clearly waiting for her to speak up and say why she's here. amara reads his facial expression, "hey, dad," amara greets, figuring it would be rude to just ask him a question then leave. when he simply nods in response, she continues, "i was just gonna ask you if im allowed to go out." she fidgets with her thumbs, shifting all of her weight to one foot and leaning against the doorframe.

he inhales sharply, making amara all the more nervous. she bites on the inside of her lip as she awkwardly waits for him to respond. he ultimately stops typing, turning around in his seat so he could fully face her. "go out where?" he gives her a challenging look.

"just out with tatum, and stuff." she replies shortly, not going into detail which she isn't sure her dad would appreciate or be mad about.

sometimes he just wants her to shut up by limiting the amount of words she says, and sometimes he wants the most detailed answers in the world. then he gets mad when amara gives him one or the other when he isn't in the mood.

her dad sighs deeply, clearly infuriated. she wants to smack herself in the face for not going into more detail and telling him where they go together, but it's too late now.

she's caught off guard when her dad says, "kai is going to a birthday party tomorrow, you and tatum could go with him." her eyes widen slightly, trying her best not to show her utter excitement and surprise.

"um, yeah sure. i'll talk to kai about it." she tells her dad in a fast pace, clearly excited. her dad gives her a simple nod before turning his attention back to his computer.

amara normally walks away from his room, beginning to silently cheer and dance around once she's out of his vision. it's very rare that her dad allows her to go places with kai, especially to parties.

she never stays around kai, though, never really liking his friends. there's only one —besides tatums brother, tristan— of his friends that she likes, but she like likes him.

the boy, conrad, has been amara's crush for over two years now, and she can't control it. she wants to get over him because she knows it'll never happen, being that she's nineteen and he's twenty-two, but she can't.

he's never showed interest in her, always treating her like 'kai's baby sister,' which technically, she is, but he makes it seem like she's a literal fetus and he's ancient. it's only a two year difference!

he's definitely aware of amara's crush on him, being that her whole friend group and kai know. also because of the way she zones out while looking into his eyes, but hopefully he doesn't notice that part.

she rolls her eyes at the thought of their impossible relationship, pulling out her phone and clicking on the group chat.

she is so inviting matt to this party.

they're never allowed to talk at parties, but just his presence is simply comforting to her, even though she can't even look at him without kai giving her a weird look.

whatever!

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conrad 🤔🤔
^^ his face claim is young chad michael murray

- mina