🪽 - a Sturniolo short story

🪽pt 8 (Recognized)

A/N: I just wrote pt 9 a few days ago...it's about to get dark...but for now enjoy part 8!!

Chris gets recognized while alone at a local gas station. What happens???

TW: nothing big I think...just the usual

(Also for the east coast people I'm thinking of this gas station like a mini Wawa...size of a normal gas station, but inside is like a Wawa)

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It's officially been one week since Matt left. Nick got Chris out of the house around two days ago to go get something to eat (finally), but other than that, there hasn't been much progress.

Chris decided to walk to a local gas station to grab some food and get some exercise. Before leaving, he went up to Nick's room and asked if he wanted anything.

As soon as he opened his brother's door, he was met with chaos. Clothes and drink cans were everywhere. Pictures were turned face down, or broken on the floor, and the only light in the room came from Nick's computer screen, which he forgot to turn off last night.

Just as Chris turned on the light, Nick emerged from the bathroom. The oldest triplet now had, almost, the same face as Chris with a pale complexion and dark red bags under his eyes. Chris knew his brother was starting to feel bad as well, but that call was still not apart of the question yet. He turned on the big light in Nick's room.

"Hey I'm heading to the gas station, wanna come?" Chris asked

"I'll just hang back I think. Can you get me a salad though?" Nick responded as his eyes adjusted to the light. Chris nodded and left the house.

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When he got to the gas station, he realized it was a bit busier than normal, which was weird for a Thursday afternoon, but Chris went in anyway. He walked over to the premade food and grabbed a salad for Nick and a sandwich for himself. On his way over to grab a drink, he was stoped by a girl.

"Excuse me?" Chris turned around to face the girl speaking. "Are you Chris Sturniolo?" Chris really was hoping this wouldn't happen. Especially this close to his home, but he wasn't gonna lie to the girl, that would be stupid.

Chris flipped a switch in his mind to put on his relaxed, positive attitude for the girl. "Yep that's me." He said. The girl asked for a picture and just as he was about to walk away the girl asked another question.

"Wait, where are Nick and Matt?" She asked him. Well shit. He couldn't say he walked here, because she would know he lived close, but what was he supposed to say? He was alone in the gas station.

He made up a lie, "Nick is at home and Matt went to go get something for the car so I had to get dropped off here." The girl believed and let him go, but just in case, he grabbed one more salad from the case so the girl wouldn't say anything about him only grabbing two items. He did the same with the drinks, payed, and snuck back home.

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Chris POV:

I gave Nick his salad and put the other one in the fridge before heading to my room with my sandwich. Next thing I knew, I was in my room, eating a soggy ass sandwich with tears streaming down my face yet again.

I missed Matt, but every time I think about what would happen if I would of gone with him, I think of Nick, alone in our house, surrounded by all the memories and how I would feel without Nick. Would it be the same?

I tried talking Nick into getting Matt back not that long ago, but it didn't work. We ended up getting into a big fight about how Matt was just being childish and how I was being over dramatic.

I decided to go on Tik Tok for the first time all week and found the picture I took with the fan not that long ago. I decided to open the comments...bad idea
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"Chris looks so dead inside...I hope he's ok"

"Where are Nick and Matt? Did something really happen to one of them?"

"Ok I'm all for taking breaks but what is happening I can't live anymore without content"
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I closed the app after that. I wasn't about to let any of them get to me or push me into saying something publicly I would regret. I decided it would just be best if I stayed inside the house until Matt came back to keep myself from this happening again. This is a lot harder than I thought it would be.
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A/N: yeessssss...part 9 will be posted when I write part 10 so idk when that is (maybe tomorrow) I'm excited for yall to see -Leah