as you wish

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irl, social media

kaia's mom, chloe's mom, nathan's mom, and marylou all checked their kids out of school for the week; a few absences looks better than a suspension.

chloe would most likely be spending a few days at kaia's, and nate has been sleeping at the triplet's house. 4 days until they leave for la.

now that they don't have to worry about school for a few days, the triplet's had plenty of time to pre-film some videos for while they're gone. and, of course, they'd be vlogging kaia's birthday.

nick is always the first one awake, so he goes to chris' room first to get him and nate up, then matt's. he knocks on matt's door, but doesn't hear anything.

"matt, we have to film with nate, wake up." nick quietly opens the door.

matt grumbles and rolls over in bed.

"matthew, wake up." nick jumps on his bed.

"what, nick?!" matt shouts at him, now awake.

"film day. we can crank out a couple car videos and a vlog with nathan." nick reminds him.

"ok, i get it, jeez." matt sits up.

before leaving, nick notices matt's nightstand, and examines the picture.

"where'd you get that?" nick asks, pointing to the photo.

"nowhere." matt grabs the picture and shoves it under his pillow.

"why are you hiding it like i've never seen it? i'm literally in the picture, too." nick laughs.

"i don't care. just leave me alone." matt groans.

"you okay? you know you can talk to me about anything. i can tell you're probably nervous for the trip with kaia." nick states.

"i'm not nervous, i'm just not looking forward to being around someone that hates me." matt answers.

"she doesn't hate you." nick replies.

"yes she does. and even if she didn't, she still said she's not ready to hangout with me or talk to me casually. what's the point of me going?" matt rolls his eyes.

"the point of you going is that you're one of her best friends, even if you're not on speaking terms. you're still important to her. and did she say that to you? when did you talk?" nick asks.

"at denny's yesterday. i thanked her for everything with james and she did answer me, but she said she's not ready." matt responds.

"just take it slow. and you know her, she'll probably get shit-faced at her birthday and end up talking to you." nick jokes.

"but i don't wanna talk to her just because she's drunk, that's basically taking advantage of the situation. i want her to want me- to talk to me, i mean." matt answers.

"i have a question, and you have to answer honestly. i won't tell anyone." nick starts.

"okay, what?" matt asks, confused.

"do you have feelings for kaia?" nick asks.

matt sits in silence, thinking for a few minutes.