Best friends brother

waffles and a snowcone machine

i wake up to an empty bed and the smell of bacon. i walk downstairs to a kitchen of hungry childish 21 year old boys and mary lou who is pretty much my second mom, making breakfast. "goodmorning!" mary lou and nick say at the same time. "morning" i say tiredly. i walk over to chris and he hugs me. "goodmorning, pookie bear" he whisper. i giggle "nooooo stop. it's gross" "okay how bout... princess. or darling. or baby. or gorgeous because you're absolutely beautiful." "it's too early for this chris. i see waffles. i need waffles before we talk about nicknames" i say, going to help mary lou finish breakfast. when we finish, the boys come stampeding into the kitchen like they haven't had food in days. i grab heart shaped mini waffles, and egg, bacon and orange juice. i walk over to the table where the boys are already scarfing down their food. "calm down you pigs there's seconds if you need it." "that's the point. we want seconds" matt says. "okay okay whatever. i eat my food like a civilized human being and the boys all go for seconds. when i'm done i steal a mini waffle from chris and run. it was the last thing on his plate. he chases me around the house and eventually tackles me on the couch in his room. "OKAY OKAY!!!! you win" i say out of breath from running and laughing. "thank you" he says taking the waffle out of my hand. he splits it in half and hands me one piece while he puts the other in his mouth. i eat the piece he gives me and smile. he kisses me on the cheek andlays his head on my chest. i wrap my arms around his neck and play with his hair. we lay like that for a while, on our phones when he asks what he's gonna do about telling the fans. "maybe make an insta post or photos of us and explain it? idk but blur my face out because i don't want creeps finding me and coming to my house" i say all seriously. i decide to make a insta account and i name it chris•sturniolos•girl because everyone else has taken the other ones. i take a photo with my arm in the air (birds eye view) of chris laying on me and another level with the couch so you can see his face. i scream for nick and math to come in and they help us take a few more photos. we do one of chris giving me a piggy back and try to do one of my giving him a piggy back. matt manages to take the photo before i collapse and we fall over laughing on the floor. he takes one of that too. then we take one of all four of us. nick finds a good face blurring sticker/filter thingy and we put if on my face in every photo.  i posted some of the same photos, blocking my face. nick brought up the idea to go to target and cvs and 5 below and store like that to try and find some fun things for no reason. we got in the van, this time nick and i in the back. chris seemed to be not clingy, but almost not wanting anyone near me. but not overprotective. i decide to text nick even though we're next to each other. me: ... nick: yep. me: yep what? nick: yep as in i know what your thinking. me: yep. i can't think of the word for it. not clingy. not overprotective. nick: yeah i can't think of it either but ik what you're talking about. could just be "oh i have a new girlfriend i need to keep her safe and stay with her" because maybe he doesn't wanna like get distant and break up or something. me: dude it's been 1 day we aren't breaking up. we pulled into the parking lot and matt parks near the front of the target. we got out and walked into the store. "we should all get matching outfits and then go to an amusement park" i joke "you can't go on rides, rayna" matt says. "well how bout next week" i say "YES" chris says eagerly. matt says he needs to go find something and we split up chris and matt, and nick and i. nick and i immediately go to the "toys" section to look for funny toys we would've played with as a child. every time nick and i go to target we have to go see the toys. i can't remember a time we went to target when we didn't do that. i find a weird action figure from the new jurassic park animation show. for some reason nick finds its face fucking hilarious and almost falls over laughing. then after showing each other more funny toys, nick says "do you think chris is talking to matt about it? "idk" i respond "but is it just me being weird?" "no it's not just you because i notice too. i don't think i've ever seen him like this..." nick says. then chris and matt walk over. "hey!" i say. "what you guys up too?" chris asks "laughing at stupid children's toys."i turn and notice behind a giant toy dog, some small stuffed animals. there's a blue and white one, a pink and white one and a black and white one. i bend down and reach my arm behind the dog. they're squishmallows. "what is that?" matt asks "my dream" i say laughing. "it's belana (blue) connor (black) and the light pink version of caedyn. "omg not more squishmallows" chris says sarcastically. "CHRIS. they're the COWS. do you have any idea how hard it is to get the cows???" "not really" chris says, clearly uninterested. "whatever i'm getting these. damn now i got bubba and belana and connor and caedyn." i say excitedly. "crazy" chris says sarcastically. i playfully punch him. "oh my god i forgot come here" he says running over to another spot in the store. we chase him to an aisle of kitchen appliances. "there!!" he points at a white and red box. it's a snow cone machine. "the one we wanted before the snow cone vlog" nick says. "what?" i ask confused "when we made the video where we made snow cones we wanted this one but it was out of stock so we had to buy the other one." nick explains "ohhhh" i say understanding now. "wait come here" matt says. him and i run over to another aisle where we pick different snow cone flavours. "we need the unicorn dust one" i say giggling and i grab the last one on the shelf. we walk over to nick and chris with our hands full of snow cone flavouring. "you did not" nick says seeing the unicorn dust flavour. "i did" i say laughing "and you guys are trying it" "babe your delusional if you think i'm going to eat that" chris says "oh come on please" i beg "i will if you do" "fine" chris gives in. we walk over to the cash registers with the oddest assortment of things imaginable. Makeup, squishmallows and a snow cone machine. once we're done, we go back to the van and get in. we drove to another plaza that had a cvs and a mcdonald's and went to mcdonald's because chris kept complaining he was hungry. "you sure you don't want anything else, rayna?" he asks me as i pick up my fries and drink cup. "no. i get really sick if i eat fast food beef and i just really like the fries" i say filling my cup with sprite. "okay. i just know you have a hard time eating sometimes" "yeah but i don't have an eating disorder or anything i'm just not usually hungry until after lunch" i say. i genuinely don't have a eating disorder or difficulty eating. im just weird. "i know i'm just making sure you're not going to be annoying in half an hour because you're hungry" "mhm" i say rolling my eyes. we walk over to the cvs and split up again. matt and nick go one way and i drag chris over to the makeup. "chris are you okay? you've been acting kinda weird" i ask "yeah i'm fine. why am i acting weird?" he answers. but i know he knows what i mean "because you've been distant and at the same time not possessive just very protective? you seemed sad that i kept going off with nick.""i'm okay but i've never really had a gf except for the "middle school relationships" and everyone knows i have a big fear of being in a relationship. it's hard for me because i've never felt this way and i'm used to wanting to push the feeling down." he explains" i get it. maybe not the same way you do but i understand a lot of that. i also know it might be weird because i'm dating my best friends brother. he's giving that one song from victorious." i laugh. "hah. yeah." he looks away. u can tell this is very different for him and he doesn't know what to do. suddenly i hug him. i know he's not a big hugger but i can tell it's what he needs in the moment. he acts shocked for a second and then hugs me back. we stand there for a while in silence just enjoying each others company. just hugging. "i'm sorry rayna" chris says quietly "what for?" taking my head off his shoulder and looking up at his gorgeous blue eyes "i'm sorry i'm being overprotective and awkward about this." "oh chris... you're not being awkward it's normal for the start of a relationship to not be "normal" or for it to be a bit weird. it's been what 2 days? 3? i don't fucking know but obviously we're both going to be a bit weird about it." "i know i just feel bad abou-" i cut him off and kiss him. "don't worry. i'm happy and i'm happier if your happy" i say reassuring him. "thank you" he says cutely. "why are we even in makeup let's go find my brothers" he says turning to go find the boys. "noooo i need a new mascara and blush" i say grabbing his hand and pulling him back "you don't need makeup rayna"'chris says "okay well that's your opinion not mine. and either way i just like putting makeup on it's fun. OMG WAIT CAN I DO UR MAKEUP CHRIS PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE" i gasp "um... no." chris says sternly.