please ☼ diego v

forty one: real life

evelyn's pov:

i rang the doorbell, my fingers shaking as i pulled them away. i looked at rose, who's face was bright red.

"i'm not ready," she whispered.

"yeah, you are."

the door opened, revealing diego. i dropped my backpack and ran to hug him. i heard rose giggle. i could almost feel diego's smile. he spun me around and kissed my cheek. he pulled me out of the doorway so rose could see thomas.

rose jumped into thomas, almost making him fall. we laughed, but we were all a little nervous. we took a few minutes to hug and take in each other's presence.

we all sat down on diego's couch for his big announcement.

"we are going to cedar point!" he smiled. "i know you said you loved roller coasters, so i thought i'd treat!"

"oh my gosh!" rose yelled. "i'm so happy!"

"his mom is driving us and my dad will pick up. but we have all day there," thomas said.

"this is the best! thank you!" i said, kissing diego on the cheek.

——

"that was awkward," rose laughed, obviously talking about how diego's mom hears diego and me on the phone late at night.

"hey! at least she's cool with it!" diego defended.

"i feel bad," i rolled my eyes.

"don't feel bad. at least it's not like we're screaming," he slugged his arm around me.

"screaming what?" thomas asked.

"screaming each other's names," rose joked. i slapped her, wiggling my eyebrows at her and thomas, who were awfully close together.

"well, not being nasty like you," diego started. "i scream her name when she falls asleep."

"um, excuse me! i'm three hours ahead!"

"excuses, excuses."

"i've seen that ride in commercials! let's go!" rose started to run ahead. we all followed suit.

——

"i'm hungry," thomas said, again.

"how many times are you going to say that?" rose asked him.

"as many times as i had to until we go get food!" he replied.

"i know a great place," diego said.

by now, it was lunch already. we only went on a few rides because it was pretty crowded. we ordered our food and sat down at a picnic table. i pulled out a map and looked at what rides were nearby.

i looked up to see rose and thomas having a staring contest, and diego shoving fries down his mouth. i smiled to myself, i was finally here with my best friends.

——

the sun was setting and we were still walking around the park. rose wanted to get pictures, per usual, with the guys and i. it started to get cold, and i left my jacket at the hotel.

however, diego hooked me up with his sweatshirt. it was huge on me, but it didn't matter.

after we had our photo shoot, we went to ("finally" - thomas barbusca) go get dinner.

diego and thomas said they wanted to show us one of their "tricks." thomas sat down and diego stood up, splitting fries in his hands.

"ready?" diego asked.

"yep!"

diego tossed fries into thomas's mouth. he missed a few before he caught any.

"was that supposed to be impressive?" i laughed.

"let's see you try!" thomas shouted.

"fine," rose shrugged, taking thomas's spot.

i ripped up a fry and tossed one at rose. it went right into her mouth.

"do it again," diego rolled his eyes. i lifted an eyebrow and smirked. i threw the second one and it landed in her mouth again.

"again."

landed straight her in mouth.

"again?"

right in her mouth, again.

"okay, what the shit," thomas shook his head. "take a video, rose. and toss them at me."

rose brought out her phone and went on instagram stories. she hit record and tossed a piece at thomas, purposefully hitting him in the forehead.

"really, rose!" he shouted, grabbing a couple of fries from his plate and throwing them at her.

"thanks for that! love you, too. thomas the train headass," she mumbled. he died laughing from that, even though it wasn't very funny. she quickly took a picture.

"let's try again." she tossed another fry, getting it right into his mouth.

"what that mouth do?" i whispered, receiving a laugh from diego.

"excuse me? what'd you just say?" rose said, recording on her phone.

"that's not the only thing going in his mouth," diego wiggled his eyebrows, speaking very loud.

a man sitting in front of us turned around as thomas picked up his phone and laughed. we quickly got up and ran away.

——

"i don't want you to leave."

"i don't want to leave either," i sighed. i put my head on diego's shoulder. we ended up going to thomas's house after, only because he insisted we did.

it was two in the morning, and thomas himself fell asleep.

diego offered to call his dad to pick rose and me up, but we told him we'd get an uber. he agreed and told me to call him when we got to the hotel.

before we left, though, i snuck a picture of thomas sleeping. diego walked us to the door and kissed me on the cheek. he smiled and waved at the door.

"bye, diego!" i smiled.

"bye, ev."

"bye, bitch. see you tomorrow!" rose shouted, running between me and diego. i hugged diego before hopping into the back of the uber.

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wow who knew i could actually write a STORY??
hope you enjoyed the longest chapter yet!!! (don't get used to it🤠)