𝑆𝐿𝑈𝑇. - mattia polibio

twenty - five .

mattia was finally able to distract me from my entire situation. people began leaving the party and i assumed my parents were already mad at me for being out so late.

"matt gimme your keys," i demand.
"for what? you're gonna drive?" he asks sarcastically.
"you really think i'm gonna let you drive home after you've been drinking?" i question.
"i guess i thought you wouldn't have a choice," he says.
"i know how to drive!" i scoff jokingly, "you need to have more faith in me."
"okay well i need more to work with here," he laughs, "i feel like i don't know a lot about you."
"i mean date number 2 is sounding pretty good right now," i trail off.
"i'm getting to that!" he says pulling his keys out of his pocket, "we should leave before anyone else tries to talk to me."
"okay mister famous," i giggle, "i cant believe i'm dating a celebrity."
"i'm literally a 17 year old boy who makes 15 second videos."
"oh shut up, you're more famous than i'll ever be.
but i am starting to get some tiktok clout.."

"y/n!" i hear a voice call, interrupting our conversation.
"talie? i thought you left already! are you okay?" i ask.
"yeah why wouldn't i- woww oh my god i love this carpetttttt," she mumbles, crawling onto the ground, "how did i not notice this befor-"

she sounded wasted, yet again. natalie often drowned her problems with drinking and partying. i had been trying to make progress with her but it clearly had no effect on her. the weird thing was she didn't even smell like alcohol.

"get up," i sigh pulling her arm, "im driving you both home."
"noooo," natalie pouts, "im not leaving! my parents are out of town anyway, they were fighting againnn."
"what's with everyone's parents fighting," mattia mumbles under his breath.
"i'm sorry to hear that," i say, "but we should leave anyway, people are starting to get too crazy."
"y/n this is when all the good shit goes down. why can't you just tell your parents you're sleeping over at my place? they always believe you."
"what about mattia?" i question.
"what about me?" he asks, "i barely even know where my parents are. nobody is missing me."
"exactly, i want you safe at your own house," i sigh, "but i guess it's fine for right now at least. i'll tell my parents."

it was no use trying to convince her anyway. after a short call and some expert convincing skills, i was sitting in a circle on mattia's lap with a bunch of his friends.

"y'all are fucking boring," a curly haired guy says, "why don't we play a game?"

"that's mar," mattia whispers in my ear.

"why can't we just keep playing beer pong?" kairi asks, annoyed, "y'all fucked up our game!"
"because you guys have been doing it all night," mariano continues, "now's when the real shit goes down."

"real shit?" i ask mattia quietly, "what do we have to do?"
"it's nothing, just stupid party games," mattia laughs, "they like to exaggerate."

"truth or dare?" a girl calls out.

"that's vic right?"
"yeah, i can't believe you actually remembered a name," mattia jokes.

"truth or dare is lame as hell," alvaro complains, "let's ditch this party and go somewhere else."
"nah truth or dare can be fun if you make it," alejandro adds, "let's play."
"bet," mar says, "who's first?"

"nat!" ale yells.
"why me?" natalie complains, nudging his shoulder, "i vote ale should go first."

"nah this is all you," mar says, "truth or dare?"
"ughh," she says, "truth cause i'm not fucking getting up."
"craziest place you've have sex?"
"this is hard," she sighs, "probably a church?"

i watched as ale's facial expressions changed into shock when she finished her sentence.

"damn i love me a church girl," he says smirking and pulling her waist closer to him.
"my turn!" natalie says, "ale, truth or dare?"
"dare," he grins.
"i dare you to fuck me," she says laughing.
"ohh you didn't have to dare me to do this," ale says grabbing her hand and pulling her into a different room.

"they always do this shit," alvaro sighs, "i'll go since ale left, mattia truth or dare?"
"dare," he shrugs.
"mkay i dare you to call your ex and tell her you want her back."

i rolled my eyes. i knew it was just a stupid dare but kenzie somehow always found a way back into my life. mattia said their relationship was short and unimportant but i never fully believed him. how can they date for months and act like they were never in love? when i fall for someone, i fall hard.

"bruh are you kidding?" mattia complains, "i'm not doing that."
"sorry luv rules are rules," alvaro says, "i'll wait.."

mattia glanced at me as if he was asking for approval. i looked down at my hands in an attempt to make him feel guilty for what he was about to do but he continued on with the dare.

"someone pass me my phone," mattia demands.
"ayee thatta boyy," roshaun chimes in, "you never miss a dare."

mattia dialed a number and put the phone on speaker, waiting for a response. instead of hearing kenzie's familiar voice answer the call, the ring of her cell echoed across the room.

"that's weird," mattia says, picking up her phone from the couch, "why's her phone in alejandro's seat?"
"maybe she was sitting there earlier," alvaro comments, "just drop it off at her house later. anyw-

"i thought she was supposed to be at the police station?" i butt in, "where is she?"
"it doesn't matter," mar says, "just continue the game."

obviously i wanted to figure out where kenzie was, but i also didn't want to embarrass myself in front of mattia's friends. i decided to just keep my mouth shut. that is, until it was my turn. natalie and alejandro had come back from their.. adventures, and all eyes were on me.

"truth or dare?" mar asks me with a devilish smile.
"uhm.. truth?"
"don't be a pussy," he says, "im out of truths."
"okay fine then," i give in, "dare."

"i dare you to.." mar looks around the room searching for an answer, "make out with natalie."

i cringe at the thought and look over to see mattia's frightened expression.

"i have a boyfriend."
"yeah, we both do," natalie adds.
"exactly," mar laughs, "so it doesn't mean shit. you're both straight."
"it's still cheating," i point out.
"it's not that deep, but if you really want to, just make your boyfriends agree to it..," mar suggests, nodding his head toward mattia and alejandro.

"as long as it doesn't mean anything," alejandro shrugs, "i don't care. i know she's mine."

"matt?" alvaro says, "you don't care either, right?"

mattia's jaw clenched.

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a/n: HI🙈
this sounds like a filler chapter but some of the stuff in here is important pay attention to the details baes😼😼 also i'm starting to not like the book and i wanna change up the style a little, like with mattia's pov n stuff and possibly longer chapters lmk if that sounds cool
alsoooo i've been writing more so maybe i'll finally have a normal posting schedule hehe