i woke up to the sun shining in through the singular window across the room. matt's sleeping face was the first thing i saw when i rubbed and opened my tired eyes. i would be eternally happy if i could wake up to matt for the rest of my life. his hair was hanging over his shut eyes. i could see his dark brown eyelashes through it. his smooth ivory skin only slightly interrupted on the sides of his face by fading acne scares and the barely noticeable shaved sideburns. his lips weren't as pink as they are in the day or night when he's awake. they looked a little chapped right now, but i would kiss them anyway. but not right now, i don't want to wake him. plus chris was on the other side of him.
i wonder if matt has said anything about us to chris and nick. they told each other everything, but i don't think he's said a thing to them about us. why do i keep calling me and him us? we aren't an "us". yet. no, i can't say that. but maybe. what if..... no, i just need to shut my brain off. i was romanticizing this to more than it really is.
it was too quite, like no one was awake. it felt early. i was too lazy to check the time on my phone. it was probably somewhere between 6 and 9 am.
i fell back asleep eventually and didn't wake up until everyone was up and being loud.
i opened my eyes to see matt was gone and chris was awake on his phone with his hair all disheveled. "where's matt?" i asked him. "taking a leak." he said smiling over at me. i grinned at that.
"you stole all my matt cuddles last night." chris said jokingly.
"hey, don't get jealous. there are enough matty cuddles to go around." he just grinned at me.
"and i guess i'm just a better cuddler." i add.
"nuh uh! no way! you could never spoon him like i do."
"okay there, sweet home alabama," i laugh. i actually think it's cute how affectionate the triplets are with each other.
chris is laughing uncontrollably now too, "there is nothing incest about me cuddling with my brother. and if it's incest for brothers to cuddle than it's also not so platonic for friends to cuddle either."
i just rolled my eyes and pushed him.
that's when matt comes in looking like he just woke up. his hair was all messy and his eyes were puffy.
"are y'all getting up or what?" he asked rubbing his face.
"i'm not ready to get the day started just yet." i told him and chris nodded in a agreement.
matt just stood there looking at us expressionless.
he didn't look like he was awake and ready for the day yet either.
i reached one of my arms out for him, "come back."
he sighed and i saw him give in and he trudged back to the bed.
chris scooted over but matt crawled over him to be back in the middle.
chris tackled him in a bear hug and they starting fighting. that's when i decided to get up.
we planned on going out shopping at a nice shopping center and just ride around and find things to do. some of the others mentioned putt putt.
since it was too late for breakfast, we all went out for brunch.
i changed into my outfit and got ready in the bathroom.
we got to one of the shopping centers. me, nick and madi decided to go in hot topic. madi seems really nice so this should be a good chance to get to know her.
"do you like this in pink or purple?" i asked them holding up two identical tops.
"purple." nick answered confidently. "mmm...... was thinking pink." madi said.
"well that's a lot of help." sighed.
"hey, we all know who is the most fashionable, so i say you take my word for it." nick remarked, putting his hands on his hips.
"i say pink." a random voice spoke behind me. i jumped and almost screamed. i looked behind me to see matt standing there with a grin on his face. "oh my god, you scared me." i said with a sigh, hanging the purple top back on the wrack.
"hey!" nick protested.
"did you leave the guys?" i asked the obvious. "yeah. i couldn't really find anything in dick's." ew, like dick's sporting goods?
"yeah, i think you've out grown the inevitable middle school wear-nothing-but-under-armor phase."
he laughed while looking me in the eyes. i loved seeing the joy in his eyes when he laughed.
i hadn't noticed that nick and madi had already left. oh well.
"what do you think about this?" matt asked holding up a graphic t-shirt. "cool." i nodded.
we looked around in the store and had both collected arm fulls of clothes.
"i think i'm going to try some of these on." matt said gesturing to the clothes in his arms.
"yeah, me too. wait! we could have a fashion show!" i exclaimed.
he laughed lightly, "how?"
"just show each other when we try on clothes and give our opinions."
"oh okay. so i don't have to do the cat walk?" i asked sarcastically.
"i mean, if you would..."
"ha! hell no."
we went to the dressing rooms and the first thing i tried on were some cool vertical black and white striped pants. they were definitely a statesmen. i threw on that pink shirt to go with them.
when i got out of the stall matt was already waiting on me on the opposite side at the men's dressing rooms.
we met in the middle and checked out each others fits.
i posed, modeling mine and he did the same.
"so, thoughts opinions?" i asked him.
"drip. super like... early 2010's emo." he said thoughfully.
"yes! and thank you." i flipped my hair, "yours.... i like it. it's giving street but with class."
he nodded proudly and we went to try on our other clothes.
i walked out in my next outfit, a plaid mini dress and matt had on a pair of black skinny jeans. they were the skinniest pair of skinny jeans i have ever seen him wear.
"damnnn," i hyped him up, "turn around let me see dat ass." he turned to the side and stuck it out a little.
"it's a yes for me." i nodded.
"and that dress is a yes for me. it really highlights your...." he trailed off. i gave him a knowing look, "you mean my sexy bangin body." i smirked at him.
"yeah... that." he blushed. aw i made him blush. i said that trying to lighten the mood but guess it didn't work.
"well. i'll get it."
we ended up buying a lot of clothes and spending a lot of money. you should only ever come out with that many clothes at a thrift store.
"hey, do you want to get slushies from auntie anne's?" i asked as we started to approach one.
"yes ,that would be great right now." he agreed.
i grabbed his hand and started running and dragging matt with me. we laughed as we made a scene, but we didn't care. when i'm with friends it's like i just don't get embarrassed.
we stood in line still giggling when matt got a call from chris.
"hello."
"we're in line at auntie anne's right now." matt said holding the phone to his ear.
"me and y/n." he said looking at me.
"okay. bye." he hung up then look at me.
"there coming to get auntie anne's too." he said almost disappointedly.
"well," i sighed, "before they get here...." i looked at him before pressing my lips to his.
he seemed caught off guard. i pulled away before he could kiss me back.
he pulled my face back and kissed me quickly, probably not wanting to commit the annoying and awkward crime of pda.
our friends showed up and we went back to being just friends again. well, i guess we are just friends, but with our friends now we are just friends that don't kiss.