🍒·˚ ༘ ┊͙CHAPTER 007 ! ˊˎ
we need to talk
( real life )
༄✧ *:･CHRIS
i was sitting down when nick stormed into the room "people are saying she's a homewrecker.. poor viv.. see what you did , chris!" nick yelled at me, frustrated and confused. clearly.
i didn't even know what he was talking about but it clearly was about vivienne. well duh chris he literally said 'poor viv..'
"i don't understand what's happening but HOW is that MY problem or MY fault!" i yelled back, throwing my hands up in the air and walking to the kitchen
we had gotten back to boston and finally estella wasn't around, so we could talk about the.. vivienne thing
"it's your fault because you literally are all sensible and 'guys did she look at me at the concert?' UNTIL YOU ARE FUCKING FACE TO FACE WITH HER?"
"and you tried to bring up stella in front of her dude, that's like.. really stupid of you" matt's face scrunched up as he laughed. I flipped him off
"someone be on my side please"
"nope! you allowed your home to be wrecked by estella and now my girlfriend is being called a home wrecker even though it was her home that was wrecked!" nick said, crossing his arms
"repeat all of that in fucking english" i insulted, opening a pepsi from the fridge
"and stop drinking all the fucking pepsi i haven't had one and there's three left you dumbass"
"can you two just shut the fuck up? it's not my fault that vivienne is being called a home wrecker, and estella isn't-"
"yes she is!"
"yeah she is"
both of them. on viviennes side. (there weren't any sides, i knew that)
"it wasn't even estella's fault that we got together.. it just happened you guys know what happened" i tried my best to dismiss the tension
"no we don't? every time we've ever brought it up you get pissed and tell us to mind our own business" matt squinted his eyes at me, staring at me stupidly
"well mind your own business, that's what i got from that sentence, you guys don't-"
nick grabbed the pepsi from me and held it away
"what the fuck nick give that-"
"oh i'm sorry, i didn't even realize this happened, now this pepsi is mine, go create one of the best albums of our generation." he said pointing towards the door
"god your so dramatic ... PLEASE MAKE SENSE" i yelled grabbing my pepsi
"never fucking touch my pepsi again i'll kick your ass"
"i'll kick your ass" nick mocked, as he looked towards the tv again
"what the hell are we even watching?" matt asked, squinting his eyes "you would see if you got closer to the tv blind ass"
"i'm trying to preserve my vision" he said, placing his hands on his hips mockingly "what breed of sassy man have you become" nick laughed , hunching over at the sight of matt
"also preserve is a crazy word.. isn't that just for like... fruits?"
"i'm surprised you even know that's something for fruits oh my god, your learning" nicks sarcasm made me smile "i know, it's like babies first steps but with words"
"so.. babies first words?" he asked, making me laugh "yeah first words"
us laughing in our house always made me remember the times with vivienne, and when she was almost a permanent presence in our home
4 YEARS AGO.
3RD PERSON
"i HATE this stupid teacher. why do i need to know math when i'm gonna become a musician? 2+2 is 4 i don't understand why i need to know all of this shit" a sixteen year old vivienne groaned, placing her head on the dining room table
"what teacher did you get?" matt asked peeking at her homework "does it matter?" she smiled innocently
"yes? i already did my homework so if we have the same teacher i would've let you steal my answers BUT since you said that so meanly i guess you can suffer on your own" he shrugged and crossed his arms
she reached up , grabbing matt by the shoulders "i'm so sorry matthew i'll do anything" she cried
"ewh, never call me matthew again, for one, and i'm just kidding, it's in my bag you can get it" the smile spread across her face as she ran upstairs to his room to get his backpack
chris excited his room as vivienne ran down the hall to matt's room, colliding with the boy, she stumbled back, groaning "ow."
he stared at her, sorrow in his eyes, his hand resting on her waist "shit, viv, im sorry i didn't see you"
"are you okay?" the two asked at the same time, led by laughter and a hug "goodmorning princess" she mocked
"morning" he mumbled, his hands wrapping themselves around her waist "when did you get here?" he asked
"not too long ago, i came to hang out with you guys, my parents are gonna be busy all day" chris smiled "yeah? and why are you running down my hallway?"
"becauseee your brother has math answers to the homework, and i need them?" she smiled, pulling away from his embrace
"ew, math is gross" he said, dropping his arms "i know, like two is two is four everything makes sense" she laughed
"okay well, sorry for bumping into you again" she apologized, her voice soft as she walked into matt's room. chris's gaze remained on her before he retreated back to his bed
the brunette walked back downstairs "i found it! ugh matt your a lifesaver, truly i owe you" she took her seat once again at the table and began copying the boys answers.
vivienne practically lived at the sturniolo household. she became friends with them at a very young age and soon she was everywhere they were. lacrosse games, family parties, hockey.
"why do you write your fours like that?" nick asked, pointing at the four written on the paper "like i know? why? how do you write them?"
"the normal way?" nick laughed "i didn't know you were the fucking four master"
"four master is so stupid" he laughed, sitting next to her "did you see chris when you went upstairs? it's one and he still isn't awake" nick glanced at her— knowing what he was doing
"i'm sure once he knows your here he'll come out" a light blush sprinkled the top of her cheeks "im sure he's just tired, chris is always sleeping" she excused
"well duh we know that, but he is always awake when your here" she shrugged "i don't know what to tell you nick"
"he talks about you all the time, it's always 'when's vivienne coming' and 'is viv here?'" she rolled her eyes, turning her head towards the oldest triplet "your such a bad liar, and let me finish my work so we can go skating"
nick laughed and stood back up, letting the girl finish her homework.
both matt and nick knew how oblivious the two were, best friends who clearly wanted to be something more. exchanged glances and peaceful silences that left chris and vivienne falling more in love with one another
"okay and i'm done! are you guys ready?" she asked, a massive smile planted on her face as she looked at the boys "are we ready?" matt answered
"viv.. we've been waiting on you" chris admitted, grabbing her skates for her and walking out the door "wait— really? i'm sorry i didn't even realize it was taking me that long" she apologized
she followed them out the door, closing it behind her "it was only 20 minutes, and chris took that time to get pretty" nick smirked in his brothers direction, earning himself the middle finger from chris
"i call backseat" chris said, sliding in to the backseat of the car "no shit sherlock, you always are in the backseat when viv is with us" matt sighed
"no i'm not!" he turned his head towards vivienne "do i?" her lips pressed together in a thin line "uhh.. yeah..? but it's fine! it would be weird any other way"
he stared at her— both in admiration and disbelief that she wouldn't mind it. he knew viviennes type, and knew it could never be him. or at least so he thought.
"stop looking at me like that, dork" her hand placed softly on his chin, forcing him to face out the window instead of at her
nick played his music, humming softly as matt concentrated on driving "put your fucking seatbelt on" he scolded at nick
"okay! okay damn, i'm going" nick said, placing his phone down dramatically and buckling up "thereeee are you happy now matt?" he asked sarcastically "the roads are icy, sorry i care if i break and you fly out the fucking window"
vivienne giggled at the two, leaning comfortably against chris "are you gonna need my help today?" she teased, looking up at him. the same smile he adored planted on her face
"i play hockey i do not need your help" he boasted confidently "oh really? didn't you fall on your ass last time?"
"think that was you, viv" nick corrected her, warning chuckles from the other brothers
"no it wasn't! i only fell cause chris literally shoved me into the wall" she said, sitting up and pointing back at chris
"don't accuse me of your bad skating skills" he defended, crossing his arms "your the one that still needs the walker" he joked
"shut up, I'll throw the walker at you" she threatened and stuck out her tongue at him
it was things like that which chris found charming more than anything else
PRESENT
chris sighed and reminisced on his time with vivienne, and the blossoming love they had.
the beginning of their relationship was pure puppy love. full of laughter and other honeymoon stage activities.
although there was tons of sneaking around his brothers backs for the first 3 months, having sleepovers, prom, and the homecoming, then prom again.
it came easy to them, her hand fit just right in his. all of his favorite things were her favorites, they were perfect. love wasn't hard. love shouldn't be hard.
their love was long kisses and movies at night, beating each other at mario cart while the other called for a rematch. having spots that they went to so often the owners knew their orders.
it was a love that was meant to last forever, it wasn't supposed to end with ghosting and a drive home in the rain.
a love like no other, a love that some waited entire lifetimes for.
all thrown away for a girl with pretty eyes who smiled his way. a girl who let him win at mario cart. new food places with awkward hand holding. two polar opposites, north and south.
like two ends of a magnet who were never supposed to find one another, never were meant to be together. that was chris and estella.
chris was tired of being the puzzle piece forced into place, he missed having someone that knew him so well, he missed vivienne.
and finally after hours of thinking so hard that his brain hurt he came to a realization.
so he did what he knew he had to do, he texted estella.
Stella
we need to talk.