song of the chapter: let the light in by lana del rey
'i want to want to want to want you'
•matt sturniolo•
@sturniolo.triplets
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user GUYS MATT AND BELLA OMGOMGOMG
↳ arabellarey y'all are craaaazy
↳ mattsturniolo so real
↳ arabellarey i think we should rebel icl
↳ mattsturniolo also, so real
user i can't do this anymore matt and bella need to get together before i die
↳ arabellarey die.
↳ nicksturniolo now what did we say about telling fans to die
↳ arabellarey L😮L
chrissturniolo y'all did NOT see what i saw...
↳ arabellarey what. 😦
↳ mattsturniolo chris. you saw nothing.
↳ chrissturniolo 🤨😐
ieva you guys are tripping matt and bella will NEVER get together
↳ user they will, i know they will 😕😕
arabellarey meow
↳ mattsturniolo woof
↳ user WHAT DOES THIS MEAN.
↳ user what the fuck.
nicksturniolo y'all don't ship mella like i ship mella
↳ arabellarey there's a lot of different threats i could use right now but imma keep quiet 🫥
↳ user nick gets it.
↳mattsturniolo nick doesn't get shit.
↳arabellarey we all know you love me matthew 🥰
↳ user WHAT
↳ user MELLA CONFIRMED???
↳ user WTF HAPPENED I SWEAR MATT HATED HER.
evelyn_11 i miss you guys and bella
↳ arabellarey welp
↳ mattsturniolo ...
↳ chrissturniolo oh..
↳ nicksturniolo girl.
-
ever since last week bella and matt had been texting each other non stop, and it didn't feel strange or weird, in fact, it felt completely normal.
and they both weren't sure why, maybe it was the fact they both had really big crushes on each other? or maybe that they spent so much time with each other for the past few years that it really was like they had been friends all along.
despite matt being a complete idiot who hated bella, she had always been around him and his brothers, so it wasn't much of a surprise that they could actually get along.
when matt had driven her back home, bella couldn't stop grinning. even when she got back, her sister ella had suspicions on her.
last week
"you seem really happy." ella noticed, who was currently eating cereal despite it being almost 2 in the morning. "i am really happy."
"i'm guessing it's that boy." she smiled, waiting for bella to tell her everything about what had happened, even though realistically, it wasnt that much.
"well we had a normal conversation at first, which has never properly happened, and then.."
"and then?" ella interrupted, building up excitement, "he held my hand whilst filming a car video after telling me 'he does fucking care"
"oh my god." ella's eyes lit up as she saw how happy her sister was, this boy must really mean something to her.
"i know." bella was so shocked it had all happened, it was like it was all normal, especially the conversations they had after, despite the weird eyes from nick when they talked in the car.
"he likes you bella." ella said, because knowing her sister she was probably in complete denial
about it.
"i don't know." she pressed her lips together. maybe he did? there was hope at least.
present day
evelyn
hey i know i was a really shit friend
and i really miss u
i didn't mean to call you a slut i promise.
why did you never tell me you liked matt
i didn't actually like him
things were going on at home and stuff
oh
you could have just told me
i'm sorry for not checking on you
i've missed you too i've just been so busy
can we see each other again sometime?
yeah sure
bella wasn't entirely sure how to react. evelyn. evelyn wanted to be friends again. she wasn't entirely opposed to the idea as she probably should have been. and she didn't know if that was a bad or good thing?
her and evelyn had been friends for a while and she had been missing her. but her life was so busy that it kind of filled in the hole where evelyn left. not to sound corny or some shit.
but it wouldn't hurt to try be friends again right?
she knows the triplets hate her now, and especially matt. she also knows her and chloe might not get along but it was worth a shot.
just as she was about to text the group chat about it, matts snap name pinged on her phone;
matt 🤭
matt 🤭
⏹️ opened
bella 🤍
huh
what
why
matt 🤭
can a guy not take him and his brothers bowling
bella 🤍
okay...
matt 🤭
what's with the three dots bel
bella 🤍
BEL ?!,!,??!??!
matt 🤭
also
if you're uncomfortable with us being all friends
kinda randomly
don't feel like you have to talk to me
bella 🤍
what.
no.
matt.
i like talking to you
it strange you're not calling me an annoying fuck 🥰
but it feels normal
ygm
also
can we address the nickname
we can't move past that.
matt 🤭
cool
i'll be there in 20
annoying fuck
bella 🤍
MATT COME BACK
MATTHEW
IM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU.
YOU FUCKING DICK
matt had a smug look on her face as his brothers watched what he was doing, "so, is she coming?" nick asked, anticipating his answer.
"yeah."
"okay now when you get there, tell her me and chris feel sick." nicks and chris's face lit up with a mischievous grin. "i feel bad though, why can't you guys just come."
matt had agreed to take part in the plan, at the expense of her finding out that this was all a ploy, nick had set them up because apparently 'that was the way to go' in his words.
he felt kind of bad but at the same time there was a rush of excitement that maybe tbis was actually a fresh start between them.
or the start of something new at least...
-
bella heard matts car outside, rushing towards it. she wasn't wearing anything particularly nice, just a grey and black jumper she was sure was nicks at some point, and a black mini pleated skirt. but it was the way that matt was looking at her that made the years of being called annoying and stupid worth it. and they weren't even together.
but her attention was turned to the fact chris and nick weren't in the car. what the fuck. this was probably some stupid prank they were playing on her to get her and matt on a date or something,
but she was wasn't completely opposed to the idea..
"hey." she said, opening the passenger door and getting in, he smiled back at her, still admiring her. "where's nick and chris?" she asked, "umm they feel sick" he said, pressing his lips together, feeling stupid he took so long to reply.
"oh, right." bella said sarcastically, nodding her head as if she believed a word he just said.
"you like nice." he complimented, his cheeks reddening because he wasn't really used to being this nice to her, but he meant it.
"thank you."
"so are we actually going bowling?" she continued, unsure if where they were actually going or if it was some joke.
"yeah idiot." he rolled his eyes, "so this is a date?" she asked, smiling because she really hoped it was.
"oh. um." he didn't really know what words to use to reply, i mean, he hoped it was and considering the circumstances they were in, it does tick all the boxes as a date.
"yeah i guess." he turned to look at her for a second, a smile lighting up her face for the second that he looked at it. and he loved it.
"oh."
"is that a bad oh, or a good one?" he wanted to make sure she was okay with the whole date thing, it's not an every day thing where a guy you thought hated you shows up alone at your house and tells you it's a date, " a good one."
"good." was all matt said, and they sat in silence for a few minutes. "why are you being so nice to me?" bella asked, out of the blue, but she really needed to know, she didn't really see this whole date thing coming and they had talked so much this past week he barley insulted her once.
"i never actually hated you. i think... i don't know i was just caught up in feeling and shit." matt couldn't bring himself round to saying 'it's because i liked you so much and no one ever made me feel that way' because the last thing he wanted, was to sound desperate or cringey in some way.
"well your a fucking idiot." she joked, "that was really uncalled for." matt replied, acting offended, "you hating me for no reason for years was uncalled for but we move on." she had a mischievous smile on her face, watching matts jaw slightly drop at her come back.
"damn." was all he said, but there was a smile on his face and it was all because he was with bella. and it was a date. a date with bella.
he could really get used to those..
-
Matt pulled up to the bowling alley him and his brothers always go to, occasionally with bella. there were many other options of places to take bella but most of them did not seem like a date type of thing.
i mean who takes a girl mcdonald's or top golf as a first date?
"so why bowling?" bella asked, intrigued how he came to the conclusion of taking her here. " well it was between this or taking you to top golf which i know you fucking suck at" he said, recalling the time they had went, and bella had lost badly.
"fuck you." bella replied, getting out the car, rolling her eyes.
-
matt was ordering food for them at one of the tills as bella went to find where their bowling alley was, an immense amount of nervousness around her.
it was so surreal that she was on a date with matt. a date.
and god he looked gorgeous.
she's not one to stare, especially not at anyone she likes, but he's honestly the prettiest person she had ever seen.
i guess the fans really did see this thing between her and matt coming.
"hey." he smiled, her almost jumping as she was so lost in her thoughts, she had forgotten where they were.
"you know if a fan sees us here they might just die." bella said, raising an eyebrow to make sure he was fine with it. she knew matt hated his personal life being talked about on the internet, and she knew exactly how it felt too.
"well they can piss off i guess." he said rolling his eyes, as he put their names in the leaderboard. "you can't say that matt." bella replied, shocked at his response to her.
"i'm joking, i'm joking." matt playfully said, walking backwards slightly, his hands in the air as if surrendering, before turning to get the bowling ball.
bella looked up to check what name he used for her, and there it was. bel. she wasn't used to it, but something about the fact matt had given her a special nickname wanted to make her scream.
matt watched her reaction as she looked up at the leaderboard, a very obvious smile painted on her face, his growing even bigger at the sight of her.
he was honestly such a simp.
he rolled the ball down the alley, scoring 8 points, knowing that bella was probably going to absolutely suck at this too.
"i'm going to fucking beat you." bella's competitiveness really showed at times. and most of the time she lost, she was shit at sport.
but hey, at least she had her music.
-
"that's so unfair." bella rolled her eyes, as they made their way out of the bowling alley. "i won fair and square." matt taunted, "idiot." bella replied, refusing to believe matt had actually won and instead believed he found some way to cheat.
"i think you need to work on being nice to me." matt said, he placed his arm around her shoulder, slickly.
bella really wanted to die in that moment. die of happiness that is. her stomach had pigeons flying around, her mind was fogged up with the idea that matts arm was placed around her.
and he voluntarily put it there. he was happy being with her, and that really counted for something.
"so where to next?" she asked, she didn't want the date to end, she never wanted it to end. she never wanted to stop spending time with matt.
"mcdonald's?" he asked, knowing the answer was going to be yes, when could any of them say no to mcdonald's?
"of course." she replied, a really wide grin on her face, she never thought, in a million years that she'd ever get along with matt, and now their on a date.
"shit." she whispered, causing matt to turn to look at her and then toward where she was looking.
a bunch of fans were pointing at bella, recording her, and the worst thing is, they couldn't know about her and matt, the fandom would go into a frenzy.
"fuck." matt also whispered, as soon as she saw them, taking his arm off of her. he wasn't ashamed, he'd never be ashamed of being with bella, but they weren't together, they were just on a date, and knowing people, they'd jump to conclusions.
they started to walk on over toward them, bella was starting to get used it after her new explosion of fame after 'vampire' and her album announcement but matt definitely wasn't this used to seeing this many all at once.
"i'm sorry." bella pressed her lips together, giving matt an apologetic look, "you have nothing to be sorry about, don't worry." he smiled, stepping back a little as fans crowded around them.
he pulled up his snapchat, checking him and his brothers group chat as fans took pictures with bella.
snapchat
strombolis 🔥🔥
nick
matt how's the date going?????
chris
fr, kid we need updates
matt
bro
matt
⏹️ opened
nick
bro she looks amazing
matt if i were you i'd be folding
matt
i am bro
she's just so
chris
just so...
matt
she's just so.
nick
you're down BAD
matt
I KNOW YOU GUYS NEED TO STOP TELLING ME
-
matt put his phone in his pocket, taking photos with a few fans that actually recognised him, before they walked away from them, leaving bella and matt alone again.
much to their preference.
when matt and bella managed to escape the game and get back into the car, bella sighed of relief. really and truly she loved her fans but it was so exhausting being surrounded anytime she went out.
but she was grateful for it, how could she not be?
"you okay?" matt asked, noticing that her walls had seemed to gone down a little ever since they walked back.
"yeah, i'm just sorry." she felt so bad that matt just had to stand there awkwardly, yeah there were like 2 people that knew him but she could only think how frustrating it must be to wait around.
and she just also felt so incredibly sorry that it was all her fault they had to stop on their date, when they were all just meant to be by themselves.
"sorry for what?" he asked, starting the car.
"i just don't want to ruin our date, this has never happened before, with us actually getting along, i just didn't want to make you feel like you can't go out with me without being surrounded by fans."
"you have nothing to be sorry about, you need to stop saying sorry." he said, truthfully because she really does say it too much, and he hates that's she always feels guilty for no reason.
"i'm sorr.."
"don't you dare say it. promise me you'll stop saying it." he said softly, sticking his pinky out so she could pinky promise like they were children.
"okay." she smiled.
her heart was pounding, he really did care about her, and she loved it. it was as if he really was the only person in the world that could make her feel like this, like she was light as a feather, and there was nothing in the world but them.
and every minute matt was sat or standing next to her, he just wanted to look at her, she was so graceful and pretty and everything in between both those words.
she was everything.
and he couldn't deny it anymore.
-
they finally arrived at mcdonald's, bella pulled up her phone, checking the insane amount of messages nick had sent her.
nicky 🥰
bella
bella
bella
check.your. insta.
YOU IDIOT
YOU AND MATT WERE MEANT
TO KEEP IT LOW
fans are going to go wild now
bro
BELLA
hello NICK.
what's with the emphasis on my name
i know for a fact you're not ill
JUST CHECK YOUT INSTA
bella opened up instagram,
@sturniolofanpage
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anotheruser they're both so fine
nicksturniolo guys this is none of your business
↳ user REAL
-
"shit." bella whispered, showing matt the new post, he threw his head back in annoyance, all he wanted was some privacy, and he couldn't imagine how bella was feeling.
bella scrolled further down, more pictures of her and matt walking away were posted on the fan account, and the likes they were getting were insane.
she knew this all came with fame and she also knew that going on a date with matt publicly wasn't the best of ideas. it's not like she knew it was going to be a date anyways.
"are we going drive through?" matt asked, stopping the car in one of the parking spots in case they weren't.
"you and i both know we hate going through those without nick." she smiled, knowing matt just as well as herself. "for real." he replied, returning a quick smile before getting out the car.
"i love our fans but if i see any I'm running." he said, "agreed, i don't need to see any more photos of us all over my insta." she rolled her eyes at the thought of them.
-
"since when do you drink frappuccino's?" bella asked matt, who had never ordered coffee from mcdonald's a day in his life. "maybe it's time to try something new?" he replied, when realistically nick had just texted him and asked him to order one.
"it's for nick isn't it?"
"yeah." he sighed, he knew she was going to notice, they were best friends after all. "well he's a fucking idiot, it's all going to melt." she said, playfully rolling her eyes. "that's what i told him too."
after finally getting their food and heading back into the car, matt was starting to feel like flirting again, bella had been flirting with him too, and it only drove him to wanting to make her blush. he loved it when she blushed, her cheeks went such a nice shade of pink, she looked almost sunkissed.
bella's new album tracks were somehow brought up on the walk to the car, and matt couldn't help but ask if there were any songs about him, i mean after this date, it really seemed like bella liked him, as if it hasn't been obvious for so long now.
"so, did you write any songs about me?" matt smirked, watching bella as her smile widened on her cheeks. she shook her head but the sunkissed blush on her face and the way her lips were slightly pressed together to hide her smile, suggested otherwise.
"you did." matt said, biting his lip, thinking about what song could possibly be about him, even if it was a song about completely shit talking him, her singing about him would make his heart miss a beat.
"okay, maybe i did." she smiled, slightly embarrassed, she had never really planned on telling him, she just hoped he'd eventually guess.
"which one?"
"there's more then one." she said, hand covering her face.
his smirk somehow grew even wider, "you are a fucking simp." he said, as she stared straight at him, "no i'm not." her voice grew high pitched, obviously giving away the fact she was lying.
but matt couldn't deny the fact that he too, was also down bad for her.
"i have one on my phone, but you have to promise you'll never speak of it again." she said sternly, because after last time where he promised, he broke it almost instantly. but he did promise he wasn't going to do that, and so far so good.
"i promise." he eagerly looked at her, waiting to hear it as he finished the last of his fries.
her song 'when the party's over' started playing, probably her most emotional song she had ever written, and she was scared to show it to everyone, after all it was really personal.
but songwriters put everything personal into lyrics, and she was pretty much classified as one now.
Don't you know too much already?
I'll only hurt you if you let me
Call me friend but keep me closer
And I'll call you when the party's over
the song ended, and matt had a slight smile on his face, her voice was fucking perfect. "that was amazing bel." he complimented. he had gotten so used to saying the nickname in his head, that he had now started saying it out loud.
but he liked it. it was his nickname for her, no one elses.
"i probably shouldn't have shown you that until it was released." she'd just have to keep it a secret from her producers, if they'd found out they'd probably kill her. even milo.
"well i'm happy you did." he smiled, they had finished all their mcdonald's, and the cream on nicks frappuccino had started all melting. just like bella said it would.
"d'you want me to drop you home now?" matt asked, hoping the answer was no, he really wanted to stay with her, "there's one last place i think we should go." she replied, "but i have to drive." bella looked at him, hopeful because knowing matt, he probably wouldn't let her.
"can you even drive?" he asked, he's never seen her drive once in his life, and he wasn't even sure if she had a driving licence.
"i mean, i've driven before, i just don't have a licence." she said, "then no you can't drive." matt shook his head, as he watched bella get out of the car and walk towards the drivers seat, opening the door.
"i can drive, i promise." bella said, she might not be the best driver but she could certainly drive.
"are you sure?"
"yes, i'm sure." bella rolled her eyes playfully, matt getting out the car, partially scared for his life. if he was going to die, a car crash with bella wasn't really the best idea.
and to make it worse, she wasn't even legally allowed to drive.
bella started driving, and suprisingly she was pretty decent at it, considering she had never really drove a car before, let alone a van.
looking back to the start of the day, he had no idea how he went from waking up and thinking about bella to going on a date with her and letting her drive his van. he doesn't even let chris sit in the drivers seat?
he always thought he was too much of a fuck up to deserve any of this. he's always hated himself for making bella's life a living hell ever since he first known her.
"so, where the fuck are you taking me." he asked, eager to know where the hell she was taking home
"you'll find that out later." she said, giving him nothing but a smile to work with. "idiot." he sighed, playfully rolling his eyes.
"maybe i'll turn around then and take myself home." she replied, "no, no, no, no, no" matt repeated, shaking his head, very obviously wanting to stay with her for as long as possible.
"exactly." she said, a smug smile on her face, it felt comforting knowing matt genuinely liked having her around.
when bella had finally parked in front of the beach she always went to, matt couldn't help but smile. yeah, he has been here before, but not under the best circumstances.
now, she had voluntarily brought him here, and not because she was upset. and he was sure she never brought anyone here.
it was only a little gesture, it was nothing. but bella bringing him here made his heart skip a beat for some dumb fucking reason.
she got out the car, and matt followed, her. "why'd you take me here?" he asked, genuinely curious. "i just thought you'd like to watch the sunset." she smiled, grabbing his hand and dragging him to her usual part of the sand.
"i know this is corny and shit but this genuinely one of my favourite places." she said, sitting down as matt copied her. "it's not corny."
the sun was starting to set and the waves were staring to calm down as the moonlight that was just about there seemed to be making them smaller, bella rested her head on matts shoulder.
she knew this was a cheesy thing to do. take him to a beach to watch the sun set. her head on his shoulder. the silence in between them was irrevocable, and neither of them wanted to change it anyways.
"thank you." bella whispered, "for what?" matt asked, continuing to stare in front of him.
"for taking me out, what do you think idiot." matt smiled, "shut up, you don't have to thank me."
-
"i think i need to get home now." bella said, slowly standing up, it was pretty much dark now and ever since the start of the sun set they had been talking.
during all this, matt somehow managed to fall for bella even harder, and it was so crazy that he could, he was already so down bad.
matt stood up with bella, so that now they were facing each other and they were so close to each other that matt had to look slightly down to face her.
there was something between them. and no it wasn't 'electricity' like all the cheesy romance books say. but there was something there that had been there since they had first met.
matt had that feeling he first had when he first saw her. and bella had that feeling when she first saw him. and their eyes were locked, the occasional blink was the only thing keeping them from looking at each other.
"i think we need to go home." bella interrupted the quietness. "do we?" he asked, rhetorically. "yeah, it's gett.."
"bel, shut up." matt whispered. "what?" she scrunched her eyebrows up. "shut up so i can kiss you"
ultimately, he leans in and as soon as he does, bella breaks the gap between them.
there's so many thoughts running through bella's head that she can't even catch up to. and she doesn't know how but her heart is racing faster then it ever has before. her stomach is so full of butterflies it feels like there's a whole fucking swarm of them.
matts hands made it onto her waist, hers on the back of his neck, one playing with his hair. the kiss was slow and filled with feelings from the both of them.
bella eventually pulled away, letting the both of them catch their breath. her eyebrows furrowed, trying to process everything that happened in those last 30 seconds. she just kissed matt sturniolo.
the two stares at each other, lips still parted. no one knew what to say to each other, they were both entirely in shock.
bella looked down at the floor, breaking eye contact.
"i need to go home."
i kind of hate half of this chapter icl 😕
guys i promise i'll try be better at writing #trust
they finally kissed tho (just wait for the angst) 🥰
-ieva