when all else fails // matt sturniolo (slow updates..)

~two~

"Can you get out of here?" Matt's been blindfolded less than five minutes and is already getting frustrated with Chris. "I'm smelling the fucking popcorn." Nick agrees with Matt, and I can't help but laugh as Chris jumps onto the worktop next to me, shaking his head as I take some of his popcorn.

"Which one is the brownie batter Matt?" Nick asks having laid two bags of mix next to him. Matt feels both of the bags before picking up the brownie batter. "Wow. That's crazy. I mean you're right."

"I know," Matt's speaking so confidently,

"Are we sure he can't see?" I laugh.

"We double blindfolded him, he'd have to be a fucking magician to see through that thing," Nick says, before turning his attention back to Matt. Chris jumps off the worktop, to get a closer look at Matt who's still attempting to open the bag of mixture. "Get the fuck away- oh wait you're dropping popcorn everywhere," Nick yells at Chris, who instantly starts to hit Nick. Several hundred times. "What are you hitting me for Chris?" Nick hits Chris back, whilst a blindfolded Matt stands facing away from the whole argument as if he's not even on the planet. 

"Fuck you," Chris manages through a mouth filled with popcorn.

"I didn't even fucking touch you." Nick picks up a piece of the popcorn from the floor and throws it at Chris. "Pick up the popcorn and get out of the way. Stupid kid. I'm so angry for what. Pick that up!"

"No. Fuck you!"

"Fuck you stupid-"

"Tablespoon!" Matt suddenly shouts and Nick stops shouting at Chris for a second.

"Yes," Nick says to Matt smiling. I slide off the worktop to help Chris pick up his popcorn whilst the other two are talking. After a few minutes Nick is rubbing his arms, "okay the way you just hit me is crazy and it's on camera," Nick and Chris are laughing again, whilst Matt is pouring water into the bowl, taking no notice of anything. "Like I'll show you how psychotic you are. Like I'm literally bruising." Chris continues to eat the popcorn, waving the bag in Nick's face. "Get away!" Chris throws his hands in the air, walking out of the kitchen, "goodbye!"

"Why'd you go outside?" Matt asks, and the pair exasperatedly talk about Chris throwing popcorn everywhere, before continuing to bake.  

As they continue, I slip behind the camera and out of the door Chris stormed out off earlier. "Chris," I  shout out

"What the fuck do you want?" I follow his voice to find him sat on the stairs with his popcorn

"I came to see if you're alright?" I sit down on the step next to him. "I think everyone was a little too frustrated and it got incredibly heated, and everyone was wrong for what happened. Are you okay?"

"I just wanted to eat my popcorn," he frowns.

"Then eat it," I put my hand on his shoulder. "Then get back in there and film your video. Because it certainly can't be a Sturniolo Triplet video without the three of you." 

"What are you doing out here anyway? Thought you'd be on your boyfriends side," he says with a smirk. 

"Oh yeah, probably should have stuck around. I thrive in very hostile environments." I chuckle, taking another piece of popcorn. "To be honest, I can't even smell these, I don't know what their problem is."

"Okay, shall we return?" 

He's looking at me, and I shrug, "I mean you're the one who stormed out Chris. Are you ready to return?"

"As long as I can still eat my popcorn. This is the first thing I've eaten all day."

"Ah," I laugh. "It all makes sense now."

"What does?"

"Your bad mood. It's because you're hangry."

"You did not just call me hangry?" He hits my arm lightly, a grin on his face. 

"Come on then," I smile, and we head back into the kitchen, Chris taking his normal spot in between the two boys, me back on the work top behind them.

"Before we start, I want an apology," Chris says loudly

"No you don't," Matt says, "I wan't a fucking apology."

"Yeah," Nick agrees

"Why?" Chris scoffs. "For what?"

"For being stupid and annoying"

"I'm literally eating popcorn." Chris is trying to explain, but Nick is ignoring and talking over him. "I've not eaten one thing today. This is the first thing I've eaten today."

"Matt get up and get off the floor!" Nick says.

"Matt. Get. Up" Chris shouts

Soon enough "you're an idiot," is being thrown at Nick by Chris, whilst Nick returns with "you're a moron," whilst Matt stirs the mixture in the bowl. 

I watch the boys as chaos unfolds, Chris disappearing once again to get another bag of popcorn, leaving Nick in a bad mood, which transfers across onto Matt. "You're doing nothing. You need to put some effort into the whisk. You're doing nothing. You gotta go woah, along the sides. Mix it."

"Just because you're mad at him doesn't mean you have to be mad at me." Matt's speaking softly, and I almost feel bad for him. 

"Mix it together." 

"I'm not going to do that."

Matt suddenly starts to lunge at Chris, who's blocking his advances, "what are you going to do?" He repeats several times, as Matt continues to attack.

"Matt," Nick put an arm on Matt's shoulder. "mix. the brownies." Chris continues to talk in the background, and to be honest I can't understand what he's on about anymore. "Matt shut up!" Nick shouts as Matt throws his head back, letting out a loud sigh.

"Matt, spray the thing!" Nick shouts at Matt, who sprays the bottle in Nick's direction. "Not funny. Spray the thing!" Once again, Matt sprays the air rather than the pan, so Nick leaves me and Chris creasing up, making his way towards Matt. "Spray the pan Matt," he speaks once more, grabbing Matt's wrist before he can spray Nick, hitting him across the head. Hard. I can see Chris' jaw drop, both of us watching this unfold in shock. Although I'm not sure if Chris' face is because of this rare occurrence, or because he knows if he makes another word that will be him.

"What a total embarrassment of a video this is," Chris speaks, Nick nodding in agreement.

"You're an embarrassment," Matt points at Chris.

"Boys enough!" I shout, and they all look at me

"Alright," Chris nods. "Okay, everyone sit still for thirty seconds."

Nick laughs, "okay. Let's meditate. Just to calm down." After several breaths, everything is back to normal, it's amazing how far a few deep breaths can go, and Nick turns back to Matt. "Okay Matt you're doing a great job, just stay there, keep holding it where it is."

It goes quite smoothly for a while, Nick gets frustrated about the smallest things, but soon enough it is a baking video, rather than the triplets arguing. Matt lets out a small sigh, and Chris looks over at Nick and I. "What's wrong?" He asks softly, placing a hand on Matt's shoulder. "What's wrong man?" He looks at us again. "I think he's gonna cry?" 

Instantly every ounce of attitude vanishes from Nick, "Matt it's okay." He moves away from me and over to Matt. "you actually need a tablespoon, so this is Matt, this is ultimately, and I hate to say this, because I know it's not your strong suit. This is where you need to really really listen." Nick is now rubbing Matt's shoulder whilst Chris gets out the tablespoon and brings it over. "Oh it matches your shirt Matt, the tablespoon is orange." At this, Matt gives a small nod, and I just want to give him a hug, but I know his brothers are better suited to this. They're soon guiding him through what he needs to do, cheering him on, whilst he fills his silence with cute little nods.

The video comes to an end when we all try the brownie, each of us giving it a 10/10.