somebody else, matt sturniolo

thirty four

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XXXIV
masterminds !

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»»———-real life———-««

it was basically 7:30 by the time matt's van pulled up to emersyn's curb again. she was waiting on the curb and she'd been ready to go for about an hour. she couldn't go back to sleep after matt had left, so she just waited for him to come back.

it took her no time to jump from the curb and hop into the car. chris was playing a yung pliet song, which was almost too upbeat for this early in the morning. "hey, guys." she cleared her throat, feeling matt's eyes on her through the rear view mirror.

"is that my jacket?"

em looked down at herself, shrugging. act natural, play it cool. absolutley nothing is going on right now. "it's cold. you never asked for it back, so it's mine now." the last time either of them had worn that jacket was the day of cameron's birthday.

matt gripped the wheel just as they turned onto elesia's street. "whatever."

"what? do you want it back or something?" she asked, scooting to the middle seat as elesia jumped into the car.

matt bit down on the inside of his lip, tugging on the gear shift to continue down the road. he frowned, shaking his head. "no, it's whatever. you can keep it."

elesia had begun to ramble about how her parents had found her spam instagram account and were not happy to say the least. "emersyn! emersyn, hello? why aren't you listening to my rant?"

emersyn had been staring one sidedly at matt through the mirror. she snapped her head to the right, her brows shooting upward. "what?"

elesia grimaced. "what the fucks up with you this morning?"

"huh? nothing, nothing is up."

"why're you being weird then?"

nick turned in his seat. "you're being weird?" he asked. "why're you being weird, em?"

emersyn let out a long and exasperated sigh. "i'm not acting weird! jesus fuck!"

matt pulled the vehicle into the schools parking lot. as he tugged on the gear shift, he had to control the smirk that threatened his lips. "yeah, why are you acting weird, emmy?"

he turned around in his seat and they met eyes. she clenched her jaw. fucking tease. "i'm not, matthew."

with that, elesia hopped out through the van sliding door, her bag on her back.

the four followed her through the buildings main doors and straight into the library. cameron, nate, and alahna were already seated on the floor in their usual corner. cameron had pulled out his chromebook to turn on some show and the three leaned against the bookshelves, alahna in the middle with the computer in her lap.

"what're you watching?" chris tossed his bag at his feet, bending down to seat himself next to nathan.

"one tree hill." alahna answered.

emersyn rolled her eyes. the only reason all three of them had a clue what that show was is because of her. the last time she'd binged it, she played an episode or two while they were all at cameron's house. since then, they'd started it on their own and were currently on season three.