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"word around the school is, matt sturniolo was getting cheated on by josie pomeno and melina imal knew about it."
"word around the internet is matt and melina are dating and act like they despise each other for views."
well those are just rum...
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♫drive - halsey
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CHAPTER 3 "JUST DRIVE"
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ㅤ♡ྀི ₊ real life ♡ྀི ₊
it was sunday, and melina paced back and forth in her room, stress gnawing at her. tomorrow marked the first day of senior year, and to make matters worse, nick was editing the video today and needed her help.
that could mean either he caught something he shouldn't have or he genuinely needed her assistance.
melina groaned, desperately trying to figure out how to distract nick long enough to cut out the clip. as she picked up her phone, she noticed a text from madi asking if she was heading to the triplets' house later. she replied with a quick "yes," that clip needed to disappear.
after getting ready, melina heard her phone ding. a message from her mom popped up, saying that melina to babysit her little sister, aviana. usually, her grandparents took care of her, but not today.
great, now she'd have to go to the triplets' house anyway since avi loved spending time there—mostly to see matt, which was annoying given her four-year-old obsession with him.
melina walked downstairs into the kitchen, grabbing a bagel as she called out for avi. the little girl ran over from her spot on the couch.
"are you hungry?" melina asked, and avi nodded eagerly, wanting to be picked up. melina set her on the counter and made half a bagel for her sister and one for herself.
the house felt unbearably quiet, amplifying melina's loneliness. she understood her parents were busy making money, but she wished they would spend more time with their daughters.
"hey, do you want to go to mary lou's house?" melina asked her sister. avi immediately cheered, "is matt there?"
melina made a face. "yeah, i guess." she didn't want to spend time with matt, so maybe she could just make him babysit avi for her.
the girls left the house, and just as they were walking to the next street, melina remembered, oh right, i don't drive.
the triplets' house was about ten minutes away, yet melina was too lazy to walk. she did not feel like walking with avi the whole way there.
