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kingsley pushed the door to the gym open, maggie following behind her. 

"okay, it's a blue waterbottle and i'm pretty sure i left it in here." maggie said.

"blue water-" kingsley trailed off as she saw effiel talking to tara. 

"we can go, kings, we don't have to-"

"no, it's fine. it's whatever. let's just find the water bottle." 

"k." maggie smiled as she headed to the bleachers. 

kingsley began to follow her before hearing tara haller. "kings! c'mere!"

"coming!" kingsley said before jogging to the other side of the gym. "what's up?" she said as soon as she reached the two girls, trying her best not to make eye contact with effiel. 

"effiel, here isn't used to rejection." tara hissed. 

"excuse me?" effiel scoffed. 

"i should go." kingsley said. 

"no!" tara said. "please, just tell effiel that you had nothing to do with the who made the team." 

"i didn't, why?"

"no reason." effiel quickly said.

"because effiel came to me because she thought you were mad at her for stealing your boyfriend so you cut her from the team." tara explained.

"wow." kingsley said. "yeah, i had nothing to do with it, effiel. bummer." 

"exactly what i told her." tara said crossing her arms. "if you want any tips from someone who made varsity her freshmen year and is the caption , point your toes and loose the attitude." 

kingsley gasped, covering her mouth with her hand trying to hold back her laugh. 

"kingsley, i found it!" maggie yelled holding up her water bottle. 

"bye, tara, love you." kingsley said as she began to walk away. 

"bye, kings, i'll see you at practice on monday!" tara waved. 

* * *

"so you and kingsley are over?" sam asked. 

"for now, i don't know. it's like, a break." vinnie answered.

"i can't believe you're picking that effiel bitch over kingsley!" trevor chuckled as he tied his cleats.

"actually!" micha agreed. "i was in the gym a couple hours ago and she was screaming at tara because she thought kingsley cut her from the team because she was mad she stole her boyfriend." 

"you dropped a solid ten for a psycho bitch." sam laughed. 

"i didn't drop anyone." vinnie defended.

"you need to talk to her." micha said.

"hell no!" vinnie said. "she can talk to me! i didn't do anything wrong!"

"vinnie are you fucking dumb?" trevor yelled. "she asked you to no hang with one person, you hung with that one person!"

"just call her, man. y'all need to talk." micha said patting vinnie's back before heading out of the locker room. 

* * * 

"hey, kingsley, wait up!" chris yelled as he jogged towards kingsley who was walking to her car. kingsley was alone due to maggie completely flunking her science test and having to stay after to retake it. 

kingsley turned around and stopped walking. 

"hey," chris said as she met up with her. "i'm sure i'm the last person you wanna talk to right now, but-"

"no, chris, i'm sorry." kingsley said, cutting him off. "you were right."

chris gave kingsley a sympathetic smile. "sorry, wanna tell me what happened?" 

"coffee? i can drive." kingsley offered. 

"sure." chris smiled in response. "so, fill me in." 

kingsley explained everything in the car. who effiel was, what she said to vinnie, what she said to her, and how vinnie didn't even care. 

"i guess i was just really embarrassed, you know?" kingsley said as they both got out of her car and walked into the coffee shop. "all my friends warned me and i kept brushing them off. now look at me." kingsley chuckled. "i'm an idiot." 

"you're not an idiot." chris said sitting down at a table. "if it makes you feel any better, you lasted the longest." 

"oh my god! you're so mean!" kingsley laughed, throwing a napkin at him. 

"so have y'all broken up? like officially?"

"i don't know. the last time we talked, it ended with me saying 'fuck you' and then slamming the door in his face." 

"if he doesn't have the balls to come up and talk to you and actually have a conversation, then you dodged a bullet." chris said. "do you think you two will ever get back together?"

kingsley shrugged. "i don't know. i mean, i really like him. a lot." 

"yeah, i know." chris smiled. "well if y'all ever get back together, i hope you and i can still be friends." 

"we will." kingsley smiled. 

"also, sorry, for when you and i had coffee last." chris said. 

"i said it's fine." kingsley smiled. 

"i know, but i was being a shitty friend. i wouldn't want you sitting down with me and telling me everything wrong with my girlfriend." 

kingsley smiled. "you're fine."

"friends?" chris asked, holding his hot coffee in the air.

"absolutely!" kingsley smiled, tapping her iced coffee against his. 

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@user: the aesthetic 

@user: you're so hot 
-@kingsleynash: thank you!!!

@user: did you and vinnie break up? y'all haven't been hanging.

@maggietumble: i love you you're so amazing 
-@kingsleynash: 💍 🤍 wife

@user: vinnie is so lucky haha

@micharomero100: starting a fan page for kingsley 
-@kingsleynash: please do micha
-@user: i love vinnie's friends 

@user: vinnie and kingsley are so cute

@user: have y'all realized that vinnie hasn't commented yet...?
-@user: don't get in their relationship 
-@user: he liked the post though 

@trevorcash: hey guys i'm trevor follow me on ig and add me on snap @ trevcash
-@kingsleynash: i'm deleting this comment
-@trevorcash: you better not
-@user: if my bf's friends aren't like this i'm not dating him

@user: gusy i'm starting to think that vinnie and kingsley broke up

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@user: have my kids 🤠

@user: very cool vinnie now where is kingsley
-@user: how do you think that would make him feel if he actually broke up with her?

@eiffielstamps: not the caption i choose but whatever 😆
-@user: oh she's one of THOSE girls
-@user: i don't even know who this is but i don't like her

@trevorcash: you're dumb but mad cute
-@vinniehacker: are you trying to have sex with me?
-@user: uh ok trevor 

@user: i love vinnie

@user: vinnie is so hot

@user: stan him for being unproblematic 

@user: do you guys know if he and kingsley broke up?
-@user: idk

@user: y'all kingsley liked this post

@micharomero100: guys vinnie is my boyfriend 
-@vinniehacker: yeah pretty much 

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