chapter 18
(getting somewhere)

chris and dejah had been sat in chris' room for almost and hour now, nick and matt not even realising that she was here. dejah never actually realised how chill yet so funny chris really was. she was starting to really enjoy his company and definitely wanted to hang out more, but she'd never admit that. he draped his arm around her shoulders as she snuggled into his chest, she could feel his heart beating at a rapid pace which made her giggle, "nervous much?" she teases, earning an eye roll from chris.

"you make me nervous" he smirks, moving his hand to the top of her head where he plays gently with her hair. "it's getting late as fuck"

dejah taps her phone to reveal the time 2:45. "shit! i need to get home." she says, springing up from her seated position.

chris' arm instantly grew cold from her head no longer being laid there. he gulps before saying, "orrr." he begins, contemplating wether or not he should finish his sentence but considering dejah was already turned around waiting for him to continue he felt as thought he had too, "you could.. you know. stay the rest of the night?" he says, scratching the back of his head.

dejah furrows her eyebrows and gently falls back into chris' arms, "i'm gonna take that as a yes?" he laughs, turning the leds on blue.

"mhm" she says in a sleepy voice. chris notices the change of tone in her voice and sits there quietly, waiting for her to go to sleep. he watches as her eyes fall shut and he continues sitting in pure silence until he could hear what sounded like muffled cry's coming from down the hall. confused, chris slowly snakes his arm off of dejahs head and tip toes his way to where the crying was coming from and as suspected, it was coming from matts room.

he opens the door and as soon as he can fully see matt, he can see him wiping away at his eyes, "what do you want?" he says in an annoyed tone, turning away from chris.

chris frowns and shuts the door behind him, "are you okay? what's wrong, seriously. i'm worried about you."

matt turns his head around to face chris and his eyes are blood shot red, and his face is wet from his tears. he looked terrible, and whatever had happened was bad. like, really bad. chris immediately walked towards him and takes a seat next to him on the bed, pulling him into a short hug where matt seems to cry more, making chris' shirt wet. "i'm always here to talk you know? whatever's going on you can tell m-"

"she's dating jude!" he shouts, pulling away from chris' chest.

shocked, chris asks, "who? and don't tell me it's.. abbie."

matt slowly nods his head and chris' jaw drops. he couldn't believe what he had just heard coming out of his mouth. not only did she break his brothers heart, but she had completely gone behind her best friend's back and dated her abusive ex. the realisation had sunk in and he knew he had to tell her. "shut. the. fuck. up. there's no fucking way are you kidding me?!? when i tell you that the next time i see that boy, he's getting fucking killed and i don't care where or when. you're not worth her time at all, you deserve someone better who will treat you better and make you feel what you're worth." comforts chris, watching matt nod in approval.

"i just really wanted it to be her man. she made me feel like a fool, confessing my feelings just for her to tell me that she's dating jude and then had to audacity to beg me not to tell anyone." he cries, "i want to hate her for the shitty thing she did but i just can't. she could cut my arm off and i wouldn't care. i can't be around her, i just can't. not until i'm over it."

chris nods in an understanding way and hugs him once more, "listen, i will speak to her and tell that she's no longer allowed to sit with us and i will make sure she knows what kind of a shitty person she is, now get some rest okay, we will talk more tomorrow. i love you man" he says, walking towards matts door. he opens the door, facing into matts room and when he shuts the door, he turns around to be met with dejah. her eyes had no emotion behind them and her mouth was opened. chris knew exactly why, "oh dejah" he says, grabbing her and hugging her tight, "please tell me you didn't hear that."

by the tight grasp from dejah onto chris' shirt and the tears now streaming down her face, he knew the answer to his question. he couldn't imagine the pain that she must be going through, she's been through a lot this past month, wether it was school, her parents, jude, chris, and now her best friend betraying her in the worst way possible. all chris wanted to do was to make sure dejah was okay. (and kill jude of course)

"he hurt me so much and now he's with my fucking best friend? i mean what the fuck" she sobs, gasping for air that she so badly needed from all the crying she's been doing. chris hugs her tighter and strokes her back to try calm her down, "when is it all gonna end."

chris' heart aches for her and he felt so incredibly sorry for her. he's never felt so much sympathy for someone in his whole entire life than how he feels right now for dejah.

her mind was racing and all these thoughts flashed her mind and she had so many questions that she needed the answers too. she felt as though the ground had been ripped out from under her. she tried to find the light of the situation like she always tried to do, but it was no use. she couldn't shake the feeling of the betrayal and ache that lingered, gnawing at her heart. chris carried her back to his bedroom and gently placed her onto his bed. "you need to get some rest, okay?" he says, planting a small kiss onto her forehead. he climbs into bed next to her and cuddles up behind her. she turns around so she's now laying on his chest, "you didn't deserve that. and trust me, they will get their karma. soon enough she will realise what she's lost and what she's lost is a lot. she lost a kind, caring, beautiful, sweet, funny girl who was there for her when she was at her lowest, so really it's their loss." he says, reassuring her. dejah wipes her tears from her eyes and touches chris' face, moving her fingers around until he found his lips as it was dark and she couldn't see his face. she swiftly moved in closer and kisses his soft lips, leaving him flustered.

"thank you for always being there for me." she says mid kiss. once the words left her mouth she kissed him once more before resting her head back down and trying to fall asleep. she felt safe laying in chris' arms and it was a feeling she had never felt before. she never had parents to lay down with and jude just borderline scared her, so it was nice to finally feel safe in someone's arms especially after everything that's happened. chris didn't want to move a muscle in case it accidentally woke her up. he had so much more to say to her but he decided letting her sleep after such a stressfully day that she's had would be better.

he had no idea what he was going do or say to abbie. he was so incredibly furious with her, so he decided he'd need at least a week before he went to speak to her in person, as he needs time to calm down and think. he didn't know if liv or nick knew either so he knew he was going to have to tell them as some point too. they obviously all aren't going into school tomorrow which meant liv and abbie are most likely going to be alone together in school unless they both don't come in too. chris waited a few minutes before he opened his phone, quickly turning the brightness all the way down so it doesn't awaken dejah.

he types out a message to liv and copy and pasted it to abbie too.

me dejah nick and matt aren't coming in tomorrow so we won't able to drop u guys off so u may as well try stay off too

liv had already replied saying:

wasnt planning on coming in anyways 😭

and abbie had left him on read , bitch

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maisie
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abbie when i catch u abbie
abbie bout to catch these hands FR 😭🙏