Taking a Leap (Matt Czuchry Fanfic)

Chapter 3

"Why are you back? You should like sleep with him. Or at least try to. From here it looked like he was pretty interested in you." July greets June when she returns to her friends.

June is laughing on the inside. "It's his birthday party. He doesn't have time to fool around. Again."

"OH NO! We didn't bring a present." April looks horrified at the thought.

"Don't worry, babe. I smoothed things over with him." June says with a small smile and a wink. Her head is full of the memories of what happened in the upstairs bathroom not long ago.

"Actually, he invited all of us to come to brunch here tomorrow at 11 o'clock. I took the liberty of saying yes for all of us."

April, May and July are practically jumping up and down at the thought of coming back tomorrow to spend more time with Matt.

"Someone made an impression." May says. June shrugs and smiles. Then she turns to the beer pong table "Hey Brian, let me try before we hit the hotel."

"Oh no. I love you and all, love, but you are so bloody bad at beer pong." He responds his voice thick with his British accent.

"Please. Pretty please with a cherry on top." June pleads and sends him puppy eyes.

"Not those eyes, love. It's not fair." He laughs and hands her a ball.

"I'm gonna make you proud. Actually I'm willing to give our opponent a kiss if I don't make it." She says confidently and all the boys around her whoop including the opponents.

"Deal." She hears Matt say. She turns to him and hides her excitement by reaching over and taking a drink from Brian's beer. "You must be my opponent." She hands the beer back to Brian.

"I am. And I really, really hope you miss this shot." He sends her a flirtatious smile.

She prepares for the throw and take a deep breath. Brian's team is going to win if she makes this shot. She throws the ball and it sails slowly throw the air before hitting the edge of the cup and it's doubtable whether it's gonna go in the cup or not. She sees the hope in Matt's eyes. He doesn't care about how close his opponent's are to winning the game. He really wants that kiss. The ball circles around on the cup's edge slowly and finally it falls into the cup. There is a giant roar from Brian and his team mates. June looks at Brian and arrogantly swings her hair forcefully over one shoulder. "You were saying?" She asks him and he laughs and picks her up so he can swing her around in happiness.

"Well, do I get a kiss for consolation then? Since I'm the birthday boy." Matt asks with a glimpse of excitement in his eyes.

Everyone starts yelling "Kiss, kiss, kiss" so June walks over to Matt and says "It seems like everyone else decided for me that the answer is yes." Then she pulls him into a passionately kiss that make some of the boys start howling and whooping. When they finally breaks free from the kiss everyone is whooping and someone's yelling "That's the chemistry we all want with a partner." That makes everyone starts laughing and Matt says quietly so only June can hear it "Thanks, baby. Best birthday ever." She smiles and goes to the kitchen where she picks up something before going back to Brian. "Pretty please." She says and he bends over from laughing when he sees that she's placed a cherry on top of her head. "You are such a nut-head, love." Brian says between two laughing fits. She sends him a thumbs up, removes the cherry from her head, eats the berry and Brian looks at her with the happiness of a child on Christmas Morning looking at its presents. "You're gonna do it." He says enthusiastically. She nods and places the stem in her mouth and then three seconds later hands him the stem that is now tied into a not. "For you. As a thank you for letting me play." She winks at him.