The Dairy Queen

All of the Stars

A/N Start the song at the first  *** xo Penny

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It's Friday and I am closing with Noah, Angela, and James. It is so crazy busy that Gunther ends up calling Matt in as well. I haven't spoken to him since babysitting for his little sisters, but I'm looking forward to seeing him.

We work side by side for a while, neither of us saying much. Noah sends the two of us on break at the same time. I grab a soda and take a seat in the back booth like usual. A few minutes later Matt come up to the table.

"Is this seat taken?" He points to the bench opposite me.

"Nope, all yours." I say and manage a smile. I feel myself begin to sweat and get nervous. I'm not good at confrontation and I don't know if Matt is angry or still hurt. When I talked to him after babysitting we kept our conversation to his sisters and his parent's picnic.

Matty sits down, exhales and runs his hand through his hair. He has on a white t-shirt and it is noticeably tight-fitting. He interlaces his fingers and stretches both of his arms over his head. Definitely flexing his muscles.

I can't help staring. And he notices.

"Like what you see, Davis?" He says with a smirk.

My breath catches as I'm immediately brought back to the first time we slept together. I feel myself blush as I recall his mouth on my neck, his hand on my breast, his fingers in my...

I quickly look away. "You know I do, Matty." I say less confidently than I would have liked.

"It's nuts in here tonight."

Thankful he changed the subject, "I know. I'm fucking exhausted. So are you and your parents coming on Sunday?"

"Yeah, we are. My mom is excited. She's been thinking all week about what to bring."

"She doesn't need to bring anything." He smiles.

"Trust me, one of my earliest memories is of my mom teaching me that you never show up to a party empty handed."

We both laugh and then there is an awkward silence.

"Oh, hey I got matched with a roommate. Seems like a cool guy. He's from L.A.."

"Yeah? That's awesome. I've always wanted to see L.A. I met my roommate through some freshman class Snapchat group. Her name is Chelsea, she's from Rhode Island. We are going to try and get together in a couple of weeks."

"Kinda crazy that we only have about a month before we're all leaving for college." There is a slight sadness in his voice.

"Yeah, I know. So weird."

Matty reaches his hand across the table but stops right before touching mine. He looks at me and opens his mouth, "Vi---I, uh..." He pulls his hand away and stands up. "I should get back now."

I look down at the table, "yeah. Me too."

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"Thank fucking God that chaos is over!" Angela exclaims as we lock the door and flip the 'Closed' sign over. "Let's get this shit cleaned up and head over to the beach."

Noah turns the music up and we clean and prepare the shop for opening tomorrow. With five of us it doesn't take too long.

We are heading over to the beach when we notice Matt headed to his car.