why her?

part one

"JESUS NICK GIVE ME MY PHONE BACK!" i yell, chasing nick around his kitchen.
"NEVERR" he yells, running in circles around the island. i climb on the island and jump on him, tackling him to the ground.
"jesus belle! okay okay take it back" he says, laughing. i take my phone back and smirk at him, giggling.
"thank you very much sir." i say, getting off of him and sitting in the chair at the island. i feel someone mess up my hair behind me, and turn to see a sleepy looking matt smiling at me.
"morning matt" i smile at him. i stop for a second to admire his pretty features. he's got middle parted brown hair, bright blue eyes, and he's wearing a ransom shirt and grey sweatpants.
"morning anna" he smiles back. matt's the only one that calls me anna, everyone else calls me belle. i think it's cute.
"ANNABELLE!!" i hear chris yell from upstairs.
"IT WASNT ME" i yell, looking at the stairs to see an angry chris at the top of them.
"did you take my hoodie again?!" he yells.
"nooo.." i say, clearly wearing the jacket.
"BELLE TAKE IT OFF I WAS GONNA WEAR IT TODAY" he runs down the stairs. i run into the living room and jump over the couch.
"NO ITS COMFORTABLE" i say, matt and nick laughing in the kitchen.
"belle, im giving you five seconds to take it off before i jump over this couch and-" i cut him off.
"OKAY OKAY, you don't even need to finish your sentence." i say, taking off the hoodie and handing it to him. under it i'm wearing a tight cropped white tank top, with matt's blue plaid pajama pants. i walk back into the kitchen and sit next to matt again.
"belle, do u wanna go shopping at the mall later with me and alahna?" nick asks me, drinking pure leaf tea.
"is that even a question?" i ask jokingly, standing up and grabbing a bowl for some cereal.
"alright, we're going at 1 so go get ready" he says, setting his drink on the counter and taking my seat. i groan and put the bowl back in the cabinet.
"we're out of captain crunch! i'm not even hungry anymore" i say.
"matt can i borrow some clothes please?" i ask, walking towards the stairs.
"of course, let me go find some" he says, standing up and walking up the stairs with me. we walk to his room and he grabs me some black sweatpants and a ransom t-shirt.
"is this okay?" he asks showing me.
"of course, thanks matt" i say, taking the clothes and smiling at him. he smiles back and i walk out of the door, and into the bathroom. i get in the shower and play music, when my phone goes off.
_______________________________

matt 💗
oh my god turn down
the music it's so loud
anna

annabelle👻
omg okayyy sorry
matty

matt 💗
it's okaaaayy
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my cheeks flush red and i get super embarrassed. i feel bad for having it so loud and quickly finish up my shower. i get out and get dressed into matt's clothes, and fix up my hair. i put on some mascara that i keep here for when i stay over, and i exit the restroom and walk into matt's room. he's not in there, so i put my clothes in the corner of his room and i spray some perfume on, and use his deodorant. i walk downstairs and see matt sitting on the couch in the living room, and nick and chris are nowhere to be seen.
"hey matty" i say smiling, plopping next to him on the couch.
"hi anna" he smiles back and puts his arm around my shoulder. i lean into him and pull my phone out, going to instagram and scrolling. a video comes up of a ship edit of me and matt, and i quickly scroll past it so that matt hopefully doesn't see. my cheeks turn a light shade of pink, but matt doesn't notice. i've had a crush on matt for a while now, but i've never said anything because i like what we have now and don't wanna lose it. nick is the only person that knows about my small thing for matt, and i trust him to keep it a secret. i always thought matt was cute from when we first met.

flashback

i was walking to class, ignoring the weird looks. i had a black eye, so i don't blame them for looking at me weird. if only they knew how i really got the bruise. and of course with my luck, i accidentally bump into someone.
"shit! i'm so sorry" i say, looking up at him. he was very handsome. i got lost in his eyes.
"no i'm sor- oh shit, what happened to your eye?" he asks, rubbing his thumb over the bruise.
"oh- uh, nothing. sorry again." i say, quickly grabbing my things off the floor and walking past him. but that definitely wasn't our last encounter. i would see him in the halls all the time, and everytime i saw him he'd smile and give a small wave. id always wave back, and eventually it just became routine. until one day he got switched into my class, then we started talking. and eventually we became really close. so close in fact, that i told him about my dad. my dad is the reasoning for my bruises, and cuts when i go to school. he's been like this since my mom died. he blames me for it. she died at childbirth, so he's always hated me. he never started getting physical until about a year ago. matt was the only person that truly understood. i felt like i could tell him anything. that's when i met nick and chris. we all became inseparable.

end of flashback

nick walks into the room.
"cmon belle, we gotta go alahna is here" he announces, pulling me up from the couch.
"okayy, bye matt" i say, smiling at him as nick drags me out the front door.
"bye anna" he says, smiling back. we walk outside and to alahnas car.
"hi alahna!!" i say, getting in the passengers seat.
"hey girl!!" she says, smiling. she greets nick aswell and we start to drive to the mall. once we get there we split up and go to different stores, shopping and having a good time. some guy walks up to me awkwardly.
"hey.. could i get your snap? i think you're really cute" he says, smiling at me.
"oh! sorry, i actually have a boyfriend. thank you though" i say, smiling back and turning around to walk out of the store. of course i don't actually have a boyfriend, but i really just wasn't interested. i met up with nick and alahna, and we all decided we were done shopping and left. alahna drove us back home, and we thanked her and went inside. i saw chris in the living room and nick walked over to him and sat down. i said hi to chris and walked up the stairs to matt's room. i saw him at his desk.
"hi matty" i said, smiling at him.
"hey anna! what'd you get?" he says, taking his headset off and getting up to sit on the edge of the bed with me. i showed him everything i got, which consisted of a couple new bathing suits, some jewelry, new converse, and 2 shirts.
"awesome" he says smiling at me. i thank him and lay back on his bed groaning.
"i'm so tiredddd" i say dramatically.
"so take a nap silly" he says, putting my bag of stuff on the ground near his desk.
"will you take one with meee" i ask, taking my shoes off.
"duh, im tired too" he says, jumping on the bed next to me. he snakes his arm around my waist and pulls me closer to him. i lay my head on his chest and wrap my arms around him.
"night matty" i say into his chest.
"night anna" he replies, resting his head on top of mine. i drift to sleep in this position, with matt playing with my hair.

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