𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐃𝐃𝐄𝐍 ━━ 𝘔𝘈𝘛𝘛 𝘚𝘛𝘜𝘙𝘕𝘐𝘖𝘓𝘖

( 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐄: 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓)

Payton lets go as she turns to see Papa and Matt standing at my doorframe.

"Matt!" I exclaim, attempting to run up and hug him but Payton pulls me back.

"I SAID GET OFF!" Papa shouts.

"Don't touch me!" I shout, elbowing Payton in the stomach, causing her to let go, allowing me to run up to Matt.

I run up to him and crash into his arms, resulting in us both falling to the ground.

As tears fall down my face, Matt wraps his arms around me, rubbing his hand up and down my back.

"Shh you're okay, you're okay." he whispers.

"You get your hands off of her!" Payton shouts to Matt.

He just ignores her and tightens his grip around me.

I fell Payton come up and take Matt's arms off of me.

"Don't fucking touch him!" I exclaim, pushing her hard, causing her to fall back and hit her head on my nightstand.

I gasp a little, my hand smacking over my mouth.

"Oh you're gonna get it you little fucking brat!" she exclaims, stumbling up to get to me. I just turn around and hide in Matt's chest, awaiting for pain but it never comes.

"Matt go call the police!" Papa instructs as he holds Payton down.

I watch as Matt rushes to pull out his phone. I watch as Payton struggles under Papa's arms. I watch as Matt stands in anxiety and fright while Papa does as well. I watch everything go down and can't help but cry at what my life has become.

What once was happy and fun became terror and fake.

Matt, the neighbor I've always despised, was standing in my room calling the police on the women I've always looked up to. The same women who was nearly about to kill me not even 5 minutes ago.

As Matt speaks to the officer on the phone, he wraps an arm around my shoulders.

He hangs up then tells us the police are on the way. After sharing, he wraps the other arm around me, pulling me close as he rubs my back.

"Are you okay?" he mutters, "Now that you're here, yeah." I answer, "Good." he replies.

I blink slowly, just trying to process everything that's happened in the past 10 minutes, accidentally letting more tears drop onto Matt's clothing. He holds my head closer at this action.

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕

𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐀𝐆𝐎

As both Aria and I each walk through our own windows, I smile to myself at everything that just happened. We had spent an hour just talking and walking.

I go to look at Aria, hoping she had been looking at me, but she wasn't. Only her mother who had been yelling at her.

Oh fucking shit.

I sit on my bed, not exactly knowing what I had planned on doing. I mean Payton hadn't been hurting Aria so we were fine. All good. Aria's ok.

Well, that's what I thought until Nick came barging into my room telling me Mr. Josslyn wanted me.

Oh fucking shit times two.

I walk downstairs where I meet eyes with Mr. Josslyn.

"Matt come here, Aria and Payton are fighting again and she's gonna need you." he rushes.

I look around, no Chris, Nick, or Mom, so I nodded my head and followed Mr. Josslyn to their house.

As soon as I pass the doorway into the Josslyn family house I'm greeted with faint but not faint shouting from upstairs.

Mr. Josslyn drags me upstairs and busts open Aria's door where we see Payton with her hand around Aria's neck.

𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐕

𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘

Matt sits beside me on my bed, my hand in his as the police question Papa about Payton while she sits in the back of a police car.

I look out my window to see her already looking at me.

She nods her head up and then once down, reminding me of our little head sign's we made up when I was 8. If one of us nodded our head up and then down, it meant 'I love you'.

I just shook my head no in response and I see her looking down at her lap.

"Hey Ari, you okay?" Matt asks, rubbing my hand, bringing me back into the real world.

"Yeah I just- never in a million years would I have I have thought that I'd be seeing my mom in the back of a police car, with you here by my side holding my hand." I answer quietly.

"I'm sorry Aria." he replies, laying his head on my shoulders.

"Hey, thank you for coming over. It really helped. Helped me I mean." I say, "Anytime Ari." he replies.

"Hey Aria, they said they need to take you in for questioning." Papa informs be, taking a glance at me and Matt's hands.

Matt lifts his head up and so do I.

"Um okay." I reply, standing up.

"I'll talk to you later Matt ok?" I say, "I'll be here." he sighs.

The officer- Officer Shannon Clayton- takes me to her car and makes me sit in the back with Payton.

"Hey can I um sit in the front or something, I don't really feel comfortable sitting back there with her." I request, "Yeah of course sweetie." she replies.

"Arianna-"

"Don't talk to me." I interrupt as Shannon gets into the drivers seat.

"ARIANNA-"

"I SAID DON'T TALK TO ME"

"Do you need me to put up the glass?" Shannon asks, "Yes please." I answer.

KIERA SPEAKS: yep this made me cry too, but come on the Matt/Aria content is just it yk?