Law of Attraction (Daredevil/Matt Murdock fanfic) • COMPLETED

VII - Trial

A few days have passed. Nothing really changed much besides the fact that Matt seemed to be a little distant. We never talked about what happened between us as if it had never happened in the first place, we haven't been that close to each other again and he seemed to be back to his old attitude.

He'd disappear at times during the evening being all secretive and leaving me upset most of the time. Probably not on purpose, of course. Part of me wanted to assume he had somebody else just so I could justify his actions in my mind. I'll never be a second option for anyone. I refuse it. If he had somebody, I hoped he was happy with them and didn't bother me again in a romantic way.

Maybe it's bad to assume, maybe it's good for me to stay away from any kind of relationships. All I cared about was my first trial at court that day. I arrived with Foggy and Matt both wearing fancy dark suits. Matt was going to be the first one to talk.

"My client is a young selfless woman with a college degree trying to succeed in life. So I beg the question 'why would she ever do this to herself?'. As the smart woman that she is, she would know very well how impossible it would be to escape. She'd send emails requesting the money and access to the account? Of course not. And why would her colleague break the rules so easily?"

He knew how to leave everyone wondering and how to put the blame on others. In this case, it was not my fault at all. He was amazing and incredibly smart.

"As you know, your honor, the Hell's Kitchen police has been compromised before, so I started my own investigation"

As he was speaking, during that moment, my eyes were fixed on my former colleagues and boss who were clearly trying to screw me up for whatever reason they had. I can understand that they were mad, but I've always thought they trusted me.

I trusted them since day one. I guess I was wrong about them. They didn't bother to hear my side of the story and Matt told me not to talk to any of them as it could ruin something for us, so I gave up trying.

By the end of the trial, I really wanted to hug Matt and Foggy for the incredible job they had done, but I felt like it wasn't appropriate.

"It went well, don't you think?" he asked me.

"You were-" I sigh "Great"

"They seemed very interested when I mentioned Wilson Fisk. I'm only hoping that he's not gonna try to change their minds too. This city is destroyed"

"Why are you being so negative now? It went well. I'm sure they'll consider everything you said"

"I don't know. Don't let it get to you. It's not all bad, you heard them. I didn't know about this before, but the company has all the money back and it's all gone from your account"

"And they're still mad at me. Well, at least I can finally use my money again"

"Yes, but I'd recommend making a new card and account somewhere else. Just in case"

Nadia and Sarah were watching the trial and ended up approaching us.

"That went well! We should celebrate" Foggy said.

"Another excuse to drink" Matt answered.

I hadn't had a drink since- You know. The night Matt and I kissed. Clearly alcohol influenced many of my decisions and I never wanted that to happen. Can't say I was drunk that night. Was I?

"Are we going out?" I asked.

"Ava- You know it's not safe"

"Matt, I'm not a bird, I can't be locked in a cage for the rest of my life. Didn't today change anything?"