Red Flag

Chapter 8

Ryan lied on her bed, phone propped onto her stomach as she talked with Matt.

"Did you see it?!" He asked excitedly

"I saw it, I enjoyed i and I loved it!" She exclaimed with a huge grin "you are a literal child dude" she added.

"Someone commented 'This is Matt being a chlid trapped inside an adults body for almost 20 minutes, and I love it' y'all would agree" he told her, to which her smile grew..if that was even possible.

"She's so right" the girl let out watching his face contort as he understood.

"It was you?!" He squinted his eyes at her.

"It's the truth..." she groaned as Salem jumped onto her stomach, forcing Matt to see his back side as he stood shouting at his momma. "And that you're looking at would be my cat's anus, ever seen one before?" She moved her head to the side, coming into the brunette's view again.

"Nah, that's a new one" he laughed "and who's the little guy?" He smiled

"This...can't you see I'm talking to someone?" She turned to the cat, who was currently tapping her cheek with his small paw while miauing loudly "this is Salem" she pulled the cat away from her and onto the bed.

"Why didn't a I meet him earlier?" He asked, his smile growing as he watched the girl interact with the baby animal.

"Because..." Ryan huffed as the cat cuddled her neck, curling himself into a ball under her chin and purring softly "he was at his daddy's place" she said leaning her ledt cheek onto the kitten.

"Who's his daddy?" Matt blinked, was he about to find out about an ex?

"Gallo" she smiled at the green eyed boy

"You have a cat with Gallo?" He didn't like feeling that way but he was a bit jealous at the moment.

"He's mine, Blake gave it to me for my last birthday but this little boy was only a month old when Gallo picked him up so his scent is very familiar to Salem." She explained and Matt felt a pressure lift from his chest.

"So Blake is like..the mom actually?" He smirked at the girl.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that. Anyway, back to your blog...is that really your happy place?" She asked curiously

"Yeah...I just love Washington in general so I can't really choose tho but...basically" he shrugged.
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That conversation with Matt left Ryan thinking, he probably thought she didn't see anything but there was something in the way his smile twitched that made her notice. Jealousy wasn't a nice feeling, she didn't want for him to feel that way even if he had every right and reason to.

She needed to come back to herself and stop whatever she was doing with Gallo, that was her best friend after all. She loved him but not in that way, at least not yet, and what she was starting to feel for Matt wouldn't stop growing any time soon.

In a few weeks she was gonna have a couple of free days, which she would use to fly over to LA, meet Matt's friends and stay with him a couple of days.

The urge of buying a ton of nice,  luxurious chlothes stung her as she glanced at her half way open closet and saw the ginormous amount of hoodies, jackets, cargoes and sweatpants stuffed in there.

"I need a bigger closet" she spoke to herself and turned to look at Salem, who looked at her in a way she interpreted as a judgmental glare. "Don't look at me that way"

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Both the blonde boy and his brunette best friend sat on the back of an ambulance with blankets wrapped around themselves.