M Is For...

Chapter 10

You scroll on your phone to check if you missed anything important and put it back away in your pocket. As you're putting your phone away, a kid skates by you at a high speed, and you lose your balance and almost fall down, but you're caught by someone before hitting the ice. "Oh my god, that was close!" you say in relief. You stand up straight and turn around to thank the person who caught you. "Liam?" you say, surprised. "Y/N. It's been a while." He smiles at you. "It has! How have you been?" You greet and hug him.

Mattheo's POV

"I'm tired." Ella says, so I stop on the side of the rink for a second and look over to Y/N. She's hugging a guy I haven't seen before. "Who the hell is that?" Tom stops next to us and looks over at her as well. "I have no idea. I'm going over there. Stay with Ella for a second, will you." I tell Tom and he holds me back for a second. "Maybe I should go over there. You're just going to talk to the guy. I would actually take care of him." Tom says with a straight face. "I will if I have to, you know that." I tell him and skate over to Y/N.

"How is Finn doing? Did he try out for the team?" you ask Liam. "He didn't just try out, he made the team!" he tells you with a proud smile. "That's amazing! He's going to be a professional football player someday, I know it." you say and smile at Liam. "I've missed this, you know? Us." He says with a bittersweet smile and you look down. You feel a hand on the small of your back and it's Mattheo. "Hey Princess. Everything alright over here?" Mattheo kisses you on the cheek. Liam carefully watches Mattheo, Mattheo gives him a death stare back. "Everything is good. Mattheo, this is Liam. Liam, this is Mattheo. My boyfriend." You introduce the two of them and hope for the best. "Nice meeting you, Matthew." Liam holds out his hand for a shake. "It's Mattheo." Mattheo harshly grabs his hand and shakes it once, very roughly. "My bad, Mattheo." They stare at each other for a second until Tom skates over with Ella. "So, who is this knucklehead?" Tom asks, staring at Liam. "Liam!" Ella goes in for a hug and Liam hugs her back. "How has my favourite little girl been?" Liam asks Ella. "Good!" She smiles at him. You feel as if the walls are moving in on you. "You know, we have been skating for a while now. Maybe we should grab a couple of hot chocolates at the cafeteria?" You suggest as you look at Mattheo and Tom. "Sounds good to me, right Ell?" Liam says and looks at Ella who cheers in excitement. "Right. Let's go then..." you sigh and walk off the ice rink.

You're sitting down at a table with the boys and Ella. Everyone stares at you, waiting for an explanation. "The weather today is pretty nice, isn't it? You'd think it be colder this time of the year!" You awkwardly laugh and no one reacts. "Are you going to explain yourself, Y/N?" Tom says with a straight face and you sigh once again. "Fine. Like I introduced you already, Liam, this is Mattheo. My boyfriend. And this is Tom, his brother." You take a deep breath. "This is Liam. My ex-boyfriend..." You look down, not wanting to see their reaction. Tom starts laughing hysterically. You shoot him a nasty look and he raises an eyebrow. "This little guy is your ex-boyfriend? That is mad, Y/N." Tom continues laughing and all you can do is roll your eyes. You look over at Mattheo who is silently staring at Liam. "Why did you break up?" Mattheo says with a straight face. "It's really nothing exciting." You hold his hand and he looks over at you. "Why did you break up?" he repeats himself. "We broke up right after graduation. We didn't want to do the whole long-distance thing." Liam explains and you keep looking at Mattheo, trying to find out what's going through his mind. Mattheo looks down before getting up from his chair and heading out of the cafeteria. "Matty, wait! Tom, watch Ella." You run after him.

Tom's POV

"So. How did a guy like you, pull a girl like Y/N?" I ask the guy right after Matt and Y/N ran outside. "I don't know, just by being a decent, nice guy?" he answers, clearly annoyed by me being unimpressed. I stare at him for a second. "Do you still love her?" I ask him, and the answer better be no. "I don't think I'll ever stop loving her. You know her, Y/N is amazing! But I'm not in love with her anymore, if that's what you're asking?" he answers and I get lost in my own thoughts for a while.