Oh-oh here she comes
Watch out boy
She'll chew you up
Oh-oh here she comes
She's a maneater
Maneater ~ Hall & Oates
Rosie's POV
This whole scenario was interesting. Watching Tess flirt with Matt, watching Brian flirt with Peyton, watching Peyton and Matt stealing glances of eachother, what a fucking joke.
"I need a drink." I said standing up. "Want one?" I asked Peyton.
"Um." She said looking at her beer. "I'm okay."
I nodded, walking off towards the bar area.
"Rosie." Tess said to me.
I just looked at her, she knew I didn't like her, I'd made it obvious long before this.
I ignored her, walking straight past her.
"Rude bitch." I heard her mumble.
I smiled to myself. Damn right I was a bitch.
"Matthew." I called, waving him over. "Come."
He smiled and walked over to me. "What's up?"
"Can we have a quiet word?"
"Yeah sure Rosie." He said smiling. "What about?"
I raised my eyebrows at him, as if he didn't know. "Can we go somewhere quiet?"
"Uh sure." He mumbled. "Inside."
I followed him inside and he headed to his office area, closing the door.
"What's up?" He asked.
"You don't know?" I asked him.
He shook his head.
"Matt, Peyton is my best friend, she tells me everything." I told him. "Everything."
He nodded, looking down at his feet. "I see."
"Do you, because I'm pretty sure I told you not to mess with her Matt, I told you not to do it, yet here we are because you fucked with her."
"Rosie..."
I cut him off. "You're in no place to start something, yet you're trying to start something that you're emotionally incapable of finishing."
"How the fuck would you know Rosie." He snapped.
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"How would you know where I stand emotionally." He said, looking pissed. "You know nothing, there's alot that people don't know, so don't stand there and preach at me."
I was shocked, he was very angry, I'd never seen him like this.
"Well you seem undecided." I said softly.
"Undecided about what?"
"Peyton."
He shook his head. "I'm not undecided Rosie, I know exactly what I want, it's Peyton who's undecided, fuck, I guess we're both undecided." He told me. "Rosie I like her, but she keeps avoiding me, this whole situation is delicate ."
"You have alot of baggage."
"Ugh." He groaned. "Baggage, it's not baggage, it's called a past."
"Woohoo where are you Matt?" Tess called from somewhere outside.
"Oh there's your past now." I said.
He shook his head. "Peyton is an adult Rosie, let her deal with us."
I looked at him. "What about her?" I asked, indicating towards the sound of Tess.
"Rosie, what about her?" He asked. "Look, I want to talk to Peyton, I need to talk to her."
"Yeah you do."
"I understand that you're her best friend Rosie and I swear to fuck I am not fucking her around, please let us sort this out."
I looked at him, he was sincere, I could see that. "That's fine Matt, but honestly I don't think Peyton wants to talk to you, she's confused." Peyton would kill me if she knew I was telling him all of this.
"We're all confused." He mumbled.
I got a feeling that Matt wanted Peyton, he just didn't know what to do about it.
"Maybe you should cool things for a bit."
He sighed, his shoulders slumping. "Maybe."
"Matt." Tess called again.
He rolled his eyes.
"You should go." I told him.
He started walking away, but turned back around to face me. "You know Rosie, everything is alot more complicated than you think, there's stuff nobody knows, I mean nobody."
"What do you mean?" I asked him, now I was intrigued.
"I just don't want Peyton to get hate, and you know she will."
I nodded, she wasn't Tiffany, of course she'd get hate.
"Let me at least talk to her, then we can see what happens."
"Sure, okay." I said nodding.
"But Rosie, I'm not fucking her around I swear."
"MATT."
UGH, I wanted to slap her.
"Just let us deal with it okay?" He said, turning and leaving.
I looked at his back, I could try but I wouldn't sit by and let Peyton get hurt and that was going to happen, it was inevitable.
