Taylor's pov
We walk back into the house and back into the living room with Chris and Zoey. "Hey guys I'm staying too!" I say. "You better be!" Zoey says. "So should we watch another movie or do you guys wanna be left alone?" Matt asks Chris and Zoey. "We were going to go get food and then come back and go to my room." Chris says. "Oh alright. Have fun." Matt says. Chris and Zoey walk out to Zoey's car and that leaves me, Matt, and Nick. "So I guess i'm gonna go to my room because there's no way i'm about to third wheel." Nick says heading towards the stairs. "Goodnight Nick" Matt says. "Goodnight Matt." he replies. "So what do you want to do?" Matt says to me. "Whatever you want." I reply. "You're the guest so it's up to you." "Like I said, I'm too indecisive. I don't care." I say. "Alright, why don't we go my room and continue watching Vampire Diaries." he says taking my hand. "Sounds good!" I say following him up to his room.
Chris's pov
"Do you think them being alone is going to go well?" I ask Zoey. "I'm sure they will be okay." she replies. "Well where do you want to get food?" I ask. "Is there anywhere that's even open?" she asks. "Fast food is usually open this late, or Denny's." "I love Denny's." she says. "Alright well then Denny's it is." I say. Zoey drives to Denny's and we walk in and sit down. "Can I tell you something?" I say to her. "Ya sure. What's up?" she replies looking up from her menu. "I think you're really pretty and I really like hanging out with you." I cannot believe those words actually just came out of my mouth. "Awww really?" she replies. "Yes." I say back. "Well I think you're very cute and I also like to hang out with you too." she says back with a smile. "Well thank you." I say smiling back. We order our food and eat it and then go back to my house. "I wonder what the love birds are doing? Should we sneak up on them?" I whisper walking in the house. "Um what if we see something we don't wanna see?" she says. "True. Good thing you're thinking." I laugh. "Do you wanna just go to bed? I ask. "Sure. I can sleep on the couch." Zoey says to me. "You can sleep in my room and I'll take the couch." I say trying to be polite. "No no I don't wanna kick you out of your room." she says. "It's fine I never actually sleep in there anyways. I'll walk you up and help you get settled." I say taking her hand and walking toward the stairs.
Matt's pov
We've been watching this show for 2 hours and neither of us has said a word about anything other than the show. I want to say something but I just don't know what to say. Should I tell her how I haven't stopped thinking about her since we met? Should I tell her how pretty she is? I need some help. Maybe I should ask Nick or see if Chris is home. "Hey i'm gonna go get something to eat i'm hungry again. Do you want anything?" I ask. "No i'm okay. Thanks though!" she replies. I walk out of my room and go to see if Chris is home. "I see Chris's light is on in his room so I open the door and see him and Zoey making out on his bed. I shut the door quickly and run downstairs.
Chris's pov
I grab a blanket and change my clothes and make myself a pile to take downstairs while Zoey gets ready for bed in my bathroom. She walks out and sits next to me on the bed. "Okay well I'll leave you to it. Goodnight" I say getting up. She grabs my arm and pulls me back down "Wait" she says. "Can I ask you something?" she asks. "Sure" I reply. "Have you ever kissed someone?" she asks me. I feel a lump in my throat as I think of what to say. How hard is it just to say yes. "Um.. ya... I have. Why?" I spit out. "Just wondering." she says. I know she wasn't just wondering. "Why do you really want to know?" I ask her. "Cause I want to kiss you but I didn't want it to be your first in case it was awkward or bad." she says. There is no fucking way she just said she wants to kiss me. What do I do? Should I say nothing and kiss her? Do I say something? "Oh well then you have nothing to worry about." I say leaning in and kissing her. It's been about 2 minutes and it's still happening and then suddenly my door flings open and we look up to see Matt. He shuts the door quickly and runs off. "Oh shit. That's awkward." I say. "You should probably go out there." Zoey says.
Matt's pov
I can't believe what I just saw. I'm so happy for Chris but why can't I do that with Sarah? Why am I so scared to make any sort of move? I'm getting a bottle of water as Chris walks up to me. "Hey man sorry you saw that." he says opening the fridge and grabbing a pepsi. "It's fine. I just wasn't expecting that." I say laughing. "How's it going with Sarah?" he asks me. "I don't know. We've been watching a show since you and Zo left and neither of us have spoken." I say. "Oh brother. You need help huh?" he says laughing. "Yes. Now help me. What do I do? What do I say?" I ask desperately. "Well what do you want to happen? Do you wanna tell her how beautiful she is? Kiss her? Ask her out?" "I just want to tell her how I haven't stopped thinking about her since we met at that party and how everytime she smiles I get butterflies and how her eyes light up every room she walks in." I say. "Alright well then just say that." "What? No way. I'll sound stupid." "No you won't. Girls love that shit. Go back up there and tell her exactly how you feel." "Okay. I will. Thanks man." I say dabbing him up and walking back up to Sarah.
Sarah's pov
We haven't spoken in 2 hours. I don't know what to say or do. I'm just going to text Zoey.
Zoey
Me: God please help me.
Zoey: Oh no. What?
Me: We haven't spoken in 2 hours. What do I do?
Zoey: Well you might when he go back to you after what he just saw.
Me: What did he see?
Zoey: Me and Chris slightly making out.
Me: WHAT?! Omg Zoey!!
Zoey: It's not that big of a deal but I'm sure he didn't wanna see that. Anyways, why don't you just tell him he's cute and see where that gets you.
Me: Should I? What if he's not into me though?
Zoey: He definitely is. Just do it. Trust me.
Me: Okay I hear him coming back. Have fun smooching😘😘
Zoey: Sometimes I can't stand you🫶
Matt comes back into the room and I set my phone down and sit up. "Hey you're back!" I say. "Yes and I brought you a water because you haven't eaten or drank anything since you've been here all day." he says. I was really hoping he wouldn't notice that. "Can I ask why you haven't eaten or drank anything?" he asks me. Should I just say I was too nervous or should I be honest? "Would you believe me if I told you I was too nervous and forgot?" I say smiling. "Not one bit." he says. "Okay well if I tell you the mood is about to get super dark." "It's okay. You can talk to me. If you don't want to I understand but I'm all ears." he says. "Okay well then here it goes I guess." I say taking a deep breath. "I was dating this guy about a year ago and every time I ate in front of him he would criticize me and tell me not to eat too much or I'll be fat. Or if I went to his house at night and ate a snack he'd say something like "it looks like you've eaten enough already today" and just say really rude shit to me. So I stopped eating and when I started losing wait he'd tell me I was perfect and how i've never looked better. Whenever he saw me with food he'd make me feel bad for eating it. Then I found out he was cheating on me so I broke up with him and he told me that he liked her better because she was skinny and I needed to calm down on the food and maybe he wouldn't have cheated if I was skinny." I'm shaking and I can feel a tear run down my cheek. "Sarah." Matt says grabbing my hand. "We've been broken up for a year and his worlds run through my mind whenever I look at food. It's even worse when I'm in front of a guy." I say. "Sarah. I'm so so sorry" he says. "It's not your fault." I say back. He grabs my face so that I'm looking at him. "You can eat whenever and whatever you want, especially in front of me. I'm going to get you a piece of pizza." he says running out of the room. I can't believe we haven't spoken in 2 hours and that's what gets said when we finally do. He comes back in with a piece of pizza and hands it to me "Here you go." he says. "Thank you" I say taking a bite. "Sarah." he says. "Yes?" I reply. "I think you're perfect the way you are. I wouldn't change a thing about you. You have the most beautiful smile I've ever seen in my life. Your eyes light up every room you walk in. When you look at me my stomach fills with butterflies. I haven't stopped thinking about you when we met at that party. I know that was a lot but I needed to say it." he blurts out. What the hell do I say back to that? "Really?" I ask. "Yes. I've never felt this way about someone in my life." "Well I feel the same exact way." I say back. "You do?" he says smiling. "Yes. I told Zoey I wanted to be your friend and get to know you outside of being a fan. You're so much more than a friend to me. You're everything I've ever dreamed of Matt." I blurt out. He grabs my face and kisses me. "Sarah. Will you be my girlfriend?" he asks as butterflies fill my stomach. "Yes!" I say kissing him again. We go back to watching our show and drift to sleep. Life is not real.
