You're in my Seat ~ M. Sturniolo

Chapter twenty - back in boston

We woke up at 10am from my alarm. We had to be out by 11 so we packed up all of our stuff. It was 10:30 when we were officially ready to head out. We checked out at the front desk and got in the van.

We were on the road for a few hours with the only sound being music. I didn't mind it. Listen to music kept me occupied for a long time, and the same for Peyton. Matt had to focus on the road so he didn't need to be kept occupied. We stopped at Dunkin' for breakfast and this time, Matt paid before I could get my card out of my back.

"Matt! Stop! I told you I'm paying!"

"Oh my god Vivianne, just be grateful...please" he rolled his eyes. We get our food and drive once again.

I could see that Peyton was really torn up about the situation and I felt bad. There was nothing I could do to fix this for her. I had always tried to protect her from mom but now there was no more lying. She experienced firsthand how terrible she was. It hurt me knowing that she would be now as damaged as she was. She could save her anymore. The damage was done.

The drive back felt shorter than the drive there. Maybe because it wasn't so stressful. There was nothing that made the drive drag on.

Today was supposed to be a school day but Matt and I were skipping (obviously). As someone who always cares about school and attendance and all that, it's like all of it flew out the window when Peyton left. I didn't give a shit anymore. I started failing classes and it didn't matter at all to me. Now that she was back, I felt almost complete again. More like myself in a matter of hours.

We got home at around 5pm and Matt stayed over. My dad was coming back from his trip tomorrow night so I had decided that it would be okay for Matt to sleepover. My dad would never have approved but he was there so she didn't really care.

"Do you need a change of clothes Matt? I still have the ones you let me borrow" I say as we walk into my room.

"Uhh sure" he says, sitting down on my bed. "What's for dinner?"

"I'll cook something. Get changed" I say as I walk out to the kitchen. Peyton was lying on the couch in the living room, staring at the ceiling with her AirPods in her ears. I opened a cabinet to reveal a box of spaghetti and some pasta sauce so that's what I cooked. I got some ground meat out of the fridge and got to cooking.

My dad had taught me how to cook. It was his passion. He was amazing and I was very thankful for it. I could always come home looking forward to a delicious dinner.

I made the food and called everyone to the table. Everyone seemed to throughly enjoy the meal. Especially Peyton. Our mom was...not the best cook.

Peyton seemed to want to be alone in her room after dinner so that left Matt and I alone.

"Do you wanna watch a movie?" I asked him as we plopped on the couch. (a/n: can I just say, I love the world plop. It's so fun)

"Sure. What do you wanna watch?"

"Let's just scroll through and find something"

"Okay"

We spent the next thirty minutes searching through the apps and landed on '10 Things I Hate about you'. This was one of my favorite movies and Matt said that he was a fan.

Matt and I were sat very close together, despite having the whole couch.

"Matt" I whisper.

"Hmm" he turns his gaze from the movie to me.

"Thank you again. You have no idea how much you driving meant to me"

"Of course" he smiled.

I chuckled and we continued watching the movie. I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder and look at Matt. He's pretending that he doesn't notice my reaction and tries his hardest to keep his attention on the TV. I play along and act as if I didn't notice it. I laid my head on his shoulder and laid down. He again, pretended not to notice.

It's started a little game that eventually ended with him laying down fully on his back, and me laying almost on top of him with my head on his chest.

He was playing with my hair as we watched the movie. Peyton at some point walks through and finds us laying together. "What the fuck?" she mumbles under her breath while grabbing a bag of chips to bring to her room. We laugh to ourselves at her reaction and finish up our movie.

When it ends, we don't move. We stay we're we are for a long while...until Matt gets up.

"I have to use the bathroom" he slowly sits up and stretches.

"Oh..okay. Come to my room when your done"

"Alright"

I walk to my room and lay on my bed. It was getting late and the sun was about to set. Matt walks in and lays next to me, looking at the ceiling.

I feel him turn but I don't acknowledge it. I feel his eyes on me. I take a quick glance at him and we make eye contact. I sit up and he does the same.

"Matt. I feel like we need to talk"

"About what?"

"Us"

"What about 'us'"

"Matt. I don't know what to call ourselves. Are we friends?" I slightly chicken out of what I really wanted to ask.

"I mean, yeah. I guess so" he sounded a bit disappointed.

I had earlier made the realization in my head that I might have an itty bitty teeny weeny crush on him, but I wasn't exactly sure. It was a confusing feeling. Just two weeks ago we were dreading going to prom together and now we were cuddling? (A/n: also, can I say, I HATE THE WORD CUDDLE! But it's the only word I can think of rn so I'll just deal with my disgust)

"Okay. I just wanted to make sure we didn't still have a weird enemies thing going on" I nervously laugh.

"Well I thought that was already established" he gave the same laugh back.

"I guess so, huh" I awkwardly scratch the back or my neck. Damn it. If there's one thing I'm good for in this world it's making things awkward.

The silence swallowed us. This happened a lot but for some reason I felt it more now. I can't stand silence.

"Wanna watch the sunset?" I suggest, pointing out my window above my bed.

"Sure. Let's do it"

I open the window and begin to climb out onto the rooftop.

"Woah Vivi. I didn't know you meant going outside. I thought you meant from the window"

"What kind of loser watches a sunset through a window" I laugh.

"Uhh, me Viv" he raises his eyebrows. I roll my eyes and grab his hand, pulling him out. As much as he didn't want to, he still did it.

We sat together and watched the sunset, Matt holding my hand, a bit scared of being on the roof. Whenever a gust of wind went by or a noise sounded, I felt him squeeze my hand just a little harder. It made me laugh a bit seeing him try to act like he wasn't scared. We watched the sun go down until it was just us on the rooftop, in the dark, holding hands.

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Hey Yall!

This chapter was kinda a filler but wtv

I'm really freaking tired rn you don't even know

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Get some sleep bc ik all of yall are deprived (me 2 girl dw)

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