Deranged Youth | book one

Chapter 18

Gabby and Sam will not stop bugging me about talking to Johnny. I'll talk to him when I talk to him because right now I have more important things to do. Like right now I'm deciding between which dress I should wear for the dinner with Matt and my dad. The thing is I don't want to look too fancy but I want to look decent and put together. After hours of debating I finally decide on a cream, flowy dress that goes down to about 3 or 4 inches above the knee. I keep my hair loose to keep things a bit casual and I put on a little more make up than usual. Mostly becasue my dad doesn't want to cook and would rather go out somewhere to have dinner. The resturant were going to is an italian resturant out in Minniapolis, and I've heard it's really good. I slip on my nude pumps and shove my phone and some lip gloss into my clutch before looking into the mirror one last time. Satisfyed, I spray my vanilla perfume all over me and head out of my bedroom.

Right as I take a step out the door I already hear Matt and my dad talking downstairs. I thought, They're here already? and continue walking downstairs. Matt and my dad are talking at the foot of the stairs and as I walk down Matt looks up and meets my eyes. And man, does he clean up well. Matt's wearing a white button-up shirt that's tucked into black slacks and paired with black dress shoes. His hair is a little messy but that can be fixed. Out of the corner of my eyes, dad stops talking and turns to see what Matt is looking at.

I frown from all the sudden attention and say, "What's with all the stares? It's just me." Once I get to the bottom of the stairs Matt and my dad turn to face me.

Matt's smile grows as he says, "You look beautiful, M."

I nervously tuck a loose hair behind my ear before saying, "Thanks, Matt." At this point you can understand why I'm blushing like crazy.

My dad clears his throat and says, "We better get going if we're gonna get to our reservation on time." He turns on his heels and starts walking out the door. Matt puts his hand on the small of my back and we follow behind. When my dad is out the house and out of sight, I put my arm in front of Matt's chest to stop him from walking any further. I step in front of him and look up at his messy hair. 

I laugh, "We better fix that, hold this." I hand Matt my clutch and fix his hair with both of my hands. As I focus on fixing Matts hair I feel his eyes looking at me. Praying that I'm not blushing anymore I continue fixing his soft brown hair. Once it's fixed I say, "There we go." I take a step back and look at it from afar. "That's better, and very handsome too." I wink as I grab my clutch from Matts hands and head out the front door.

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It took 15 minutes to get there and during the whole car ride Matt and my dad were talking about his future. Get this, Matt want to become an architect. That definately impressed my dad. 

Now we're sitting in the resturant and waiting for our food. Dad starts on a new topic, one that I can be a part of.

"So," Dad starts and rests his folded hands on the table. "Maddie wants you to go to Flordia with her, and right now I'm very pleased with you." Matt and I meet eyes after dad said that and, this time, I wink at him. "You've showed me how responcible, organised, and charming you are and.." 

I couldn't wait any longer. So, I blurted out, "So Matt can come??" 

Matt laughs at me while my dad chuckles. Dad sighs, moving his head from side to side thinking. He finally says, "I'm still deciding." He smirks and our food finally comes. The waitress sets my dish down, I ordered a somehthing that had a little bit of everything. It contained some spaghetti, fettichini, some garlic bread, and ravioli.

When the waiter left, I told my dad, "You're just trying to torture me." Dad chuckles as he takes a sip of his water. And we all dig in.

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I've never been so stuffed in my entire life. No. That's a lie. There was this one time, when my dad and I went to a buffet for a celebration on his new job and it was an expensive buffet. Which meant it had amazing food. One thing came to another and I ended up eating 6 plates of food! I'm not as stuffed as I was then, but the portions they gave me were bigger than expected and it was too good to let it go cold.

I groan, "Who else is stuffed besides me." I lean back into my seat and look back and fourth between Matt and my dad.

"I am." He laughs, "I think I'll need to unbuckle my belt."

Matt laughs, "Same here, Mr. Archer"

I let out a weak laugh, "Oh please don't" I cover my eyes at the thought. Suddenly I remember the main reason why we're here. "So? Dad, Matt should start packing for Flordia, right?" I raise my eyebrows at him, waiting for my answer.

I hear Matt laugh, "You really want me to come, huh?" Matt asks me.

"Shhhh." I bring my pointer finger to my lips and turn to my dad, sitting straight, turning my head to the side, and putting on a smile he can't resist.

Dad takes a deep breath in and sighs. "Yes, Matt can go with-" I didn't let him finish because I start squeeling and claping my hands like an idiot. But I don't care, I'm happy.

We start walking out of the resturant and Matt grabs my wrist and pulls me towards him into his chest. "Hey, M. Wanna know what I thought was adorable tonight?" He whispers into my ear.

"What?" I whisper back.

"When you got all kid happy when your dad told you that I could come with you to Flordia." He tells me in a husky voice that make my knees weak. 

I scoff, "Don't tell me that you weren't happy when he told you."

It took a while to answer. But he replys, "I am happy. I'm so fucking thrilled to go with you, M."

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Authors Note: Updated!!! And I'm sorry this wasn't my best but I still hope you enjoyed xD Like what my friend, wombatrose1, told me in the previous chapter, THE SHIP HAS SAILED!

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