Smokin' Hot

Chapter 7: Matt

Hold on to your hats folks, I'm about to mix it up a bit.  Bring on Matthew's POV!!!

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Matt's POV

“Dude, what’s up with you and Brittany Thomas?” I asked Ben as we were taking a quick water break. The girls had gone into the house a while ago to…make cookies I assume?

His cheeks suddenly turned red, and it wasn’t because of all the running around we just did. “HA! I knew it! Benny’s got a crush, Benny’s got a crush” I sang and chest-passed the ball hard to him. He caught it with an “oof” as it was shoved to his stomach.

“Shut up” he mumbled as he stood upright again.

“So? When are you going to ask her out? Huh?” I joked, trying to be as obnoxious as possible.

“I can’t” he looked down solemnly.

“Wait, why not?” I asked a little more serious this time.

“Three reasons,” he said dribbling the ball down to the basket hanging from the side of the garage. “1) she’s the prettiest and most popular girl in school and can literally have any guy she wants, so she obviously wouldn’t want a nobody junior like me,” he stated as he made a basket from three feet away.

“2) I’m her best friend’s little brother. She would think it’s totally weird for us to date. Not to mention all the shit I know Jen would give me for it” he made another basket from six feet away.

“and 3) she has a boyfriend…a crappy one at that. I once caught him making out with a girl in the drama club behind the bleachers when Britt was at cheerleading practice” he sighed and threw the ball over his shoulder…which surprisingly made it into the basket.

But now wasn’t the time to freak out about the incredible basketball stunt Ben just pulled off.

“Well why don’t you tell Britt that her boyfriend is cheating on her?”

“I did, she didn’t believe me”

“Wow, I’m sorry man.”

“It’s fine, I’ve come to terms with it. Anyway, I’m starving and those cookies smell so damn good” he said, and we headed into the house following that mouthwatering scent.

When we got to the kitchen, the girls were nowhere to be found, and the cookies were sitting on the counter. Ben and I both grabbed one and headed out to the pool area.

Moments later the girls showed up and within 3 seconds of seeing us, their expressions changed from content…to pissed.

“Oh yeah sure, you can ABSOLUTELY have our cookies that we worked so hard to make.” Brittany said sarcastically. Hmm, time to have a little fun.

I said “thanks,” and took a bite of my cookie just to tease them. Ben on the other hand looked guilty as hell.

“Um, is it alright Britt?” he asked. Damn, that boy’s got it bad.

“Sure, thank you for asking politely Ben” Brittany glared at me and I just smirked and raised an eyebrow at her and Jen.

Suddenly, Jen came stalking up to me and reached for the cookie in my hand. Luckily I anticipated that and held it out of her reach. Ha! I win. I thought.

What I didn’t anticipate was what she did next. She got on her tip-toes and placed her hand gently on my bare shoulder. Her touch was like fire and ice on my skin at the same time. It burned but it felt so good.