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Looking Around

FAYS POV:

My breath caught in my throat when he called me princess. At first I thought it was cute, but then I realized he was doing it to get the upper hand. Once I realized & gathered my thoughts I followed him up the stairs.

When I got to the top of the stairs it was mostly pitch black except for a small bit of light coming from under the bathroom door. I decided that while Matt was occupied I could look around, right?

His room was only a few feet down the hall and it was as you would expect. Tan colored walls with a plain blue bed spread, with matching blue pillows. His walls were lined with trophy after trophy and pictures of him over the years. Most were from little league games & big games throughout his life, but one stood out.

There was a small collage above his bed which looked liked a mixture of pictures of a girl & him, & some of just the girl. There were words in the center of all the photography so I climbed on his bed to get a closer look. The girl in the pictures was blonde with light eyes & she looked genuinely happy. In most of the pictures Matt had his arm around her & he was smiling too. The words read in a curvy kind of script "Forever In My Heart," & before I had time to think about what that meant I heard someone clear their throat. I whipped my head around to see Matt grinning at me again.

"Wow usually I have to work a little bit to get a girl into bed, but you just hopped right in"

I rolled my eyes & said "Ha ha, so funny," my tone dripping with sarcasm. "I was just enjoying the view of baby Matt," I said picking up a near by frame containing a picture of a 2 year old Matt with food all over his face, & I watched as he turned blood red again.

He started walking over to me & said "I'm about to get into that bed so I suggest you either move or get into it with me."

"Oh you would like that wouldn't you?" I said laughing a bit at how upfront he was.

"No, but I would love sleep so could you do me a huge favor & move"

"& what happens if I don't?" I said, staying right where I was.

He sighed and said "I didn't want it to come to this," & he promptly picked me up & placed me face first on the carpet, & proceeded to get into bed. When I rolled over he looked at me again and said "now, as a boy I don't sleep with all of these clothes on so either you get out, or see something you don't want to see" & with that I stood up, turned out the light & sat in the chair that was a few feet from his bed. I didn't hear him moving in his bed so I directed the flashlight from my phone in his direction which startled him a little bit, but he still didn't move.

"Well go on, I turned the lights off so you could strip in peace, go ahead." & with that his shirt was off & before it got ugly I turned my flashlight off too. once he was, um, comfortable, I spoke again.

"Can I turn the lights back on, it's no fun talking to someone you can't see" & he laughed so I took that as a yes.

Once the lights were back on I returned to my seat & started with the basics.

"So what are you doing for college next year?" I asked.

"Actually I'm committed to play at The University of Florida." He said, as if it was no big deal.

"Um what???? You're going to be a gator? That's like my dream school"

"Well why don't you go visit, we're only a few hours away, the softball coach is a nice guy, I've met him" he said, so casually that it almost sounded cocky.

"I would but I can't. You're not the only one committed" I said, & Matt looked confused.

"USC, I'm gonna be a Gamecock" I said smiling. You're looking at their 2017 second baseman" and with that he looked thouroughly impressed.

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MATTS POV:

I was literally laying in bed in nothing but boxers listening to the hottest girl id ever seen talk to me about baseball and there was nothing I could do with her. Not a single thing, because as of right now, she's just the new girl who happened to be babysitting my sister, who I just happened to punch Smith Dunn in the face for today, who I just happened to be mostly naked in front of. & I wanted nothing more than to pull her into bed with me & make her wish she hadn't been such a smart ass, but I couldn't.

"So," she said pulling my attention back to her, "am I aloud to ask what forever in my heart means?"

"So you did see that. yes you are aloud to ask. Kelsey was my girlfriend al through freshman and sophomore year, & in February of our sophomore year she died. But that's a story for a different time, I really can't talk about that right now" I said, which was true, I couldn't talk about it.

She practically lived at my house because her dad had always been an alcoholic & her mom was basically out of the picture so my family sort of took her in once we started dating. The night she died she was just running home to get clothes for the coming week & to check on her dad & their dog. When she got to the house the dog was missing, so naturally she began yelling at him asking about the dog, but her dad was nearly passed out drunk. He wasn't really responding when she went upstairs to get her things but when she came back downstairs and she told him she was moving out, he understood. Long story short the police record says she died from blunt force trauma, and her dad is spending the rest of his life in jail.

"Oh alright that's okay we don't have to talk about it, I'm really sorry," I heard Fay say.

"you look like her a lot actually. She was a lot quieter than you tho, & she wasn't much for sports, but I loved her"

& I could tell Fay didn't exactly know what to say because all she did was nod so I resorted to changing the subject.

"So obviously you've met my sister, but I haven't heard anything about your siblings" I said, trying to start any other convorsation, & that was a good one to start apparent because once Fay started talking about her brother she didn't stop. I learned everything about him just from listening to her stories, & honestly I couldn't believe I hadn't met the kid. It sounded like he would definetely be an addition to the team this year, and it sounded like we had a lot in common. I also learned that Fay is actually named Tiffany, which would come in handy later, & that she had plans to practice with "Dalt" tomorrow to hit after school, so that information would come in handy also.

We talked for another hour or so before I noticed her eyes starting to close.
"Alright kid I think it's about time for you to head home"

She mumbled her response with her eyes closed sitting upright next to my bed, "who the hell are you calling kid 'Matty'?"

& with that she was up & walking out of my room. She gave me a measly wave & a yawn to indicate her departure.

"Ohhhhh tiffanyyyyy aren't you forgetting something" i said, making her turn back around.

"What could I possibly be forgetting" she asked clearly annoyed, marked by the obvious mascara smudges under her drooping eyes.

"Well for starters your phone is still plugged in, your paycheck is on the counter, & I didn't get a proper goodbye" I said with a slight smile.

As she grabbed her phone she said "I waved. That was your goodbye for tonight. I'll see you tomorrow kid"

& with that, she was gone.

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Lol it's literally been a year since I've written :/

this makes me feel like I'm in 7th grade again awwww