Two Birds

Chapter 1: Matthew Espinosa

I climbed on the subway bus and sat at a seat. I saw a boy sitting next to me, and I started to forage in my backpack, trying to find my black straight-top cap. I grabbed it and put it on. "Hey, I've never seen you in Los Angeles before. What's your name?" I heard his voice say. "Elle." I replied, not bothering to look at him. "Matthew Espinosa. But you could call me Matt. 18." He said, holding his hand out for me to shake it. I shook it. "The next station is in a few minutes, by the way." Matt said. I replied, "Thanks." The minutes passed quickly and I grabbed my backpack. I got up from my seat and walked out, Matthew following me. "You wanna come to my house?" He asked. "Ok. I don't have anywhere else to go anyways." I replied. We walked to his house, and it was kinda big. We walked in, and he looked at me, smiling. "Come on." He said, and walked up the stairs. When we got up there, he opened a door. "This is my room." He said, and I put my backpack down by the doorway. I sat on one side of his bed, and looked at the floor. "Want something to eat?" Matt asked. "Sure." We walked to the kitchen and he walked to the pantry. He pulled out a box of Coco Puffs, and waved it in the air, asking, "You like Coco Puffs?" I replied, "Yeah." He grabbed two bowls and poured the cereal in. I grabbed my bowl and sat at the kitchen table. He sat next to me, smiling. I felt myself turn red and he laughed. We ate and went to his room. "What do you wanna do?" Matt asked. I looked at my watch and it was six o' clock. "You got a laptop? We could watch a movie or something." I said. "Ok, let me go get it." He replied, and was out the door. I sat on his bed, waiting for him to come back. "I'm back Elle." He said, his cheeks turning a bit red. We sat criss-cross on his bed, and he was getting his laptop to start working. "Sorry it didn't work at first.." He said nervously, rubbing his hand on the back of his neck, turning red. "It's ok, Matt." I said, socking him in the arm playfully. He put the Hunger Games on, and I watched it for about thirty minutes until I fell asleep.

{Matt's POV}

I felt an arm wrap around me, and looked at Elle. I sat up, trying not to wake her up, and turned off my laptop. I laid down, and put the soft blanket cover over her shoulders. I can tell she don't bother to wear makeup, that's for sure. "Elle, Elle wake up. If you're gonna go to sleep, go change or something." I said, my cheeks turning red. She got up, noticed she had her arms wrapped around me, and said, "S-sorry. And, also.. I don't have any clothes to change into." I replied, "You could wear some of mine if you want." I got up and walked to the closet. "Here." I said, grabbing my black pullover and a pair of light gray sweats. "Thanks." She said, blushing. She walked to the bathroom and changed. She got onto the bed and fell asleep, my arms wrapped around her.