Starting Over// M.E

Chapter Two: Explanations

"Mom!" I yell from the living room.

My mom comes rushing in less than a second later. This whole tour thing has been eating me up since last night, so I was just gonna mention it.

"Why are you sending me on some tour with Matthew?" I question casually.

My mom stares at me wide eyed, "How'd you find out?" She asks, sitting on the couch next to me.

I shrug, "I heard Matthew on the phone last night." I sigh.

"Look, it's not a punishment, I swear. I just wanted you to make some friends, so Laura called Matthew's tour manager and set the whole thing up." She admits.

She didn't need to explain anything to me about the tour. I looked up Matthew's name and found a tour called Magcon. And after hours of searching, I found nothing except for a bunch of boys names, including Matthew's, and only one girl named Mahogany.

"Fine." I whisper. "I'll go, but Matthew needs to tell the boys about not making any sudden movements towards me. I don't mean to ruin their fun, but-"

"Janelle, it's okay. They'll understand." She coos, rubbing my shoulder.

I nod hesitantly.

My mom smiles, "I'm gonna go call Laura and have her send Matthew over to explain everything." She squeals happily.

I tune back into my cartoons. Yes, I still watch cartoons; and no, I don't care what you think about it. After about two episodes of Spongebob and me laughing my butt off, I see my mom walk back into the living room with Matthew behind her.

Did he even knock?

Mom snatches the television remote out of my hand.

"Mommy." I whine, looking at a laughing Matthew.

She smirks at Matthew and I. "You have a guest." She states before walking into the kitchen leaving Matthew and I alone.

"So you found out about Magcon." Matthew says sitting on the other end of the sofa.

I nod.

Matthew sighs, "I'm sorry about yesterday. I didn't mean to scare you like that." He says.

I take a deep breath before speaking. "You shouldn't be sorry. It's not your fault, you didn't know I would react like that to something so little."

Matthew lets out a long sigh of relief. "So we're good?"

"We're good." I confirm with a small smile.

He smiles back.

I just stare at him for a minute.

"Janelle." Matthew says for a fifth time before I finally tuned back into him.

I feel heat rush to my cheeks and I look down trying to avoid his gaze. "Yes?"

"So I talked to Bart and he changed around the rooming situation. Since you're the only girl besides Mahogany, I had Bart room you and I together." He informs slowly. "I hope that's okay. It's just that Mahogany always rooms with Jacob and I didn't wanna ruin that for them."

"That's fine." I reply, looking up to find Matthew staring at me.

Matthew fiddles nervously with his hands before beginning again. "I talked to the guys too. I didn't really go into detail with them, I just explained that there was an incident and that sudden movements from guys upset you." He explains.