you & i // matthew espinosa

chapter eight //

chapter eight //

recap :

"He kisses my forehead softly and lingers there for a moment. "I love you babe."

THE MORNING AFTER THE PARTY

- bexley -

Last night was one of the best nights of my life ... Surrounded by all the people I love and newly found friends . Matthew had a blast too which is all that matters to me. His happiness means the world. Cam , Nash , Jordynn , Venus , Justin and I ended up staying the night at Matt's because the party ended super duper late and there was no way in hell I'd be driving home.

We all got a shit ton of pillows , blankets and mattresses out and made a big fort for us to sleep in , in the middle of Matthew's living room at 4 o'clock in the damn morning laughing our asses off. Not gonna lie , we were a little tipsy.

I grab my phone from under my pillow and check the time. 9:34 AM ?!?! What the hell , I needa sleep. I'm always the first one up uhh. I look around to see if anyone else is up , and of course no one is. I then start scrolling thru my feed on instagram and see absolutely tons of pictures from last night. I then see one of Matthew's posts which was a picture of him and I at the party. (the photo above , pretend it's chloe lol)

"@matthewespinosa: Had the best night with this (my) lovely girl. ❤️ (: thx for making it amazing @bexleyharper"

He's so sweet. I screenshot the picture and continue to scroll waiting for the time pass and everyone to wake up. As I continue to check the rest of my social media I click the app icon for Twitter. Soon after I feel a damn pillow collide with my head. I look up to see Matthew a couple people away from me sitting up and laughing at me. He gets up and brings his blanket along with him and slides onto my mattress beside me. He wraps his strong arms around me cuddling into me.

"Well hey cutie." I say softly giggling.

He looks up at me with his face squished into my chest and says a simple "hey babe" that still meant the world to me. He props himself up on his forearm so our faces are inches apart and gives me a soft kiss on the lips. I giddily smile into the the kiss. He pulls back and starts kissing me all over the face making my laugh.

"Thank you , thank you." He says in between kisses.

"Thank you for what?" I question him.

"Thank you for helping me throw the best party I could ever ask for last night and giving me the best present I've ever received." He says as he presses his forehead against mine.

"You're so thankful over a jumbo , 4 pound KitKat bar?" I ask amused.

"Well that too but I'm talking about our first kiss and well ... You in general. You're everything I could've ever asked for." He chuckles with a light blush on his cheeks and a glimmer in his eye.

"Aw Matthew , thats seriously the best thing anyone has ever said to me in my life. Ah I have those butterflies in my stomach again. You know , the ones that tell you "Wow I may be starting to fall in love with the boy of my dreams." You make me so utterly happy. So you shouldn't be thanking me , I should be thanking you for helping me regain my happiness." I gladly instructed. He flashes me one of his wide exuberant smiles as he caresses my cheek with his palm and kisses me deeply. Not sexually in any way but still deeply as can be.

"Can you two love birds not eat each others faces off for a second please. I'd like to be able to eat breakfast this morning thank you." I see Venus say getting up heading to the bathroom. She winks and smiles at me as she turns the corner into Matt's guest restroom.

"Oh god that's so embarrassing. She literally just witnessed me confessing my budding love for you. Eh it's not too embarrassing I would've told her later anyways." I admit shrugging making him chuckle falling onto the mattress pulling me down along with him. I always feel so at home in this boy's arms. Shit I should just say this boy's precence. He gives me such extreme comfort it's unreal.

"I may have just woken up but your boy's feeling slightly hungover and very hungry. Can we go get some Mickey D's? " Justin says rising sloppily from his mattress with his blanket still wrapped around his body.

"Totally dude , I think we all need some McDonald's to wash away the reminisce of last night's booze." Nash says waking up as well. He then burps into Cam's sleeping face which wakes him up fast making us all practically die of laughter. I roll over on top of Jordynn who's on the mattress beside me to wake her up. I hear groans so I know she's up.

"Get the FUCK off me asshole." She mutters into the pillow.

"Damn someone's definitely not a morning person." Justin says coming around over her. She looks up at him and shoots him a sarcastic smile and laugh. "You're pretty cute when your mad." He says winking at her giving her a hand up. She takes his hand and smirks at him with blush creeping upon her cheeks.