Take Me Away (a fairy tail like story)

Cider and roses chapter 14

I woke up to darkness and somebody next to me in my bed. I sit up and look for recognizable features and find Matts' curly hair peeping out from under the comforter. I laugh lightly at him before quietly getting out of bed to walk to the adjoining bathroom. I just look at my swollen and bruised face and splash cold water over my eyes.

I look back at the door and see Matt creeping in. I just turn around and wait for him to realize I noticed him. I walk up behind him as he's closing the door again, and place my cold hands on the small of his back.

"Shit, that's cold!!" he yelled.

"I know. Gotcha" I say smiling in triumph.

Matt just turns my head to the side and lightly kisses my cheek where its bruised. I take his hand off of my face and give him a quick kiss.

"What's that for?" he sounded surprised.

"For being you. For staying with me even though you know how hard it is to. Umm, for being my crazy best friend, and now fiancée. For loving me. And for being there when I needed someone" I say not meeting his eyes once.

He grabbed my chin lightly and lifted it so I would look into his eyes "I wouldn't be anything less if it meant losing you"

"Why did you fall for me two years ago?" I try not to sound rude, but I can't help it. I'm tired.

"I fell for you because of your eyes. Your personality. Because you weren't afraid to say what you wanted to. And because you were one of my closest friends even though you didn't know me very well. Mostly because of your eyes and who you were" he said shrugging.

"Oh...I didn't expect you to have such a simple answer. Can we at least go hop under the covers? Its cold in here" I say slightly shivering.

"You should have more clothes on then" Matt said pulling me to the door.

"I had other things in mind for tonight, but they were interrupted a few times tonight" I mutter to myself.

"Do you have any hot chocolate or cider in this house?"

"Umm, yes. I think there is some left in the cupboard above the microwave. But just get cider, unless you want sugar free cocoa" I say the last part jokingly.

"Ok" and with that, he left the bathroom.

I crawled back into the bed, but turned the bedside lamp on so it wasn't as dark for us. It took a few minutes before I heard the microwave beeping in the kitchen and for Matt to come back with both ciders and some gummies to snack on. I gently take my cider from his hand so I don't spill it and take a small sip from my Eeyore mug I got from Disneyland five years ago.

"Mmm, nice and hot. Thank you" I say into my mug; glancing at him under my eyelashes.

"Anything for my princess" he said smiling.

We are perfect for each other, I realize. I don't know why I thought of this at this moment, because I had figured it out Freshman year. We had been talking for hours and the sun was barely ready to come up when I heard a knock at the front door. I swing my head that way and squint at it as if I could see who it was.

"I'll get it, I want more cider anyways" I say quickly and jump off the bed with my mug and head to the front door.

"You get the door, give me your cup" Matt said a couple of steps behind me.

I turn around and hand him my cup and he walked to the kitchen. I'm glad I have my tank top and shorts on, or whoever was behind the door would get a surprise. I open the door to a comfortable looking guy standing there with flowers - red roses at that - and a card in his hand.

"Umm, do I know you?" I ask cautiously.

"No, no, but I'm your neighbor. I found these on my doorstep and I know they aren't mine. Can I come in?"

"Uhh, no. My fiancée and I were actually just woke up" I say, yawning for effect.

"Oh, ok I get it - wait. Fiancée?! No, no! That can't be true!! Since when?!" he demanded with a fire of a dying love in his eyes.

"Yesterday....why? What's your problem?" I ask, suddenly scared of this guy in front of me.

"But, you said you loved me! I know you did because you were in a bad mood and I told you not to be!!" he said.

"I'm sorry. I don't know you, and your confusing me with someone else, I'm sure"

"You've forgotten me? How could you forget me?" he asked with a tear slipping down his cheek.

"She has forgotten all guys in her life except for me and her dad" Matt said walking into the room with my cider. He handed it to me before continuing. "If she said she loved you, it probably means she was lying. She wouldn't cheat on me; She's too smart to do something so stupid as cheat"

"You - you - you lied to me? Abbey, how could you?!" the guy wailed.

"I can't do things to people I don't know!"

"Chase? Chase Walters?" he said desperately.

"Chucky? No, I never lied to you. I did love you, but before you broke my heart, and I wanted to cheat on you sooo bad with Ed. I wanted to kiss him at that party. And I was leading you on two years ago. I'm sorry, but you don't belong in my life. I'm sure you have turned down plenty of wonderful girls who may already love you like I used to. And what's with the flowers?" I rant, out of breath at the end.

"I was going to propose, but what's the point?"

"Don't waste the ring, give it to another beautiful girl who will always love you" I say turning my back and walking away towards the couch.

"Thanks for stopping by, man. I wish you wouldn't have come though" Matt said through the screen door.

"Why, or do I even have to ask?" Chase said snarling.

"Because, I wanted to spend some - alone time - with her. Bye" Matt said a little too cheerfully and walked over to where I was standing.

" 'Leading him on' ? I have a real wonderful person, don't I?" Matt said sarcastically with a raised eyebrow, as if in question.

"At least I lied to him to hurt him, instead of telling him the truth. I had to have some fun, right?" I ask hopefully.

"Sure, ok. Whatever you say" he said wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me in for a quick kiss, which he got.

"I would like to drink my cider" I said pulling away from him just to set my mug down.

But he pulled me away from the couch and I let him pull me back to the bedroom and onto the bed. I straddle his lap like I had earlier and he rolls over so he's on top of me. All I can do is look into his eyes and try not to loose my head. He looked at my lips before kissing me hard with a wild passion that made me want more. I forgot about school, my friends, what had just happened with Chase, about everything for five short minutes..

Until Matts' phone went off.