"I called my mom earlier this morning. I told her everything about you. She doesn’t approve but she wants to meet you. At 3 we’re supposed to go over to her house for a bit." Matt says as he grabs my hand.
"Okay, I’d love to meet her. Thank you for being honest with her. I’m so glad she finally knows." I say as I lean up to kiss him.
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"Matt.. I’m so nervous." I say as we pull up to her house. “Don’t be, it’s okay." he says as he shuts off the car.
Grabbing my hand, we walk up to the front door together. As he rings the doorbell, I squeeze his hand tighter than I intended to. “Don’t worry." he whispers to me as his mom opens the door.
"Matthew! It’s good to see you. You must be (Y/N)." she says, hugging Matt but looking at me. “You didn’t tell me she was this beautiful." Letting go of Matt, she pulls me into a hug,
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AN HOUR LATER
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"It was nice meeting you sweetheart. Happy birthday!" his mom says as she hugs me and goes back inside her house.
"She’s really nice Matt." I say, getting into the car.
"Yeah, she can be." he says as he starts the car.
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"So do you want to do today?" he asks as we walk into the house.
"Can we just cuddle and talk?" I ask as I lean up and kiss him.
"Babe. Today is your birthday. We’re supposed to do something different. Do you want to go out anywhere?"
"Let’s take some of the money my mom left us and go to the mall. I need some new shirts."
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As we drive away from the house, Matt turns on the radio. The next thing I knew, he was blaring his own band. “Ohh.." I say as I start laughing. Blushing, he turns the music down. “What?"
"Oh nothing. I’m glad you support the band." I tease as I turn the volume back up and change the CD to number 5. “Please." I say as I watch him realize what song it is.
"I won’t." He says before turning the volume up even more. “Tell me that you need me ‘cause I love you so much." he says when the part comes up.
"Forever Matt." I say as I lightly rest my hand on his shoulder for a second.
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"We still have a 20 minute drive." he says after the song ends. “Let’s have a jam session."
I knew exactly what song to play. Turning it back to number 4, I watch his eyes light up as he tries to sing Oli’s part automatically leaving me to Josh’s.
"How do you say goodbye when you’ve hardly said hello."
"Let’s fuck. Fuck, fuck fuck fuck."
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Laughing, we finally pull into the mall parking lot.
Getting out of the car, Matt rushes over to my side and opens the door for me.
As we walk hand in hand, I begin to worry that someone might notice him. “Let’s go straight to Hot Topic then leave. Okay?" I say as I move closer to him.
"What’s the hurry?" he asks as he looks down at me. “Nothing, I just don’t want too many people to recognize you."
Walking into the store, I can’t help but smile because of all the band tees. After grabbing a few, I turn to look at the other wall and see that they had a few different Bring Me The Horizon shirts. Nudging Matt, we walk over and I grab one of each.
"Fuck." he says as he looks at the 10 shirts I already had in my hands."What? Mom left me money and it is my birthday sooo."
When we go up to pay, the guy behind the cash register looks at Matt a few times then back at me. “Matt?" he asks. “Matt Nicholls? You’re the drummer for Bring Me The Horizon." he observes as he holds out his hand. “I’m Phil." he says, shaking Matt’s hand now. “Never knew you had a younger sister, man." he says, causing me to laugh.
"Yeah… actually mate, she’s my girlfriend."
"Oh shit, sorry man. Well how about this, since I’ve made a terrible assumption and you’re Matt Nicholls, I’ll give you all of this for half the price it should be. Just give me $30 and we’ll call it even."
Handing him the money, I take my bag of shirts and walk out of the store hand in hand with Matt again.
"Can we please go home now?" I beg as we walk towards the exit. “Yessss." he whines.
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Once we get back into the car, I look at him and smile. “Hey, Matt.. You know it’s still my birthday for another 7 hours right?"
Grinning he looks over at me and leans in to kiss me. “Yup. I know."
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When we pull up to the house, I jump out quickly and stand along the sidewalk waiting for him. As we walk up to the door together, he leans in and kisses me again. “I love you (Y/N)." he says as he opens the door.
The lights were dimmed and the candles were lit. Looking down, I noticed rose petals leading back to the room. “How?" I ask in awe.
"When we were out I text Oli and told him to set things up a while."
Smiling, I pull him into the house and shut the door behind him.
"I wanted everything to be perfect." he says as he grabs my hand and leads me back to the room.
