In Omnia Paratus (AU) - Book 2

Controlling?

"Hey how does dinner sound? Tonight? Off campus of course." Matt wondered into my office as I wasn't really doing anything, just staring at me phone hoping Lily would text or call or say something.

"Tonight? I'm not feeling it really." I hummed refreshing my emails, hoping for some kind of contact but sadly there was nothing.

"Not feeling it? Tomorrow is the first day of parents weekend, a whole weekend without alone time." Matt frowned at me as he sat down opposite me the other side of the desk.

"I know, I just not in the mood to go out right now." I huffed.

"I know this thing with Lily is bugging you, but you have to believe me when I say I know Lily, like the back of my hand. She can't hold a grudge for a minute. She'll be back." Matt comforted me placing his hand on top of mine.

"It's not just Lily. It's everyone, they're not talking to me." I looked down at my hands sadly.

"Who's everyone?" He frowned.

"Lucy, Olivia, Marty, Christina, even Tom has been acting strange around me." I pointed out his roommate cause we'd both noticed the change.

"Well why?" He asked.

"I don't know, I say hey they blank me or say hi and walk away as quickly as possible." I explained.

"Let me talk to them." He volunteered.

"No."

"I'll find out and we can put this whole thing behind us and get on with alone time." He laughed.

"Alright."

- - - - -

"Right so you're probably wondering why I asked everyone here for lunch today." Matt laughed as the whole group say around eating Chinese food and chatting.

"Yeah a little." Lucy piped up.

"I wanted to talk to you all about something--" he started to get their attention. "Jenna." He simply muttered.

Sighs and moans passed from person to person in the room and Matt was just glad she wasn't here. They were being really rude about it.

"Hey hey guys, I only said her name." Matt shrugged.

"She's not in my good books." Tom moaned suddenly.

"That's why you're here. I need to know why?" He asked desperately.

"Well Lily told us about you two, she's totally controlling." Olivia said looking around at everyone in the room.

"Controlling? How?"

"For an example she's got you whipped until you'll come and find out why we're not speaking to her. She tells you where you can eat she always wins any arguments you have." Marty suddenly agreed too.

"I do those things because I love her now because she asks me to." Matt said fairly calmly for him.

"Lily was just telling us and we think she's a bit selfish at the moment. She stole Lily's boyfriend and then flaunts it around. She's this so called 'model' and walks around the place like she owns it." Lucy agreed.

"She doesn't do those things. And for the last time, I won't say this again, Jenna did not steal me. I broke up with Lily because she was being a bitch. I don't know what spell she's got over you but I got with Jenna from my own accord not to hurt Lily I'm anyway just because I wanted to." Matt started to raise his voice a little bit.

"Even if she didn't steal you, she's still horrible to Lily." Tom shrugged.

"What has Lily told you?" Matt frowned. They all went silent and didn't really speak a word. "Come on, pipe up. I want to hear this." He laughed shaking his head angrily now.

"Jenna's not being herself." Christina finally spoke for everyone. P

"How?"

"She doesn't end an argument with 'don't ever speak to me again' that's not the Jenna we know." Marty said.

"It was an argument. People say things they don't mean. Cut her some slack!" Matt yelled suddenly.

"No we've cut her all the slack in the world Matt." Lily suddenly walked in and leant against the arm of the chair.

"Oh so lovely to hear from you." Matt scowled.

"Back at ya." Lily smirked. "I think what they're trying to say is, the sympathy game is over. We've tip toed around her since Maisie died and now we're stopping that."

"Do you realise what you're doing?" Matt shouted. They didn't speak just all nodded their heads. "If you're going to be so childish as to be purposely mean and cruel to Jenna don't expect me to talk to you again. Any of you." Matt screamed. "Now get out." He yelled.

"Whatever Matt." Lily rolled her eyes before being the first one to leave.

"She's you're friend who lost her child only just 6 months ago and now what? You're enemies? She hasn't done shit all." Matt moaned.

"Hey, I brought us some Chinese food for lunch--" I walked in smiling shuffling my keys in my hand and then turning round to see every one of my friends sat there. "I guess you don't need any more food." I said nervously placing the bag on the floor.

"Queens home." Some muttered but I ignored the comment as everyone sniggered.

It was silent and no one was really speaking. "Are you alright?" I asked Matt as I saw his face was angry and he'd obviously been shouting for some reason.

"Yeah fine, maybe you should go on without me. I'll catch up with you later." Matt said suddenly.

"Oh, alright." I smiled looking from him to the rest of the guys and then picking up the food and walking out. I stood by the door and listened to the rest of their conversation.

"Anything you want to pick on now?" Matt yelled.

"Shut up Matt. You know what we're talking about. She's needy. You may as well let her go back to the senior and let him deal with her, then none of us have to put up with it anymore." Olivia sighed.

"Yeah we have no problem with you mate." Tom laughed.

"If you have a problem with her, you have a problem with me. Now for the last time, get out." Matt yelled.

I scattered along the corridor after I heard Matt scream and slipped into the disabled toilets that was just two doors down from Matt's dorm. I shut the door and then heard as everyone left his dorm.

I stepped out checking both ways to make sure no one was there.

"God what have I done?" I sighed before walking towards Matt dorm and asking him what I'd done.