A broken boy// Matthew Espinosa Fanfiction

8

Matthew's POV
A few weeks later.

I finish my project. Finally. After working on it for a week I finish it.

I call Dani.
"Hey" she said as she answers, a smile appearing on my face.

"Hey do you think you can come to my house and look over my project? I think I did pretty good but I am not sure" I asked her.

"Yeah sure give me 5" she said and I nodded, not caring she couldn't see me.

"See you then" I said and we hung up.

I walk downstairs and see my mom passed out in the couch and sigh, covering her up.

Maybe I shouldn't have invited her over..

I grab a water and drink take a few sips, scrolling through old messages with Dani.

The doorbell rings and I perk up a little, walking towards the door.

I open it and see Dani, I smile, letting her in.

"Come on" I said motioning for her to follow me.

She does so and I lead her up to my room.
I shut the door and lead her to my desk, where my project was sat.

She looks over everything, her expression unreadable .

After a few minutes she looks up at me, a smile appearing on her face.

"You did that?" She asked me and I look down at it.

"I don't know if that's a 'you did that' as in you fucked it up and your about to die laughing at how stupid I am. Or if it's a 'you did that' " like Wow. You did really good" I said and she chuckles.

"You did really good I'm proud of you"  she said and my heart skips a beat, a smile growing on my face  at the thought of her being proud of me.

"I did?" I asked looking at it smiling and she nods.
"I think. Your going to get atleast a B on this" she said and I look over at her smiling.

"Really?" I asked and she nods.
I hear the door slam downstairs and my eyes widen.

I hear yelling, letting me know my dad is back and woke up my mom.

Dani looks up at me and I start blushing.

"Uh.. sorry about them.." I said scratching the back of my neck.

She shrugs it off.
I hear stuff falling downstairs and sigh, walking out of my room and downstairs.

"Can you not just let her sleep for once?" I asked him. She finally was getting some rest and he just has to ruin that.

"That's all she ever does is sleep, sleep sleep. When are you going to get off your lazy ass and do something?" He asked the last part to my mom.

"What the hell do you do around here? Why are you even here I thought you were leaving?" I asked getting more upset by the second.

His eyes diverted from me, to the stairs.

"Oh so your bringing home girls now? You dumb fuck I don't need no stupid teenagers running around my house. One is enough" He said pushing me backwards and that's when I lost it, once again getting into a fight with my father.

After the last punch he stumbles backwards, falling unconscious from how many punches to the head.

I rush out of the house, completely embarrassed that Dani witnessed that.

I walk down the street, my eyes on the ground and I hear the sound of someone jogging after me.

"Matthew" Dani's voice said and I stop, closing my eyes afraid to look at her. She is going to hate me. She is going to think of me different. She is going to stop talk to me. She is going to tell everybody at school.

"Matt" she said again putting her hand on my arm gently.

"Are you okay?" She asked me and I feel my eyes getting watery.
No. No. Matt I swear to god if you c- damnit.

Tears slowly streamed down my cheeks and she is now standing in front of me, obviously seeing them.

"Talk to me please?" She asked desperately as she hugs me.

I wrap my arms around her also and bury my face into her shoulder, quietly crying.

"Oh my god" she mumbled almost inaudibly  hugging me tighter.
"Matt it's okay. It will be okay" she said and I shook my head.

"They don't care Dani. They don't care at all" I tell her, even though I have already said it, she didn't understand until now.

"Matthew I don't believe that. They have to care they are your parents." She said softly.

"No they don't. My parents are always drunk. My dad gets drunk and is rude, and will start fights and arguments with my mom and me. He always is cheating on my mom. He treats her like she is nothing.  And my mom is always drunk because she drinks her feelings away, she is sad because of the things my dad does and says to her.  He takes advantage of her when she is drunk. He even hurts her and tries to kill her but I always get into it and it ends with him and I fighting. I do everything I can to keep my mom alive. I do everything I can to help her. And I get Nothing in return. Nothing. All I ever hear is yelling and I hate it. I hate it so much" I tell her shaking my head as I sobbed quietly into her shoulder.

Dani's POV
I listen to what I thought was a douchey fuckboy to start out with, tell me how truly broken he is as he cries into my shoulder, holding me tight.

And I don't even know what to say.

"Matt," I said quietly and I hear a small sob.
"It's so lonely there. It's like they are there but they aren't. And when they are it's so much negativity and anger" he says

He needs positivity. And someone to care for him and love him.
Someone to hug and hold him and show him happiness.

"Come on Matt. Let's go to my house" I said pulling away from the hug.

He was so hesitant to let go and looks down at me sadly, tear stained cheeks very noticeable.

I grab his hand and pull him down the street and to my house.
We walk inside and up to my room.

I sit on my bed and he looks at me.

"Can I get In your bed?" He asked and I nodded.

He kicked off his shoes and crawled on to my bed, getting under the blankets.

After a few moments of silence I hear his small sad voice.
"Dani." He said and I look over at him.

"Yeah?" I asked him.

"Can you um.. can you just hug me again?" He asked me and I nod, wrapping my arms around him as he cuddled into me.