My Neighbor Matt Espinosa

Chapter 8

~MARCH'S POV~

I wake up unaware of where I am. Someone has their arms around me but I can't see who, so I slowly turn around and look at their face. I breathe a sigh of relief when I see it's matt. He's still passed out and I can't get up because he has me in a death grip. I take this as an opportunity to take in his features up close. I've seen him so many times in pictures and videos before I moved here. I have so many pictures of him on my phone it's kind of creepy. I'd die if he found out, but I can't help it. I'll see a cute picture of him somewhere and have to screenshot it. It's crazy how just last week I was dying to see him in person, and now I'm sleeping with him.

I look at his face. He's so cute when he's asleep. I mean, he's cute awake too though.. his hair's a little messed up from sleeping, but in a cute way of course. Wow I'm glad no one else can hear my thoughts. I have a serious problem. Why does matt have to be so cute and hilarious and perfect?

I reach over and grab my phone. I check all of my social media and put my phone back down. I close my eyes and just relax in matt's arms. A while later I open my eyes and jump when I see matt looking at me.

He laughs and says, "sorry. Didn't mean to scare you."

"It's fine." I say with a smile.

He smiles back at me and says, "did you sleep good?"

"Yeah. I slept great. You?"

"Same." he asks, "what time is it?"

I check my phone and say, "wow. it's almost 1."

"Well we better get going.." he says as he sits up. He gets out of bed and puts on his clothes from yesterday and I slip on my shoes. I fix my hair as best as I can in the mirror and then we walk out the door and head downstairs. Matt grabs my hand and I smile.

We go and get into his car. "Wanna go and get something to eat?" he asks once we're in.

"Sure, but shouldn't we get ready first?" I ask.

"Yeah. I'll drop you off at your house and you can get ready. Then I'll pick you up around 2:15?" he asks.

"You don't have to pick me up! I live right next to you!" I say laughing. "I can walk over."

"Okay. Where do you want to go?" he asks.

"Umm.. I don't know. You pick."

"Well.. there's this cute little diner not too far from here..." he says.

"Sounds perfect." I say just as we're pulling up in my driveway. "See you soon."

"See you soon."

I get out of his car and walk to my front door. My parents are at work, so there's no one home. I unlock the door and step inside. I go to my room and pick out some clothes to wear. I find a cute blue crop top that says 'swerve' and pair it with some black shorts and go into the bathroom to shower. I get out and get dressed. I wash my face and brush my teeth and hair. I blow dry my hair and put it in a messy bun. I put on some eyeliner and mascara and go to find some shoes. I put on some black vans and grab my phone.

It's 2:05 now, so I still have a few more minutes. I sit down on my bed and think about things. Is this considered a date? or is he just being nice? does he like me? I mean, we kissed and slept together, but weren't we both drunk? I know I like him, while I'm drunk or not. But what about him? does he like me no matter what state of mind he's in?

I check the time again and it's 2:12. Wow I think for a long time. I get up and walk over to matt's house. I get there right on time and he walks out the door when he sees me walking towards it. He smiles at me and holds my hand. He leads me over to his car and opens the door for me. I thank him and get in. He shuts my door and walks over to his door and gets in. He starts the car and takes off for the diner. He takes his right hand off the steering wheel and grabs my left hand with it. I smile and we ride to the diner in a comfortable silence.

We arrive there a few minutes later and we both get out of the car and walk in. We pick out a table and sit down across from each other. We look at the menu and decide on what we want. The lady takes our order and I get some chicken fingers, fries and a Pepsi. Matt gets a hamburger, fries and a Pepsi. Guess we both like Pepsi. The waitress brings our food a few minutes later and we dig in. We manage to keep a steady conversation going. We both finish up pretty fast since neither of us had any breakfast.

Matt asks if i have anything else to do today and I say no. "Well.. do you maybe wanna go to the park with me or something?" he asks.

I smile and say, "sure. Sounds like fun." he is sooo sweet.

We get up and get back in the car. Matt drives to the park and we get out and walk around. We find a nice park bench and sit down on it. Matt grabs my hand and says, "March, I need to ask you something..."

He seems nervous. I say, "what?"

"Well... I really like you, and... I was wondering if you would want to be my girlfriend." He says.

I'm surprised but happy. So happy. A huge smile comes onto my face and I wrap my arms around his neck and say, "yes! of course I will!"

I pull away and I can see the relief on his face. He smiles at me and leans in to kiss me. It's a sweet kiss that gives me this weird but amazing feeling inside me, and I know only matt can do this. No guy has ever made me feel like this before, and I'm happy I've finally found someone who can do this to me.