My Neighbor Matt Espinosa

Chapter 15

~MATT'S POV~

I pull up to the restaurant I'm taking March to and get out. I walk over to her side of the car and open her door for her. She thanks me and I offer her my hand and help her out of the car.

We walk up to the door, hand in hand. I open the door for her and we walk in. We are seated at a nice table for two.

We make small talk while we look at the menu. The waiter comes to take our orders. When he asks March what she wants, he says, "hello lovely, what would you like?"

I glare at the guy until he walks away out of sight. I know he's just doing his job and he probably didn't mean anything by it, but did he really have to use those choice of words?

March noticed I was glaring at him I guess, because as soon as the guy was gone, she bursted out laughing.

She has the cutest laugh, but I didn't find this subject funny. As if reading my mind, she says, "matt, it's okay! He probably does that to everyone." She's still giggling a little.

"He didn't say that to me" I pouted.

That made her laugh even more. Wow we are way too immature for a place like this.

"Okay, I meant he probably does that to all girl customers." She said once she finally calmed down.

"Well that's just not right" I say.

We continue to laugh and talk and laugh some more until our food comes.

We finish up and I pay and then we walk out. We get in the car and I say, "now it's time for the next stop."

"And where would that be? or can you tell me..?" March asks.

I just smile and she groans. I start the drive to the park where we went when I asked her to be my girlfriend.

I park the car and she says, "oh.. I remember this..." with a smile.

I smile back and take her hand. We walk around for a while just being ourselves and enjoying each other's company.

We find the same park bench from last time and sit down on it. It gives me déjà vu. I remember how nervous I was to ask her out, how happy I was when she said yes.

I look her in the eyes and realize just how much I love her. I never want to let her go. I want her to know how much I love her.

I grab both of her hands in mine and say, "I just want you to know how much I love you, and I will never let you go. You are the definition of perfect to me."

I'm not even nervous this time. I'm speaking my heart right now and I'm not afraid of what it will say.

She says, "I love you too. You're the perfect guy for me. You're crazy, funny, sweet, and not afraid to be yourself, and I love you for that." Then she leans in and kisses me.

It only lasts a few seconds and then she pulls away. I always get butterflies when she kisses me. She smiles and says, "what times is it?"

I check my phone and say, "almost 9"

Wow. Time really flies when I'm with her.

She says, "oh wow. My parents are gonna kill me. but it's worth it.." she blushes and I kiss her cheek and grab her hand.

We walk back to the car and I start the drive to her house.

~MARCH'S POV~

We pull up to my house and start to open my door, but matt stops me by saying "hey, I had a really good time tonight. Hope your parents don't kill you..."

I laugh and say, "me too, and don't worry. Unless I'm not at school tomorrow. Then you might suspect something."

We both laugh and say our goodbyes. I get out and walk up the steps to my house. I hear arguing. Great. My parents have been arguing a lot lately and it's starting to worry me. They used to hardly ever yell, but now that's all they do.

I open the door and walk in. They stop arguing when they see me. Right away they both start questioning me on why I was gone for so long.

"Calm down" I say, "we went to eat and then to the park and we lost track of time. Sorry."

"Well that's no excuse" my mom said. "you could've texted or called me so I wouldn't be so worried."

"I'm sorry. I will next time." I say.

"Oh there won't be a next time!" my dad jumps in. "That's all you've been doing lately, is hanging out with that boy. From now on, you're not allowed to go to his house or anywhere with him after school."

"What?!" I yell. I'm starting to cry because this is much worse than I expected. This is way worse than being murdered by them. My life is so boring without matt, I can't just stop hanging out with him. He makes me happy.

"Well I think that's a little harsh." thank god my mom said that. "She can still hang out with him, just not so late. It's a school night you know.."

"Yes I know I'm sorry."

My dad says, "well why do you make all of the decisions all of a sudden?"

"Because you're too harsh." my mom says simply.

"Well harsh is what she needs. She can't keep acting like this!" my dad argues.

My mom looks at me and says, "look, it's late, you've apologized, so go up to bed. We'll discuss this later."

I do as she says and get ready for bed. I put my phone on the charger and lay down. It's 10 now. It's really not that late at all. But my parents don't know how late I usually stay up on my phone, so this is late to them.

I try to sleep, but I can't. I can still hear them arguing. It's so annoying. I'm worried they'll make me stay away from matt. I love being with him. I can't stand being away from for very long. I wish he was with me now. I always fall asleep faster in his arms.

I finally drift off around 12, but am awakened by the sound of my alarm in what feels like minutes later. I groan and get ready for my day. I have on a 'nashty' shirt and black shorts.

Anna was so jealous when she found out I got it. But what she doesn't know is that I ordered two. I'm mailing the other one to her for her birthday. I plan on sending it today after school.

I put on my black vans and go downstairs to eat. I walk through the living room to get to the kitchen and see something on the couch.

I walk closer. More like someone. My dad. Yep, he slept on the couch last night I guess. I go to the kitchen and eat my cereal. I'm worried. Things have never been this bad between my parents. Not bad enough to where they can't even sleep in the same room.

I'm so deep in thought, I jump when my phone goes off. It's a text from matt. It says 'hey babe, you still alive?'

I smile and respond with 'yeah. I got yelled at pretty bad though. I'm about to leave.'

He responds back with 'aww sorry about that... and ok I'm almost ready'

I grab my book bag and walk out the door. Hopefully matt can make my day better. He's my only happiness right now.

I start to walk up his driveway and he meets me halfway. He grabs my hand and kisses my cheek. I smile and we start the walk to school, hand in hand.

***Okay so I haven't updated for a few days sorry! I've been pretty lazy this summer lol. I tried to make this a little longer but idk what your definition of long is. Anywayyy, thanks for reading and don't forget to vote!***