Internet Friends // Matthew Espinosa

Chapter 15

NICOLE'S POV

"Table for 15?" I sat.

"Name?"

"Car-" Carter tries to put his name in, I elbow his ribs.

"Nicole." We turn around and see fams, mobbing the door.

"Would you like a table in the back?" The waitress asks.

"Please." Shawn says.

We order and I, personally, don't talk to anyone, except for Taylor, Cameron, Jacob and Mahogany.

I had a normal night, until I went back to my hotel room.

I woke up to screaming outside my door. I slipped on a hoodie over my tank top and looked through the peep hole. I saw a blonde bot and a brown haired girl.

"I fucking trusted you, Ruby!" Matt's voice. It cracked. "We were together for 7 weeks! 7 weeks! You, you cheated on me! Woth my best friend?"

"Babe, I-"

"Don't call me, babe." I hear footsteps walking away.

"Ugh." I think. I should go talk to him, he'smy friend and its right. I slip on fuzzy slippers and try to leave without waking my sister and Charlene. I'm successful. I walk towards the end of the hall, where the elevators are, when I see Matt slumped against one of the walls.

"Matt?" I tap him.

"Nicole?" He replies. He really has been crying. His face is red and so are his eyes.

"What happened, Matt?" I sit next to him. Ö

"Here's what happened." He put his hands over his face. "I'm a fuckup."

"No, Matt." I put my arm over his shoulders. "You're not. Come on." I put my hand out for him to take.

"Where are we going?" he sniffles.

"Starbucks." I say.

"It's 3 am."

"And?"

We get in his car and I drive to Starbucks. It's weird, there are girls following the car, even though it's 3 in the morning. When I pull up to Starbucks, there's a group of girls in there that started screaming.

"Can we have a picture?!?!?!"

"Of course, babes." He quickly wipes his eyes and takes the picture.

I get my drink and wait for Matt.

He gets his drink and sits in front of me.

"Nicole?" matt says softly.

"yeah?"

"krystel called me."

"she did?"

he nods. "and she told me something."

"and that was...?""

"come on." he leads me outside

"what are you-"

"she told me," he tilts my chin up. "that you missed me."

'nic, you can't let him do this to you.'

"just say no if you want me to stop." he starts to lean in. hes lips are an inch away from mine. i hear his breaths and can see his eyelashes clinging to each other.

but i mouth 'no.'

"nic-"

"i cant, matt." i realize i cant leave him. "ill call an uber for you."

"thanks."

i call an uber and sit in my car while matt waits inside. i hang up on uber and tweet. 'when yoi have a situation d ans youre somewhere where you have no one to talk to'

and i get to another call.

from my best guy friend ever from utah.

"nicole?"

"hey, anthony."

"you okay?"

"no." i see the uber cab pull up. "hey, can i call you back? i need to drive"

he agrees.

i drive back to the hotel and go to sleep