promise // matthew espinosa

Chapter 8

~ Brianna

I awoke a bit earlier than normal. There was a soaked bag of water rested on my head. It was probably ice. I set it down on the nightstand beside me and grabbed a bottle of water. I finished my drink and looked over. Tristan was asleep next to me, and Matt was snoozing on the chair nearby. I decided to check Twitter, since I hadn't in a while. I posted some of the pictures and videos from MagCon. I then scrolled through my feed. I saw a tweet from Matt, posted last night.

Matthew Espinosa: I love all of you. I just don't get why you guys mob me. I HATE IT. PEOPLE END UP HURT...

Wow. Harsh. I put down my phone long enough to notice he was up.

"Look who's awake?" I said.

"You feeling any better?"

"A little."

"Do you need me to get you anything?" he asked, getting ready to leave his chair.

"No, I'm good. Thanks for caring."

"Why do you always say that?"

"Say what?"

"Thanks for caring?"

"I don't know. Because I've never had a friend, especially a guy, care so much about me."

"I'll always care about you," he said, smiling.

"Thanks."

"Hey, I gotta get ready for MagCon. Do you want to come, or do you wanna stay here and rest? Your choice."

"If its okay, I'll go."

"Okay, do you need help getting up?"

"I hit my head. I'm not crippled."

He laughed and led me to his room.

"Hey Justin!" Nash joked as we walked into the room.

"What's with the hand-holding? Are y'all an item?" Taylor asked.

I rolled my eyes and looked up to Matt.

"Well, I'm gonna change and stuff," he awkwardly laughed as he walked into the bathroom, leaving Nash, Taylor, and me alone in the room.

"He's gonna be in there for a while," Taylor said laughing.

"Alright, well, I'm gonna go back to my room and change," I said.

They both nodded. I made my way back to my room and got dressed. I also fixed myself, since I didn't want to look like a zombie in front of a bunch of sex gods. When I was about to leave, I noticed Tristan was awake.

"Where you going?" he asked.

"MagCon."

"I thought that was yesterday?"

"It's a two-day thing idiot."

"Well then. Look who's feeling better."

I waved goodbye before leaving to Matt's room. Nash and Taylor were ready. Matt was still in the bathroom, fixing his hair.

"God, you take longer than me!" I yelled at him.

"It takes time to look this sexy!"

Once he was finally done. We left for the venue. Lucky me, I got to sit in the backroom while the boys performed. I did get to dance on stage with everyone when Mahogany was picking out girls to come up. I had to wait for them to finish the meet and greet after that. We got food afterwards, and headed back to the hotel. By then, it was almost midnight. It wasn't as fun and exciting as I thought it would be to go with them. It was better than sitting around all day. I was practically exhausted by the time we got back to our rooms. I was so ready for bed. I plopped onto the cloud-like heaven that is the bed. How do the boys do this almost every weekend?

I woke up at around 11 am. I didn't feel like looking good today, so I just applied some mascara, fixed my hair into a ponytail, and put on some shorts and my signed MagCon t-shirt. I never really got the chance to see what the boys wrote. I carefully examined the shirt in the mirror. Shawn wrote some lyrics to "Happy Little Pill", Nash wrote an extremely cheesy pick-up line, and Matt wrote...HIS PHONE NUMBER??! I quickly added it to my phone and sent him a text.

Me: hey it's brianna..I just now read my shirt

Matt: we're down at the restaurant..I got you something to eat if you're hungry☺️

I made my way down to the place as fast as possible. I was starving. Once I got there, I spotted the boys almost instantly. Matt patted a seat between him and Taylor. I noticed some girl sitting next to Cameron. I guess he was aware of my confusion, because he introduced her.

"Brianna, this is Acacia, my girlfriend."

I knew she looked familiar! She's that slutty instagram famous girl. Savannah must be so jealous.

"So where's my food?" I said, looking at Matt.

He pointed to the plate in front of me. There sat a blueberry muffin and a Pure Leaf tea.

"You know me so well," I said, side-hugging him.

After I finished my food, I noticed everyone had their day pretty much planned. Tristan and Savannah were going to a movie (typical), Acacia and Cam were going horseback riding or whatever, and the rest of the boys hung out at the hotel. That left Matt and me. We decided to hang out at the park near my house. I really wanted to play one-on-one with him on the basketball court. He beat me of course. I may be on varsity, but he's older and way more athletic than me. After our little game, we rested on a nearby bench.

"Wow, you're good," he said.

"Please, you almost let me win."

"No I didn't. You really are good. No wonder you're on varsity."

"Thanks."

"I really like you Brianna."

I completely froze.

"I was wondering if you would go on a date with me?"

Oh my God. Is THE Matthew Espinosa asking me out? The guy I've drooled over for years? This must be a dream.

"Of course!" I blurted.

I probably sounded desperate. I suck at talking to boys.

"Okay great! So, I'll pick you up at around 7?"

"Okay, can't wait!"

He took me back to the hotel to get my bags, then took me home so I could get ready. Savannah and Acacia helped me. Since I have no sense of style at all, Sav picked my outfit while Acacia did my hair. Acacia was actually nicer than I thought. From what I've heard, she's a total bitch. Maybe it's an act? I don't even know.

"Good luck," Sav said before she left.

"Thanks."

I waited for Matt outside of my house. I looked down at my phone to make sure I wasn't early. It was almost 7:15. Maybe there was traffic? I waited longer. 7:50. Did he stop for gas? By 8:30, I gave up. I ran back into my house with tears in eyes. How could he? I thought he really cared. He obviously didn't. I cried myself to sleep with my pillow pet in my arms.

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