An Artist Colors

Chapter 3

Time passes and Matthew is standing in front of Collin's house wearing a shirt that is the darkest shade of blue he could find in his closet. Why he choose to actually listen he didn't know but it was too late now. Matthew holds on to the box containing Collin's present with one hand and extends the other to knock. But before he can even knock he loses his courage and draws his hand back away from the door.

Okay, all you have to do is knock. It's not that hard just extend your hand and knock on the piece of wood called a door. Matthew, finally convincing himself and gathering all of his courage he had lost, knocks on the door and waits for it to be opened. He had come to the party early, surprisingly, and the first person here since by the looks of it there wasn't many cars parked outside. Matthew looks at his feet, tapping his foot against the porch waiting for someone to open patiently.

The door opens, Matthew looks up and sees Collin. Collin was wearing a very dark green shirt which seemed very ironic to Matthew that was wearing darker versions of each other's eye colors. Collin steps aside, no words had come out of his mouth to say anything to Matthew.

"Ummm.... Where should I put your...." Before even finishing his sentence Collin pushes Matthew against the wall taking Matthew out of breath. Matthew doesn't know what to do or what to say so he finishes his sentence

"Where," Matthew gulps quietly, his heart racing feeling nervous about what Collin might do. "Where should I put your present?" Collin looks at the box, his eyes holding anger and sadness. Collin takes the box and places it on the couch softly and as Matthew is about to leave and get away from the wall Collin pushes Matthew back into the wall roughly.

"Why? Why did you do that?" Collin said as his hands start to tighten his shoulders having a firm grip of Matthew against the wall.

"I... I.... Collin what are you talking about?" Collin lets go of Matthew, backing away, and before Matthew could even get away Collin comes back and punches him full force making him fall on the floor as his nose starts to bleed.

"How could you huh? How could you make me seem like a fool?" Collin gets closer to Matthew but Matthew backs away from him covering his nose with his left hand to prevent the blood from falling on the floor. "I thought that for once we could be friends. That we could actually get along but then you have to ruin it making Joshua turn against me."

"What.... What do you mean by making Joshua turn against you?" Matthew looks up at him, feeling confused and hurt. Not because of the punch, which did hurt, but because he believed that they could be friends too. He was hurt because Collin didn't trust him and he was in pain because of him.

"I heard what you two were talking about. That he believes that I'm supposedly like you. Being around you was the best yet worst thing I have done in my life. You changed me in so many ways, you have no idea what you do to me and you don't seem to care about me at all." Collin turns around but too late, making Matthew notice the tear rolling his face.

"I do care Collin. How did you even hear us talking if you were across the parking lot far away from us?" Matthew was so confused, no one possibly normal would be able to hear what they were talking about which made him feel uncomfortable at the thought. Collin got close to him and Matthew hesitated, what if Collin would hit him again? What is he thinking when he is looking at him? Matthew gets up, hand still covering his nose to keep the bit of blood still coming from his nose from falling on the floor. Collin comes closer, making Matthew shiver and take a few steps back. Matthew finally reaches the wall, his back pressed against it as much as he can to get away but Collin's face has a blank expression. Collin gets closer and Matthew stands up tall to take the hit he was expecting. Instead of a hit, Collin pulls on Matthew's shirt taking something off of it that he didn't realize was there until now.