I Love You, Mat Barzal

Part 4

I woke up the next morning with the beautiful sunlight beaming into my bedroom window. Normally, I would hate this, I don't think anybody likes to be woken up by the blinding light of the sun. But today was already a good day, I was still so giddy from talking to Mat last night. As much as I like him I still can't get stop thinking about how Noah didn't want me to go last night, in attempt to keep me from Mat. 

I hopped out of my bed and walked down to the kitchen to get some cereal. I saw Noah already in the kitchen with his head resting on the table.

"You okay??" I ask, walking up behind him slowly. 

"No..." he says picking up his head, "I drank so much last night in such a short period of time and I did shots after I already had a few beers." He explained, shaking his head and wincing.

"Jeez, sorry to hear that. Cereal?" I ask, as he smiles at me and nods. I took an extra bowl out of the cabinet and began to pour him cereal.

"Yeah not gonna lie I was so drunk last night. I think I spent like half an hour looking for you. Meanwhile you were legit across the basement from me....gosh I was so hammered." He said as he grabbed the cereal bowl I was pushing toward him. 

"Yeah...That's wild." I say hesitantly. For the next few minutes we just ate our cereal in silence. After he finished, Noah rose from his chair, put his bowl in the sink and went back up to his bedroom. I'm not sure he'd be inherently MAD if me and Mat were a thing, but maybe he just wouldn't like it. I've had flings with other teammates of his, some that he knew about, others not so much. But I've never dated any of them or really liked them all that much to be honest. Most of the time we'd just make out in their cars, nothing more.

I took a look at my phone and my heart skipped 63,885,299,361 beats!!

(3 Minutes Ago) Matty Barzal: Good morning:))) Is there a way I could see you today? Maybe not with your brother around lol

My cheeks got red, I could feel it. A gigantic smile crept onto my face and there was no way I could possibly wipe it off. I quickly typed out a reply:

Me: Yeah I'd love to. I know you guys have practice at 1. Maybe after that?

After a few seconds I received a reply back:

Matty Barzal: Ofc, maybe you could come over my place afterward. My roommates really shouldn't be around so we could hang without anyone bothering us

Me: Sounds good, I'll be there at 3?

Matty Barzal: ;)

 I know it's stupid but that little confirming winky face made my knees go weak. Ugh he's adorable. 

Noah soon trotted down the stairs and began to put his hockey stuff into his truck. I was so excited to see Mat and I wanted to tell Noah but I don't know if he'd be mad. Either mad at me for texting and making plans with Mat after he told me he didn't want us to hang out. Or mad because it's his teammate and I didn't ask him if it's okay first....I feel bad but not nearly bad enough because Im so excited to see Mat later on today. 

It was only 12:30 so I had plenty of time before I got to see Mat. I took a shower and called Emma to tell her everything that happened last night and that I'm going to see Mat in a bit.

"Are you sure about going to his house though?" She asked me concerned.

"Why would I be? He's cute and I like him..." I say back confused.

"Yeah, and we don't know him THAT well. What if he's a gross man whore who's just trying to use you. You know, play the game and get you to sleep with him." She explained. I knew exactly what she was talking about and she was right. I'm going off my feelings, he COULD like me too but what if he's using me just for a game and his own pleasure.

"Oh my God, you're totally right. I didn't even think of that. I assumed since he was showing interest in me, he was sharing my feelings." I say softly.

"Look, Juliette. He could totally like you, want to take you on dates, and make you feel like a princess. But also, he could be using you as a game piece. Just play it safe until you know his deal." She said. She was completely, 100% right too. We hung up and I started getting ready to see Mat. 

I put on a loose black lace camisole, light rise ripped jeans, and classic black vans. I felt like I was looking cute, but not too cute like I was over doing it for just going to his home. 

I sent a quick "I'm on my way text" to Mathew and headed out. I pulled up to a pretty decent looking home. But I could definitely tell several 20 year old hockey players lived here from the hockey netting and countless pucks laying in the driveway. I saw the only car parked out front was Mat's. I knocked on the door and he opened up the door with the largest smile on his face.

"Hi..." he scanned my body up and down and continued speaking. "...You look really good." I thanked him and I could feel my cheeks heating up and a smile spreading across my face. I stepped into his house and it was surprisingly clean. He had the couch set up with a bunch of pillows and blankets and Netflix was already set up on the TV. He strolled into the kitchen and showed me what he had baking in the oven.

"Pizza Rolls and chicken taquitos. I got it right, right?" He looked at me with wide, curious eyes. 

"Yes, Matty. You got it absolutely perfect." I nodded to him and gave him a quick hug. When we both pulled away from the hug his face lingered near mine for a few seconds. His eyes quickly flickered between my eyes and my lips. He suddenly pulled away and began to clear his throat. 

"Yeah...and uh, for dessert I got cookies." He blurted out, stammering a little bit after whatever the hell just happened between us.

He pulled the Pizza Rolls and taquitos out of the oven and placed them all on a plate. He arranged us on the couch with the plate of munchies and bottles of Pepsi. He started playing The Hangover and we got slightly closer on the couch, we weren't cuddling but our shoulders were touching. About 20 minutes into the movie Mat began to shift in his seat, and he put his arm around my shoulders. I smiled to myself over his obvious cheesiness. We were pretty far in to the movie and I felt myself falling asleep. I rested my head on Mat's shoulder for two seconds just to rest my eyes and fell right asleep.

~~AN

Awwww! SO CUTE.

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