reading between the lines

10

Mattys POV
It's been a few days since me and Amy have kissed, niether of us have been brave enough to mention it though so it's as if it didn't even happen. But it did happen and I enjoyed it, I know Amy likes me and I like her so I'm gonna find the bravery to ask her out soon. I don't know when. But soon. Tonight would be perfect if I can get a grip of myself because me and Amy are gonna be home alone, the lads are going out for a boys night out so they'll get drunk out of their eyeballs and wake up tomorrow with a massive hang over. If I want Amy to be my girlfriend then I need to make her feel special, I need an amazing way of asking her and I can't do that on my own. I tell Liam I'm heading out and make my way over to Alfie's house, I mean he's my best mate, who else would i ask for help. I went over and we came up with an amazing plan, but i needed a few things from town so that's where we headed. I needed a jar, a lot of fairy lights, paper, and some glitter. The plan was for me to get amy out of the house once all the lads had gone out and decorate the living room with fairy lights. I'd fill the jar with notes about what I like about her and why shes so amazing, after she reads them all i ask her to be my girlfriend and have a nice meal ready for us to eat. perfect! 

I sorted the jar out at Alfie's house before making my way home and literally sprinting up the stairs as soon as i got in. I put the jar gently under my pillow and hid the fairy lights in my bedside table drawer then went into Liam's room where he was getting ready and flopped backwards onto his bed.

"Hey liam, when are you lot going out?" I tried my best to act innocent but that was always gonna be difficult as i never gave a stuff about anything liam did so it is quite out of character for me to ask about his plans. 

"In about have an hour" he looked over at me suspiciously "why you asking?"

"I'm gonna ask Amy to be my girlfriend" I blurted out before my brain could catch up with my mouth. Oops. 

Liam smirked sat next to where i was lying "It's about time mate I'm not gonna lie" he lay down next to me and looked at me "you nervous?".

"A little" i paused "wait no, I'm fucking terrified Liam, what if says no, I'll look like an utter bafoon!" I panicked, getting up and pacing around Liam's room. 

"You look like a bafoon pacing round my room so you shouldn't be worried about that, but if you want you plan to go according to time then go and tell the other 5 to get a shift on" Liam said quite smugly, wow he's using my plans to make me do what he wants, but anyhow, i do as he says. 

I first go to harry and louis' room and knock harshly shouting "10 minutes" at them before doing the same on Niall's door and Zayn's door. I decided to knock a bit more gently on Adams's door. "hey Adam, Liam says can you be ready in 10 minutes please" 

"Yeh sure mate, I'm ready now if you wanna come in for a chat to pass the time" Adam replied in a mildly suspicious tone but nevertheless I said ok and let myself into his room, looking around a little in awe "wow, you made this look cool really quickly, this used to just be the boring spare bedroom but it looks sick now"

"Amy helped me" he said as if he was desperate to bring Amy up in the conversation, causing me to freeze on the spot and take a short while to gather my thoughts into a sentence, or at least a word. 

"Oh right" I said, desperate to change the topic of the conversation "did Harry and Louis help too?"

"Yeah, well, they 'helped' in their own unique little way"

"So basically they just got in your way" I smiled

"exactly" Adam smirked before looking me up and down, making me feel a little uncomfortable "so you're planning on asking my sister out, I heard you talking to Liam. She likes you a lot Matty, you're literally all she talks about when me and her talk. I think you'll be good for each other cos you're a great lad. But..." 

Adam went to continue but I got there before him "but if I hurt her then you'll kill me?" 

"Kill is a little extreme but you'd definitely regret hurting her" 

"It's ok, I won't hurt her. I promise" I assured him.

"I know you won't, but i wouldn't be a very good brother if i didn't threaten you" he joked, standing up and getting his jacket "I'll go and hurry the others along, enjoy your night but do not, and i repeat DO NOT get my sister pregnant"

"I wouldn't dream of it" I smirked  as we both made our way out of Adams room, him collecting the lads together with Liam and me going into my room to give Alfie a quick text to ensure that everything was running smoothly. 

~1.5 hours later~

Amy's POV

I opened the front door after being at sophie's house and the smell of rosemary and lavender hit me, it was gorgeous. But Matty is the only one at home and i don't see him as the type of person to like rosemary and lavender. Concerned about what might be lying in front of me i entered the living room slowly and could do nothing but stand in complete awe. The living was decorated in tiny little fairy lights twinkling in the darkened room along with some scented candles dotted around, explaining the smell i encountered. On the coffee table was a delicately decorated jar full of small pieces of paper. The jar had a pastel pink ribbon tied around the rim perfectly with small silver sequins dotted all over it. It was beautiful. As i slowly walked closer i saw that my name had been carefully written in gold gel across the front so i sat on the sofa, surrounded by fairy lights, and began to read each little piece of paper. Each and every one made my heart melt and my eyes water, I heard a gentle cough behind me so i turned my head and saw matty standing in the doorway with a bunch of pink roses in his hand. 

"I heard these are your favourite flowers" he said, sitting down next to me and gently handing me the flowers.

"Yeh they are" I smiled at him "but what's all this for?"

"I wanted to ask you a question" he began nervously "I've been wanting to do this for a while but honestly I'm just too much of a wuss. But after we kissed the other day i grew a bit of confidence. So i was just wondering, will you be my girlfriend?" He didn't take his ocean blue eyes off me the whole time he was talking and i felt mesmerised by it all.

"I'd love to be you're girlfriend Matty" I said, giving him a small kiss on the cheek, causing him to blush and smile before telling me to make myself comfy at the dining table. There is no way matty has made me tea... has he?

A few minutes later Matty came out of the kitchen with two plates full of luscious food; on each plate was a huge Yorkshire pudding, inside which was some chicken wrapped in bacon, some carrots, peas, some cheese infused homemade mash, all covered in perfectly textured gravy. It tasted sensational. 

"I didn't know you could cook Matty Payne, but i am very impressed" I told him once we had both finished eating "In fact, I'm so impressed that if you're not going to eat the rest of your mash, then i will" I smiled cheekily, taking his leftover mash from his plate and eating it. Matty never finishes meals, he must have a really small stomach because he gets full really easily, whereas i could eat for every minute of every day and still not be full. 

A few hours went by and both me and Matty were yawning our heads off  so decided it'd be best to head up to bed, I said night to Matty and gave him a small kiss before making my way up to my own room and getting into my nice cosy pjs. I buried myself deep under the covers of my bed and closed my eyes, allowing sleep to take over. 

I must have just fallen asleep when i heard a slight knocking on my bedroom door, in a noise mixed between a yawn and a grunt i told the knocker to come in. It was Matty. I mean obviously it's Matty, we're the only two in the house, but his eyes were red and puffy and his voice slightly hoarse "you ok?"  i asked worriedly, receiving nothing but a nod. I pulled a corner of my duvet over, allowing him to get in my bed with me "What's up Matty, you've been crying" i said calmly as he sat next to me. 

"I just don't like being home alone, it brings back bad memories" he admitted shyly.

I put both my arms round him as we slid down my bed so we were both lying down and covered him with the duvet "well you're not alone now, you're with me. So just relax and go to sleep, if you need me then i'm right here " i said, trying to comfort him, but also making the most of having him in my bed and nestling my body closely against his. Moments later we were both asleep, tightly held in each others arms.