Until Dawn Fanfiction: Matt X Female Reader

Chapter Two

A Year Later...

Y/N's POV

Here I am. On my way back to the place I've been trying so desperately to forget this past year.

Josh had begged me to. And I can't refuse him anything. Not after what happened last year...

It is going to be weird seeing everyone again. 

Over the past year, the only people that I had talked to were Sam, Chris, and Josh. I had been too angry at everyone else after I heard what they did. Even Matt. 

I still don't understand why he did that. It seems so unlike him. God only knows what was going through his head when he agreed to be a part of it. God only knows what was going through all of their heads. 

But Josh had forgiven them. So I could too.  

Besides, despite everything, I can't stay mad at Matt. I still have feelings for him, even though I know he's with Emily now.

At this point, I just want to hang out with him without being the third wheel.

I don't have time to dwell in my thoughts for long as the sounds of the forest command my attention once again. 

I continue down the path, quickening my pace. I just need to find one of my friends. I hate being alone out here. 

Then I hear a loud screech and I take off running, looking behind me as I do so. Suddenly, I crash into something and go tumbling to the ground, dropping my luggage. 

I let out a squeak before opening my eyes to see Matt hovering above me, a shocked expression on his face. 

"Y/N!" he says, his face transitioning from shock to delight as he offers me his hand. 

I smile, taking it and allowing him to help me to my feet. 

Matt picks up the bags he had been carrying before I knocked them out of his hands in our collision. The bags look like Emily's. 

That's when I see her, arms folded and shivering. 

Before I can greet her, Matt gives me a quick hug, the bags hitting my back as they swing behind me. 

I notice Emily eyeing us with a frown, so I smile at her. 

"Hey, Matt. Hi, Emily. It's nice to see you two," I tell them. 

"Yeah. Likewise," Emily responds, hastily turning around and beginning to walk away. "Come on. We need to get to the lodge."    

Matt and I share a look and I pick up my luggage, following Matt and Emily down the trail. When we get to a gate, Matt hurries ahead and opens it for us, putting Emily's bags back down momentarily. 

I go through first, curtsying jokingly to him as I do so. "Why thank you," I say. 

"You're quite welcome," he returns, giving me a cordial nod. 

I turn around to see Emily roll her eyes as she follows me out the gate. 

"Seriously, couldn't they have built the lodge right where the cable car ends?" she complains as she passes through. 

Matt picks up the bags again, replying, "I don't think it would have been, like, as pretty, you know?"

Emily walks ahead of us, momentarily pausing to look back and add, "And where's a bellboy when you need one?"

I roll my eyes and walk beside Matt on the trail. 

We walk in silence for a while before Emily says, "Brr... Gettin' chills."