Runaway // Matthew Espinosa

Chapter 5

"You want to come eat, we ordered pizza." Sammy called as I shut the door after Grayson was gone.

"I'm good. Grayson had brought food for us. I'm gonna finish unpacking." I lied once again, which would soon become a habit.

"Alright. Goodnight Zoe." Jack called. Sammy said something similar, but Matt didn't. Matt knew something was wrong.

I walked up the stairs and shut the door behind me. I got myself into the biggest mess, ever. I surely was not going to cry about it anymore. I wasn't going to let Grayson control my life either. I needed to tell Matt.

Matt swung open the door, looking to see if I was okay. He knew I wasn't because he knew me too well.

"I want you to tell me everything that happened while Grayson was here and don't you dare lie about it Zoe." He sternly said to me, but with so much worry and concern in his eyes.

I told him everything, not bothering to lie. For crying out loud, he was the one I trusted the most and he could tell within seconds when I was lying. By the end of it, I was almost in tears because I realized everything.

All Matt could do was try to help me cope and stop crying. I hadn't cried in ages and so I frantically tried to stop myself. Matt embraced me into a hug, rubbing my back. He had calmed me down and his mood changed within seconds.

His eyes went from worry to anger.

"Let me see your wrist." He demanded and I slowly pulled my sleave up for him to see. He ran his cold thumb over it, which soothed it a bit.

"I will fucking kill him." He got up, scaring me with how much anger had built inside of him. I didn't bother telling him not to because Grayson was a dick.

"Matt calm down a bit." I knew I had to do something before he did something stupid out of a fit of anger.

He walked towards the wall and I knew exactly what he was going to do. His fist made contact with the wall, forming a fresh hole. Dried paint from the wall crumbled down and Matt's knuckles were bleeding. My hands covered my mouth, shocked.

I pulled Matt away from the wall, hearing Jack and Sammy run up the stairs. Sammy swung open the door, his eyes more concerned for me and Matt than the wall.

"What the fuck?!" Jack frowned and pulled me away from Matt, knowing Matt needed to cool off.

Sammy pulled Matt into another room to talk to him privately about what happened.

"I swear Matt will pay for the wall." I gave Jack an apologetic look.

"I'm not concerned about that. I'm concerned about Matt and you. What happened?" He asked me before his eyes traveled to my wrist which wasn't covered.

"Did Grayson do that?" Jack was in shock and I nodded.

Jack rushed me to the room with Sammy and Matt. Sammy looked up at me, pausing his conversation with Matt.

Matt got up and walked over to me.

"Sam, look what he fucking did to her! This is abuse!" Matt shouted pointing at my wrist.

All three of them were furious, extremely furious. Sammy and Jack had calmed down first but could not get Matt to calm down. Matt was upset with Grayson that he had hurt me. Matt promised me that he wouldn't let anyone hurt me, so he found this to be his fault.

"Guys, I can watch him. You two get some sleep and don't go after Grayson right now." I told them and they exited the room.

I sat beside Matt on his bed and looked at him.