HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!

Chp 48

"I love your smile,
Girl I love it when you smile." 
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"Wow!" I breath out as I take in my surroundings

I get out of the car and walk towards the scenery.

"Come on." Matt says and forwards his hand to guide me

I give my hand in his and he guides me forward and we sit down on the wooden place with our legs hanging in the water.

"Oh my god!" I squeal and laugh as the fishes move around my feet

"Guess the fishes like you too, huh?" he says and laughs as I squeal again

 I look up to see Matt staring at me more like seeing me. He's not just looking at me, he's seeing me. It's as if he's seeing right through my skin and is trying to understand my soul.

I couldn't stop myself from staring deep into his ocean blue eyes.

Then we realize what was happening so both of us look away and look at the beautiful scene in front of us.

"Am I really that selfish, Matthew?" I ask him, softly, breaking the comfortable silence 

"What do you mean, precious?" he asks, gently

"Jayden said I was selfish. Am I really that bad of a person?" I ask with tears starting to form in my eyes

I hold the tears from falling down because I hate crying in front of people. I don't know how I ended up crying in front of Matt because usually I manage to hold back my tears in an emotional situation when people are around me.

"You're not one bit selfish. Don't ever think that you're selfish, precious because you're not." he states

"Why do you say that?" I ask

"You were the one who told Natalia that it was okay for her to date Aiden publicly and said you'd support her no matter what. You were the one who encouraged Ryder to go get his girl. You were the one that helped Ashley even after everything she did to you. You took blame for me even though you had no clue on why I got into a fight with Jack but you saved me just because you knew that if I get suspended, I'd get in shit load of trouble from my dad. And these are the things that I'm aware of. I'm 100% sure you've done a lot other stuff for others without thinking about your own benefit. You'd be the last person to be selfish, precious." he explains all the while looking deep into my eyes and holds my hand in his

My vision blurs due to the tears but I don't want to cry. I've always hated crying in front of people, in fact my parents have hardly seen me cry after the age of 10.

I sit there in silence because I know the moment I speak a word, I won't be able to control the tears.

"Tell me about your family, precious. What are they like?" Matt asks after a few minutes of silence, probably realizing I don't want to talk about the previous topic anymore

I instantly smile at the thought of my family.

"Well there's mum n dad, and then there's Uncle Sam and Auntie Jen, Jayden's parents. And then there's the devil himself." I chuckle, referring to Jay which makes Matt give out a soft laugh too

"Do you have any siblings?" he asks

"I have a little sister, Katherine but we call her kitty." I say with a smile as I think of my lil munchkin

I don't know how I was so comfortable talking about my family with Matt but then it all seemed natural so I let it all go with the flow.

"Tell me more about them, I wanna know." he says with a warm smile and I can see that he's genuinely interested

"Well my parents are lawyers and and Jay's parents are doctors but you already know that. And my sister is only 7 but is way too smart for her age." I let out a small laugh 

"I guess she gets that from her older sister?" Matt says with a playful smirk

"I would like to think so." I play along and he shakes his head at me, chuckling

"So Jay's and your family are always together?" he asks

"Yeah. Jay and I have practically grown up together since diapers and our families were so close that it was always as if Jay, kitty and I were siblings and not cousins. And we love it the way it is. I wouldn't know what to do if I didn't have Jay and kitty by my side. Jay's always got my back no matter what and kitty has always been the pillar of mine and Jay's strength. I know she's really young and all but Jay and I would crumble down if we didn't have her cuteness holding us up." I say with a smile never leaving my face

 "I'd love to meet her someday." he says with the same smile that I'm holding

"We never know how kitty gets along with anyone so I won't say that she'll love you but yes, I would like her to meet you sometime. You're both a pain in the ass." I tease

"And what makes you think you're not?" he raises his eyebrow

"I would never admit it." I say but somehow my voice betrays me and makes the sentence sound as a challenge 

"You challenging me, precious?" he asks with a devilish smirk 

"Maybe." I say because I know it's too late to back down now

"What are you going to do abou-" I start to say but am cut off in between with Matt starting to tickle me

"Ahh-ha-haha- Matt- Stop!" I choke out between laughs

"Admit you're a pain in the ass, precious." he says and continues to tickle me

"Never in a million years." I state and manage to get out of his hold and run to his car, laughing my ass off

It's the most I've laughed since the incident with Jayden.

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Is the issue going to resolve between Jay and Kel?

Or are new problems on their way to them?

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