Home and Away

"Drew just shut up for a minute and let me talk!" Belle snapped as she sat down on her bed "I think we should break up" she added softly once he'd fallen into silence.

"What? Why?" Drew closed his eyes and then opened them homing she was just messing about with him.

"I just need a break from you. I need to be myself again and figure out who I am" Belle let a tear escape and quickly wiped it away as Drew glared at her.

"I thought you loved me" he whispered.

"I do, its just this relationship is taking too much out of me. All we do is argue." Belle reached out for his hand but he snatched it away.

"We can change that though. We can do fun things together."

"No Drew. I'm too tired for that. A relationship shouldn't be this hard work. We're young Drew; we need to be having fun. We should be happy" Belle moved closed to Drew and kissed him softly. It was the first time he didn't feel anything at Belles touch, he was just numb.

"I should go now" Drew said as Belle pulled away. He took another look at Belle before leaving. He reached the beach and sat down; he thought things were getting better between them but obviously not.

Matilda put her bags down in Tony's spare room and sat down on the bed. She didn't think she'd be back here. She loved it at the Summer Bay house but it wasn't right without Ric. Her eyes filled with tears as she thought about what he had done, he'd left her. She thought Ric was going to be there forever but he'd gone. He'd chosen Viv and the baby. She'd lost her boyfriend and best friend. She'd never felt so alone. Her family was gone and so were Lucas and Cassie. All she had left were Belle and Drew and she couldn't get hold of them. She looked at the bottles of vodka at the bottom of her bed; she wanted to forget about her problems, just for one night.

Drew rubbed his head as he staggered down the beach. He'd drunk a bit too much and regretted it as he began to stagger down the beach.

"Drew, what are you doing here?" Miles stood up as Drew reached him.

"I'm just walking"

"Why aren't you with Mattie? I thought you two were best friends"

"Me and Mattie are like this" Drew crossed two of his fingers and showed Miles.

"Has she not told you that Ric has left?"

"Mattie's very pretty isn't she?" Miles sighed, Drew probably wasn't the best person to help Mattie; he was too drunk. "I'll go see her. Is she at Tony's house?"

"Maybe you should just go home Drew"

"No I want to see her. I'll cheer her up. I'll go to Tony's now" Drew walked away leaving Miles stood wondering if he made a mistake by talking to Drew.

"Drew come in" Mattie giggled as he entered her room and she shut the door behind him.

"I'm sorry about Ric. I really thought he loved you" Mattie sat down on the bed as Drew looked at her nervously.

"Me too, but lets not talk about it. We should talk about you instead"

"Belle broke up with me" Drew joined Mattie sitting on the bed.

"No way! Is she mad?"

"We' don't need Belle or Ric. We're too good for them"

"It still hurts though" she whispered

"I just want you to know Mattie, you're the most amazing and beautiful person I've ever met"

"Really?" Mattie looked at Drew and he nodded brushing her hair of her face and leaning towards her for a kiss. They didn't know if it was the alcohol or not but once they touched things just seemed right and they couldn't stop.

Mattie opened her eyes and groaned, she wished she hadn't drunk; she always got the worst hangovers. She turned over and groaned again as the night came back to her.

"Drew! Drew! Wake up" Mattie climbed out of bed and pulled her dressing gown on as Drew began to wake. He sighed as he thought about what had happened.

"Crap" he muttered. Mattie continued to look away as she heard him getting up and pulling his clothes on. Mattie turned to him nervously once he was ready.

"I'm sorry, it was a mistake, it won't happen again" Mattie nodded surprised at how hurt she was at his words. "I'll see you later. Please just pretend this hasn't happened and act normal with me" Mattie nodded again and Drew left quickly and quietly. Mattie broke down into tears, she'd messed everything up again. He obviously regretted it and she hated to admit it but part of her hoped he would have woke up and told her he wanted to be with her. Mattie knew she probably didn't have any feelings for Drew and she was probably just trying to forget about Ric but for the second time in two days she felt like her heart was braking.

"Drew!" Belle ran over to where he was sitting on the beach.

"Not now Belle, I'm not in the mood"

"Just hear me out, please" Drew sighed and nodded for her to continue "I think we should get back together. All I could think about last night was us. Without you Drew I'm nothing. I don't need to work out who I am. You're everything to me. I was just being stupid." Belle sat down next to him.

"But like you said we argue too much"

"And like you said, we can change. We've had so many good times together. We don't need to be so serious all the time. I want to have fun but without you I can't. All couples go through a stage where they argue all the time and I know we can get through it."

"And we're not too young?" Drew didn't even know why he was questioning her, she wanted him back and he wanted her back.

"No we're not, we love each other and that's all that matters. Please Drew, take me back" Drew nodded and Belle grinned before leaning in for a kiss. Drew pulled away after a couple of seconds; her lips didn't feel right, not after Mattie's. He closed his eyes and let Belle kiss him again hoping he'd forget about Mattie.

"So I guess you two are back together again then?" the two broke apart at Mattie's voice. Belle nodded happily whilst Mattie struggled to keep her emotions in check when she was so close to Drew.

"I'm so sorry about Ric" Belle stood up and went to hug her friend but stopped when Mattie stepped back "are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm just trying to get used to things without Ric" Mattie looked down at the floor wondering how long she'd be able to keep the act up for. "I should go" Mattie forced herself to smile at them before walking away as quickly as she could. Belle turned to Drew who was now stood watching Mattie walk away guiltily.

Mattie posted a note under Tony's door which said goodbye before dragging her bags to the taxi. As she drove through Summer Bay for the last time Mattie let her tears out. She didn't want to leave, she had to. She needed to rebuild her life and move on from Ric, from Drew. She hated feeling so pathetic and lonely. She couldn't even turn to Belle and Drew anymore, she needed a new life.