You Were Meant For Me

Chapter 2: And It Started with a Little Kiss Like This!

Things were a little distant between her and Matthew during dinner. It was weird. They used to be so close. Kelly used to feel like she could tell Matthew anything. He was her confidant. She knew he would listen and give advice, but never judge her, or tell anyone something that was strictly between them. Now, after two years of not having talked, it was just weird. It was almost as if she were talking to a stranger. Almost. It wasn't quite that bad. They did reminisce, and were able to laugh at old, funny memories. But there was still something off between them. She could feel it strongly, and she was pretty sure that Matthew could too. It was like they were different people now. Even so, it felt good to have him back in her life. At least until the movie was over. She was sure that, knowing him, he'd soon find some other young foreign girl to sweep off her feet. Then, once the movie was over, he'd disappear out of her life with said girl until the Gossip Girl movie sequel. Saying they even got a sequel.

She held back a sigh, and took a sip of her wine, having finished her dinner. For now, she supposed all she could do was enjoy Matthew for however long it took to film this movie. Hopefully afterwards, they could keep in better touch this time. Even so, she planned on guarding her heart better this time around. After all, she was barely healed from losing contact with him after the show. She didn't want to get close to him again only to have him leave her yet again.

The servers came to clear all their plates, and Stephanie spoke up as the servers did so. "All right, now while we are waiting for our desserts, Josh and I have prepared a little video looking back on our Gossip Girl years. Let's see how much of this you guys remember! The scary thing is, even though I wrote a lot of the show, I don't remember all of these scenes."

Everyone laughed.

"And let's not forget the bloopers and backstage antics!" Josh added.

"Just roll the damn tape!" Matthew called out.

Kelly smiled to herself. She saw he hadn't lost his sense of humor over the years.

"Pushy, pushy!" Josh said. Even so, the lights turned off, and the portable screen that had been set up by the inside of the restaurant entrance brought up the video.

The video was sweet. It started at season one, and had clips from every season in chronological order. It showed Rufus and Lily's first onscreen kiss. No one said anything during that scene. Kelly kept her eyes on the screen, not wanting to look at Matthew. She wondered if he remembered filming that scene. She remembered it like it was yesterday. She had been a little nervous kissing a man she had only just met. It was also weird that he was freshly married. She could practically feel his then wife Naama's eyes on them. But he had been very sweet and kind to her, and she quickly got over her uneasiness. Naama was nice, but hadn't look thrilled about the kiss. Matthew had made jokes, breaking the ice, and therefore making both her and Naama feel better.

The scene where Blair lost her virginity to Chuck got the younger guys and girls "ooing" like they were back in high school. Chase nudged Ed, who grinned like the Cheshire cat. Leighton covered her face with her right hand, and smiled.

There were a few more steamy scenes with the younger group that got more catcalls and teasing. Them, there was the scene where Rufus sang his song he wrote for Lily, then followed her out of the place to confront her. Lily kept telling him to get out of the way, but he refused to. They ended up kissing one of their most passionate kisses in the history of Gossip Girl, which of course got Kelly and Matthew the catcalls and teasing this time. Loud, obnoxious kissing noises were added as well, then the teasing got louder when they were shown in bed together.

"What are we in high school again?" Kelly asked. She said it in a joking manner, but her flushed cheeks were a sure giveaway that they were embarrassing her. She dared to look at Matthew, and blushed even more when she saw him grinning at her. His grin looked like a cross between the Cheshire Cat's and the Jokers. Only he wasn't a cat. And he wasn't wearing clown makeup. Even with Heath as The Joker, Matthew was still a million times hotter than The Joker too.

She quickly looked away. She wouldn't let herself have such thoughts. Nothing but heartache would come from them, she knew. So, she looked up at the screen, and tried to pretend he wasn't at the same table as her. Thankfully, the video had now moved on to a Blair and Serena cat fight, and the attention was now on Leighton and Blake. She hoped that included Matthew's attention, for, for once in her life, she wasn't enjoying being the center of his attention. Now, it just made her self-conscious.

~You Were Meant For Me~

Matthew enjoyed seeing Kelly blush. Even lit only by the light from the movie screen and the small candle on their table, he could tell that she was blushing. The scenes were making her blush, which he found even more funny seeing as Kelly wasn't normally a blusher.

The scenes brought back nice memories. He remembered how he used to love kissing her. The day he had first met Kelly, he couldn't help but think how lucky he was that he had a knockout to be working with. He had been worried he'd have to kiss someone ugly. Lucky for him, Kelly was one of the most beautiful women he had ever laid eyes on. He tried to pretend he didn't find her all that attractive for his wife's sake. Heck, he'd get so nervous when his wife would be on set, watching them kiss. He was terrified she'd see how much he enjoyed kissing Kelly. Thankfully, even though she didn't like it, she never got angry with him for kissing Kelly because she knew that it was his job. He remembered thinking he'd hit the jackpot. He could kiss Kelly all he wanted onset without it being cheating. After all, like Naama had said, it was his job.

After the bloopers, there were a few backstage clips.

There was a backstage scene where he asked jokingly Kelly for a quickie. She laughed so hard, and even now he felt his heart jolt just like he remembered it jolting all those years ago. She had such a beautiful laugh. It was the sweetest sound he had ever heard. Naama had a wonderful laugh too, but it wasn't as beautiful as Kelly's. Nor had any of his other girlfriends' laughs ever been as beautiful—not even Maria's!

"I didn't even know I was being filmed! What, was I being stalked?" Blake joked as a clip of her using a hairbrush to belt out Willow Smith'a "Whip My Hair" aired. In the video, she whipped her hair around, then Leighton came over and started singing with her. Then, together they, like the song said, whipped their hair back and forth.

"Gosh, this is so embarrassing!" Leighton wined.

Everyone laughed as she covered her face with both hands this time, and Blake slid down into her chair.

There was a scene of Ed picking his nose, looking at and rolling the booger, then flicking it. It landed on the back of Chase's shirt. Chase had never noticed.

Ed was blushing so bright at the clip that his red cheeks practically glowed in the dark.

Chase gasped. "Oh my gosh, ew! Ed, you are so disgusting! I'm gonna kill you!"

By now, everyone besides Ed and Chase were laughing so hard, tears were streaming down their cheeks.

Matthew held his gut. He was laughing so hard it hurt. He looked over to Kelly to see if she was laughing as well. She was. Their eyes met, and it only made them laugh harder. He felt his heart race. Kelly still had that effect on him. Two years apart hadn't changed that. She would always make his heart race.

He quickly looked away, keeping his eyes on the screen.

There were a few other scenes. Some were funny, but not nearly as funny as the booger incident. Even so, it was good to see the clips. The memories they brought back made him feel warm inside. It was also interesting to see some things (like the booger incident) that he had never seen before.

There was one scene of him and Kelly. They were laughing together. Kelly was on his lap, and they were talking. She kissed his cheek and smiled at him. He said something to her that the camera didn't pick up clearly enough. She laughed, and he grinned, then the camera went to a black screen with the words, The End. For Now... written in white script across it.

The lights then went back on, and everyone clapped and cheered for the video they had just seen.

Matthew clapped and cheered with the others, and he looked back at Kelly.

Kelly was smiling at him as she clapped and cheered as well. She winked at him, and he smiled and winked back at her.

He then looked back at the screen (even though it was now blank), a smile on his face. It had been good to see all those memories. He had especially enjoyed the ones of him and Kelly. He was sorry he had let so much time of lost contact between them go by. He had only very vaguely remembered that last backstage moment between him and Kelly. He couldn't even remember why she was on his lap, or what it was they were talking about. He didn't remember what he had said to make her laugh. All he knew was that he could hardly wait to get reacquainted with her. He just hoped it wasn't too late to go back to the way things were between them before. He couldn't blame Kelly if it was.

~And I Was Meant For You~

Kelly had very much enjoyed the video, and found it wonderful. It brought back a lot of memories—some of which she had forgotten all about! The scenes with her and Matthew had absolutely melted her heart. She hadn't remembered what they had been talking about, or what he had said to make her laugh during that last seen, but she did remember that she was very happy that day. Her feelings for Matthew were in full bloom that day. She could't remember for sure, but she believed she was daring Marcus back then. Or he was daring Leyla. Either way, her feelings couldn't have been made known. The timing hadn't been right. Then again, the timing never really had been right for them. She held back a sigh. Sometimes she just wondered what it would be like to have a romantic relationship with him. She wondered what it would be like if they tried—really tried—to make it work. No excuses. She bet it would be more amazing than they could ever dream. But, she didn't think Matthew felt that way about her. Heck, she didn't even know if she still felt that way about him, or if it was just having him back after two years that made her think she could still have feelings for him.

She didn't have much more time to ponder, for their dessert came out then. It was indeed crème brûlée. They also served it with coffee. Kelly wondered if it was to sober them up for the interview that was soon to follow after dessert. Not that any of them had had much wine. They had been too busy watching the video. She knew the real drinking would begin after the interview when they were allowed to dance and party.

"Mm, I'm so glad you were right, and it's crème brûlée. This stuff is delicious!" Matthew said, a giant spoonful already in his mouth.

Kelly grinned. Matthew always did love to eat. "Look at you with your mouth already crammed full of crème brûlée when I haven't even taken a bite yet!"

Matthew shrugged. He swallowed the crème brûlée he had in his mouth, then took a long sip of his water before speaking. "There's no rule where the men have to wait for the ladies to take the first bite."

Kelly nodded. "True. Besides, we all know that it's the men who are pigs."

Matthew laughed. "Touché!"

Kelly smirked. She loved getting one up on him. She always had. Especially since Matthew could be so cocky.

She finally took a bite of her crème brûlée, and moaned as the delicious dessert touched her taste buds. "Mm!" She licked her lips. "Oh my gosh, this is the best crème brûlée I've ever had!"

Matthew grinned at her and nodded. "I know, right?" He leaned in across the table. "And the best part about it is it's paid for by studio."

Kelly laughed. "And that, my Darling, makes it taste even better yet!"

Grinning, they clinked their crème brûlée-filled spoons, and had another bite.

Kelly had been a little upset when Ed had practically forced her to sit at Matthew's table just her and Matthew. He had put her on the spot, and it would have just looked bad if she had turned him down. Plus, she knew that he was right. It would be more awkward for him and Taylor to sit together than it would be for him and her to sit together, At least for Taylor. She didn't know how Matthew had felt about the whole situation. She wondered if Ed had even consulted Matthew first, or if he had just gone and asked without consulting him either. Either way, it hadn't turned out as awkward for her as she had thought it would me. She supposed that was the thing about her and Matthew—even though they spent time apart, whenever they got together again, it was almost as if no time had passed. Granted this time was a little different. Their time apart had been two whole years. That was enough to make it awkward between even the closest of friends. But she had faith it wouldn't take long for them to get back to the place they used to be. That is, if that was even what Matthew wanted. She just hoped that he didn't let another two years go by after the movie before contacting her. Or longer. Then, a new thought hit her. What if the next time they lost contact, it was forever?

She sighed. Right now, as the cliché went, all she could do was take it one day at a time. If she took it any more than that, she feared she might just go insane.

~You Were Meant For Me~

Dessert had ended, and the dishes were cleared in preparation of the interview.

"I wonder what they'll ask us," Matthew said, turning his attention to Kelly.

She smiled in such a way it made his heart flutter again. "Probably the usual questions. What have we all been doing since the end of Gossip Girl until now? Are we excited for the movie? How does it feel to be reunited with our old cast mates? What's the movie about? Is it going to be similar to Gossip Girl the TV show at all?"

Matthew nodded. "Probably!" he agreed.

They didn't have to wait long, for practically as soon as the tables were cleared, the interviewer arrived, as well as the photographers, and some cameramen. The interview was going to be airing on Entertainment Tonight the following night.

Then, a makeup and hair crew arrived to give them all a quick touchup. Less than ten minutes later, they were all seated back in their seats with the cameramen surrounding each table. The interviewer was at the head table sitting in between Josh and Stephanie.

Once the cameras were rolling, she introduced herself, and then of course Josh and Stephanie. She also mentioned how she was with the rest of the cast, and the cameras all panned around the room.

They all smiled, and tried to look pleasant.

Then, the cameramen put their attention back on the interviewer, who happened to be Entertainment Tonight's new corespondent of the past three years, Gail Freeman, who was a beautiful African American woman.

Gail turned her attention to Josh and Stephanie. "So, how excited were you when you got the okay to start filming this movie?" She held her microphone out.

Stephanie spoke up first. "I was super ecstatic! I missed writing for the show so much, and I missed all the characters terribly, so when I got the call to write the movie script, it was like a dream come true. I've gotten to see all these guys again." Stephanie motioned to the Gossip Girl family. "I really have high hopes for this movie."

"So, do you think there will be a sequel like there was to the Sex and the City movie?" Gail asked next.

Josh and Stephanie looked eat each other and laughed.

"I hope so!" Josh said.

Stephanie grinned. "I think we're both just taking this one movie at a time." She winked at the cameraman.

"Well, that was corny," Matthew said under his breath.

Kelly giggled. "Sh!" she said quietly, for she didn't want Stephanie to hear either of them, nor did she want one of the cameramen to pick up his insult on film.

There were a couple more questions for Josh and Stephanie, which Josh and Stephanie graciously answered. Then, the cast questions began.

Gail then made her rounds around the room to ask the cast members some questions by table. The first table she got to was the girls' table.

She turned to Taylor first. "Taylor, you played Jenny Humphrey on the show, but left after the fourth season to pursue your music career. What made you decide to come back for the movie?"

"Well, my music career is going great right now, so I figured it might be nice to come back for this reunion. Gossip Girl was a big part of my life for four years, and now that I'm settled in my music career, I thought it would be fun to come back for the movie. I was actually thrilled then I was asked to return. I don't know how much of Jenny will be in the movie, but I'll have fun for whatever time I have there," Taylor answered.

Gail smiled sweetly. "Well, I'm sure the fans will love having you back." She then moved onto Blake, and asked her about her husband, and new son. Blake also talked to her briefly about the movie, and about how good it was to once again see all her close Gossip Girl friends who had become her family.

Leighton and Michelle gave their updates and input as well, and then it was over to the boys' table, which had Gail skipping past Kelly and Matthew's table.

"What? We're too old to care about anymore?" Matthew joked.

"We must be!" Kelly said with a laugh. "Na. I think they just want to get to the younger crowd first." She smiled at him, and reached across the table to gently pat his hand.

Matthew raised an eyebrow at her. "Like I said, we're too old."

Kelly grinned, and playfully swatted his hand. "Oh, stop!"

He grinned too.

"So, will Chuck's and Blair's son be in the movie?" Gail asked Ed.

Ed nodded. "I think they are keeping the same boy. The movie is starting off from a couple of years after the last episode, so he'll be about the right age. His name is Henry, and he is one of the best behaved, most adorable little boys you'll ever meet."

"It sounds like you really are his father in real life too!" Gail joked.

Ed put a finger too his lips. "Sh! Don't tell. My girlfriend will kill me."

Everyone including Gail laughed.

Gail made her way around the rest of the table, asking her questions to each individual, then moved onto William's table, and straight over to William. "So, after all William has done with Ivy, he still got away scot-free, and ended up marrying Lily anyway. Tell me, Billy, does he still get away with it in the movie?" she asked William, who was lovingly referred to as Billy by his friends and family.

William grinned. "Honestly, I've not had the time to look over my script. I've been bad. The movie starts filming in three days though! I guess I'm going to have to, huh?"

Gail smirked. "That might be a good idea."

"They only have a little section of it so far anyway. I'm not letting them know all the details at once!" Stephanie called out.

Everyone laughed.

Gail talked a bit more with William, then moved onto the others at his table. Finally, she moved onto Matthew and Kelly's table.

"We're finally good enough? Sheesh! It's pretty bad when the table holding three people older than us is still chosen before ours!" Matthew joked.

Kelly laughed. "Stop it!" She grinned at him, feeling her heart pounding again. That was one of the things she loved best about Matthew. He always knew how to make her laugh. She had missed him and his jokes.

"And here's everyone's favorite TV couple aside from Chuck and Blair. I see you two are still close. Look at you, sitting together all by yourselves!" Gail said with a smile and a wink at them.

"I want her all to myself!" Matthew teased, taking Kelly's hand from across the table, and gently squeezing it.

Kelly blushed. So now he was flirting with her? Well, sort of flirting. Then again, he always did like joking about dating her. Then again, maybe he was just flirting with Gail. Who knew with Matthew?

"Aw! You guys always did make the perfect couple both on and off screen. So, tell me, are you guys dating?" Gail asked.

Matthew grinned, and looked at Kelly.

Kelly quickly spoke up before Matthew could reply. "No, we're not dating. We're just really good friends."

Gail raised an eyebrow. "Have you two ever dated?"

Matthew shook his head too. "Na, like Kelly said, we're just good friends. We've gotten close over Gossip Girl, and she's a really great woman whom I'm glad I got to work with all those years."

Kelly nodded. "Just as he is a really great guy whom I'm glad I got to work with all these years."

"Are you both currently single?" Gail pressed, a mischievous look on her face.

Matthew grinned. "Why, it just so happens I am!" He winked at her. "Why? Are you single?" He was still grinning.

Gail laughed. "Sorry, but I'm engaged." She wriggled her left hand's fingers at him, revealing her gold and diamond engagement ring on her left ring finger.

"Darn!" Matthew said, snapping his fingers. "Well, if it doesn't work out, you know where to reach me." He clicked his tongue, and winked at her.

Gail giggled, then turned to Kelly. "And you? Are you single?"

Kelly nodded, "I currently am, yes." She suddenly felt uncomfortable with all of this single talk. She didn't know why, but it bothered her that Matthew had hit on Gail—joking or not. Besides, what did their single status have to do with filming the movie?

"Well, who knows? Maybe filming this movie together is just what you two need to finally become a couple, aye?" Gail smile-winked at them.

Kelly laughed. "Oh, I don't know."

"You never know," Matthew said, smile-winking back at Gail.

Kelly blushed, and looked away.

"So, there you have it. Everyone seems to be doing well nowadays, and, as you can see, they are all as excited for the new Gossip Girl movie as we are! I'm sure it will live up to its expectations." She turned to face everyone. "Thank you all for talking with me! Good luck on your movie!"

"Thank you!" Everyone said, waving to her and the cameras.

Gail turned back to the cameras. "This has been Gail Freeman with your scoop on the up and coming Gossip Girl movie. Nancy, and Rob, back to you."

Then, that was officially the end of the interviews as the cameramen turned off their cameras, and started packing up.

Gail spent a little time mingling, but mainly with Stephanie and Josh. She stopped to talk with Leighton and Blake's table, and then left with her camera crew.

"I'm glad she didn't ask if you and I had kept in touch. I didn't feel like explaining why we hadn't kept in touch for two years. I know it was mainly my fault, and I hate admitting things are my fault," Matthew said, taking a sip of his water.

Kelly raised an eyebrow. "I'm surprised you're admitting it now." She then grinned to show she was only teasing.

Matthew laughed. "I know, right?"

"I'm surprised she didn't want to talk to me about getting my children back. Actually, she didn't talk to us about much of anything other than if we're dating or not. Gosh, maybe we really are getting old." Kelly sipped her water.

"And you'll always be older than me!" Matthew teased.

Kelly rolled her eyes. "By ten months. It's not even a year, Mr. Smarty Pants!"

"Maybe so, but I'm still younger than you, even if not by much. And, 'Mr. Smarty Pants?' Really, Kel, who says that? Proof that you're older than I am. I'd never use that term." Matthew crossed his arms over his chest, and smirked; clearly proud of himself.

"So I'm just some old bag who looks and acts old?" Kelly asked, crossing her arms over her chest as well. She knew Matthew was only teasing her, but it still hurt her feelings. After all, judging from the age of the women he dated, she really was old to him—even if she was only ten months older.

Matthew held his hands up in defense. "Hold up now! I never said anything about you looking old. You are hot and sexy, and the furthest thing from an old bag as one woman can get!"

Kelly hid a smile. That was better. But she wasn't letting him off the hook just yet. "But you still think I act old. Let me tell you something, Matthew, I may not be young and foreign like those girls you date, but I still know how to have fun. I like going out for drinks. I like dancing. I love traveling. I know how to have fun. And, do we not have the same sense of humor?" She knew she was taking this a whole lot further than really necessary, but thinking of him passing her over all those years for younger, more exotic girls had hurt her more than she realized she guessed.

Matthew grinned like the Cheshire Cat slash Joker again.

"What?" she snapped, a little annoyed now. She hadn't even started off angry. She had just been teasing him. But somehow anger and annoyance had managed to find their wait into her system at some point along the way.

"You're really cute when you're angry. Your eyes get squinty and cold looking, and your face flushes red all over. Your nose also twitches." Matthew looked so smug, his arms crossed over his chest, and a smirk on his face.

Kelly held her head high, trying her best to calm her rapidly beating heart and fluttering stomach down. He was just mindlessly flirting with her, she knew. He never meant anything by it. Matthew was just being Matthew. She wasn't his type.

She tightened her arms over her chest. "My nose does not twitch. I'm not a rabbit!"

"It's twitching right now!" Matthew grinned even bigger. "It's nothing to be embarrassed about, Kel. In fact, I find it absolutely adorable!" He twitched his own nose, and made his top teeth go over his bottom teeth as he made a rabbit noise.

Kelly really didn't want to forgive him just yet, but the look on his face was too priceless. She started to smirk, and then it turned into a full-on grin, which of course quickly turned into a laugh. "You're so mean!" Deep down, she knew she really had nothing to be angry with him for other than the fact that he had ignored her for two years. But now that they were back in each other's lives—at least for the time being—it seemed like no time had passed between them. What had started off awkward was now back to feeling right and normal again. It felt too good to be angry with him over those two years now.

Matthew laughed with her. "It's good to hear your laugh in person again, Kel. I really did miss you. I know it didn't seem like it since I cut off contact with you for two years, but I did miss you. In fact, I thought of you every day."

Kelly stopped laughing, suddenly sobered up from his seriousness. "I thought of you every day too. You have no idea how much I missed you. It was like losing my best friend." She couldn't believe she had just admitted that to him, but there it was.

"I never knew you felt that way before," Matthew said quietly. He reached across the table and gently squeezed her right hand. "I was always happiest when I was spending time with you," he admitted. "I guess I never realized it, but you were my best friend too." He smiled at her, and gently rubbed the back of her hand with his thumb.

She smiled, completely forgetting why she was ever angry with him in the first place. Looking into his eyes kind of had that effect on her. It always had. "I guess I always felt you thought of Maria as your best friend. You kind of stopped doing all the things you used to do with me, and did them with her instead. Heck, you even started traveling places with her. You and I were going to go to Seoul, and possibly France again, but instead you went to Argentina and Brazil with her." She started remembering why she was angry, but this time, she had no will to be angry left in her.

Matthew nodded. "Well, she was my girlfriend, Kel. That kind of thing happens when you're dating someone. You go places together, and do things together."
Kelly sighed. "Don't patronize me, Matthew. I know that. I've dated men before, you know. I've been married to two of them. Not that the marriages tuned out so great, but that's beside the point. The point is, just because you had a girlfriend, I don't know why it meant you couldn't be friends with me anymore. I don't know why you and I couldn't keep our prior plans. I don't know why you and I still couldn't go places together. I mean, was Maria that insecure? She should have known she could trust you."

"That's just it! I don't know if she could!" Matthew snapped. He then looked away. "I didn't meant to say that."

Kelly didn't know how to react to that. All she knew was that her heart was racing, and her stomach was in knots—in a good way. She pat his hand. "Consider it forgotten." She didn't want things to be awkward between either of them. "I know it was partly because of my having to travel to France so much that we never got to Seoul. Though, it would have been nice to have had you join me in France again. You never did even though at the time you said you wanted to."

Matthew didn't say anything at first. Instead, he just looked down at the table, and shrugged. "I did want to," he said simply after a brief moment. Though, he didn't explain why he never joined her. He didn't have to though. Kelly knew that he knew that she knew it was because he was too busy with Maria to have any time left for her.

She sighed. Look, everyone's getting up to head on over to the dance floor. I'm eager to see who they got to play! Let's go dance." She grinned at him. There had been a famous band hired for the night, but Stephanie and Josh wanted it to be a surprise who it was, so they were keeping it mum.

Matthew looked up at her and smiled, then squeezed her hand. "I'm curious too! Let's go."

So, they both got up, then headed over to the dance side of A-list, where most everyone had already gone. Currently, a DJ was setting up.

Stephanie and Josh were on stage.

"The band will be here in a short bit. Until then, we have a lovely DJ, who is more than happy to take your requests!" Stephanie said.

"And later, we will be cracking these suckers open, and reading lines from old Gossip Girlscripts! We want to see if you all still have it!" Josh said, shaking some scripts in the air. He grinned.

"But that will be in a little bit. Right now, the DJ appears to be ready, and the bar is open, so let's part-tay!" Stephanie said.

"And it's an open bar too!" Josh said, pulling Stephanie's mic toward himself.

Everyone cheered.

"But don't forget to tip! Tips aren't included," Stephanie said, claiming her mic back. "Now, as I said, let's par-tay!"

Again, everyone cheered. Then, the DJ began to play Pink's old song, "Get the Party Started," and everyone began to dance.

Matthew took Kelly off guard by twirling her around.

Kelly laughed, and let him twirl her, and dance with her.

They smiled at each other, and Kelly vowed to never let him cut off ties with her again. She had only been reunited with him for two hours, but that was more than enough to get her hooked on him yet again. She had lost him once, and it had hurt her deeply. She wasn't about to go through all that again. It simply wasn't an option.

~And I Was Meant For You~

Matthew was having such a great time. He had missed Kelly terribly, but he hadn't realized exactly how much. Now that he was with her again, he never wanted to let her go. It felt so good to be with her again, and now, he didn't know how he could have possibly gone two years with no contact between them. From now on, he vowed never to lose contact with her again, no matter who it was that he was dating.

After about an hour, the DJ played his last song, then started to pack up.

Stephanie and Josh appeared on stage again. "All right! Thank you to DJ Jamz, who is ah-mazing!" Stephanie said. "Let's give it up for him!" She and Josh clapped, and everyone else followed suit, cheering for the DJ in addition to their clapping.

The DJ smiled, held up a hand and thanked everyone, then took a slight bow.

"The band will be here in a half hour. But, until then, let's crack open some of these old scripts!" Josh said. "Who wants to read first?"

"I will!" Blake said, waving her hand.

"All right. Let's see..." Josh looked through the scripts. He then looked at Blake. "Do you want to do a cat-fight with Leighton?"

"Bring it!" Leighton said, walking up toward Blake, and cracking her knuckles.

They all laughed.

Blake and Leighton both stepped onto the stage, and took their scripts from Stephane and Josh, then they began to read their lines.

Matthew remembered the episode. It had been a good one. And, as they watched Leighton and Blake play-fight, he saw that neither one of them had lost her touch. Not that that surprised him, because it clearly did not.

After the scene, they all clapped, then Ed, Chase, and Penn all did a scene together. Connor and Jenny did one after that, and then Stephanie had William and Lily do one together.

Matthew smiled as he watched the scene, but he really didn't like the scene. It was a semi-romanic scene, and it annoyed him because it reminded him of how Lily had ended up with William instead of Rufus. It was bull crap, and even the fans knew it. He hoped the movie would change things, but knowing Stephanie, he didn't have his hopes held too high.

"All right, enough of that!" Josh said after the scene.

Stephanie rolled her eyes at Josh. She was more of a William and Lily fan, whereas Josh was clearly a Rufus and Lily fan.

Josh turned his attention to him. "Matthew, why don't you get on up here? Rufus and Lily had a lot of hot scenes. Let's see one of those!"

Matthew grinned. Now this, he was all for! Though, he wondered if he'd have to kiss Kelly. He wouldn't mind one bit. He just wondered if it would feel awkward between them since they hadn't seen each other in two years.

Kelly smiled at him as William left the stage, and everyone cheered for them. Matthew knew that Stephanie was about the only one in the room who wasn't a Rufus and Lily fan. Besides William, but Matthew certainly couldn't blame William on that one. After all, who wouldn't want to be the one kissing Kelly?

Josh handed out the scripts wit the scripts the correct page. "This one's my favorite!" he said with a wink.

Matthew looked down at his script, and saw that it was the scene they had watched earlier, where Lily asked Rufus to step out of the way, but he refused to, and they ended up kissing, and later, they ended up in bed.

He looked at Kelly, and she looked at him.

"Get out of my way, Rufus," she ordered, instantly in Lily mode.

"No," he said, standing his ground.

"Get out of my way," she ordered again.

"No," he insisted—more firmly this time.

Kelly hesitated for a moment.

Matthew knew she was unsure of whether or not they should carry out the scene with the kiss. Would it be too weird since they weren't actually filming?

"Come on, kiss!" Josh ordered. "That's what makes the scene!"

We aren't actually filming. They don't have to kiss," Stephanie said, amused.

"Sure they do. That's what the scene calls for," Josh insisted. He turned to Matthew and Kelly. "Now kiss!"

Suddenly, the whole audience started chanting. "Kiss, kiss, kiss!"

Matthew waited for Kelly to have a smart comment about them all acting like they were in high school, but it didn't come. Instead, she stepped toward him, took his face between her hands, and kissed him hard and passionately, just like in the actual scene.

He moaned in surprise, taken aback for just a moment, then sighed, and melted into the kiss, kissing her back just as passionately as he held her close. And for that moment, he was taken back to the day they had first filmed that scene. He had enjoyed it back then, and now, he realized with surprise, he enjoyed it even more now than he had then. And that, scared the hell out of him.