Once Matt had gotten off the phone with Brandon and Tyler, he automatically called Alisa and walked in the direction of the girls campus.
"Matt, what the matter?" Alisa asked, realizing something was wrong once she saw the caller ID.
"Ken's in trouble. Dan's just taking advantage of her to...Alisa, where's Kendra?"
"Um, I don't know, I think she's coming back soon though. Matt, what happened?"
Getting annoyed with everyone asking him, Matt gave a quick summary of what Dan had said. He wasn't interested in telling everyone the story, only one person. For a while after he had finally gotten to the end, Alisa didn't speak for minutes at a time, trying to understand what he had just said.
"It that all true?"
"Of course it is! Why the hell would I lie about something like this?"
"I know you wouldn't, but how are you going to tell her? She won't talk to you..."
"I'll make her listen! I'm not going to let him do whatever the hell he wants with her! I'm not going to let that happen."
"Matt, you really need to talk to her, not just about this Dan thing. Um, you two need to work some things out...like maybe the fact that you really like her and that you're just looking out for her..." Alisa's voice trailed off, trying to reach a point.
"Forget it, I'm not going to tell her that I like her. Besides, there's no point, she doesn't like me..." bringing up the subject bothered Matt. He never really noticed just how much he thought about and liked Kendra till now. This was depressing...
"What if I told you she did?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Kendra wouldn't want me saying this...but I'll tell you. She's been crushing on you for a while now, thought you should know," Alisa confessed. Matt didn't respond for several seconds and Alisa wondered whether he was speechless or just so angry he decided not to speak.
"Is this a joke?" he finally asked, his tone somewhat humorous. "Are you just trying to get me to confess my undying love for her or something? Or are you trying to convince me that she said yes to Dan just to make me jealous?"
"Well, I wouldn't say no about that last part. She actually is trying to make you mad. Even though she doesn't say it, I know she's trying to make you jealous. I have to say though, I think it worked..."
"Okay, I am jealous, but I'm not going to confess my love to her."
"So you admit it," Alisa started shyly, bringing up another point.
"I didn't admit anything..."
"You didn't not admit anything."
"What are you getting at?" Matt asked with an attitude.
"You said that you weren't going to admit that you love her, but by saying that, you just admitted it to me."
"I admitted no such thing."
"Just because you didn't say it, doesn't mean you don't mean it..."
"Okay, please let us digress from the subject. I'm going to wait for her by your guys' campus. I just really have to talk to her."
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Matt waited near the entrance of the girls campus right after getting off the phone with Alisa, and even though the conversation was over, he couldn't help but think about what she had said about him and Kendra.
Just because you didn't say it, doesn't mean you don't mean it.
Those words rung in his head over and over again. How did he really feel about her? He knew he liked her, just never really stopped to think how much. Sure, he cared about her, maybe more than a person who was just a friend should. Maybe there was more as Alisa had implied. Matt had been so worried about her lately that he never gave thought as to their relationship. Maybe there was more than he had orginally thought.
He could see her perfectly in his head. Her shiny redish brown hair, those big dark blue eyes, the way her nose wrinkled when she giggled, the way her lips moved when she smiled. Oh god, he knew he had fallen for her, hard, but hopefully Kendra would be there to catch him before he got hurt.
Off in the distance, Matt saw her, quickly walking towards the campus. His heart started to leap in his chest and his breath strained. Matt couldn't see her well, but all he could tell was that she did not look happy the slightest.
They were twenty feet away from each other when Kendra noticed Matt just standing off to the side, staring at her. She just rolled her eyes in annoyance and walked even faster along, but Matt grabbed hold of her arm and pulled her around.
"Ken, I need to talk to you..."
"I don't care, I already know it's going to be something about Dan," she cried and tried jerking away from his grip, but was once again pulled by Matt. Before she knew it, Kendra and Matt were right up against each other, staring in each other's eyes, then Kendra quickly pulled away and was able to get away from Matt's loosened grasp.
"I-I know it is," Matt stammered, shocked by their episode. "But there's something you don't know about him, Ken. He's just taking advantage of you, he doesn't care about you!"
"Matt, I don't care. You're just jealous that he asked me out so now you're imagining up fairy tales about things he never said!"
"No it's not, Kendra! I am not making this..."
"You know, if you didn't want this to happen, you should have asked me out in the first place!" she yelled at him as she stormed off.
"Well I'll log that away for next time!" Matt screamed back at her, stomping away in the other direction. Then, a few seconds after their episode, Matt's phone rang. He took it out, it was Alisa. "What?" he answered with frustration.
"That didn't go well. I could see through my window."
"She can be so thick headed, I swear. Can't see the truth in front of her face."
"Matt, don't say that! You know that's not the truth, just calm down," Alisa soothed in a slow manner.
"I know," admitted Matt with a sigh, but still furious. "But you know she can be stubborn."
"True she can, but you can't put that against her. Wait," Alisa stated as she heard the door of the room next to her slam shut, Kendra's door. "Kendra just got back. I'll talk to you later."
Once Alisa got off the phone with Matt, she slowly walked up to the door connecting the two rooms and knocked hesitantly. What a mess this had all become she thought. These two were just hurting themselves with all of this worry and frustration.
"Come in, Alisa," Kendra's voice called, quiet and wary. Walking in, Alisa first found her friend on the couch, her face looking out the window. Worried, Alisa slowly approached Kendra and sat next to her.
"I don't understand why he's acting like this. Matt's been acting like such a jerk lately, but it's gone a little too far now," Kendra stated in a melancholy tone then turned her head to face Alisa. Her eyes were red and puffy from crying. "I feel like my life is falling apart."
"Ken," Alisa soothed, taking hold of Kendra and hugging her. "Your life is not falling apart. This is just a little snag at the moment, things will get better. How about we watch a movie or something, you know, get your mind off things."
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"Damnit I'm a jerk," Matt yelled at himself in a whisper as he threw himself at his bed and started at the ceiling. "I can't believe I said that stuff to her. She's never going to forgive me for this."
That's the end of chapter 7. What's going to happen next? Well, I know, but you don't. Ha ha ha. Well, you will know...I don't really know where I'm going with this... Read on por favor! I know these are short chapters, but there will be a whole lot of them, trust me. They will probably be longer later on though...yeah. Johnny Depp is awesome! You guys don't have to be shy, you can make reviews if you want. Sorry I didn't say that earlier.
