You Were Meant for Me
Chapter 10: You Were Meant for Me and I Was Meant for You
Matthew gently pushed Alessandra away. "What are you doing?" he asked.
Alessandra blinked a few times in surprise before answering. "I, uh... Should I not have done that?"
"No, you shouldn't have. I think you should get off of my lap." He didn't want to be rude, but he didn't like her forwardness. Maybe if he hadn't been dating Kelly, he wouldn't have minded so much, but he was. He loved Kelly, and he didn't want anyone else but Kelly.
Alessandra promptly got off of Matthew's lap, and went back to her original seat across from him. "I'm sorry. I just assumed that you and Kelly were over because you liked younger, non American women more."
Matthew raised an eyebrow at her. "When did I say that? I said Kelly was angry with me for flirting with younger, non Americans girls. I didn't say we broke up. We most certainly did not! I have no intention of breaking up with Kelly, and I don't think she would break up with me over one little argument that can be talked out."
Alessandra looked away for a second, then she looked him in the eyes. "I'm sorry. I guess I just heard what I wanted to hear. You know, after all that talk about knowing better than to try to change a man into liking me, here I've become just like those girls who do that!"
Matthew relaxed a little. At least she was sincerely apologetic about it. "I'm sorry too if I led you on in anyway. Maybe it does look like I'm flirting after all."
Alessandra shook her head. "You didn't lead me on. I just read into things wrong. I'll admit, I still kind of have that crush on you, so when I heard about why you and Kelly argued, I figured I might have a chance, being Brazilian and much younger than you."
Matthew nodded. "It's totally understandable. Heck, maybe I would go for you if I wasn't dating Kelly, but I am, and I'm in love with her. In fact, I've never been so in love with someone as I am with Kelly." He blushed. "I'm sorry. I know that must not be what you want to hear. I'm just being honest. I don't want to lead you on."
Alessandra hit the air with her hand. "Don't worry about me. I'll be all right. My heart mends fast. There's plenty of other hot, eligible men in the world. Speaking of which, are Ed, Penn, and Chase single?" She wriggled her eyebrows up and down suggestively, and grinned.
Matthew nodded. "As far as I know!"
Alessandra licked her lips. "Mm! Those boys are muy caliente!"
"There ya go!" Matthew said, laughing in relief.
Alessandra grinned at him. "Don't worry. I'm not going to crush on you anymore. I'm one of those girls who instantly stops liking a guy once she finds out they don't like her in return. I mean, why waste time on a guy who doesn't like me in that way when there are so many who do, right?"
Matthew laughed. "Right!" he agreed. Alessandra was bold and confident. He liked that in a woman, and if he wasn't so in love with Kelly, he probably would go for her. But he was in love with Kelly, and he knew he had to fix things between them.
"What do I owe you for the drinks?" Alessandra asked.
It was Matthew who hit the air with his hand this time. "Are you kidding? They're on me."
Alessandra raised an eyebrow, and nodded at him. "You sure?"
Matthew nodded. "I'm sure."
Alessandra stood up and stretched. "Well, thanks for the drinks, and thanks for joining me. Again, I'm sorry about the kiss. Do you think we could just forget it ever happened?"
Matthew raised an eyebrow. "Forget what ever happened?"
Alessandra smiled at him. "Thanks." She pat his shoulder. "Now go get your woman back!" Then, she left Terra Blues, and was gone just like that.
Matthew sighed. Alessandra was right. He had to make things right with Kelly.
He stood up, then headed out of Terra Blues as well. He had a girlfriend to win back. He just hoped she was more in a better mood than she had been earlier.
~You Were Meant For Me~
"Who could that be at this time of night?" Ann asked as they heard a knock on the door. The kids were in bed all ready, and Kelly and Ann had were just about to watch a movie on TV.
"I don't know. I'm not expecting anybody," Kelly said.
"I'll get it," Ann replied. She headed to the door, and peered out the peephole. "It's Matthew. Good! I want to give min a piece of my mind, and then take three pieces from him if you know what I mean."
Kelly smiled at her mother's overprotectiveness. Upon arriving home, she couldn't hide her sadness from her mother. Ann had forced her to tell her what was wrong. Now that Ann had heard what Matthew had done, she was out for blood, or rather, organs. One organ in particular with its two accessories. "Mother, it's fine. Let me talk to him. Please don't cause a scene."
"But he hurt my daughter!" Ann crossed her arms over her chest. "I warned him what would happen if he did such a thing."
"Kelly got up off the couch, and quickly ran over to her mother. She placed a hand overtop of her shoulder. "Mom, please. Just let me talk to him, all right? I'm a big girl now. I can fight my own battles."
Ann sighed. "Fine. But only for you! If it were up to me, he'd be transformed into a girl in under a minute."
Kelly grinned. "Go finish packing. I'll talk to him and get him to leave, then we can watch our movie."
Ann nodded. "All right. But if you need me to cut anything off, I'm just in the other room. I can work a cleaver really well!"
Kelly smirked, and raised an eyebrow, her own arms crossed over her chest. "Remind me never to get on your bad side."
Ann grinned at her, then headed down the hall, and to the bedroom.
Kelly sighed, and took a few seconds to prepare, then she opened the door, and narrowed her eyes at Matthew. "What are you doing here?"
"I just came to see you, and to apologize," Matthew said, looking pained.
"Well, it's a little late for that, don't you think?" Kelly snapped.
Matthew looked confused. "Huh? What do you mean?"
Kelly narrowed her eyes at him. "You know exactly what I mean!"
"Actually, no. I don't know what you mean," Matthew insisted.
Kelly rolled her eyes. "Really, Matthew? You're really going to play this game? Unbelievable!"
Matthew looked more confused than ever. "What game? Kelly, what the hell is wrong? So I may subconsciously flirt. Big deal! A lot of men do it, Kel. It doesn't mean we're going to act upon it. Some men do, but not me! I'm not that kind of guy. I love you, and only you. Why cant you see that?"
Kelly narrowed her eyes at him, and crossed her arms over her chest again. "Well, for starters, you're lying to me. I know darn well you act on it!"
Matthew shook his head, and held his hands up. "Kelly, you're way out of line. I do not act on it, and I don't appreciate you implying that I'm both a cheater and a liar!"
Kelly uncrossed her arms so that she could clench her fists at her sides. "Just go. Now. Get out of my sight!"
Matthew shook his head. "No. I'm not going to leave. Not until we talk about this. Kelly, you have to know, I would never cheat on you! I love you! I love you and only you, and I would never—"
Kelly held her hand up, cutting him off. "Save it, Matthew! I'm not going to stand here and listen to you spouting off lies! I want you to go, and I want you to go now."
Matthew's expression suddenly turned angry. "Fine! You want me gone? I'm gone. I thought we had something special, Kelly, but I guess I was wrong!"
Kelly stared at him coldly. He thought they had something special? Well, then why the hell did he throw it all away? "What we had wasn't special, Matthew. It was a lie, and you know it!"
Matthew looked almost sad. "It wasn't a lie."
"Oh, but it was! You have some sick perverted thing going on where you have to have girls young enough to be your daughter. What next? You start dating one of Aven's classmates?" Kelly knew it was a low-blow, but all her anger at catching him kissing another woman, and all her anger at him dating younger woman finally caught up to her. And now, she was like a volcano that had just erupted, and he was about to get burned from her lava.
"Kelly, don't be disgusting!" Matthew snapped, seemingly back to being angry.
"You're the disgusting one! What? You can't date girls your own age? And what's with your non America obsession? First it was Israel, then it was Rome, and now it's South America. Seriously, Matthew, if you hate America so much, then why don't you just move to another continent? You'll have plenty of foreign little girls then!"
Matthew clenched his fists at his sides. "Don't push me, Kelly."
"Or what? You're going to hit me?" Kelly asked, nodding towards his fists. She knew she was sounding out of control, but she couldn't stop herself. She was just so filled with anger and resentment that she never knew she had in her! At least not to this extent. It kind of scared her.
Matthew was red with anger now. "You know what? Now I can finally see why Daniel took your kids away from you those years he did. You're completely psycho!" he snapped. "You're a jealous old bat who doesn't know how to have fun and relax. You're so stuffy and boring. You also judge everyone, and are so quick to accuse people of things they didn't do!"
Kelly blinked back the tears. She could not believe Matthew had just said such hurtful things to her. So that was what he really thought of her? She wanted to dig her nails into his cheeks while Ann got to work at chopping off his anatomy. But, for some reason, she loved him too much to do so. So, instead, she left him with some harsh reality parting words. "You know, you may feel young, dating younger girls, Matthew, but the truth is, no matter who you date, you can't change your age. You're always going to have the birth year of 1969. And, for the record, dating younger women doesn't make you look younger either. It only makes you look older in comparison. You just look like some perverted old geezer with some young thing on his arm that is clearly a gold digger. And before you try to deny it, think about it. You always end up paying for everything for your women. Don't you?"
Matthew was quiet, so Kelly continued. "I mean, you're such a jerk! I thought we were just starting to get close to being a couple at the beginning of 2012, then I had the problem with my children, and you just left me to be with Maria. I needed you more than ever, and what did you do? You decided to travel all over the place with Maria when you barely knew her. You had known me for five years. Sure, you acted like you cared, but you really didn't. You were too busy introducing her to your family, then traveling to exotic places with her, and lounging around on beaches! You were far too busy to care about little old me, right? You even said you wanted to go back to France with me, but you didn't mean it. The truth was, you preferred to screw Maria or do what not with her than have bothered going to France with me to see my kids. I just wasn't worth the trouble, was I? I was too old for you."
Matthew was quiet again before calmly responding. "I think we've said all we need to say to each other. Haven't we?"
Kelly nodded, holding back the tears. "I guess so."
Then, without another word, Matthew turned on his heel, and left.
Kelly shut the door and locked it, then turned around, her back resting against the door, and slid down to the floor. She then buried her face in her hands, and cried.
"Are you okay?" Ann asked gently as she slid down on the floor next to her daughter. "I heard most of your conversation. I'm sorry. I finished with my packing, and I wanted to hear how he tried to explain himself out of what he did."
Kelly looked up at her mom. "I can't believe he lied about not cheating, Mom! And then he said such hurtful things to me on top of his lies! I know I said hurtful things too, but not as bad as what he said to me."
Ann nodded. "I thought Matthew was different than that. Sadly, he's not. And don't you feel a bit bad about anything you said to him! You made all true and valid points!" She gently rubbed her daughter's back.
Kelly shook her head. "I'm not sorry after what he said to me. And, like you said, everything I said was true."
"I'm proud of you for sticking up for yourself, but you really should have let me chop his groin and balls off!" Ann stated.
Despite her sadness, Kelly couldn't help but laugh. "I should have!"
Ann raised an eyebrow. "He can't have gotten far. I can grab the cleaver, and we can chase him down and tackle him. You hold, I chop!"
Kelly cackled. "Mother, you have violence issues!"
"When it comes to protecting my children, you're damn right I do! And with good reason!" Ann said with a proud smile.
Kelly smiled too, and rested her head on her mother's shoulder. "Thank you for making me feel better, Mom. I really love you."
Ann kissed the top of her daughter's head, and then gently stroked her daughter's head. "And I love you, my beautiful daughter. Do you still want to watch the movie?" She kissed the top of her head again.
"In a minute," Kelly said quietly. "Right now I just want to sit here for a few moments with my momma."
Ann stroked her daughter's hair again. "Take as long as you need. We have all night." She kissed the top of Kelly's head again, then continued to stroke Kelly's hair and sit with her, for as long as Kelly needed her.
Kelly was grateful that she still had her mother and children. However, it didn't stop her heart from feeling like it had been dropped from a ten story building. She had been afraid that losing Matthew was going to hurt, and now that she had, it hurt worse than she had ever imagined it would. And this time, she didn't know if she would ever recover from it.
~And I Was Meant For You~
Matthew arrived on set, feeling a little on edge. He knew what he had said to Kelly last night had officially made him scum. He hadn't meant to say such mean and nasty things to her. Heck, he hadn't even meant them! He had just been so hurt by the things she had said to him that he had wanted to hurt her back. He hated himself for having wanted to hurt her, and he hated himself even more for actually having succeeded in hurting her. She didn't deserve any of it. Even so, he didn't get why she was so angry with him. And he certainly didn't get why she was insisting that he cheated on her. He would never! He had laid in bed last night, trying to figure out what he had done to make her think that he had cheated. It took him longer than it should have to figure it out, but he finally did. She must have seen the kiss. But how could she have? She said herself she wasn't going to go to Terra Blues. Had she changed her mind? But, he hadn't seen her. Terra Blues was a small place. If she had been there, he surely would have seen her. Wouldn't he have?
He sighed. He didn't know. This whole thing was so confusing to him. He wished Kelly would talk with him. Though, after what he had said to her last night, he wouldn't blame her for never speaking to him again.
He sat down in a director-style chair, and looked over the script. He was a little disappointed to see that he had a kiss with Kelly today. It was going to be beyond awkward. On a better note, it was the day where they filmed Rufus breaking it off with Alessandra. He knew what Alessandra had said about not having feelings for him anymore since he didn't like her in that way. Still, feelings didn't completely go away at the flip of a switch. He knew it was best that he and Alessandra didn't play lovers anymore. After all, his and Kelly's relationship was on the rocks as it was. The last thing he needed was for Alessandra to make it even worse.
"What's cookin', good, lookin'?" Alessandra asked, coming up behind him. She winked at him and clicked her tongue.
Matthew looked over at her. Speaking of Alessandra... "Not much."
"Is Kelly still mad at you?" Alessandra asked, bending down to rest her head on his shoulder from behind.
Matthew looked up from his script, and saw Kelly across the way, staring at them, and giving them the death glare. When did she arrive? he wondered.
"I take that as a yes!" Alessandra said with a smirk, obviously having seen Kelly as well. She sighed, then stood up straight, and walked around to sit in the director-style chair next to Matthew's. "It's me, isn't it? She senses my crush on you, and hates me for it. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause problems between you two. I'm sorry again about last night, I think I had a little bit too much to drink. It clouded my judgment."
Matthew smirked at her. "You only had two drinks."
Alessandra shrugged. "I'm trying to make myself feel better about what happened last night. Cut me a break, will ya?"
Matthew laughed. "Sorry. Besides, nothing happened last night, remember?"
Alessandra grinned. "Right!" she said with a wink.
"Though, I think Kelly might have seen the kiss, because when I went to her place last night, she was all angry, and insisting that I had cheated on her."
Alessandra turned her body toward his. "But how would she know? She wasn't there, was she?" she asked, serious now.
Matthew shrugged. "I don't know! I didn't see her, but I don't know what on earth she could be talking about if not that."
"Maybe she came to apologize for the fight, then saw me kissing you. Oh, great! I ruined everything for you two!" Alessandra smacked her own forehead.
"Don't beat yourself up over it." Matthew smirked. "Literally." He sighed. "I don't even know for sure if that is what she was referring to anyway."
"Well, I'm going to go find out if it was!" Alessandra said, hopping out of her chair.
"Alessandra, you don't have to—" Matthew tried.
Alessandra cut him off. "Of course I do! I fix the messes I make." With that, she was jogging off toward Kelly.
Matthew sighed as he watched Kelly look at Alessandra in surprise. He hoped this helped, and didn't make things worse. For instance, what if Kelly didn't know about the kiss, and this only made her even more ticked off than she already was?
He shuddered. He didn't want to think about that. He remembered what Ann had said before, and frankly, he valued his groin too much.
~You Were Meant For Me~
Kelly wondered what on earth Alessandra was rushing toward her for. All she knew was that she did not want to talk to her. Alessandra was clearly trying to take Matthew form her. It was obvious from the way she had just been all over him.
"Kelly, we have to talk," Alessandra said.
Kelly rolled her eyes. "Don't worry. Matthew and I are through. He's all yours."
"You don't understand," Alessandra tried.
"Save it!" Kelly snapped. "I saw you two kissing last night. I was dumb enough to go over there to apologize to Matthew for accusing him of flirting, and then there he was, going beyond flirting." She crossed her arms over her chest. "You two deserve each other!"
Alessandra shook her head. "What you saw was me kissing him. You must not have stayed long enough to see him pushing me away, and asking me what I was doing. He told me he loved you, and wanted to make things right with you. He said he loved you, and that he has never been so in love with anyone as much as he is with you. He's head over heels or you, Kelly."
Kelly felt a jolt of hope. "What were you doing on his lap then?"
"I was originally sitting across from him, then I moved to sit beside him, then finally on his lap. He didn't even kiss me back. I know it might have looked like he did from a distance, but I swear to you he didn't. In fact, as soon as he broke the kiss and asked me what I was doing, he told me to get off his lap," Alessandra admitted.
Kelly suddenly felt like an ass. Though the misunderstanding didn't excuse him for the terrible things he had said to her the night before!
Alessandra placed a hand over her shoulder. "I made a mistake. I got caught up in my crush for Matthew, and I took advantage of a fight he had with you. I apologize. I assure you, it will never happen again. But, Kelly, I promise you. Matthew may flirt, but he only has eyes for you. You've got a keeper in him. He really loves you as much as you love him, and he would never cheat on you. Plus, you two have known each other for almost ten years. That oughtta count for something, right?"
Kelly nodded, suddenly wanting nothing more than to talk with Matthew, and make things right with him. "It does," she said quietly.
"And hey. Today is my last day of filming, so I'll be out of your hair, and his," Alessandra said. She then started to take off.
"Alessandra?" Kelly called after her.
Alessandra stopped, and looked over her shoulder. "Yeah?"
Kelly smiled at her. "Thank you for telling me the truth."
Alessandra smiled back at her. "Anytime." She winked at Kelly and clicked her tongue, then took off in the opposite direction.
Kelly sighed, then looked across the way at Matthew, who was still sitting in his director-style chair. Their eyes met.
She then walked over to him. "We need to talk."
Matthew nodded. "My trailer or yours?"
"Mine." She grinned. "My fire alarm's broke."
Matthew laughed, then stood up, and dared to take her hand.
She took his as well, and gave it a gentle squeeze. To her relief, he squeezed her hand back. She had a feeling their talk would go okay. She hoped so, for her heart needed a healing that only Matthew could give her.
When they arrived in her trailer, she shut and locked the door behind them. She then sat on the couch, and Matthew followed suit when she pat the seat beside her.
"First off, Alessandra explained to me about what really happened last night. I'm sorry I doubted you," Kelly began.
Matthew shrugged. "It's okay. I know how it must have looked. So, you came last night after all?"
Kelly nodded. "I came to apologize for overreacting, and when I arrived, I saw her kissing you. I left before I could see you push her away."
Matthew winced. "Talk about bad timing!"
Kelly nodded. "I know, right?"
Matthew sighed. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I was going to, but then we both got so angry with each other, I didn't really get the chance."
Kelly blushed. "I'm sorry I didn't really give you the chance. I was just so hurt! I guess I have some issues deep down that I wasn't aware of. I mean, I guess I was aware of them, but I didn't think they were that strong."
"It's all right. I'm sorry. I guess you're right. Maybe I do like to flirt. But it's all in good fun to me. I don't mean anything by it." He gently stroked her cheek. "You're the only one for me, Kel. You gotta believe that!"
Kelly nuzzled her cheek against his hand. "I do now. I'm sorry I didn't earlier."
"Well, my behavior could have been better. I'm sorry I upset you. I'm also sorry for the things I said to you last night. You have every right to hate me if you want." Matthew bit his bottom lip, his eyes pleading. "But please don't! I couldn't bear it if you hated me."
Kelly placed her hand overtop of Matthew's right thigh. "Matt, I could never hate you. I love you."
"Even after all the nasty things I said to you?" Matthew asked in surprise.
"Well, I said some pretty nasty things to you too. And I meant them, which makes it even worse," Kelly admitted. "I really shouldn't have said them so harsh."
Matthew shrugged. "You helped me look at things in a new light."
Kelly looked him in the eyes. "Sometimes people really mean what they say in a fit of anger, like me. Did you mean what you said to me?"
Matthew shook his head. "No. I mean, sometimes I feel that I'm a little immature for you, even though I'm only ten months younger than you. I worry you think I'm being childish." He looked away in shame.
Kelly smiled, and moved his chin so that he was forced to look her in the eyes again. "Hey. I love you for you! Sure I don't get your obsession over young foreign girls, but I love that you're a kid at heart. You bring out the kid in me sometimes, and it makes me love you even more! You don't have to change for me to love you. You never will no matter how old I get."
"How old we get. I'll admit it, I'm getting up there too," Matthew said with a smile.
Kelly placed a hand over her hip, and raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me, but 'Getting up there?' No. You talk like we're in our seventies!"
Matthew laughed. "Good point! My mistake."
"And, for the record, young girls grow older eventually too." Kelly winked and smirked at him.
Matthew nodded. "I know, I know."
"This is what I was worried about. I worried we'd have a really big fight and end up breaking up. I worried we'd have a bad taste left in our mouths, and look what happened!" Kelly said sadly. She looked down at her lap, trying not to cry.
Matthew gently took her chin, and forced her to look at him, as she had done to him earlier. "Hey. Look at me. I'm not breaking up with you. Are you breaking up with me?" he asked gently.
Kelly shook her head no.
"I don't have a bad taste in my mouth. Do you have a bad taste in yours?" Matthew asked next.
Again, Kelly shook her head no.
Matthew raised an eyebrow. "Then what's the problem?"
Kelly took his hand and kissed it. "Nothing, as long as we're good."
"Are you kidding me? We're better than good, we're fantastic!" Matthew kissed her hand in return. "And, I'm sorry I abandoned you when you needed me the most. It was wrong of me. I promise to never do that again. I won't give up on us so easily anymore. In fact, I won't give up on us at all. I love you too much now that I know what it's like to have you."
Kelly smiled bigger. "I love you so much! My heart couldn't take us breaking up!" She held him close.
"Well, then, I guess we better never break up, huh?" Matthew asked, holding her close, and gently rubbing her back.
Kelly held him at arm's length, and grinned. "Right!"
"I think we should make love on it," Matthew said, grinning at her, and raising his eyebrows up and down suggestively.
Kelly blushed. "Matthew, we can't! They might here us."
Matthew shrugged. "So what if they do? The door's locked, and the blinds are down. No one can see us."
"We have to get back to filming," Kelly tried.
Matthew shrugged. "So Josh has to wait a little. He has other people to film to keep him occupied. Besides, I really need it. I really need you."
"I need you too," Kelly said.
Matthew's eyes lowered with love for her.
She felt her own eyes lowering with love for him. Suddenly, she wanted nothing more on this earth than to make love to the love of her life, and have him make love to her. She kissed him hard and passionate, and pulled him down on top of her on the couch. Matthew was right, she figured. Josh could wait!
~And I Was Meant For You~
"Mmm, do we really have to go back to work?" Matthew asked. He held Kelly close as they lie together on the couch as he kissed her lovingly.
She kissed him back for a moment, then broke the kiss and sighed. "Unfortunately, we do." She gently stroked some hair out of his eyes. "But don't worry. We'll have plenty of time for more of this later."
He grinned, and kissed her again. "Good!" He then sat up and began dressing.
Kelly followed suit. "Hair and makeup is going to have a cow. They just did my face and hair."
Matthew laughed. "Mine too. We'll just tell them it was messed up for a good cause."
Kelly laughed. "Yeah, that will explain it. On an entirely different note, Helena has been asking about Aven. Do you and Aven want to come over for dinner sometime soon? Helena thinks she is the coolest girl ever. Hermés says Aven is Helena's least annoying friend. And, I for one love her. She is adorable, and so well behaved! I just want to hug her and kiss her every time I see her."
Matthew smiled. He loved how Kelly truly loved Aven, and being with her. Maria had too, but Maria loved traveling more than she loved being with Aven. He knew Maria loved Aven, but he also knew that she forced herself to want to have Aven around. She had once read his fans' comments Online where people were saying she didn't care about Aven. They said she just wanted to travel. So, to try to prove them wrong, she tried to make more of an effort. Matthew knew it was all for show though. She was jus trying to prove the fans wrong. She was trying too hard. He had no doubt she cared about Aven, but she clearly wasn't as comfortable or happy when they had Aven as she was when it was just him and Maria. Maria acted the same way when fans said she was jealous of Kelly. She'd pretend to like Kelly. She even added her to her social media sites, and even once in a rare while let him go off just him and Kelly to an event while she stayed behind. He knew she hated it though. Maria's eventually becoming so needy and demanding of his attention twenty-four seven that it ended up causing him and Kelly to have gone so long without each other proved that fact.
"If you don't want to, that's okay. Does Aven not like Helena as much as Helena likes Aven?" Kelly asked. "Because, if that's true, maybe she'll come around. Children can be fickle at times. It's just part of being a kid." She smiled.
Matthew smiled too, and shook his head. "No, it's not that at all! Trust me, Aven loves Helena just as much! She's always talking about her. I was just zoning out for a moment. But, yeah, we'd love to do dinner! Thanks for inviting us. When is good for you?"
"Well, when is the next time you have Aven?" Kelly asked.
"I get her this weekend," Matthew replied.
"Wanna do it Friday?" Kelly asked.
Matthew grinned. "All right, but I don't think Aven should be around for that."
Kelly giggled. "Stop it! You know what I mean."
Matthew laughed. "Friday's perfect."
Kelly then walked over to him, and took him in her arms. She stroked his hair. "Besides, in reference to what you were talking about, there's no way we're waiting until Friday for that!" she purred in his ear.
Matthew suddenly felt the need for her again. His eyes lowered with desire for her. "Forget work! I need you now."
Kelly grinned.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Kelly? Are you and Matthew in there? Josh said he needs you both on set ASAP." It was Blake.
Matthew groaned.
Kelly smiled. "Good things come to those who wait," she murmured in his ear. Then, she looked toward the door, and called out louder. "Well, be right out!"
"Soon," Matthew said, puling her so close, their lower halves touched.
Kelly bit her bottom lip, then kissed him hard, his face between her hands. "Soon," she confirmed. She then headed for the door, unlocked it, then smiled over her shoulder at him before exiting the trailer.
Matthew watched her leave, and sighed. She drove him crazy—in a very good way of course. He licked his lips, then followed her out of the trailer, already making plans for another rendezvous in her trailer once they were done filming for the day.
~You Were Meant For Me~
Seven months later...
The movie was just about completely filmed. Because of last minute scheduling conflicts, Bon Jovi couldn't be there until then to both perform their hit, and do a scene other than performing. All that was left to film was Bon Jovi's scene and concert, and the scene where Rufus proposed to Lily.
"I'm so excited, I'm so excited, I'm so excited!" Leighton squealed, bouncing up and down on her heels.
Blake smirked. "For Rufus' proposal to Lily?" she teased.
"No, for Bon Jovi! Oh my gosh, there he is!" Leighton squealed. "John, over here!" She practically sprinted over to John, and hugged him in a death grip. "You look so handsome today! I just know you're going to do amazing. I've seen you act before. You're just as good of an actor as you are a singer!"
John grimaced. "Thank you! I appreciate that. But could you please let go of me? I'm kind of finding it hard to breath," he said in a strained voice.
Leighton blushed. "Oh!" She immediately let go of him. "My bad. Sorry."
Kelly shook her head and smiled to herself. She had never seen Leighton so crazy over a guy before. It was kind of funny!
"Hey, you, are you ready for Rufus' big proposal?" Matthew asked, hugging her from being.
Kelly smiled, and looked over her shoulder at him. "Are you kidding me? Darling, I've been waiting for this since they broke up in season five."
Matthew grinned. "Me too." He then pulled her around to face him, and kissed her softly on the lips.
Kelly moaned into the kiss, and hungrily kissed him back. She felt the butterflies in her stomach, and the jackhammer in her heart. Kissing him always had that effect on her. So did just looking at him.
"All right, Matthew and Kelly, we need you two on set to film your scene!" Josh called out.
Matthew groaned. "Why do we always get interrupted?"
Kelly just grinned, and pulled him in for another kiss before taking his hand, and dragging him over to film.
Kelly tried not to giggle as Bon Jovi pretended to be doing an outdoor concert. Rufus was supposed to be proposing to Lily at the Bon Jovi concert. But of course, the music would be added in later. So, for now, the concert was mimed. Everyone else was supposed to be dancing, and enjoying the concert as if the music was really playing.
"And, Action!" Josh called out.
"Do you like the song?" Matthew as Rufus asked.
Kelly as Lily nodded. "It's not usually my taste in music anymore, but I have to admit, the twenty-year-old in me is kind of excited to be at a Bon Jovi concert! This song is pretty good!"
"I love the title. You know why?" Matthew as Rufus asked.
Kelly as Lily raised an eyebrow. "Why?"
"Because it's called, 'Queen of Hearts,' and you're my queen of hearts," Matthew as Rufus told her.
Kelly as Lily smiled. "That was a little corny, but it was sweet. You're my King of hearts then." She kissed him sweetly on the lips, and stroked his hair.
"I'm glad to hear you say that. I'm hoping that means you'll say yes to my question," Matthew as Rufus told her.
Kelly as Lily looked at him in confusion. "What question?"
Matthew reached into his pocked and took out a red velvet box. Then, he got down on one knee, and opened the box, revealing a beautiful white gold ring with a 24 carat heart-shaped diamond ring in the center.
"That's not the ring you picked out!" Stephanie, who now had her casts taken off and was back on set, whispered to Josh.
"I know," Josh whispered back, looking confused.
"Kelly, you are my everything. I spent far too much time without you, not admitting my feelings for you because I was too afraid of losing you. Then, I almost lost you anyway by leaving you out of my life for so long. I've been an idiot! Now that I have you, I know I never want to let you go. So, I'm asking you to be my wife. I don't ever want to have to know what it's like to live without you. So, what do you say? Kelly, will you marry me?" Matthew asked, still on bended knee.
"And those certainly aren't the lines I wrote!" Josh said.
"Plus he said Kelly!" Stephanie added.
Kelly was a little taken aback. "You mean Lily?" she asked.
Matthew shook his head. "No. I mean, you. I'm not in character anymore, and I'm looking for Kelly's answer—not Lily's." He grinned. "Kelly, will you please make me the happiest man on earth and marry me?"
Kelly felt the tears of happiness start to stream down her face. After her second marriage, she hadn't known if she ever wanted to get married again. She knew there was only one man that could ask her that would receive an immediate yes. And that man had just asked her to marry him.
She nodded. "Yes!"
Matthew grinned. "Yes?"
She nodded again. "Yes, Matthew, I will marry you!"
"Yay!" Matthew said.
Kelly laughed at his childlike response. He was adorable, and she loved him more than she ever thought possible. She extended her left hand, and let him slip the ringer on her left ring finger.
Everyone cheered, including Bon Jovi.
"Do you like it?" Matthew asked her. "It's twenty-four carats. Also, I got the heart because I know how much you love hearts."
Kelly still had tears of joy in her eyes. She draped her arms over his shoulders. "Are you kidding me? Oh, Matthew, it's perfect! Even if it wasn't twenty-four carats or a heart, I'd love it because of what it represents, and because you gave it to me."
Matthew grinned. "Well, in that case, let me have it back. I'll exchange it for something that won't cost me an arm and a leg!" he joked.
Kelly quickly pulled her left hand closer to her body, protecting it with her right hand. "Taking this ring from me will also cost you and arm and a leg if you catch my drift. In the literal sense just in case you didn't catch my drift," she joked back.
Matthew laughed. "Something tells me, I better let you keep it!"
Kelly laughed. "Come here, You!" She then pulled him in for a deep and passionate kiss as their friends and coworkers all cheered them on.
"All right, all right, break it up! We're happy for you, but the filming must go on!" Josh handed Matthew the correct ring. "Give this to her, and stick to the script this time, huh?" he asked, doing his best Uncle Jessie impersonation from Full House.
Matthew grinned and nodded. "Got it!"
"And Kelly, I'm sorry to make you take your new ring off, but Lily has to wear the ring I picked out," Josh said, turning to Kelly.
Kelly nodded. "Right!" She reluctantly took off her ring, and slid it into her pocket.
Moments later, they did their scene without a problem.
Bon Jovi then filmed their non performance scene, and then finally, it was time for the big concert. They all had a blast, and stayed in character.
When the scene was finished, Stephanie grinned big. "And that's a wrap!"
Everyone cheered and clapped.
"So, let's let the party begin!" Josh called out. The wrap party was set to start immediately after they finished filming, and Bon Jovi was going to perform a real concert for them.
Leighton brought over a tray of lemon bars for the band before they started. "John, I made these for you guys in case you get hungry between songs," she said.
Josh smiled as he took the tray from her. "Thank you, Leighton, that was very sweet of you!"
Leighton leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed his cheek. "Don't mention it!" She bat her eyelashes at him and smiled, then practically skipped off the stage.
John took a bite of a lemon bar, then passed the tray to his bandmates. "Mm, good!" He said before shoving the rest of his bar into his mouth.
Leighton smiled, and blushed.
The music started then, and they all danced, and enjoyed the show.
At one point, Leighton even took her bra off from underneath her shirt, and tossed it onto the stage.
Kelly laughed. It was hilarious seeing Leighton act like a teenybopper.
Matthew pulled Kelly close, and she smiled.
She then took the ring out of her pocket, and handed it to him. She extended her left ring finger to him, and he knew what to do.
He took the ring from her, and slid it back on her left ring finger. She had already taken Lily's ring off.
He then kissed her, and she hungrily kissed him back. No words were needed between them; just love. And they had plenty of love.
When the concert ended, John walked over to Leighton.
Leighton grinned, and batted her eyelashes at him. "You were great, John!"
"Thanks. Um, you left this on the stage. I think you should keep it. My wife wouldn't appreciate me keeping it. And, I appreciate your enthusiasm, but could you please tone it down a bit? You're really starting to freak me out," John told her.
Leighton blushed, and took her bra back. She stuffed it in her purse. "Sure. Sorry about that."
John patted her shoulder. "Thanks!" He then walked away.
"Poor Leighton," Kelly said with a pout. She felt bad for Leighton.
"No worries." Matthew nodded toward a good-looking blonde guy. "She just spotted his son."
Kelly looked over to where Matthew was looking, and sure enough, Leighton was smiling and laughing with John's son Jessie, who was smiling and laughing with her.
"Well, at least he's closer to her age," Kelly quipped.
Matthew pulled her in to a kiss. "I can hardly wait to marry you," he told her.
Kelly grinned. "And I can hardly wait to marry you!"
They nuzzled noses, then kissed.
Kelly felt her heart soar yet again. She could hardly wait to make it official, for without a doubt, Matthew was her soulmate, and she knew that that was never going to change.
~And I Was Meant For You~
"I promise to love you more and more with every day that passes, and with every breath that I take. I do anyway. I'm so glad I finally came to my senses and realized that you were the only one for me. I promise to spend the rest of my life loving you, and making up for all those years I was too idiotic to make you mine." Matthew grinned.
Kelly grinned as well. "I promise to love you more and more each day and with every breath that I take. I already do as well. I'll admit, I didn't like having to wait so long for you, but it was worth it. You were worth the wait. And I know that all the time we spend building our relationship as friends is going to make our relationship as husband and wife even stronger. I've found my soulmate in you, Matthew, and I promise to love you even after I'm far gone from this earth."
"Let us now move onto the exchanging of the rings. Repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed," the judge said to Matthew.
Matthew took Kelly's hand in his own. "With this ring, I thee wed." He slid the white gold wedding ring overtop of her engagement ring.
It was then Kelly's turn. She took his hand, and slipped the on his white gold wedding ring, all the while repeating after the judge. "With this ring, I thee wed."
"By the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the—"
Matthew had already pulled Kelly in for a kiss before the judge could finish his sentence. He was so happy to finally be married to Kelly, he didn't want to wait!
"Bride," the judge finished.
Their family and closest friends cheered as they continued to kiss.
Matthew had suggested eloping to Kelly, and thankfully, she had agreed. Both of them had done the whole wedding thing before, and weren't keen on paying all the money, and going through all the trouble for one day when they had both already gone through it before—twice for Kelly. So, they decided to get their marriage license, and just get married in the courthouse surrounded by their family and closest friends. And now, here they were a month after he had proposed to her, married to each other.
"Kelly grinned at him when they broke the kiss. She gently stroked his cheek. "I love you, Mr. Settle."
He grinned. "And I love you, Mrs. Settle. Gosh I love the sound of that!"
"Me too," she said, still grinning. They kissed some more, then headed hand in hand to talk with their guests. They would be leaving soon for their reception dinner at Cipriani. Then, tomorrow, they had an early flight out to Seoul, since they had always wanted to go there together. They figured their honeymoon would be the perfect time to go there.
"I've never been this happy before," Kelly told him as they got a moment by themselves in front of the courthouse.
"I have," Matthew stated.
Kelly raised an eyebrow. "When?"
Matthew grinned. "The day you agreed to be my girlfriend, then when you agreed to be my wife."
Kelly put a hand to her heart, tears of happiness in her eyes. "Come here!"
Matthew smiled, and let her pull him in for a kiss. He kissed her passionately, and held her tight, never wanting to let her go.
Kelly broke the kiss then, and nodded toward their white limo. "Come on. Let's go head to the restaurant!" She brushed her lips against his ear. "After all, the sooner we get the reception over with, the sooner we can have our wedding night, if you catch my drift.
Matthew moaned. "Oh I catch it all right!"
Kelly grinned, and kissed him once more, then took his hand, and got into the limo with him.
They kissed as the limo took off, taking them to the restaurant, and the beginning of the rest of their lives together. Matthew couldn't have been happier just as he knew, neither could Kelly.
~The End~
Author's Note. Thank you all for your kind reviews. I read all of them and appreciate them more than you know. Thank you for always being so nice in your reviews, and for reading my stories. You guys are ah-mazing!