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Going Home
Matt was busy packing his clothes but stopped when he heard someone walk in.
"I can stay another few days." Matt looked at his Mom. "I can go back Sunday night."
"Oh Matty, I would love for you to stay, but you should get back for the show." She told him.
He sighed, it was Thursday night and he knew he should probably be there for the live show tomorrow, but he didn't want to leave his family.
"What about Sophie and Megan?"
"They're both fine...They said Megan can come out of hospital tomorrow." She assured him. "We'll look after them."
"I know but..."
"But what?"
"Nothing, it doesn't matter." He replied, after a few seconds of silence. "You're right, they need me there tomorrow."
She smiled. "Good boy."
He returned her smile before turning back to his packing.
"We all miss you, Matty." She told him.
He looked up at her again. "I know, I miss you all too."
"I promise you, we'll visit you more." She replied. "We'll make sure we see you more."
"That would be good." He smiled and moved to hug her. "I love you, Mom."
"I love you too." She whispered, holding him tighter.
XxXxX
It was an hour before the dress rehearsal and Jordan was following Danny around the studio trying to tell him about a meeting she just had with Jack.
"What the hell is the matter with you?" She asked, grabbing his arm to stop him.
"Huh?" He looked at her.
"Have you not been listening to me?"
"Umm..."
"Danny?!"
"I'm sorry, but Matt's going to be here in like 10 minutes!" He said, pointing to his watch.
"So?"
"So, I haven't seen him for almost a week." He replied, excitedly.
She stared at him for a moment. "Your friendship scares me!"
He frowned and watched her walking off. "What does that mean?"
XxXxX
Danny was making his way to his office when he saw Matt walking towards him.
"Hey...you're back!"
"Yep, looks like it." He replied. "How's the show looking?"
"Good, we've got the rehearsal soon, so you can change anything you don't like." Danny told him, following him down towards his office.
"Okay, just let me get myself sorted and I'll be right down."
"Is everything okay?" Danny asked as they walked into his office.
"Matt?" He looked at him, letting him now he didn't believe him.
Matt sighed and closed the door so no one would overhear them. "I didn't want to come back, Danny."
Danny was quiet for a moment, not sure how to reply. "Is Megan okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine." Matt nodded. "It's not that."
"Sit down..." Danny gestured to the couch and then took a seat next to Matt. "What's going on?"
"I don't know." He ran his hands through his hair. "Everything is so different."
"What do you mean?"
"Everything back at home has changed..."
"Well, yeah, Matt...You didn't think their world would stop just because you're in LA, did you?"
"No, I mean... its just... I'm meant..."
"Matt, just tell me what you feel." Danny cut in when he struggled to talk.
"I miss them all so much, Danny." He admitted. "I didn't realise it until I was there... but I miss them... we all used to be so close...now I feel like an outsider."
"No Matt, that's not true." Danny claimed. "They love you and are so proud of you."
"Yeah, but now it's like they don't know me at all."
"Why do you say that?"
He sighed and shook his head. "It's just a feeling..."
"Look, you've had a hard week... you've been worried about Megan and maybe you felt a little guilty." Danny told him. "Try and get things back to normal...and in a week or so, we'll talk again. If you still feel the same way, we'll work something out."
"Like what?"
"I don't... sort some time off for you..."
He shook his head. "I'm needed here."
"Matt, you're not going to be any good if you're depressed." Danny stated. "I don't want you to be depressed...I've been there, it's a not a good place."
"I'll be okay."
"Well, lets just see how things go, okay?"
Matt nodded. "Okay, thank you."
"Right, I'm going to check everything is set up for the dress... I'll see you in a bit?" He asked.
"Yeah. I'll be down soon."
"Okay." Danny smiled slightly and stopped at the door to look back at him. "It's good to have you back, y'know."
Matt smiled. "Thanks."
XxXxX
3 months had passed and everything seemed to be back to normal. The show was still going strong and Matt starting to feel happy again. He decided it was the fact that Harriet and him were getting along. Even though they were still just friends, they were closer then they were before, plus they didn't have fights over stupid things. Everyone noticed the way they flirted with each other but they didn't say anything, just waited and watched to see how long it took for them to get back together.
Danny and Jordan walked into the studio, one Monday morning. He stopped when he saw a familiar woman stood talking to George.
"Sophie?"
"Danny!" She turned, grinning when she saw him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked, hugging her.
"We came to surprise Matt." She informed him, looking down at Megan. "Honey, do you remember, Danny?"
"Uh-huh..." She nodded. "Grandpa David said that you're the one that looks after Uncle Matt because he lives here alone... and that you're like his second mommy."
Danny laughed slightly, not sure whether he should be offended by that.
"Oh my god, she's so cute!" Jordan claimed.
"Guys, this is Jordan... Jordan this is Matt's sister, Sophie and his niece Megan."
"Hi, it's nice to meet you..." Sophie smiled. "We've heard a lot about you."
"From Matt?"
"Yeah and from Danny."
Jordan looked at Danny. "You talk about me to people?"
He blushed slightly. "Well, when Matt's mom phones him to check his okay, if I'm there, we sometimes have a chat... She asked about you."
"That's so sweet."
"Why don't we go and find your uncle Matt." Danny said, bending down to Megan's height, changing the conversation.
"Yay!" She cheered.
"Okay, lets go."
First they headed up to his office but it was empty and Suzanne told them, he had gone down to the writer's room. Danny rolled his eyes when they walked in and saw Andy, Lucy and Darius at one end of the table whilst Matt was at the other, his feet on the table, and his hands behind his head fast asleep.
"Nice to see him hard at work." Sophie said sarcastically.
"Seriously, almost every time I come over here, he's either asleep or eating... one time he even feel asleep in the middle of his lunch." Jordan commented looking at Danny. "Why do I pay him?"
"Because he writes the show." Danny answered. "Besides, he was probably up all night working."
Megan slowly walked over to her Uncle and poked his side. Matt stirred but didn't wake up, just shifted slightly. Megan giggled and did it again and this time, Matt moved a little more and fell off the chair, causing everyone to laugh.
"What the hell...?" He started, looking up confused.
"Mommy, Uncle Matt said a bad word!" Megan exclaimed.
"Oh my god! What are you guys doing here?!"
"We came to surprise you." Sophie told him.
"That's great." He stated, reaching down and picking up Megan. "How you been doing?"
"Good! It's summer so there's no school!" She grinned.
"Wow, that's cool!" He grinned too and then looked at Sophie. "How long you here for?"
"Just a week." She told him.
"Why don't I give you a tour of the studio and you can meet some of the cast?" Matt suggested.
"Yay!" Megan cheered. "Can we see Harriet?"
"Yeah, sure."
"Yay!" She said again. "And Tom?"
"She's been watching the show and seems to have developed a crush on him." Sophie explained when she saw the confused look on his face.
Matt looked from her to Megan. "She's too young for crushes!"
Sophie rolled her eyes. "Yeah, whatever Matt."
They went around the whole studio and Matt introduced Sophie and Megan to everyone. They were about to head out for some lunch with Danny, Jordan and Harriet when Jack appeared, wanting to talk to Matt and Danny about a sketch.
Megan looked at Tom, Simon, Jeannie and Cal who were sat with her whilst Jordan, Harriet and Sophie talked.
"Want to know a secret?" She asked them.
"Sure." Cal replied.
"Uncle Matt is getting married."
"Really? Who to?" Tom asked, none of them taking her seriously.
"To Harriet." She claimed. "They told me she was going to be my Auntie."
"What?" Simon asked, looking at the others, wondering if there was any truth in it.
"And when they have babies, they will be my cousins."
"You guys ready to go?" Danny asked, as he walked back into the room with Matt.
"Yeah, sure."
Megan got up from her chair and smiled at them before following, Jordan, Harriet and her Mom out of the room.
"You don't think that she is telling the truth..." Tom started slowly. "Do you?"
"I don't know... They've been acting weird lately."
XxXxX
Later that day, Matt was trying to get some writing done whilst keeping an eye on Megan. Sophie had gone off with Jordan and Harriet and Matt agreed to look after Megan. He looked up when Danny stormed into his office.
"When were you going to tell me?!" He exclaimed.
"Tell you what?" Matt asked, confused.
"About you and Harriet?!"
"What about us?"
"You're getting married!"
"We're what?!" Matt exclaimed. "What are you talking about?!"
"It's going around the studio!"
"Danny, we're not getting married! I don't know who would say that..." His voice trailed off and he slowly turned to look at Megan, who grinned innocently when he did. "Meg, what have you been saying?"
"Nothing."
"Did you tell everyone that Harriet and I were getting married?"
"I told them it was a secret!" She insisted. "It's not my fault they can't keep a secret!"
Matt sighed. "You can't tell people stuff like that."
"Why?"
"Because it's not true."
"Why?"
"What...what do you mean why?"
"Why can't it be true?" She asked. "I want Harriet to be my Aunty!"
"I'll leave you two to it." Danny told him, quickly leaving the room.
"Yeah, thanks." Matt called after him, sarcastically before looking back at Megan. "Things don't work like that, honey."
"But why not...Don't you love her?"
"It's complicated."
"Why?"
"Because it just is... you wouldn't understand."
"Why?"
Matt sighed again. "Because you're too young."
"Why?"
"Meg, just trust me okay...I'll explain when you're a little older."
"Are you ever going to marry Harriet?"
Matt was quiet for a moment. "I don't know...maybe one day."
"I hope so..." She replied. "I like her."
"Yeah..." Matt whispered as she went back to her colouring. "So do I."
XxXxX
"I hear we're getting married."
Matt turned and saw Harriet stood behind him; he stood up straight from leaning over the rail of the balcony.
"Yeah, sorry about that...I've told everyone it's not true and I've spoken to Megan about it."
"It's okay." She replied, moving to stand next to him. "She didn't mean any harm."
He smiled slightly at her before turning his eyes back to the empty stage.
"Are you okay?" She asked him.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking..."
"About what?"
"That she might have had a point."
"What?"
He turned to face her again. "I still love you, Harriet."
"Matthew..."
"You were so great when Megan went missing...you helped me so much...and these past few weeks...we've got on so well...it was like when we first met... remember?"
She smiled. "Yeah, I remember."
"I want to be with you again."
"What about the show?"
"What about it?"
"I thought you said we couldn't be together if we worked together."
"I was an idiot..." He claimed, taking her hand. "Please just give me another chance... I can make you happy, I promise."
She looked at him silently for a minute before leaning and kissing him. Matt was surprised at first but then kissed back, pulling her closer.
The End
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