Matt was awoken the next morning by sunlight shining through the open window shades. Letting out a groan he turned his back to the window; it was then he found himself face to face with Gabriella. She was still asleep with nothing but the sheet covering her body. Suddenly the events of the night before came flooding back to him.

He couldn't lie to himself, last night felt great. Being with Gabby had been very different than it had been with Lita. With Lita it was all about expressing their love for each other. With Gabby it was not about love, it was all lust. Lita was very passionate, but still reserved. Gabby defiantly wasn't shy; she told him exactly what she wanted him to do. He had never had someone be so open and free during sex before.

The slight headache he now felt reminded him of his mental state last night. Now that the alcohol wore off he was thinking clearly. He felt guilty for what he did, but more so because he enjoyed it. The only thought Matt had was 'what happens now?'

Gabriella was a nice enough girl, but where did they stand? Before last night they could barely be called friends and now they had taken a very serious step. He might have had a good time with her, but last night was simply a matter of needing both a mental and physical release. She knew all the right things to say to him feel good. She was able to make him forget about everything else going on in his life. But she was so young; there was an eleven year age difference between them. As mature as she was Matt was sure her age could be a problem at some point.

'A lot more is wrong with what happened then just her age' he thought.

He was very selfish in his actions. Things with Lita were messy and hard at the moment, but that didn't mean he wanted her out of his life. He just didn't know how much more he could take before he broke down. He didn't want to just give up; he had already fought so hard. To stop now would make it all for nothing.

Then again, from the conversation he had with Lita yesterday, it seemed like she was ready to call it quits. She basically told him to give up on her; that they could not be a couple anymore and she would stay with Kane. She was taking the easy way out. Could he really fight for someone who had given up on herself?

Matt turned back around and sat up on the bed.

'Of course I can' he thought. That settled it; he wasn't ready to give up on her.

Looking back at Gabriella and felt tears begin to form in his eyes. In his mind he and Lita never actually broke up, meaning that last night he had cheated on her. That was something he never thought he would do. He felt like a jerk, how could he do something like this? Getting up off the bed he went into the bathroom and shut the door. Matt looked at himself in the mirror. Looking himself in the eye he began to cry out the tears that formed. He was so frustrated he slammed his hands against the countertop.

It was that sound that woke Gabriella up. Finding herself alone in the bed she figured it must have been Matt who was making all the noise. Grabbing a t-shirt from the floor she put it on before walking to the bathroom. Once she was near the door she didn't hear banging anymore; those sounds were replaced with soft sobs. She already knew why he was crying, but she couldn't believe it.

'What a baby. Can't handle a little random sex…'

She waited a few minutes to see if he would come out on his own. When he didn't she knocked on the door.

"Hey hun, I need to get in there if you don't mind."

It took another minute for Matt to open the door. He walked past her not saying a word and began to pick up some of his things.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing" he answered shortly.

Rolling her eyes she walked over to him. She tried putting a hand on his arm, but he shrugged it off and moved away.

"Did I do something wrong?"

He said nothing; he seemed too focused on folding a shirt at the moment.

"You know you're going to have to talk to me at some point, right?"

"I think you need to go" he said not even looking at her.

She walked over to him again, grabbed him by the face this time, and forced him to look at her.

"No, I think we need to talk."

"Talking was how this whole mess started…" Matt said quietly.

"Mess?"

"I cheated on the one person who ever really meant anything to me. If there was any chance of us getting back together I ruined it by letting last night happen. I'm sorry; I shouldn't have led you on. Everything I touch turns to shit lately, nothing has been right for a long time."

"This wasn't your fault, if anything it was mine. I just couldn't help myself. You were so sad; I thought I could give you a much needed distraction. Maybe we went a little too fast, but hun you didn't cheat on anybody. From what you told me you two haven't really been acting like a couple for a while. Still I can see where you're coming from. You don't want to look bad, I understand that completely. That's why we can keep this a secret. We can leave here today and it will be a fresh start, like nothing ever happened."

Matt gave her the 'yea right' look.

"I'm serious. I'm a big girl and I'm defiantly not clingy. We can go our separate ways and leave it at that. If you decide you want to be friends again at some point then great, I'll be there for you. If not, I'll leave you alone. The ball is in your court after I walk out of the door. No hard feelings. It is my fault for making you feel like this. I'm sorry."

She paused to let what she said sink in.

"Gabriella, I'm sorry too. I feel like I used you. Like I said everything has been going wrong. Everything is just too confusing; I don't know what's going to happen next."

Gabby started to put her clothes on while he was talking. "First of all you didn't use me. I wanted this much more than you did, believe me. I'm happy to have just been with you once than never. As for what's going to happen next, as far as you and me, only you can decide."

She put her shoes on and walked over to him.

"I know you heard this once already the week, but I really do hope we can be friends when all is said and done. But as I said before, it's all up to you. Thanks for keeping me safe overnight."

She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before he could say no and left without waiting for a reaction.