12. Explanations

All through the morning I had thought of what I would say to Matt. I reviewed and practiced over and over again in my mind, and surely Edward would hear later.

Finally the time came and I walked slowly into the Cafeteria with Tiffany.

"Well brace yourself Nessie, and whatever this is I'm sure Matt can't be mad at you forever. You're lucky to have him at least." She said

"Thanks Tiff," I answered, and we went our separate ways in the large noisy room.

Matt was sitting at an empty table in a corner of the Cafeteria. Wow…just like my parents…again! Will it ever stop?

I went to sit across from him, feeling the eyes from my friend's and our table far away.

"Thanks for seeing me," he said.

"No problem," I slowly said

"Ok I'm sorry I freaked out on our date," he started

I noticed how he said our date.

"It's ok Matt, you were just freaking out, and your uncle was probably just telling you a scary story or something." I easily said to him, trying to not make him hyperventilate again.

"Yeah that's what I thought, until I remembered the picture." He said with an apologetic smile.

"Well Bella is Edward's girlfriend, and Edward is my brother. They're too young to get married. I personally think Newton was trying to scare you, it was probably their recent dance picture or something, you know they still keep in touch." I explained to him.

Luckily Bella, Edward, and the entire family were back in school, starting out only as juniors with Alice, while Jazz, Rosalie, and Emmett were seniors…again.

"Well how old is your brother and his girlfriend?" he asked

"Exactly what I mean," I said "He told you this a month before you came right?" He nodded

"Well that's why, he's 17 and she's 18. Edward's birthday is coming up soon and Bella turned 18 3 days after my birthday, so I'm guessing your uncle got the story wrong." I straightened out.

Matt seemed to be taking this in for a long time, it seemed like minutes before he spoke.

"Yeah I guess you're right, I mean what was I thinking…that your family can stay teenagers forever!" He laughed.

I laughed too, amazed at the story.

"So now that that's all cleared up, how about we go out again this Friday?" he asked

I sighed with relief that the horrifying moment was over, and answered his question.

"Again I'll have to ask my parents, but I say yes." I said

"Great," he said it with one amazing bright smile.