Wow, it really has been a long time since i last updated. I can only apologise and try and update more frequently. Im having a tough time settling into 6th form and trying to juggle school work with social life which is why i disappeared on her for a while. Anyway, here is the next chapter, sorry again for the delay.

Matt's POV

Once we got home, dad went into the kitchen to brief mom on what was happening.

'Matt, I trust that you're old enough to sort out sleeping arrangements for Ally.' Dad said.

'Yeah.' I replied, trying to hide my blush. I lead Ally up to my bedroom and dumped her bag on my bed.

'I don't mind sleeping on the floor if you want the bed.' I offered.

'I'm not kicking you out of your bed, Matt. I'm quite small; I don't take up that much room.' She smiled.

'Right okay…It's going to be fun, right? Like a sleepover.' I grinned.

'I've never been to a sleepover.'

'Me either.' I admitted.

'So this is what all the cool kids do then?' She said, lying down on my bed.

'I don't know, I've never been a cool kid.'

'I figured that.' She chuckled.

'What gave it away? My liking of chess? My wide collection of novels? The fact that I get beaten up by the school bully?' I laughed, lying down next to her.

'Why do you let Walker do that to you? I'm sure you could knock him out if you tried.'

'That's exactly why I don't fight back. I could probably kill him.'

'You're like Dr Banner. He tries to be good and not hurt anyone but deep down, his a big tough monster.' Ally said, laughing.

'I get enough Hulk references from my family, not you too.' I pretended to groan and poke her in the ribs, causing her to squeal.

'Ticklish, are we?' I asked, smiling almost sinisterly.

'Me? Never?'

'Liar.' I accused.

'I don't ever lie…I just sometimes bend the truth.' She laughed. I rolled over, trapping her beneath me so I could tickle her even further, just to prove my point.

'Matthew Benedict! Get offff!' Ally exclaimed, squirming in every direction. I decided to go easy on her and let her fight back. It's always more fun when Ally fights back.

I found myself lying on my back with Ally on top of me. She had hold of my arm and bent it behind my back, stopping me from moving.

'You always let me win.' She accused, bending my arm back a little further until I felt some mild pain.

'I don't mind losing to you.' I replied, grinning.

'I love you Matt.' she said, so quietly that I almost missed it.

'I love you too Alaska.' I smiled, feeling a flurry of butterflies around my stomach. Ally bent forward to kiss me, releasing the grip on my arm so I could move my arms to hold her tighter.

'Ewwwww! That's gross! I'm telling dad!' Sadie squealed from the doorway and proceeded to run off downstairs screaming: 'Dad! Ally and Matt are kissing with their tongues!'

Ally sat up, holding her stomach with laughter. We could hear Toby and Ben laughing from the hallway.

'Privacy is non-existent in this household.' I chuckled.

Ally's POV

At dinner time, Victor and Fabian/dad came round, along with Xav, crystal, Oscar, Finely and Matt's grandparents. Matt lived in a massive house but with all the people inside, it felt very small; Small but cosy. We ordered take-away pizza since there was too many people to cook for. I decided to take a break from the loud, constant chatter of the living room and head to the kitchen.

Victor, Yves and Fabian were in the kitchen, talking about something in lowered voices. When they saw me, they smiled and Yves and Victor walked out, leaving me and Fabian.

'How did it go with your mom?' He asked.

'She was more worried about the police getting involved.' I said truthfully, taking a seat next to him.

'She's been like this to you your whole life?'

'Not really. She was never mean; she just made it clear that she didn't like me very much. She wanted her perfect family with her soulfinder and Tiffany.' I explained.

'What happened to her soulfinder?'

'He died in a car accident.' I replied. 'He was alright I guess. He never liked me that much either since I wasn't his daughter.'

'If only I knew, Ally, I would have come to find you.' Fabian said sadly.

'Well you're here now.' I smiled.

'I'd really like to get to know you some more Ally. Maybe we could go out tomorrow, just the two of us?' He said.

'Yeah I'd like that.' I agreed. 'How are you settling into your new house?'

'It's very nice actually. Very big; I'm used to live in a one bedroom flat. How are you and Matt getting along?'

'Great. Matt's great.' I laughed. 'I've known him for a while now; he's my best friend.'

'That's nice. Sometimes friendship is more important than love in a relationship.'

'Oh, I think I love him too.' I admitted sheepishly.

'You're growing up so fast, Alaska.' He smiled, although there was a touch of regret in his smile, as though he wanted me to stay a little girl for a bit longer.

'Grub's up!' Toby yelled from the hallway. By 'grub' he was referring to the great amount of pizzas which were stacked high in the pizza delivery guy's arms. Fabian and I helped load the pizzas into the living room whilst Toby paid the man at the door.

The pizzas were laid out on the living room floor like a minefield. I sat next to Matt on the floor since we were still considered kids and only the adults sat on the couch.

'Did you know that Americans eat approximately 350 slices of Pizza per second?' Matt said, breaking the silence.

'Did you know that 3 billion pizzas are sold in America and 5 billion worldwide?' I shot back.

'Did you know that I am far wiser than you?' He replied.

'Did you know that the only true wisdom is knowing that you know nothing.' I replied, quoting Socrates.

'Ah hell no! Don't you bring Socrates into this! You can't bring an ancient, dead philosopher into this! He can't be there to fight your battles.' Matt exclaimed.

'Well I was planning on building a Tardis when I'm older but then I would have to deal with all the problems of paradox's and black holes and stuff so I guess I'll have to fight my own battles.'

'I bet you a whole pack of twinkies that you can't build a machine that travels faster than the speed of light.' Matt said, smirking.

'If you work out the math in Einstein's formula for time dilation going faster than light, it does not produce a negative time motion-' I said although Matt cut me off to finish my sentence

'It actually turns out to be an imaginary number which is the square root of a negative number.' Matt grinned at me with amusement of out scientific and philosophical banter. The rest of the room were staring in silence and amazement since they couldn't keep up. Maybe Yves was an exception; he was smiling fondly at us.

'Our kids our weird.' Fabian stated, turning to face Yves.

'The weirdest.' Yves agreed.

Everyone left fairly late so the children went straight to bed. Matt and I stayed up a little later with popcorn, watching 'the avengers' on his 40 inch TV in his bedroom.

'It's been quite a strange day, hasn't it?' Matt said once the film had finished.

'The strangest.' I agreed.

'You tired yet?'

'A little…are you?' I said. A wave of awkwardness suddenly came over us both as we realised that we would be sleeping next to each other

'A little. Shall we go to bed?' He replied.

I wasn't like you see in the movies, where the man and women lie asleep, curled up in each other's arms. Matt told me off numerous times for stealing the duvet and then and we feel asleep in a tangled mess. We didn't even wake up at the same time, like they do in the movies. I woke up almost an hour before Matt so I got up and played on the x-box. I decided against 'Survival: Apocalypse' and instead chose a driving game since 'Survival' was our thing.

'Good morning, gamer girl.' Matt's deep voice sounded from the bed behind me.

'Morning sleepyhead. Just to let you know, I beat you record.' I grinned.

'What? Damn it, give me the controller.' He groaned as I handed him the controller so he could attempt to get back his achievement but failed.

'Any plans for today?' Matt asked, though the mask of concentration on his face.

'I was going to go out with my dad if that's okay.'

'You don't need my permission, cutie.' Matt chuckled.

'My name is Alaska and I am far from cute.' I replied.

'It must be weird for you, to see you dad after all these years.' Matt mused although he couldn't look my way since he was hypnotised by the screen.

'Even weird that I've only known him for a day, yet I already like him better than my mom.'

'To be fair, that wasn't hard to beat.' Matt commented.

'Unlike my new record on the game, now that's going to take you ages to beat.' I laughed.

After breakfast, I had a shower while Matt tried desperately (and failed) to beat my record. I was nervous which is silly because I've already met Fabian but I was still nervous. Matt must have sensed my nerves as I walked back into his room as he said: 'I can come with you if you're scared?'

'No, it's okay Matt. I'm not scared of him, just scared of the prospect of having a father. I don't really know how to act.' I admitted.

'Just act how you feel comfortable acting, Fabian's a good guy, he'll understand.'

'I love you Matt.' I blurted out spontaneously. I immediately felt a wave embarrassment wash over me but was quickly reassured by the beam that appeared on Matt's face.

'I love you too Ally. And don't you forget it, ever.'