Hey! It's been a while! I'm posting to let you all know that within the
next week or so I will be posting a sequel to this story. (I loved the
character Matt and this story so much that I just had to!) As of now, I
think it will be mostly told from Matt's point of view and it will be
pretty long. In fact it will be a few chapters until the main plot of
the story if revealed. The title will be Hold My Breath And Count To
Ten (taken from the same Michelle Branch song), unless I can think of a
better one. The summary will just say Sequel To Everything Is All Right
If I Just Breathe. I don't want to give anything away. Also I can't
promise I'll update all the time because I'm working on writing a story
to enter in a contest. (Winner gets an opportunity to get published!
Ah! I hope it all works out!)
So since will delete my story unless I post part of a story, I will be posting a chapter that I cut, which completely altered the course of the story. Back in chapter four (I think it's chapter four) I say there will be about four chapters left. I was rereading it this morning and I laughed at myself for saying that because there were 12 or so chapters after that. Well anyway, this is how the story would have ended, had I stuck with that four-chapter prediction. Matt would have never kissed Hermione, and well... it'd be a lot shorter. Haha! So here it goes! The beginning is sort of... absent. It takes place when Hermione tells him she's leaving the job and moving in with Ron.
"Well, I better go then. Bye Matt!" Hermione started walking towards the door.
Matt seemed to be fighting with himself. "Look, Hermione wait!" She turned to face him. "I'm not going to wait seven years to tell you, like Ron. In seven years it will probably be too late but not if I speak now." He paused, walking across the room to her. "Hermione I—" He stared deep into her eyes and with renowned speed, "Hermione, I love you."
Hermione froze. Each word had hit her full on, sending her into a confused and spinning world. She didn't' know what to say, or what to do. Should she stay there, or just run out right now?
Putting her hand to her forehead, she backed up and sat down in the large comfortable chair in the corner. (You know, the chair that someone is always sitting in while they slowly read the newspaper?) She needed to think.
Everything had been going so great. She and Ron were dating; she was blessed with having a great new friend, and then this. It had struck her so hard; she didn't know what to think. Did she have feelings for Matt? If so, did she have stronger feelings for Matt or Ron? What was she going to say either way?
Matt came over and crouched down beside her chair. "I know it seems sudden but I really feel—I just have this feeling inside that you're the one girl I can spend forever with."
Hermione didn't say anything for a moment. "Just breathe." She told herself. "Just breathe." Matt looked at her, awaiting an answer. Finally, she spoke. "No," she said, "I'm not the one girl." She looked down at her knees. She couldn't bare to see his face.
Matt went on. "But yes, you are. I can feel it."
"Matt I'm sorry."
He froze. This wasn't what he had hoped would happen, but somehow he knew it would. He knew he could not win. "But..."
Hermione looked back up at him, which took every ounce of courage she had. "Matt, there's someone out there who is perfect for you, someone who is perfect and wonderful. Someone who you may not think is right for you at first, but will one day surprise you in ways you never thought and then you'll realize that she is "the one." Someone is out there, that someone, just isn't me." She looked down again; her eyes overcome with tears. Matt was so genuine and perfect; she didn't want to hurt him. "I'm sorry Matt."
As she said his name, a title wave of sadness smacked him in the face, but something inside of him already knew that would happen. "It's—it's ok. I—I understand." Matt seemed to be looking inside himself and he stood up, and walked to the counter. He began to wash it.
And basically a few sentences after that the story would have ended. I'm glad I went with the longer way. I think I reused a ton of those lines in the actualy chapter though. Anyway, look for the sequel in a week or two! I can't wait to start writing Matt again! See you then!
So since will delete my story unless I post part of a story, I will be posting a chapter that I cut, which completely altered the course of the story. Back in chapter four (I think it's chapter four) I say there will be about four chapters left. I was rereading it this morning and I laughed at myself for saying that because there were 12 or so chapters after that. Well anyway, this is how the story would have ended, had I stuck with that four-chapter prediction. Matt would have never kissed Hermione, and well... it'd be a lot shorter. Haha! So here it goes! The beginning is sort of... absent. It takes place when Hermione tells him she's leaving the job and moving in with Ron.
"Well, I better go then. Bye Matt!" Hermione started walking towards the door.
Matt seemed to be fighting with himself. "Look, Hermione wait!" She turned to face him. "I'm not going to wait seven years to tell you, like Ron. In seven years it will probably be too late but not if I speak now." He paused, walking across the room to her. "Hermione I—" He stared deep into her eyes and with renowned speed, "Hermione, I love you."
Hermione froze. Each word had hit her full on, sending her into a confused and spinning world. She didn't' know what to say, or what to do. Should she stay there, or just run out right now?
Putting her hand to her forehead, she backed up and sat down in the large comfortable chair in the corner. (You know, the chair that someone is always sitting in while they slowly read the newspaper?) She needed to think.
Everything had been going so great. She and Ron were dating; she was blessed with having a great new friend, and then this. It had struck her so hard; she didn't know what to think. Did she have feelings for Matt? If so, did she have stronger feelings for Matt or Ron? What was she going to say either way?
Matt came over and crouched down beside her chair. "I know it seems sudden but I really feel—I just have this feeling inside that you're the one girl I can spend forever with."
Hermione didn't say anything for a moment. "Just breathe." She told herself. "Just breathe." Matt looked at her, awaiting an answer. Finally, she spoke. "No," she said, "I'm not the one girl." She looked down at her knees. She couldn't bare to see his face.
Matt went on. "But yes, you are. I can feel it."
"Matt I'm sorry."
He froze. This wasn't what he had hoped would happen, but somehow he knew it would. He knew he could not win. "But..."
Hermione looked back up at him, which took every ounce of courage she had. "Matt, there's someone out there who is perfect for you, someone who is perfect and wonderful. Someone who you may not think is right for you at first, but will one day surprise you in ways you never thought and then you'll realize that she is "the one." Someone is out there, that someone, just isn't me." She looked down again; her eyes overcome with tears. Matt was so genuine and perfect; she didn't want to hurt him. "I'm sorry Matt."
As she said his name, a title wave of sadness smacked him in the face, but something inside of him already knew that would happen. "It's—it's ok. I—I understand." Matt seemed to be looking inside himself and he stood up, and walked to the counter. He began to wash it.
And basically a few sentences after that the story would have ended. I'm glad I went with the longer way. I think I reused a ton of those lines in the actualy chapter though. Anyway, look for the sequel in a week or two! I can't wait to start writing Matt again! See you then!