Summary: Adam has Amy. Matt's all alone. What happens when Matt finds out that Amy's younger sister Terra has a crush on him?

A/N: I only own Terra Alvey.

Chapter 3

Terra managed to make it back to Adam's locker room without anyone ever noticing she had left. She went into the bathroom and washed her face, trying to get rid of the stupid tears that wouldn't stop coming. Why had she told Matt how she'd felt when it was so obvious that he was still crazy about her sister? She shook her head, reapplying her light make up and trying to make herself look presentable. Then she went back into the main part of the locker room and sat down.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. Then the door opened slowly.

Terra was totally surprised when Matt walked cautiously into the room and shut the door behind him.

"Go away," she said immediately. "I don't want to talk to you."

"Just hear me out, Terra," he said. "Just come on a walk with me."

"A walk? For what?" she asked. "You've made it obvious that you don't really like me."

"I was just surprised," he explained. He looked around the locker room. "Look, I don't feel comfortable here of all places, so let's just get out of here and talk, ok?"

"Fine," she said, giving in. He was just too sweet for her to resist. "Let's hurry before those two get back."

"Good idea."

They quickly left the locker room and were soon walking through the backstage area down deserted corridors.

"So what did you want to take a walk for?" Terra asked after they had walked together for a few minutes in total silence.

"I wanted to have a chance to apologize for what happened earlier," Matt answered. "You totally have to understand how surprising your confession was."

"Look, can we just pretend that never happened?" she asked, feeling embarrassed.

"We can if you want to, but we'll have to talk about is sometime soon, you know?"

"Yeah."

They walked down the halls together until they ended up at a dead end. A dark dead end.

"The story of my life," she said, looking at the wall. "A dead end. Every road I've taken in my life leads me to a dead end, and I have to turn around and try all over again."

"I know what you mean," he said, watching her as she leaned against the wall. "My life is like that, too. We both end up at a dead end."

"Together," she pointed out. "Ironic, right?"

"Yeah," he said. "We're together at the dead end. A dark dead end. On a deserted hallway."

"What are you getting at, Matt?" she asked curiously. "You're being kind of cryptic."

"Ok, you might think this is dumb," he said, taking a deep breath. "But I think I should kiss you right now."

"And why do you think that?" she asked, now thoroughly confused. He'd just told her that he couldn't have anything to do with her because he'd been in a meaningful relationship with her sister. It was like he had basically told her that he was still in love with Amy! And now he felt that he had to kiss her?

"I talked to my brother Jeff and he said maybe I wasn't thinking it out," he said. "Like, maybe I didn't consider... Hell, why am I explaining this?"

"Because I asked."

"Oh yeah. See, I think that if I kiss you and I feel something then maybe... Maybe that'll make me see if I really should try to have some kind of relationship with you. I don't want to mess up our friendship because it's one of the only stable relationships in my life right now. But since you feel that way about me, I would like to find out if there could be something more between us."

"I see," she said, trying not to get too excited about what he was saying.

"So what do you think?"

"You already know what I think. I told you earlier."

"True." He looked at her leaning against the wall and couldn't believe he was taking his little brother's advice. Her gray eyes burned into his and he saw the sincerity in them. This girl, his ex-girlfriend's sister, she really liked him. Her feelings for him were real. If he kissed her, he could be ruining their friendship just so he could get back at her sister for cheating on him with his friend, for hurting him.

Could I really do that to Terra? he asked himself as he stepped closer to her and looked down at her.

She looked up at him. Is Matt really about to kiss me? she asked herself.

I guess I can. Anyway, it's too late to turn back now. The plan is already in action, he thought.

He placed his hands lightly on her waist and looked down at her. He couldn't stop looking at her. He looked at her lips. He'd never noticed how nice and full they were.

She put her arms around him and shivered a little when she felt their bodies touching. She noticed him looking at her lips, so she looked at his. She'd never kissed a guy before, and it made her nervous as hell that she would be having her first kiss with Matt, a guy she'd had a crush on since she was eleven years old.

He leaned down and pressed his lips gently against hers. And he just stood there for a minute, not moving. He pulled back and gazed at her, thinking, I might as well go in for the big one. Then he leaned back down and proceeded to give her a real kiss, her first real kiss.

When they finally broke the kiss, he couldn't stop staring at her. He hadn't felt any "sparks" but she was a naturally good kisser, and he liked kissing... Jeff was right. I'll have to tell him that later, he thought.

"That was my first kiss," she said in a low voice, arms still around his neck.

He smiled and pulled her closer. "Well let me give you your second kiss..."