His body stirred around the comfortable bed as his sensitive eyes opened, focusing them into a blury room he quite wasn't familiar to his own. 'This isn't my room. Where am I?'
His memory trigered like a gun, as he remembered the passing images in his head from last night; Her on her date, he on her door sleeping with an artificial baby. Then the images fastforwarded into her room and then onto her bed.
He had spent the night with her.
Well, maybe it wasn't exactly like he wanted it, but it was better than anything else, rather than sleeping outside the street like a homeless guy. He turned to his side and saw a sleeping body next to him. (Besides the plastic doll he had to take care of like if it was his own daughter.) Her eyes were closed, her messy, crimson hair blocking her pretty characteristics.
He smiled. This was the first time he saw her in the morning while she slept, she looked so peaceful and beautiful, just like that goddess in a book he remembered hearing about when he was a boy.
He couldn't remember how the story ended, but he guessed it was a happy one. The goddess was so beautiful that she blinded every guy she passed by with her beauty. It was just like that, she cursed him somehow and blinded him with her charm.
He leaned forwards to her, moving those strips of hairs away from her face and trying to kiss those cherry lips. He lifted himself with his arm, supporting his heavy weight, while trying so hard on not to squish Sarah, who was on the middle of the bed, in sleep mode.
He was so close to her lips.
At that moment, she moaned and turned her back to him. He cursed at his luck; she had the nerve of turning around at a bad time, right when he was so close to feel her warm lips.
Unexpectedly, he felt his arm give a little shake; it was getting tired of Matt's heavy body. 'This is bad...'
His arm folded, making him fall almost on top of Sarah. He avoided that with fast reflexes and instead landed on top of Sora, who jerked awake and scared, causing them to roll over and fall out of the bed and on top of each other.
Matt's body tingled as he felt her body so close to him; he was on top of her, their bodies pressed together, while the tips of their noises touched.
Sora's eyes were wide with shock. How did he ended up on top of her and on her floor? Both of her cheeks were filled like the color of two bright red apples. She had her arms wrapped around his waist, holding him tight not having a reason why. His arms were in the same possition as Sora's.
No one didn't know what to say to each other, they were in an awkward possition...and very wrong.
Matt was the first to speak, "I-I'm sorry..." 'Idiot! That's all you could say after you fell on top of her!'
'Okay, stay calm. Just because a hot body is on top of you, and not to mention that he is your best friend, it doesn't mean you have to freak about it, it was a total accident...right?'
"It's okay...Just get off me, please..."
"I'll be glad to do that, if you just let go of my waist."
Sora thought if it was possible to get any more redder than she was right now from her face. "Oh! Yes...I'm sorry." she released her arms away from his waist and slowly, he got up stretching out a hand to help her get up, she accepted it, rising up.
"I'm sorry Sora."
"Don't worry, it's no biggy. We sometimes roll over the bed once in a while, luckily it wasn't on our project. We'll probably get yelled if we turned in Sarah like a tortilla."
She giggled looking at the floor; that little spot on her carpet seem to look interesting.
He laughed feeling that it was his cue to get out and not cause more mayhem.
"I'll leave, your mom probably already heard the big noise we made and she might want answers that I can't give her. I'll change in your bathroom," he said picking up his clothes and leaving her room. As he left, Sora changed quickly, fixed her hair then did her bed and left her room with Sarah on her arms.
In that exact moment, Matt came out dressed up and his hair fixed. "I used a bit of your hairspray, if you don't mind."
"Not at all...um...Why don't you stay a little longer." Her words were so hard to let go. 'This is ridiculus, I've blushed enough.'
Matt stared at her wanting to stay a moment longer but he knew he couldn't; he had to go home first. "I can't, I have to go. My dad would probably want to know where I was."
"I'll go with you. I'll explain what happend," she volunteered.
"Well, that'll be a great idea. You can come to my house and hang around, that is, if my dad is not home. The whole appartment to ourselves...and Sarah."
"Then it's settle, I am going to your appartment, right after I get some stuff and write a note to my mother."
"Did it really take you that long to write a note and get some stuff?" Matt asked right after the click of the lock was heard.
"I appologuise, writting a note to my mother about what happend last night and where I'm going is hard to put together, don't you think?" she added, assuring that the door was properly closed.
"Fine. Let's just go."
They left the building walking towards a street that led them to another set of buildings.
"I hate walking," Matt complained, "It's a waste of time and dumb, I can't wait to get my hands onto that wheel, I just have to wait a few months."
"You mean...you're getting a car?"
"Yep, no more walking and more joy ridding. We can cruise the whole town with my new ride, what do you think? Will you join me?"
Sora laughed, "Ofcourse, anything that makes you happy."
"Sora, you make me happy." 'I should shut up.'
"Thanks, Matt," 'Okay, what's with the blushing? You should stop.'
After minutes of uncomfortable silence, they were already facing the painted wooden door of Matt's appartment.
"I am warning you," he said while putting the key in to the lock and turning it, "It's not very clean."
Sora stepped in to the appartment, so far the hallway entrance was clean, but when she headed towards the kitchen table; T-shirts and plates were stacked like crazy. "What's with this?" Sora asked looking at the messy table.
Matt picked up a few of the clothes and tossed them to a nearby room, closing the door. "It's nothing."
Sora made a face. 'She looks cute when she does that.'
Matt laughed, "I told you that it wasn't very clean. I'm not really ment to do house chores, since I'm in a band and my dad works for hours; none of us have time to clean up this mess. That's why I don't have anyone over at my place, they just probably get lost from all this trash."
Again, Sora made an unexplained face.
"Okay, I'm sorry. It's my fault. Since there is nothing to look at in here, and my dad's not here, let's just hang around somewhere else, like the park."
Sora didn't know what to say, she just nodded her head and agreed to Matt's idea.
Soon enough they were again outside, tired of making another long walk to the park. They sat on a bench, resting their tiresome feet.
"Oh god...this is torture."
Sora laughed, "This wouldn't happend if we just made up our minds and went to one place, instead of two."
She scanned around her surrounding; the park hadn't change since she was a little girl. It was still the same, it felt very nostalgic. "Hey, Matt."
"Yeah?"
"Do you remember the first time we met?"
Matt smiled, "Of course I do, It's as clear as ever. I didn't really like you back then."
"You didn't like me, you hated me. But now, look at us, we're best friends... Everything changed, didn't it?"
"It did, since that incident with my brother and my parents divorce."
"Takeru? How is he?"
Matt looked up at the cloudless sky, the sun was bright and the birds could be heard, chirping away their tune. He took a deep breath and looked directly at Sora's eyes, "He's coming back, ofcourse moving back to an appartment. But he's coming back. And next year, he'll be entering as a Freshman."
"So he'll be with us. I can't wait to see him, I missed him alot. It's been six years since the last time I saw him. I bet he's grown alot."
"Yeah, he never got the chance to tell you how much you ment to him, he told me th-"
"Matt!"
Matt and Sora turned around. A person was running towards them.
"Matt, I can't believe you come to this park...oh, and Sora is with you."
Sora forced a smile, "Hi, Mikiko."
Without inviting her, she sat in between, almost knocking Sora and Sarah out of the bench, she stretched her legs and crossed them giving all her attention to Matt.
"So, Matt tell me; why are you here? You know there are better people to hang around with, like me. You shouldn't be hanging around with low class people, you're a rockstar, you are popular, like us the popular kids."
"Mikiko, the only reason I'm not hanging out with other people like you is because they only have one thing in their heads; and that's attention they want to get because they have nothing else to do but to be somebody they are not. I don't want to be like that. I may be a rockstar but fame is not what I want, now please go away, Sora and I were in the middle of something."
He stood up, leaving a stunned Mikiko, "What do you mean by that? What were you two doing?!"
"It's none of your business," Sora said, finally responding, making an already furious Mikiko, madder.
"Who asked you to speak, Takenouchi! I wasn't talking to you!"
"Mikiko, you seriously have a bad temper," Matt said reaching inside his pockets for something."Oh no. Sora, I think I drop my cell phone in your room while I was changing."
"Her room? What were you doing in her room?!"
"Like I said before, It's none of your business...it's probably in there or in your appartment."
"She was in your appartment?!"
"We should look for it, my dad might have called me."
They were about to leave when Mikiko charged after them and stopped them. "Matt! Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why were you in her room?"
Matt looked at Sora as if she was about to say something, but when she didn't, he looked at Mikiko and answered, "Because, I spend the night with her."
They walked passed her not telling her another word, after they were away from her, they both started to laugh.
"We really made her mad."
"Who cares, she was getting annoying."
Mikiko saw them walk away from her, then she saw them laugh.
"What's so funny, Takenouchi? You think you've won? Oh no, from now on you are my enemy. You can't win just now. You can't have him. Sora, it's not over yet. There is another year to come..."
Monday
"Here are your grades. Both of you received an A. You really did a good job on taking care of your baby, keep it up and you will be wonderful parents."
"Thank you, Mrs. Bailey."
They left the classroom, reliefed that the heavy burden was out of their hands.
"Now I know how it felt to be a father, I'll be sure to not take that class again," Matt laughed.
Sora smiled, but didn't join in. Her mind was in another place and Matt could sence it, "What's wrong, Sora? You don't seem to be yourself?"
Sora frowned, "It's Richard..."
It was Matt's turn to frown. He really didn't want to talk about him. "What is it?"
"He couldn't stop texting me last night, he kept bothering, asking me again and again if I still wanted to be his girlfriend, I haven't answered yet. He keeps insisting that he would make a great boyfriend..sigh...If I say yes, he'll probably stop. He's driving me crazy with all this stuff..."
"But you don't love him, right?"
"I thought I did, but I guess it was just a dumb crush. I don't feel the same way like I did for him, bu-" her cellphone started to vibrate from her hand, she opened it and frowned. "It's him."
Matt took her cellphone away and looked at the call, sure enough Richard's name appeared flashing. He pressed the end call and turned it off, handing it to Sora. "Problem solved, That idiot won't be calling you anymore."
"Matt! I thought Richard was one of your friends. I can't believe you would do that to him."
"Sora, Richard was never my friend. The only reason I let him joined my band is because he had talent, and he was a replacement for Akira."
Sora hung her head hopelessly, "I am going to give him my answer, I'm decided."
"What are you going to tell him?"
Sora grinned, "Wouldn't you like to know? Ishida, let me handle my own battles, thank you very much. I got to go, adios." She left the campus, Matt was about to follow her but then remembered something he had to do first.
He took out his cellphone and started to punch numbers, he waited until someone answered and said, "Hey, pops? Guess what? I got an A on that project, It looks like I won that bet..."
Matt couldn't stay still.
He was paceing back and forth in his room, wondering if Sora had given Rick her words. "I can't handle the preassure, I have to go and stop this."
In no time at all, he was running outside the street towards Sora's house, he turned into corner and bumped into someone.
"Sora!"
"Matt? What a weird coind-"
"Sora, please don't accept, just say no!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"Look, I know you don't like him because you like someone else, but please don't go to him."
"To who?"
"To Richard! He doesn't deserve you! You can't go with him."
"Why not?"
"Well, because, because of this!"
He grabbed her from her waist and brought her to him, their bodies pressed together like when they were on the floor in Sora's room. He had finally kissed her flavored lips, his tongue entering her mouth. She wasn't sure what just happend or how, but she loved the feeling inside, not knowing what to do with her hands, she wrapped them around his neck, pressing her mouth more to his.
She released and looked at him, "You don't want me to go with him, because of this?" she questioned him, almost out of breath.
Matt still had his arms around her waist, looking deeply into her crimson eyes, "Yeah. Sora, I don't want you to go with him because I really, really like you. I want to be your boyfriend."
Sora smiled wrapping her arms more around his neck, "I guess I have to say Yes. Since I also really really like you. But I have to have something in return."
Matt raised his eyebrow high enough, rejoicing from the inside. "Oh really? What would it be Madam?"
Sora licked her lips, "Another kiss."
He smirked, "With pleasure..."
Matt cornered her in a wall, kissing away her lips, they stopped only to take a long term of oxygen and ressumed their pecking. Until they knew they had to go they let go and began to walk away. Matt, being a gentlemen, took Sora to her home.
"I can't believe this just happend."
"Me neither, I felt like I was too chicken to do it, but I came through and I did it. This project really brought us closer, and I'm glad I took the challenge, because I won more than you..."
Sora crossed her arms wanting to know what more did Matt, her boyfriend, won. "Well? What is it?"
He got closer to her until her lips were one inch apart from his, he kissed them again and said, "My eighty bucks."
End...?
Do not fear my readers! There will be a sequel! Yes, A Sequel! If, ofcourse, you are intersted on reading it. I'm not going to force you to read it, read it at your own will. Here is the summary for the sequel
Hard Love:
When Matt's and Sora's relationship is out on the open as they enter their third year of High School, jealousy erupts and so does the threats. While old friends return, trying to make things better or worse, payback and drama linger, only problem is, can the two handle it?
Sequel to [Parenthood
COMING SOON
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