Six Days (AKA - The Six Days It Took Matt and Julie To Get Back Together)
Matt/Julie, Post-May The Best Man Win, NC-17, 3458 words, Title from Grey's Anatomy

Day One – In the bedroom you go.

Everyone's at a party that's on a Monday night. And if they could be honest with you, they'd all say this party is extremely lame. The music choices suck, the alcohol is practically non-existent, and no one wants to do anything except sit or stand around in their own self-pity. It was a sad sight to see. And just who the fuck throws a party on a Monday night anyway?

Tyra's standing at the bar with Smash, just talking about this or that. It's not that important. They'll forget all about it in the morning. Smash sees Matt sitting on the couch looking lonely. But he's hardcore staring at Julie, who's on the other side of the room talking to one of her dance friends.

"Look at him. Can you tell her wants her?"

Tyra looks and knows what he's talking about, because it's so dead fucking obvious that Matt wants her back. And Tyra thinks its dead fucking obvious that Julie wants Matt back, too. Smash can sense a plan forming in Tyra's eyes.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" he asks.

"Yep."

Tyra nudges her way in between Julie and her dance friend, not noticing the confused look on both of their faces.

"Hey, Jules. I think I left my phone upstairs somewhere. Mind helping me look for it?" Tyra smiles, trying to look as innocent as possible.

Julie nods her head yes, and follows Tyra. It's not like she has anything else to do.

"Hey Matty, I got something to show ya. Get your ass up."

Matt's confused but he follows Smash. It's not like he has anything else to do.

Tyra and Julie are the first to get upstairs. Tyra tells Julie to look in one room while she looks in the other. Julie takes the one on the far right and shuts the door behind her. Tyra goes next door and shuts the door slightly. She sees Smash and Matt come up, and makes eye contact with Smash.

"It's in here." Smash opens the door to the room Julie is in and throws Matt inside before shutting the door and holding onto the door handle. He can feel Matt try to open it but after a while he just stops trying. Smash and Tyra laugh and walk back downstairs. Success!

Matt turns around and notices Julie.

"Uh… hi?" She says, like she has no clue what's going on, but it's not right to gawk at him like he's some famous movie star that she has a crush on or some insane shit like that.

"Hey," he says back with a slight laugh. He scratches the back of his neck and paces back and forth. He knows Smash did this on purpose, because everyone knows he wants Julie Taylor back. Like, really wants her back. The kind of want where he just wants to throw her on that bed and run his hands all over her body before he takes her clothes off, fucks her, moans her name for the entire world to hear.

Yeah, something like that.

"So… how are you?" he asks.

"I'm good. And I'm supposedly helping Tyra find her phone. Which...I guess isn't up here after all."

Julie pauses, searching for words. She feels kinda stupid just standing here without anything to say.

"This party's kinda lame."

"Yeah, it is." He smiles at her. She damn near dies. She imagines him touching her, running his thick hands slowly over her soft skin as he whispers in her ear, "Julie, Julie, Julie." God, the thought makes her shiver, and before she knows it she says, "I miss you". Like out loud. And with this sad, pathetic tone of voice too. She sounds desperate.

"I miss you too." He says. He doesn't stutter, doesn't say it in any weird tone. Just comes out and says it like a man. He has his hand in his back pocket. It's shaking. He can't be here any longer. So he says goodbye and leaves.

When he gets home, he lies on his bed and thinks about her. Jesus Christ, oh God, oh God, oh God. He throws the sticky shirt on the floor afterwards and decides he needs to do this more often. Needs to imagine Julie with him in person, stroking his dick like there's no tomorrow. He falls asleep with a content smile on his face. He's gonna make it happen.

Day Two – Drive-by

The chemistry test was a killer, and Matt doesn't even realize Julie bumping into him the hallway soon after.

"Oh, I'm sorry," she says. She laughs, because it's so full of shit. She saw him walk out of the classroom and decided to bump into him on purpose. Hopefully Matt doesn't realize it. Julie knows he doesn't because they just stare at each other for a short while, neither really knowing what to say to the other.

"Hey... Julie." He pauses, taking in every fluid curve of her body, every curl of her hair."You wanna… I don't know… go out for... for food later?" Matt blurts out. He doesn't regret saying it either. She says yes and walks away to her next class.

Lois notices something is different at lunch when she catches Matt a few tables away with the rest of the guys just staring at Julie.

"You know Matt is staring at us right?"

"He probably just has something in his eye. But he does look cute today, doesn't he?" Julie gets the biggest smirk on her face. Lois feels sick.

That night, Julie meets Matt at Applebee's, wearing the tightest shirt and jeans she could find. Matt doesn't move much while they're eating, doesn't really say much either, she notices. Probably because of the massive hard-on he's got under the table. She doesn't even need to look to know it's there. The whole thing makes her laugh. He's just so nervous and sexually frustrated around her. Once he opens his mouth he stutters to get words out, and they laugh because it's just like old times.

He covers his midsection on the way out and they slowly get in his car. She looks at him as he begins to drive away.

"So, that was fun."

"Yeah, it was. I had a good time. Sorry about that guy coming up and trying to talk to me about the game on Friday."

"No, it's okay. At least he didn't kidnap you or something."

They both laugh; remembering their date night at Applebee's almost a year ago, when their date was cut short, not only when Matt was asked to talk to Slamming Sammy but when Tim and the guys kidnapped him as they left the restaurant. Julie hears Matt moan in pain a little as he moves his legs around. She can see his hard-on pressing against his jeans, and she just has to do this.

"Can I?" she says.

He pulls the car over because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what she's asking for. Julie moves ever-so slightly next to him. She can see his face is red with embarrassment, yet she can taste the excitement and desire on his lips as she leans over and kisses him softly, unbuttons his jeans and gets her hand inside his shorts. It's all hot and wet and she knows he'll enjoy this. He moans a few ohGod's before he comes all the way through his jeans, making it look like he got a bottle of water dumped on his crotch.

"You might want to cover that up when you're going inside the house. You don't want Grandma seeing that." She kisses his cheek and goes back to her seat. The rest of ride is in silence.

Day Three – Give It To Me Baby

"So what's going on with you and Julie?" Landry tries to ask Matt at school.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you went out with her last night and didn't tell me anything about it. What's going on with that?"

"Nothing. We just went out."

"Well I just wanted to make sure my best friend wasn't about to jump into the deep end of a relationship without any floaties on. I mean your hot Mexican nurse just left and there you are, out with Julie Taylor in a hot, steamy booth at Applebee's."

"Landry, that's… you're retarded."

Landry spots Julie and Tyra walking towards the two of them.

"Boys, settle down." She grabs Landry by the hand and starts walking away.

"What are you doing, I need to find out what's going with this."

"I'll tell you if you'd move your ass."

"I'm moving, I'm moving."

Tyra turns to wave goodbye to Julie before Julie turns to look at Matt.

"Hey."

"Hey... Julie." Even after the events of the night before, he's still nervous around her, as if Coach is going to jump out behind her and kick his ass.

"So, uh, you excited for the dance on – on Saturday?"

"Yeah. I'm getting there. Who are you going with?"

Matt shrugs. This is so awkward. "Liz. She's in my art class. Neither of us had dates so – so I just asked her. Who are you going with?"

"Oh, um, Chris. You know, we have newspaper together. He's pretty cool."

"You're not …"

"Oh, no. No. Not after what happened last night."

They both began laughing. And they can feel the heat rising between them. The bell rings, and Matt and Julie make their way to their next class.

"So, I'll see you later?" Julie asks.

"Yeah. Bye Jules." Matt starts walking away before Julie grabs him by the arm. Brings him closer. He just wants to run his hands all over her.

"By the way" – she tugs on his shirt so she can whisper in his ear – "you owe me." She smiles, and turns away, leaving a grinning QB1 in her wake.

Matt has a hard time trying to pay attention in class. It gets worse when he finds Julie sitting on the couch when he comes home from work.

They don't say much to each other. He takes her by the hand into his bedroom and sticks a hand down her jeans. Her clit is so soft and wet, and Jesus Christ. Julie grabs his hand and helps him go in, moving his fingers around in circles. He covers his face with his other hand because this feeling makes him wanna scream. Julie's making all these sounds too, and Matt's not sure if she's doing it on purpose to drive him even crazier, but what they have between them isn't normal. He wants to talk about it, but she leaves once she's finished.

Maybe tomorrow.

Day Four – Let's Talk About This

Matt ignores Julie during the day at school. He isn't going to talk to her unless he has a game plan detailing how he wants to approach their feelings for each other. By the time she shows up later at work, he has an idea in mind.

They say hello to each other before Matt asks if they can talk.

"I know this might sound – sound weird and all, but – what's going on with us?"

"I don't know. You tell me. You were the one who wanted us to have dinner, you were the one with the massive hard-on while we were eating, and you didn't care that I got rid of it for you. So you tell me Matt, what's going on?"

"Well, it's just – I miss you. And I wanna be around you again. I wanna try and make this work."

"I – I do too. But you seem reluctant. Like you don't want to make a mistake or something."

Matt takes his hat off and runs his hand over his face. She does have a point. And he doesn't know why he's not coming out and showing her that he wants her back. But he's trying his hardest. Because no, he doesn't want to make a mistake. Not with this. Not with Julie.

He grabs her by the hand.

"I just don't wanna do it the wrong way. Screw everything up again."

Julie looks down and smiles.

"Well, you better hurry up, Mr. Saracen, before someone else comes along." She teases as she plays with his fingers.

"And who might that be... Brett Weston?" he says back like he's some big tough guy.

She laughs out loud. "Well, I never thought of that. I do hear he's single. He's a pretty cute guy too. Although, not as cute as you."

She laughs some more and pinches his thumb. It makes him just wants to kiss her senseless, but it's getting busy in the restaurant and they have to stop. But they'll be more of everything later.

Julie gives Matt a hug before heading for the door. But there's a burning question on her mind and she needs to know the answer. She turns to look at Matt.

"Do you still –"

Matt quickly nods his head yes, like he knew she would ask him.

Julie sits in her mom's car and cries for joy.

Day Five – Does This Look Familiar To You?

It's the second playoff game. Julie's never heard of this team before, and couldn't give two shits who they were either. She just wants her dad and Matt to win.

Which they do. Easily. They kill the other team without even trying. Julie rushes the field when it's over. Matt spots her and smiles. She can see him move his lips, but can't really hear what he's saying because she grabs him by his ears and kisses him. She keeps it short and sweet, smiling as she lets go and walks away. If this isn't the right way of doing things, then she doesn't know what is.

Matt just hopes that what he feels is sweat around his crotch and not something else.

Day Six – Shake Your Groove Thing

They're all at the dance, looking good, feeling fine, and just having a good old time.

Matt doesn't spot Julie until the first slow dance with Liz. She's a nice girl, and has been a nice date so far, but he's not going there. He'll kiss her hand after the dance like a gentleman and say thank you before they go their separate ways. He wants Julie, not Liz, and maybe after tonight they can finally get back on track. Julie's got a new hair style too. She must have gotten it cut because he's never seen it like that before. And her teal dress sparkles in the light. She's never looked as gorgeous as she does now, and he wishes it could be him dancing with her instead of Chris. Matt doesn't even know Chris that well, but he hears from some of the guys that he's a grade-A douche bag. It makes him sick that he's running his hands all over his girl. Matt just hopes Chris knows he can have his neck snapped like a twig if he makes one wrong move.

Julie gives Chris a hug and thanks him for being her date. And that's all she's giving him. He might think he's getting laid, but he better keep dreaming, because it's not happening. Julie spots Matt a few feet away staring at her. There's this glint in his eyes. Julie can feel her stomach curl. Suddenly, she feels sweat pouring out of her. The room feels like it's closing in, the music is getting louder, Chris is moving his hand towards her ass, and Matt won't stop staring. This can't wait any longer.

She lets go of Chris and tells him she'll be right back. Matt tells Liz the same and follows Julie. And sees her walk into an empty classroom.

"Julie, are – are you okay?" he asks, as he fixes his tie, trying to look as calm as possible. Except every part of his body is throbbing. After that kiss last night he wants more. He wants everything Julie Taylor can possibly give him, and while he wants to take it slow, he can't wait any longer. So without even listening to her response, he grabs her by the cheeks and kisses her. Her lips feel so soft against his, and oh God, this is what he's wanted for so long and he just can't hold it in.

"Let's go," he begs.

"Go where?"

"My house."

He grabs her by the hand, and leads her back into the gym so they can grab their stuff. They leave not a second after, Matt speeding toward his house like a maniac, his hard-on damn near ripping the dress pants he's wearing.

As soon as they get into Matt's bedroom, he has her on the bed, sucking her neck, and she unbuttons his dress shirt and rips off his tie. She wants him so badly, she wants this so badly it makes her want to scream. And she knows this is awkward and so lame, losing her virginity on the night of a formal school dance, and she can feel her heart beating a million times a minute, but it just feels right. Things are different now. And she knows right here, right now, she's making the right decision.

She gets off the bed, lets him unzip and take off her dress, letting it slowly fall from her chest, her hips and thighs. She kisses him some more as she removes his t-shirt, and unbuttons his pants. He falls back on top of her, takes her bra off, sucks on her nipple, moans her name. Her fingers trace against the lines of his pectoral muscles and slowly move towards his abs and the waist band of his boxers, as she brings them down to his knees. The slow movement makes his leg twitch.

"Julie... please..."

She nods her head as Matt simultaneously takes her panties off and reaches for a condom. Quickly putting it on before he turns back and looks at her. She looks so beautiful, sprawled on the covers, opening herself to him. And he's never, never wanted her more than he does now. And he's never ever felt as scared about this as he does right now either. And he feels like such a fucking idiot for letting her go, not giving her another chance. But right here and now, none of that matters anymore.

"Is this your –"

"Yeah."

He lays himself on her, and kisses her passionately.

"I love you. I love you so much."

And he goes in as slowly as possible, not to hurt her. It's tight and hot and wet and shit shit shit. Fuck Carlotta. She never made him feel like this before. Maybe it's because he knows he truly loves Julie. Knows he's never felt this way about anyone EVER, and he just wants to be with her. Love her, protect her, hold her close and never let go.

She softly moans his name, and brings his hips closer, up and down and up and down. Julie oh God, oh my God, Julie. Faster and harder. Almost there, almost there. He's letting it all out, and it brings her pain and pleasure and total happiness all in one that it makes her cry a little.

He grabs a hold of her thigh and comes as her gasps for air bring a smile to his face. He withdraws and takes the condom off before lying down next to her, wrapping his arm around her back.

They don't say anything for a while, just lie there, and let every feeling, every word spoken, and every action made sink in.

"I could lie here with you… like this… every night." He says, kissing her forehead.

She lies on his chest and kisses him. She brings the biggest smile to his face. Always has, always will.

"You know, we got an hour before the after party starts. People are going to begin to wonder where we are if we don't show up." She raises her eyebrows at him, and he knows exactly what she's talking about and laughs.

"I love you. So much."

He kisses her again, as his hand goes to grab another condom.

--

They show up at the after-party an hour later, hand-in-hand, wearing nothing but old Panther tee-shirts and sweatpants.

Smash spots Matt walking towards the bar.

"Matty! I was wondering where you went, I didn't know you were gonna get –"

He's cut off when he sees Julie next to Matt. He's got this whole thing figured out. His plan actually worked. He can't believe it. He begins clapping and pointing at both of them, not saying one word.

Matt and Julie just stare at each other and laugh.