AN:

Yay!! Another update. Hopefully this one will be finished before June. LOL! Stop laughing.

~Kelly~

Chapter Six

Matt stood frozen in the doorway. He had found Elizabeth but it wasn't a good thing. For the second time this week he found that, some man was comforting her. He hated the sight. Matt wanted that to be him even though he probably shouldn't. After all this had been his idea. He couldn't blame Elizabeth for sticking to their agreement.

As he started to back away, Elizabeth looked over. She immediately smiled brightly at Matt. When she motioned for him, Matt didn't even consider resisting. "Hey."

"Where you looking for me?" she asked hopefully. Having Steven around was nice but he wasn't Matt. It was a feeling Elizabeth wasn't willing to examine just yet.

"Um... yeah." Matt said scratching the back of his neck awkwardly. "I wanted to tell you about the meeting."

"How did it go?" she asked trying to hide her disappointment. Elizabeth had hoped that Matt missed her or something like that. However, she knew it was silly.

"Good. This guy seems hopeful anyways."

"Good. That's good."

Steven watched the couple with great interest. He may not know the details but he knew this was more than Elizabeth said. Steven coughed getting their attention.

Elizabeth shook her head sat the older man. "Sorry I forgot you were here. Steven this is Matt."

"The guy you were avoiding telling me about?"

"Something like that." Elizabeth said rolling her eyes. Her pager went off breaking the tension. "I have to go there's been a car accident. Be nice."

"I'm always nice Lizzie." Steven said in his own defense. Lizzie leaving actually worked to his advantage. "Go we'll be fine. I promise."

"Uh huh." she muttered clearly not believing Steven. Unfortunately, she had to answer the page.

Matt watched Elizabeth leave and was half-tempted to fallow her. However, he was curious enough about the other man to stay. "I've never heard anyone call her Lizzie before."

"That's because she hates it."

"I imagine so."

"I like to think of it as brother's prerogative."

"You're Elizabeth's brother?"

"And you're the guy sleeping with my sister."

"Yeah. We're sleeping together."

"Honesty. That's new. I've been getting the run around from Elizabeth. I have to admit she's gotten better at it over the years."

"She talks about us?"

"Not really but that's Lizzie for you. She's just trying to keep from getting hurt."

"I can understand that."

"Then you and I won't have any problems."

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Somehow, the rest of the night was quiet. Something Elizabeth was not sure to be thankful for or not. She had seen Steven leave not long after she left the roof but hadn't seen Matt. Groaning Elizabeth tossed the brush into her locker. She swore she wasn't going to do this again. That's why the fling with Matt was so appealing at first. There had been little chance of getting emotionally involved.

However that didn't last long because underneath Matt was a great guy. It didn't take much for Elizabeth to begin caring about him and that was the problem. Matt had insisted on it just being sex for so long she didn't know if he wanted more. Of course, the logical thing to do was ask Matt. Elizabeth laughed at the idea. She rarely did the logical thing and it usually landed her in trouble. Maybe after a few hours sleep Elizabeth would get the courage to admit her feelings to Matt. Maybe.