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I want to thank everybody that gave this story a chance and read the past chapters! Here is chapter 9
"What made you kiss me?" Matthew asked the next day as he was over at Courtney's house.
She looked into his sweet eyes "Why do you ask?"
"I just want to know how come it took this long to make a move."
"Make a move?" Courteney laughed
Matthew smiled "You know what I mean."
She suddenly turned serious as she thought "Because..." She paused, walking closer to him "I didn't realize what I was missing." She tolds him honestly "Then when you were on set and I saw the connection you made with Coco; I couldn't pretend that I didn't have feelings."
Matthew was silent as he finished the walk over to her "I'm glad you did." He moved his hand under her hair and behind her neck before placing his lips on hers.
She smiled as they broke away.
"So when do you want to tell everybody?" He asked
Courteney took a inward sigh "What if we don't?" She suggested
"You mean-" he pause "You want to keep it to ourselves?"
She nodded and snaked her arms around him, going in for another wanted kiss "It could be fun..." She whispered
Matthew broke away "What about Coco?"
"As much as I love my daughter. She is a hard one to keep quiet."
Walking up to Coco's bedroom she stopped him in the hall outside her cracked door. She looked into his eyes and smiled softly before it vanished "If she takes this the wrong way..."
He nodded "Say no more. I know-" He whispered
She sighed and nodded before turning to the door.
"We put bars on her window and lock her in her room until she excepts us." Matthew finished
Courteney looked back at him strangely "Is that from Harry Potter?"
Matthew shook his head "Harry Potter got out. She won't."
She chuckled "Let's go." They finally walked in where they spotted Coco sitting at her desk.
"Mom I don't understand this." She argued right as they walked in. "This has nothing to do with Social Studies."
"What do you mean."
"When I signed up for this class I thought it would be a lot of socializing. But it turns out this is light on the social and heavy on the studies."
Courteney chuckled and looked over at Matthew "Honey, why don't you ask your dad about it when you go over there tomorrow night."
"Yeah." Coco decided for it and shut her book.
"We actually need to talk to you about something."
She turned towards them "Shoot." She motioned for her mom to continue
Courteney took a deep breath "Okay, Matthew and I-" She glanced at him behind her "-are going out."
Before Coco had a chance to say that she already knew her mother continued.
"I know that this may be something you aren't comfortable with. I mean with your dad dating and him away most days and everything. But don't forget you are and always will be my number one priority." She moved to her bed that sat along side her dresser
Coco looked from her mother to Matthew "Are you good at Social Studies?"
Matthew smiled glad she was going to except this "I'm with you. Good at the social but not so much on the studies." He told her honestly
She shrugged "Eh, what are you gonna do?"
Courteney smiled and turned her attention back to her daughter "Are you going to be okay with this? Because if not we don't have to do this. Not until you are ready."
Matthew gasped softly "That's not what we decided."
She gave him a look that told him to shut up.
Coco nodded slowly "I'm fine with it." She answered which had her mom and Matthew breath with relief. "Dad's dating someone."
Matthew looked over at Courteney to make sure she was okay with that. But she didn't show any kind of emotion. He didn't know if that was a good thing or bad?
"Besides, if you guys are with each other now then maybe somebody might recognize you and let us in the VIP parking and behind stage without having to be stopped." She said sarcastically as she turned back to her desk to put her pencil where it originally sat.
Courteney looked at Coco "Sweetie, there is another reason why we needed to talk to you..." She paused "No one is going to know about us. Not yet."
"Why?"
"Well because we don't want all the publicity. We want it settled and for a moment just have it be us." Matthew nodded slowly "Do you think you can keep that secret?"
"Can I tell dad?" She asked
Courteney looked up at Matthew for a sign of an answer. He shrugged, knowing it was up to her not him.
"Sure. I know you and your dad never keep secrets between each other." She smiled before looking over at her closed book. "Why don't you go over to Madeline's for a little bit. Get your mind off your homework."
"Okay." She jumped up and headed for the door. "Oh and mom." She turned back around "I'm happy for you." She flashed a smile in Matthews direction before continuing her way out the door and across the street to her best friends house.
As the next day came and Coco was at David's for the weekend. Matthew stayed at Courteney's house and were deciding on a movie.
Courteney was on the couch waiting as Matthew searched through her DVD case.
"Next time I'm bringing my own movie over." He said after not finding anything. "All that's in here are chick flicks."
"Well it's just two girls. What do you expect?"
He gave up and shut the cabinet. "Let's just go out and rent a movie." He suggested, kneeling in front of Courteney on the couch.
"We can't go out." She reminded him "If someone sees us together they will know."
"Court we've been out together before."
"Yeah but we were just friends then."
Matthew sighed, defeated. "Fine..." He leaned up and kissed her "I can find something else to keep me busy..." He pushed her back on the couch as he climbed slowly above her.
Courteney pushed him away "Matthew, no." She refused
He was on his hands and knees looking down at her underneath him "What?"
"This is too soon." She told him
"Court we've known each other for years."
"Yeah but that was different."
"How?"
"We weren't together!" It was like she had to spell it out for him.
"Okay." He said "When will it not be too soon?"
Courteney held up five fingers "Five dates." She shimmied out from underneath him.
"Five dates?" He questioned
She nodded and brought the popcorn bowl back to the kitchen "Yep and technically we haven't had our first one yet so you got five more dates to go."
He followed her to the kitchen "Is that a challenge?" He smirked
She grinned "Is that a treat?"
Matthew went around the counter in the bottom drawer where he found a table cloth. He then brought it to the table and spread it out.
"What are you doing?" Courteney watched
Matthew ignored her and went in the cabinet, grabbing two candle sticks.
Courteney rolled her eyes not believing that he was actually attempting their first date now.
He then went into the freezer where two TV dinners sat.
She chuckled and decided to leave him be as she went to go use the bathroom.
Matthew heated up the dinners, each two minutes, then got two cans of soda and set them perfectly on the table.
Courteney fixed her makeup in the mirror and did mouth wash. She was in love with this man outside her door. He was everything she was looking for and it took her this long to see it. She really wanted this to be it. No more searching. No more wondering. She was truly with the man she was meant to spend the rest of her life with.
As she walked out of the bathroom she looked around "Matthew?" She called out
Courteney went to the living room "Matty?"
Just then the door bell rang.
Going over to open it she tried to contain her grin. Once the door swung open she found Matthew standing there with a rose in his hand.
"Date number one." He smiled
Courteney looked over to her flower vase on the side of her couch and noticed a small empty space.
"You are too cute." She looked back at him
He stepped inside "And you are irresistible."
Please review! I hope you guys enjoyed that and I hope it was something different from other stories. I tried my best to make it sound like them and not like Monica and Chandler. Thank you so much for reading it means a lot!