Chapter 19

Willow and Matt talked for hours in the hotel room, telling him everything she knew about Dean and her past with him "it doesn't change anything Matt, does it?" she said "I still slept with him and fucked everything up" "Nothing has changed Willow. I do love you but I just can't forgive you for that" he replied "but from what you've told me about him, there's still something I don't trust about him. Also the Molly thing is still puzzling me" "what do you mean Matt?" Willow asked, confused by what he was saying "Jeff has this theory that the two incidents are related" Matt said, taking Willows hand, seeing the look of confusion on her face "it kinda makes sense if you think about it. I mean Molly had to have had help in getting out of prison" "I suppose it does make some sense Matt" she replied "Willow, I'm worried about you. Until the show is over I want you to stay close to Khloe, Brooke and Jeff. I'm gonna keep digging to see if there is a connection between them"

The next few weeks were tough on Willow. Khloe and Jeff were the next two contestants eliminated from the show, leaving her, Brooke and Dean to battle it out in the final. Three days before the final, Willow received a telephone call from Eric and it sounded urgent. "Brooke, can you cover for me in the studio? Eric's just called and I have to go see him, it sounded urgent" she asked "of course hun, you think he knows something?" Brooke replied as Willow nodded "Yeah I do. Thanks Brooke, I'll make it up to you" she yelled as she rushed off, as her taxi was waiting outside. As Willow made her way to the prison, she suddenly became nervous, scared even, at what Eric had to tell her. I wish Matt was coming with me she thought to herself, but I screwed it up and he hates me. I don't know how much more heartbreak I can take. As her taxi pulled up to the jail, she spotted a familiar looking car, but she didn't want to get her hopes up, incase it wasn't his rental. Willow pulled up to the prison, almost falling out of the taxi, but someone caught her before she hit the ground. As she looked up, she got the surprise of her life "Matt? What are you doing here?"

"Eric called me. He said he had something important to tell me and that I should get here immediately" Matt said as he helped Willow to her feet. "Matt, I'm scared" she said, her voice trembling, "for the first time since he, well you know, I'm terrified of him and what he has to say" Matt could see the fear in her eyes and pulled her in for a hug. "I'm here Wills, I'll always be here for you. Come on, let's go see what Eric has to say" he replied taking her hand as they headed into the prison.

"Matt, Willow how good it is to see you together" Eric said, "now first should I be saying congratulations or is the engagement off after the video I think the whole world has seen?" "It's over, for now Eric" Matt said "I will always love Willow, but I can't forgive what she did with him" "I don't blame Matt, dad" Willow replied, shocking both males as it was the first time she had openly called Eric, dad. "It was all my fault. So what do you know about Dean and Molly?" "Well I do know that Molly has had a frequent male English visitor, who my lawyers have since found to be Dean" "We kinda figured that they were in it together Eric" Matt said, "but how are they connected?" "They got together last year. They met as part of Molly's sentence when the female facility did some work on the stadium where he plays" Eric replied. Willow sat there in silence, trying to understand what Eric was saying "Wills, you ok?" Matt asked, noticing that his ex girlfriend had suddenly gone pale. "What did I ever do to those two to make them hate me so much?"she said quietly, "I don't know about Dean, as for Molly, she felt like you were Vince's favourite Diva, getting all the title shots and the most ring and TV time. But I believe she hated you because of the love that you and Matt have, sorry, had" Eric replied "What? That is probably the stupidest reason I've heard for someone hating a person" Matt said, shocked by Eric's excuse for Molly, as Willow stood up "sorry Matt, Eric, I can't do this anymore" and ran outside.

Matt left the prison a few minutes after Willow had ran out. He found her crouched by his rental, tears flowing silently over her face. "Willow, what the hell? Matt asked angrily, pulling her to her feet. "I'm sorry Matt. I just couldn't face him any longer" She sobbed, her whole body shaking "I just want things to go back to how they were, but it won't ever happen. Not after the last month and everything that's happened" "Willow, I..." Matt started to say, but Willow interrupted him "Matt, can you just take me back to the studio? I've been gone for too long and I really wanna be alone to sort myself out" The drive to the studio was long and awkward as the two former lovers sat in silence, each of them not knowing what to say to the other. They pulled up to the studio, Willow tried to jump out of the car quickly but Matt grabbed her hand "Willow, I'm sorry. I know the last few years have been really tough on you, but you've always had me by your side, which is why I'm coming to the final on Saturday" he said "Matt, please don't. It's not that I don't want you there, I really do, but I don't think I could concentrate if you were there. I'm sorry Matt, but you were right, it's over between us" she replied, shaking him loose and running into the building, leaving Matt to think about his recent actions towards her.