As we walk into the kitchen mom smiles at us. She's making pancakes and bacon but it can't all be for me. Elliot has arrived, I hear him in the hallway before he makes his way to the kitchen.

'Hey little lady, how are you now?' He says picking Hannah up and twirling her round in a hug.

'I'm good Elliot.' She giggles

'I've brought your things over from Escala; they're in Matt's room at the moment.' He tells her.

'Thank you.' She says and kisses his cheek. Elliot eyes me to gauge my reaction but I just smile at him. He puts her down and comes to hug me.

'Way to go bro. He probably deserved it.' Elliot says smirking at me. I smile back at him.

'Elliot' mom scolds.

'It's true mom, he thinks he can do stuff to people and get away with it. He doesn't like it when they do something back. All those times he hit me when we were small maybe I should have punched him back then.' Elliot says.

'I still shouldn't have done it Elliot. I'm ashamed of what I did.' I mutter looking down at the floor. 'Christian probably hates me.'

'Darling that's enough. We had plenty of upset last night, it's done with now and it's up to Christian to come and talk to you. He should have done it earlier on the phone when you wanted to. Dad said you tried to apologise on the phone from his office last night and he didn't want to know so wait for him to make the first move.' Mom says gently coming to hug me. I hug her back. 'Breakfast is ready, you must be hungry. Elliot are you staying to eat?'

'Of course mom.' Elliot says 'No-one makes pancakes like you.'

'Hannah, do you want some?' mom asks her.

'She's already put a stack load away this morning.' Elliot teases.

'And you didn't Elliot.' Hannah quips back 'I'm good though, I'm not hungry. I think I'll go and sort my stuff out upstairs, I've got a holiday to pack for.' She says smiling. I smile back at her as she disappears. Mom places the food on the table for us.

'I'm going to help Hannah; someone needs to pack for you.' Mom says and I smile as she goes.

'You're going away?' Elliot asks.

'Yes on Tuesday.' I say helping myself to pancakes and bacon as I sit down opposite Elliot. 'We're going to Hawaii.'

'Cool. I take it mom's ok with that if she's helping with the packing.' Elliot says, I nod as I have a mouthful of food. 'We went on holiday there once, you were only small. The house we stayed in was amazing; we all had our own rooms. The housekeeper was a fantastic cook. There was a huge pool and it was right on the beach. The surfing was great. I think I spent most of my time in the water. You were in the pool most of the week, you were quite a good swimmer even then, well you were better than Mia and she was four years older.'

'I don't remember.' I say and get some more pancakes and bacon. Elliot doesn't know anything about my houses yet so changing the subject I ask 'Where's Kate?'

'She's gone shopping with Mia. She has a wardrobe to rival Mia's and you know what she's like.' Elliot says rolling his eyes.

'Did you all stay at Escala last night?' I ask.

'Yes, apart from Ethan. Matt how long are you going away for?' Elliot asks bringing the subject back to the holiday.

'I don't know yet. Why?' I ask.

'You will be back for Christian's wedding won't you?' He'd be heartbroken if you're not.' Elliot says.

'He hasn't got a heart.' I say.

'You know that's not true. Matt you know that he adores you; he'd do anything for you. You're both just having a tough time with each other at the moment but you'll sort out your differences.' Elliot says gently.

'Elliot, he might never forgive me. I was bang out of order. I shouldn't have done it. I didn't even realise I was doing it until my fist connected with his face. What's he going to say when he goes to work tomorrow?' I say. 'You didn't help when you were smirking at me when you saw him.'

'I thought it was funny, you came into the Great Room as if nothing had happened ready to sit down for dinner and he came out with a black eye. Seriously though Matt please come back for the wedding, it won't be the same without you. Imagine how mom will feel and then there are the grandparents and the rest of the guests.'

'OK, if Christian and Ana want me there I will come back for it.' I say.

'Good, he'll want you there.' Elliot says convincingly though I'm not so sure. 'Now that I've helped you eat your breakfast I'd better go and get some work done.'

'On a Sunday?' I ask him.

'Only at home, I'm decorating the living room. I want to finish the painting today.' He says.

'Why don't you pay someone to do it for you?'

'Because I'm not Christian, I like to do that sort of thing myself and have a sense of pride when it's finished.'

'I'd offer to help but mom wouldn't let me.' I say.

'I wouldn't let you either. You can help me when you're better though. You'd better have something to fall back on because Christian might not want you working for him now. Punching the boss is a sackable offence.' He smirks.

'Stop teasing me, it's not funny.' I say. 'Thanks for being here though; it means a lot to me.'

'Hey, you're my little bro. Of course I'm going to be here for you. Keep in touch whilst you're away. I'm just going to see dad and then I'll go home.' He says and gives me another quick hug as we stand. Elliot goes and finds dad in his study and I go upstairs. My room looks like chaos has descended upon it, there is stuff everywhere.

'Mom, Elliot has just gone to see dad and then he's going home.' I say.

'Thanks darling, I'll go and see him in a minute before he leaves.' Mom says. 'Your room will be back to normal soon, Hannah and I have almost finished sorting out what you're taking and then the rest can go away. Elliot brought all your things back from Escala as well. Your backpack is over there.'

'Thanks mom.' I say going to find it and getting my laptop out. 'I take it you don't want me to help you in here.'

'No of course not.' She says. 'You look tired darling.'

'I'm exhausted already mom but I need to do a few things on this.' I say showing her the laptop.

'Matt you should sleep, surely whatever it is you need to do can wait.' Mom says.

'It won't take long and then I'll sleep I promise. Anyway I want to say goodbye to Elliot before he goes.' I say. 'Mom, you know we always have a family meal ….'

'Don't worry, not today.' Mom says sadly but comes to hug me.

'I'm so sorry mom.' I say as I hug her back.

'I know you are darling.' She says before going downstairs to see Elliot. I find a small space on the bed to sit and then switch on the laptop. Hannah pops in and grabs some more bags, she grins at me and I smile back.

'I'm so excited.' Hannah says.

'Really, you're going to have to put up with just me every day, can you cope?' I say to her.

'Of course, it will be good to be just the two of us.' She says smiling at me. 'Are you going to sleep soon, you look shattered.'

'Yes, I'm just going to check up on a few things and then I'll sleep.'

'OK, I'll go and sort all this stuff out now.' She says and leaves me to it. I check my emails, there's one from Christian but it's just the bill for Hannah's car. I log onto my bank account and transfer the money to the account he left me details for and then I email him.

TO: Christian Grey

FROM: Matthew Grey

SUBJECT: Bank Transfer

Christian,

I have transferred the money to your account for Hannah's car and also the money you gave her and Dr Greene's bill.

Matt

I want to write more but am not sure how to put how I'm feeling down on paper, I need to talk to him but I don't know whether I'll see him in the next couple of days. I check out a few more things on the computer and then try and do some work. I can't log onto my office account. Christian has obviously had my password changed already. Maybe Elliot's teasing earlier has become a reality.

I shut the laptop down and go back downstairs, Elliot is ready to leave. I give him a hug.

'Take care Matt, get plenty of rest and keep in touch.' He says before picking Hannah up and saying 'Look after my little bro and have some fun little lady.' She giggles and kisses his cheek again. Elliot glances at me trying to see if I'm going to react but I'm smiling at him. He grins back and then says 'Laters' before going to his car.

'Matt can I have a word in my study.' Dad says. Oh shit, is he going to lecture me now. I look at him to see what sort of mood he's in. 'Hey, don't worry. It's just to discuss your security and a few things for your holiday.'

'OK dad.' I say yawning.

'Cary, can it wait. The poor boy is shattered and needs to sleep. If you start talking to him now about security he won't listen.' Mom says to him. I smile at her gratefully.

'Yes it can wait Grace; I'll go back to my newspaper. I'll see you when you wake Matt.' Dad says.

'Thanks dad.' I say.

'Go and find a bed to sleep in one of the other rooms.' Mom says. 'I'll help Hannah finish tidying the stuff in your room.' Mom and dad head to the kitchen and I'm left standing with Hannah.

'Sorry Hannah, I really need to sleep.' I say hugging her.

'Don't worry, as your mom said we have everything to sort out that we brought back from Escala. It will all be done by the time you wake up. Go upstairs now and find a bed, I'll be waiting for you when you wake.' Hannah says kissing my cheek.

'Thanks baby. See you later.' I say as I climb the stairs. I keep going to the top floor and find myself in Christian's room. When he first went to Harvard mom would sometimes find me asleep in here and this is where I settle now. I get undressed and crawl under the duvet and I'm dreaming almost as soon as my head hits the pillow.

When I wake I know that someone has been in this room watching me. There's a chair pulled up to the side of the bed. It wouldn't be Hannah; she'd have laid on the bed next to me. There's something on the chair and I go to grab it in my half sleepy state. As soon as it's in my hand I know that it's Christian who's been in here. He's left me the toy model car that I gave him for his birthday. What has he left this for?