"Never a dull moment with you Sammy.", Matthew teased.
Grasping for his hand we trailed off to the dance floor were we danced to a slow song by John Legend. His hands clenched securely at my waist and I made my way to let my arms wrap around his neck. As we moved to the beat of the song, I couldn't help but notice how lucky I was to have such a friend who took up so much of my life. I placed my head right onto his chest and without second guessing, he kissed the top of my forehead and whispered into my ear," Love you, Sammy."
We danced the night away and by early morning we headed home.
"It's 3am." Matthew said brushing his hair back.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" I said as well looked at each other.
"PANCAKE HUNT!" We both yelled and started the car and headed to the nearest diner.
We seated ourselves in a booth and ordered a tall stack of pancakes. As we ate, we couldn't help but laugh at all the strippers right outside the diner. They wore tight, short neon dresses with heels that seemed impossible to walk in. We took turns and fed one another, enjoying every bit of the buttery pancakes. When it was Matthew's turns he put the maple syrup on the tip of my nose. I pouted and in return, he brushed his thumb on my cheek and kissed the tip of my nose.
"Might I say, you two are one of the cutest couple I have seen", said an old lady who was our waitress.
"Oh no-" I began but she drifted off.
We often got comments much like what the waitress had said. We weren't necessarily offended or felt awkward right afterwards but began to add them to the book. In response to the waitress, Matthew and I brushed it off and finished our heavy dose of Maple Syrup Pancakes.
The ride back home was rather quiet as we let the radio speak for itself in Matthew's old Chevy. We interlocked hands as he drove and every now and then he planted a kiss on my hand. I rested my head on his shoulder and drifted asleep.
The next morning, I found myself wrapped in dark grey bed sheets and in a more manly room than what I had. I studied the random scraps of paper on the floor and the unbearable chill the room had. I looked onto the other side of the bed and found Matthew sleeping. I silently grabbed a hoodie out of his closet and tip toed my way out the room. I found my phone rested on the table and when I went to grab it, it was filled with messages from my mother. Instantly, I texted her back saying I was with Matthew, hoping it wouldn't worry her more than it needed to be.
I moved out the house about a year ago and my paranoid mother never accepted the fact that kids grow up into young adults. Not a day goes by, where my phone wouldn't buzz because of her.
As I continued to look through messages and posts from family and friends, I heard Matthew calling my name.
"It's 11 in the morning. You should be sleeping.", Matthew said when I finally reached the room
"No, your room is beyond freezing and I'm not sure how many other slutty girlfriends have been there too."I said wrapping my arms across my chest and letting out a playful smirk.
"Just one. You." He said coughing into a fit of laughter.
"Oh yeah!?" I jumped onto the bed and we both tumbled and fumbled giving one another tickles, it would last on for days until we heard the door open.
"Matt." We heard a little girl say as she rubbed her eyes.
"Oh hey baby girl. Sorry, to wake you up. Are you hungry?" Matthew said as he got out of bed and got onto his knees to talk to her. In response, she nodded and made her way to the kitchen.
"She probably went out with another man last night." Matthew said once she left. Angrily, he picked out a outfit and what made me jump was the loud thud on the wall.
I put myself directly in front of him and cupped his cheeks and said,"Hey, it's okay. You are such a great brother, probably the closest dad she has. The things your mom does shouldn't matter to you. Don't put yourself down or else she will too. Everything is going to be alright. Maybe not today but, eventually. Life has this weird way of making sense at the end. Okay?"
"Never a dull moment with you Sammy.", Matthew teased.
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"Best Friend"
Teen Fiction"I do. Everything they said, was true." I sobbed into his warm embrace. He instantly cupped my cheeks and whipped away the streaming tear with his thumb. He drew me closer until our lips met into a warm, angelic kiss. "Baby, I love you." he spoke...
