no strings

Chapter three

* Saturday *
I was all ready and excited for his party tonight ! Alexis is going to drive me since I got ready at her house .

" Alexis hurry up !" I groan waiting for her to finish applying her endless amount of makeup .

" okay okay , geez!" She says grabbing her bag and hustling out to the car. We put his Address into the gps and got there in no time .

We walked up ,rang the doorbell and patiently waited. The loud music and smell of alcohol increased when the door swung open , with Matthew behind it with a huge smile .

As soon as our eyes met his smile disappeared and  he looked me up down.   " wow" he mouthed .

The door then opened a little bit wider and a girl clinging to his side appeared . She cleared her throat, and shot Matt out of his gaze .

" oh um hey . This is my friend lana." He smiled . Not making eye contact with me anymore.
" girlfriend." She corrected him , smiling at me .

" cool." I broke the awkwardness and stepped past matt into the party .

Alexis followed close behind me and soon lost me into the crowd. I said hi to a few people and drank a little. But for some reason what happened with Matthew at the door kept replaying in my head.

I walked up stairs to find an empty room . And with trial and error I eventually found one. I shut the door and turned on the lights .

This must be Matthews room . I walked around looking at all of his pictures and trophies . I sat down on his bed and had a heart to heart  with myself .

Why was this bothering me so much? Why do I even care ? More and more questions flooded my head and before I could ponder an answer the door opened .

" hey." Matthew gave me a half smile .
"Hey!" I smiled , pushing my thoughts away.
" how's the party ?" He asked

" good" I smiled .
" then what are you doing up here?" He asked .
" I thought it would be more fun to sit on your bed and contemplate how lucky I am to be at the Matthew Espinosa's party !" I said sarcastically, which made him laugh .

After a few moments of silence he sat down next to me .
" so what's bothering you?" He asked .
" I don't even know." I shrugged .
" grant." I said being half truthful . Matthew looked at me in surprise.

" what about him? Didn't you miss him ? After all he was at boarding school for a while ." Matt said .

Grant didn't tell him .
" yeah Just we have been really distant ever since he got back ." I lied .
Matthew nodded .

" yeah , I'm sorry.  Any way I can help ?" Yessss.

" no." I say smiling
" why don't you get back down to lanie ." I say
" Lana." He corrected me rolling his eyes , which confused me a bit .  there was a moment of silence when we just kind of looked at each other . and smiled .

I stood up and he did the same walking me to the exit of his actually large room . I slightly opened the door , but before I could swing it open Matthew closed it behind me . I tuned around and met his gaze.

He gave me a small smile , looking at my lips and leaned against me making my back press against the wall . He leaned in and slowly touched his lips against mine .

he pulled away but only an inch or two.
" no strings ." he whispered into my lips before softy kissing me again . he put one hand on my cheek and the other on my back side . I kissed him back .

he kissed me so softly and we both smiled more as it got more heated . it went on for about 10 minutes . i don't do this type of thing very often . but this surly did not feel like ' no strings ' .

it felt like it had meaning and I liked it, how it felt . comfortable . and I feel like he noticed it to . he pulled away and walked out leaving me wondering what exactly had just happened .

After a few more minutes of being alone I walked down to the party . The first thing I looked for was Matthew but I got interrupted by a boy .

" hey wanna dance ?"  He asked, I could tell he was drunk . I avoided the question and looked around to find Matthew .

There he was . Dancing and kissing all over Lana .  I don't know why but something changed my mind .
" yeah !" I say to the boy grabbing his drink and swallowing the rest .

A burning sensation built in the back of my throat and I grabbed his hand and we started dancing. While I danced to the music I looked over at Matt who's eyes went from Lana to me and then to the guy I was with .

The guy started getting touchier and he kissed me right on the lips . We kept dancing until I didn't feel him touching me anymore . Matthew pulled him by his shirt and punched him straight in the face .

Everyone gasped and the room went silent .   The guy Matthew had hit was obviously not going to get up . Matthew looked up at me in shock from what he had just did . Tears brimmed my eyes and I stormed out of the house .