Settle Down (Matt Espinosa)

Ch. 22

"and its not fair how you take advantage of the fact that i love you beyond a reason why, and it just aint right"

MADISON'S POV

How exactly one person could go from sweet to completely cold in less than a day, I will never know. Matt's been keeping up with it, too. He's been nothing but a douche for the past two weeks and I'm getting sick of it.

I mean, I know I kind of said I didn't have feelings for him but that doesn't give him a reason to act like that, even my mom is getting suspicious and she's the most oblivious person I've met.

"Madison! John's at the door, go let him in." She called from downstairs, why she couldn't let him in herself is beyond me.

He didn't tell me he was coming over, so I'm not really sure why he's here.

"Um.. hi? I didn't know you were coming over today." I said as I opened the door, revealing a grinning John.

He rocked back and forth on his heels. "Actually, I came to pick up Matt."

Speaking of the devil, Matt pushed past me out the door, standing next to John. "Well, let's get going then!"

"I, uh, sorry Mads!" And with that, my boyfriend was being pulled away by the one person who hates me more than I do.

Those two have been spending a ridiculous amount of time together and I don't really know how to feel about it, it's pretty frightening actually.

MATT'S POV

"So... You like Madi, right?" John asked as he sat with one hand on the steering wheel, not looking at me.

I froze in my seat. How could he know? Did Madison tell him? Am I that easy to read? I'm fucking dead.

"What?" 

He quickly looked over at me with raised eyebrows before turning back towards the road. "You're friends with her, right? You talk to her?"

Oh.

"I guess. We haven't really been talking that much lately though." I admitted. We weren't talking because I was being a dick to her, but it's easier than trying to be nice.

"That sucks. Either way, do you have any suggestions for a date? Our 1 month is coming up and I guess that's a big deal to girls. I was thinking maybe a hotel or something." He replied nonchalantly, though it took everything I had not to lunge myself at him.

"A hotel? That is absolutely not happening."

John laughed. "What do you mean, bro? Who knows, maybe I'll get lucky." He continued, looking over and punching my arm.

"Is that all you're really in it for?" I asked, almost afraid for an answer. Madison doesn't deserve to be treated like that. After the what, two weeks, John had been trying to make an effort to hang out with me I was finally starting to accept the fact that he's a good boyfriend to her. Until today.

"In what, the relationship? Isn't that what you're in them for? I mean yeah, she's nice and stuff, but damn she's hot."

Does he even know how stupid he's making himself sound?

"You can't just use girls like that, man. Madison deserves so much better than that, and you know it." I told him, trying to keep my cool. The way he was talking about her made me want to punch a brick wall.

"I can, and have been for as long as I can remember. Why are you so hung up on this, dude?" John questioned, annoyance lacing through his tone.

I took a deep breath. "Because I think I'm in love with your girlfriend!"