nerd ~ mattia polibio

~ 9 ~

credits to jaidyn for writing 90% of this chapter !

izzy hasn't slipped my mind ever since that day at school. miranda didn't make me feel how i felt with her. around izzy i could be myself and not worry about being labelled or judged. with miranda my every move was being critizied and even though i liked the make over i can never feel happy pretending to be someone i'm not.

i finally get the balls to take mariano's advice and go over her house. i'll show up and make it clear that i want her. it sounds easy enough but i doubt i'll have the same positive attitude when i get there. 

the walk to her house wasn't far. 27 elmore street. right around the corner to a park me and the boys always go to.

once i get to her house i take a deep breath and knocked on the door. it finally opens after a couple of knocks. my eyes quickly met alejandros. "isabella!- oh its just mattia," he rolled his eyes playfully and i give him a nudge. 

"can i talk to izzy?" i ask with full hope that she'd want to see me.  he nods and stepped out of the way. i stepped inside. i was met with a gust of cold air. there she stood in front of me with her hands on her hips.

"can i at least explain what happened that day, before things changed?" i hopefully asks and she hesistates before nodding her head. she motions for me to follow her to her room while alejandro reads a text from his phone. 

"isabella, i actually have to go," he shouts before walking out of the door... strange.

once we get to her room i sit on her comfortable bed and sulk in my surroundings. it was like a spa in here, the essential oil infuser and the cool air made it feel homey. i imagine what it'd be like if we lived together.

"hurry up, explain," she says crossing her arms over her chest, pushing her boobs up a bit more. i doubt she noticed but it was actually adorable.

"look izzy.. miranda told me some bullshit lies and i stupidly believed her-"

"what things?" she cuts me off.

"she said you only used me for sex and that you were gonna ghost me after you got what you wanted," i said looking down. 

she looks at me with full anger. "its not like that. i actually like you mattia," izzy said softly. "miranda wants things i have, she knew i liked you and tried to take that away from me so when you actually went along with it hurt." 

"i was clearly blind, i always wanted to have what you guys had but once i got it i realized how sucky the whole popularity thing is, people loved me because of my appearance and not for me. i guess it just sucked more than i chose that over you." she looks at the ground and i try to pull into a kiss but she puts a hand on my chest to stop me.

"just because i forgive you doesn't mean we're back to how we were, let's take it slow for now," she says sitting down on her bed. 

"yeah i mean i did fuck up badly," i say laughing dryly. "is calling you beautiful taking it slow?"

"not really but i appreciate the compliment," izzy laughs, pushing a trand of hair behind her ear. "how about we take it slow during a netflix break? i'm kinda tired and i need company," she says yawning. i quickly shut the lights off and take off my shoes and hop into bed next to her. she scooches over and nuzzles her head into my chest while we watch re runs of friends.

alejandro's pov

"you came..."

"of course i did," i laugh. "what did you need to talk to me about?"

"alejandro... i like you and i wanna take whatever we have further."